Ray Katt
[edit] Biography
Ray Katt (Raymond Frederick Katt) was born on May 9, 1927 in New Braunfels, Texas. He made his Major League debut on September 16, 1952 for the New York Giants. In 1954, his rookie year, he hit .255 with 9 home runs and 33 RBI. Katt played for the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 8 year career.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| 1952
| NY
| N
| 9
| 27
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .222
| .250
| .222
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1953
| NY
| N
| 8
| 29
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .172
| .200
| .207
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| NY
| N
| 86
| 200
| 26
| 51
| 9
| 33
| .255
| .314
| .435
| 7
| 1
| 19
| 29
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 7
| 4
|
| 1955
| NY
| N
| 124
| 326
| 27
| 70
| 7
| 28
| .215
| .268
| .313
| 7
| 2
| 22
| 38
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 13
|
| 1956
| STL
| N
| 47
| 158
| 11
| 41
| 6
| 20
| .259
| .289
| .399
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 24
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1956
| NY
| N
| 37
| 101
| 10
| 23
| 7
| 14
| .228
| .278
| .475
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1956
| TOT
| N
| 84
| 259
| 21
| 64
| 13
| 34
| .247
| .285
| .429
| 8
| 0
| 12
| 40
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1957
| NY
| N
| 72
| 165
| 11
| 38
| 2
| 17
| .230
| .294
| .297
| 3
| 1
| 15
| 35
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 7
|
| 1958
| STL
| N
| 19
| 41
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 4
| .171
| .239
| .268
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1959
| STL
| N
| 15
| 24
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .292
| .292
| .375
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 417
| 1071
| 92
| 248
| 32
| 120
| .232
| .282
| .356
| 29
| 4
| 74
| 164
| 6
| 14
| 2
| 14
| 34
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1952
| NY
| N
| C
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1953
| NY
| N
| C
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1954
| NY
| N
| C
| 82
| 56
| 531.1
| 265
| 23
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 12
| 6
| 11
| 0
| .973
|
| 1955
| NY
| N
| C
| 122
| 0
| 0
| 482
| 45
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1956
| STL
| N
| C
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 231
| 16
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1956
| NY
| N
| C
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 164
| 18
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1956
| TOT
| N
| C
| 84
| 0
| 0
| 395
| 34
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1957
| NY
| N
| C
| 68
| 47
| 426.1
| 238
| 25
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 8
| 0
| .981
|
| 1958
| STL
| N
| C
| 14
| 11
| 93.1
| 63
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 3
| 0
| .971
|
| 1959
| STL
| N
| C
| 14
| 5
| 55
| 38
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .976
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 400
| 119
| 1106
| 1553
| 143
| 32
| 21
| 0
| 44
| 21
| 23
| 0
| .981
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1947).
- Traded by New York Giants with Al Dark, Don Liddle and Whitey Lockman to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Dick Littlefield, Jackie Brandt, Red Schoendienst, Bill Sarni and a player to be named later (June 14, 1956); New York Giants received Gordon Jones (October 1, 1956).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Tom Poholsky, Jackie Collum and Wally Lammers to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Hobie Landrith, Jim Davis, Sam Jones and Eddie Miksis (December 11, 1956).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Ray Jablonski to New York Giants in exchange for Dick Littlefield and Bob Lennon (April 16, 1957).
- Traded by San Francisco Giants to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jim King (April 2, 1958).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (November 19, 1958).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (1959).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (August 4, 1959).
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