Jay Ritchie

Full Name: Jay Seay Ritchie	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/175	First Game: August 4, 1964
Birthdate: November 20, 1936	Final Game: September 6, 1968
Birthplace: Salisbury, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on November 20, 1936 in Salisbury, North Carolina, Jay Ritchie (Jay Seay Ritchie) played for the Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 5 year career. Ritchie broke into the bigs on August 4, 1964 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 3.17 ERA in 71 innings pitched in 1965, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jay Ritchie's best season was 1967, when he posted a 3.17 ERA and struck out 57 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1964	BOS	A	21	0	1	1	2.74	35	21	14	0	46	43	4	14	2	0	0
1965	BOS	A	44	0	1	2	3.17	55	30	25	2	71	83	3	26	5	0	1
1966	ATL	N	22	0	0	1	4.08	33	17	16	4	35.1	32	3	12	4	0	0
1967	ATL	N	52	0	4	6	3.17	57	32	29	2	82.1	75	6	29	11	6	4
1968	CIN	N	28	2	2	3	4.61	32	32	29	0	56.2	68	7	13	2	3	1
Total	NL		102	2	6	10	3.82	122	81	74	6	174.1	175	16	54	17	9	5
Total	AL		65	0	2	3	3.00	90	51	39	2	117	126	7	40	7	0	1
Total			167	2	8	13	3.49	212	132	113	8	291.1	301	23	94	24	9	6

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1964	BOS	A	P	21	0	46	1	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
1965	BOS	A	P	44	0	71	4	12	2	1	2	7	3	0	.889
1966	ATL	N	P	22	0	35.1	2	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000
1967	ATL	N	P	52	0	82.1	8	16	2	1	0	2	7	0	.923
1968	CIN	N	P	28	2	56.2	0	7	0	0	1	3	1	0	1.000
Total			P	167	2	291.1	15	48	4	2	4	15	11	1	.940

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	3B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1964	BOS	A	21	9	1	0	.111	.111	.111	0	0	2	0	1
1965	BOS	A	44	5	1	1	.200	.333	.200	0	1	2	0	0
1966	ATL	N	22	4	2	1	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	1	0
1967	ATL	N	52	10	3	1	.300	.300	.500	1	0	2	0	0
1968	CIN	N	28	7	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	1
Total	NL		102	21	5	2	.238	.238	.333	1	0	4	1	1
Total	AL		65	14	2	1	.143	.200	.143	0	1	4	0	1
Total			167	35	7	3	.200	.222	.257	1	1	8	1	2

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (December, 1955).
Traded by Boston Red Sox to Atlanta Braves (January 11, 1966) completing trade in which Boston Red Sox traded Lee Thomas, Arnold Earley and a player to be named later to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Bob Sadowski and Dan Osinski (December 15, 1965).
Traded by Atlanta Braves with Jim Beauchamp and Mack Jones to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Deron Johnson (October 10, 1967).

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