Ray Crone

Full Name: Raymond Hayes Crone	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/165	First Game: April 13, 1954
Birthdate: August 7, 1931	Final Game: July 14, 1958
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee	MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on August 7, 1931 in Memphis, Tennessee, Ray Crone (Raymond Hayes Crone) played for the Milwaukee Braves, New York Giants and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 5 year career. Crone broke into the bigs on April 13, 1954 with the Milwaukee Braves, and put up a 3.46 ERA in 140.1 innings pitched in 1955, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ray Crone's best season was 1956, when he posted a 3.87 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 73 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1954	MIL	N	19	2	1	0	2.02	33	11	11	1	0	1	49	44	6	19	1	1	1
1955	MIL	N	33	15	10	9	3.46	76	63	54	6	1	0	140.1	117	11	42	7	2	0
1956	MIL	N	35	21	11	10	3.87	73	92	73	6	0	2	169.2	173	19	44	3	3	1
1957	NY	N	25	17	4	8	4.33	56	68	58	2	0	1	120.2	131	11	40	1	1	3
1957	MIL	N	11	5	3	1	4.46	15	23	21	2	0	0	42.1	54	8	15	2	0	0
1957	TOT	N	36	22	7	9	4.36	71	91	79	4	0	1	163	185	19	55	3	1	3
1958	SF	N	14	1	1	2	6.75	7	18	18	0	0	0	24	35	5	13	0	3	0
Total			137	61	30	30	3.87	260	275	235	17	1	4	546	554	60	173	14	10	5

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1954	MIL	N	P	19	2	49	1	7	0	0	1	3	3	0	1.000
1955	MIL	N	P	33	0	0	11	19	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	MIL	N	P	35	0	0	15	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	.974
1957	NY	N	P	25	17	120.2	8	32	0	2	4	4	0	1	1.000
1957	MIL	N	P	11	5	42.1	3	10	0	2	1	3	0	0	1.000
1957	TOT	N	P	36	22	163	11	42	0	4	5	7	0	1	1.000
1958	SF	N	P	14	1	24	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	137	25	236	38	95	1	11	6	10	3	1	.993

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1954	MIL	N	19	10	0	2	1	.200	.200	.200	0	0	3	0	0
1955	MIL	N	33	44	4	7	1	.159	.213	.159	0	3	9	3	2
1956	MIL	N	35	49	4	6	2	.122	.246	.143	1	8	18	5	1
1957	NY	N	25	40	1	1	1	.025	.093	.025	0	3	18	1	1
1957	MIL	N	11	11	1	2	0	.182	.308	.273	1	2	4	1	0
1957	TOT	N	36	51	2	3	1	.059	.143	.078	1	5	22	2	1
1958	SF	N	14	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total			137	156	10	18	5	.115	.198	.128	2	16	52	10	4

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Braves (1949).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves with Danny O'Connell and Bobby Thomson to New York Giants in exchange for Red Schoendienst (June 15, 1957).
Traded by San Francisco Giants to Toronto (International) in exchange for Don Johnson (July 15, 1958).

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