Ray Prim
[edit] Biography
Born on December 30, 1906 in Salitpa, Alabama, Ray Prim (Raymond Lee Prim) played for the Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 6 year career. Prim broke into the bigs on September 24, 1933 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 5.77 ERA in 73.1 innings pitched in 1935, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ray Prim's best season was 1945, when he posted a 2.40 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 88 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1933
| WAS
| A
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3.14
| 6
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14.1
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1934
| WAS
| A
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 6.75
| 3
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14.2
| 19
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| PHI
| N
| 29
| 6
| 3
| 4
| 5.77
| 27
| 54
| 47
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 73.1
| 110
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| 1943
| CHI
| N
| 29
| 5
| 4
| 3
| 2.55
| 27
| 24
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 60
| 67
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| 34
| 19
| 13
| 8
| 2.40
| 88
| 58
| 44
| 9
| 2
| 2
| 165.1
| 142
| 9
| 23
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| 14
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 5.79
| 10
| 17
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 23.1
| 28
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 106
| 32
| 22
| 18
| 3.44
| 152
| 153
| 123
| 10
| 2
| 4
| 322
| 347
| 20
| 62
| 0
| 8
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 4.97
| 9
| 17
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 32
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 116
| 34
| 22
| 21
| 3.56
| 161
| 170
| 139
| 10
| 2
| 4
| 351
| 379
| 21
| 72
| 0
| 8
| 1
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1933
| WAS
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1934
| WAS
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1935
| PHI
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| CHI
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 25
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 116
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 79
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1933
| WAS
| A
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1934
| WAS
| A
| 8
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .250
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| PHI
| N
| 29
| 24
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .083
| .083
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| CHI
| N
| 29
| 12
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .167
| .231
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1945
| CHI
| N
| 34
| 51
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 1
| .255
| .321
| .255
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| 14
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .200
| .333
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 106
| 92
| 7
| 18
| 0
| 4
| .196
| .253
| .196
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 11
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .111
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 117
| 100
| 8
| 18
| 0
| 4
| .180
| .241
| .180
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 17
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Washington Senators with Tommy Thomas and cash to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Snipe Hansen (May 10, 1935).
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