Ray Jablonski
[edit] Biography
Ray Jablonski (Raymond Leo Jablonski) was born on December 17, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on April 14, 1953 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1953, his rookie year, he hit .268 with 21 home runs and 112 RBI. Jablonski played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 8 year career.
Most people believe that Ray Jablonski's best season was 1954, when he hit for a .296 average and knocked in 104 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1953
| STL
| N
| 157
| 604
| 64
| 162
| 21
| 112
| .268
| .308
| .427
| 23
| 5
| 34
| 61
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 15
|
| 1954
| STL
| N
| 152
| 611
| 80
| 181
| 12
| 104
| .296
| .345
| .419
| 33
| 3
| 49
| 42
| 2
| 1
| 9
| 2
| 17
|
| 1955
| CIN
| N
| 74
| 221
| 28
| 53
| 9
| 28
| .240
| .289
| .403
| 9
| 0
| 13
| 35
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
|
| 1956
| CIN
| N
| 130
| 407
| 42
| 104
| 15
| 66
| .256
| .324
| .432
| 25
| 1
| 37
| 57
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 6
| 14
|
| 1957
| NY
| N
| 107
| 305
| 37
| 88
| 9
| 57
| .289
| .346
| .433
| 15
| 1
| 31
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
|
| 1958
| SF
| N
| 82
| 230
| 28
| 53
| 12
| 46
| .230
| .287
| .461
| 15
| 1
| 17
| 50
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 11
|
| 1959
| STL
| N
| 60
| 87
| 11
| 22
| 3
| 14
| .253
| .313
| .402
| 4
| 0
| 8
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1959
| KC
| A
| 25
| 65
| 4
| 17
| 2
| 8
| .262
| .294
| .369
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| Total
|
| 85
| 152
| 15
| 39
| 5
| 22
| .257
| .305
| .388
| 5
| 0
| 11
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1960
| KC
| A
| 21
| 32
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 3
| .219
| .297
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 762
| 2465
| 290
| 663
| 81
| 427
| .269
| .321
| .427
| 124
| 11
| 189
| 311
| 15
| 3
| 16
| 13
| 72
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 46
| 97
| 7
| 24
| 2
| 11
| .247
| .295
| .330
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 808
| 2562
| 297
| 687
| 83
| 438
| .268
| .320
| .423
| 126
| 11
| 196
| 330
| 15
| 3
| 16
| 13
| 73
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1953
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 157
| 0
| 0
| 94
| 278
| 27
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1954
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 149
| 149
| 1299.1
| 122
| 298
| 34
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1954
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1955
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 44
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .872
|
| 1955
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 45
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1956
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 127
| 0
| 0
| 117
| 172
| 9
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1956
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1957
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 70
| 67
| 546.2
| 44
| 130
| 11
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1957
| NY
| N
| LF
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1957
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 6
| 6
| 49
| 55
| 6
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1957
| NY
| N
| OF
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1958
| SF
| N
| OF
| 1
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1958
| SF
| N
| 3B
| 56
| 49
| 418.1
| 49
| 91
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1958
| SF
| N
| LF
| 1
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1959
| STL
| N
| 3B
| 19
| 11
| 104.2
| 7
| 20
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1959
| STL
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1959
| KC
| A
| 3B
| 17
| 13
| 116
| 13
| 23
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1959
| Total
|
| 3B
| 36
| 24
| 220.2
| 20
| 43
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1960
| KC
| A
| 3B
| 6
| 6
| 44
| 4
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 7
| 7
| 57
| 60
| 7
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 2
| 2
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 30
| 2
| 14
| 45
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 629
| 295
| 2529
| 474
| 1069
| 105
| 88
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1947).
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals from Boston Red Sox in the minor league draft (November 24, 1948).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Gerry Staley to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Frank Smith (December 8, 1954).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Elmer Singleton to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Don Hoak, Warren Hacker and Pete Whisenant (November 13, 1956).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Ray Katt to New York Giants in exchange for Dick Littlefield and Bob Lennon (April 16, 1957).
- Traded by San Francisco Giants with Bill White to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Sam Jones and Don Choate (March 25, 1959).
- Claimed on waivers by Kansas City Athletics from St. Louis Cardinals (August 20, 1959).
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