Ray Durham

Full Name: Ray Durham	Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5'8"/190	First Game: April 26, 1995
Birthdate: November 30, 1971	MLB Experience: 13 years
Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
- 3.1 Batting Stats
- 3.2 Fielding Stats
4 Transactions
5 Trivia
6 Video Gallery
7 Picture Gallery
8 See Also
- 8.1 Recent Ray Durham ArmchairGM Stories
9 Categories

[edit] Biography

Ray Durham (Ray Durham) was born on November 30, 1971 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on April 26, 1995 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1995, his rookie year, he hit .257 with 7 home runs and 51 RBI. Durham played for the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Ray Durham's best season was 1998, when he slugged 19 home runs, stole 36 bases, hit for a .285 average and knocked in 67 runs.

[edit] Scouting Report

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1995	CHW	A	125	471	68	121	7	51	.257	.309	.384	27	6	31	83	6	5	18	2	8
1996	CHW	A	156	557	79	153	10	65	.275	.350	.406	33	5	58	95	10	7	30	4	6
1997	CHW	A	155	634	106	172	11	53	.271	.337	.382	27	5	61	96	6	2	33	0	14
1998	CHW	A	158	635	126	181	19	67	.285	.363	.455	35	8	73	105	6	6	36	3	5
1999	CHW	A	153	612	109	181	13	60	.296	.373	.435	30	8	73	105	4	3	34	1	9
2000	CHW	A	151	614	121	172	17	75	.280	.361	.450	35	9	75	105	7	5	25	0	13
2001	CHW	A	152	611	104	163	20	65	.267	.337	.466	42	10	64	110	4	6	23	3	10
2002	CHW	A	96	345	71	103	9	48	.299	.390	.446	20	2	49	59	5	8	20	0	13
2002	OAK	A	54	219	43	60	6	22	.274	.350	.457	14	4	24	34	2	2	6	1	2
2002	TOT	A	150	564	114	163	15	70	.289	.374	.450	34	6	73	93	7	10	26	1	15
2003	SFG	N	110	410	61	117	8	33	.285	.366	.441	30	5	50	82	3	4	7	2	4
2004	SFG	N	120	471	95	133	17	65	.282	.364	.484	28	8	57	60	6	4	10	3	6
2005	SFG	N	142	497	67	144	12	62	.290	.356	.429	33	0	48	59	7	1	6	2	19
2006	SFG	N	137	498	79	146	26	93	.293	.360	.538	30	7	51	61	2	2	7	6	17
2007	SFG	N	138	464	56	101	11	71	.218	.295	.343	21	2	53	75	2	0	10	6	18
Total	NL		647	2340	358	641	74	324	.274	?	?	142	22	259	337	20	11	40	19	64
Total	AL		1200	4698	827	1306	112	506	.278	.352	.430	263	57	508	792	50	44	225	14	80
Total			1847	7038	1185	1947	186	830	.277	.351	.436	405	79	767	1129	70	55	265	33	144

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1995	CHW	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	CHW	A	2B	122	118	1049.2	245	299	15	67	0	.973
1996	CHW	A	2B	150	145	1313	236	423	11	87	1	.984
1996	CHW	A	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	CHW	A	2B	153	153	1339.2	270	395	18	77	0	.974
1997	CHW	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	CHW	A	2B	158	156	1357.1	282	438	18	128	0	.976
1999	CHW	A	2B	148	147	1263.2	305	412	19	100	0	.974
1999	CHW	A	DH	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	CHW	A	2B	151	149	1303.1	298	420	15	125	0	.980
2001	CHW	A	2B	150	148	1294.1	280	447	10	88	0	.986
2001	CHW	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	OAK	A	DH	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	CHW	A	2B	92	92	786.1	187	261	15	61	0	.968
2002	OAK	A	2B	11	11	98.1	21	37	2	12	0	.967
2002	TOT	A	2B	103	103	884.2	208	298	17	73	0	.967
2003	SFG	N	2B	105	101	867.2	185	309	5	66	0	.990
2004	SFG	N	2B	118	115	990.1	242	315	16	74	0	.972
2005	SFG	N	CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	SFG	N	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	SFG	N	2B	133	131	1143	249	341	11	82	0	.982
2006	SFG	N	2B	133	132	1138.2	272	341	11	82	0	.982
2007	SFG	N	2B	124	117	1028	244	300	12	86	0	.978
Total			2B	1748	1715	14973.1	3316	4738	178	1135	1	.978
Total			OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			DH	53	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1990 - signed June 5, 1990).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with cash to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Jon Adkins (July 25, 2002).
Granted free agency (November 1, 2002).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (December 7, 2002).
Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (December 1, 2006).
Traded by San Francisco Giants to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Darren Ford and Steve Hammond (Minor Leaguers) (July 20, 2008).

[edit] Trivia

Ray Durham became the 10th person ever to post 15 home runs, 100 runs scored, 20 steals, a .450 slugging percentage, and 65 RBI in three consecutive seasons.
Ray Durham has also gained fame and popularity through his nickname: "Ray-Ray." As he once said in a clubhouse interview, Durham prefers the nickname because it brings out his youthful attitude and enjoyment of the game of baseball.
- He was once nicknamed "The Sugarman" as well.