Ray Francis
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Born on March 8, 1893 in Sherman, Texas, Ray Francis (Ray James Francis) played for the Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 3 year career. Francis broke into the bigs on April 18, 1922 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 4.28 ERA in 225 innings pitched in 1922, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1922
| WAS
| A
| 39
| 26
| 7
| 18
| 4.28
| 64
| 136
| 107
| 15
| 2
| 2
| 225
| 265
| 7
| 66
| 0
| 7
| 6
|
| 1923
| DET
| A
| 33
| 6
| 5
| 8
| 4.42
| 27
| 51
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 79.1
| 95
| 2
| 28
| 0
| 1
| 4
|
| 1925
| NY
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.71
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.2
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1925
| BOS
| A
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 7.71
| 4
| 29
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 44
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1925
| TOT
| A
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 7.71
| 5
| 33
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 32.2
| 49
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 82
| 36
| 12
| 28
| 4.65
| 96
| 220
| 174
| 15
| 2
| 3
| 337
| 409
| 12
| 110
| 0
| 8
| 12
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1922
| WAS
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 54
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .928
|
| 1923
| DET
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1925
| NY
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1925
| BOS
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1925
| TOT
| A
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 82
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 81
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1922
| WAS
| A
| 39
| 78
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 3
| .167
| .217
| .192
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| DET
| A
| 37
| 21
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .143
| .143
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| NY
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| BOS
| A
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .300
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| TOT
| A
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .300
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 86
| 107
| 7
| 17
| 0
| 4
| .159
| .211
| .178
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 24
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Washington Senators to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Chick Gagnon (November 24, 1922).
- Traded by New York Yankees with $9000 to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Bobby Veach and Alex Ferguson (May 5, 1925).
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