Ray Scarborough
[edit] Biography
Born on July 23, 1917 in Mount Gilead, North Carolina, Ray Scarborough (Ray Wilson Scarborough) played for the Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 10 year career. Scarborough broke into the bigs on June 26, 1942 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 4.12 ERA in 63.1 innings pitched in 1942, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ray Scarborough's best season was 1948, when he posted a 2.82 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 76 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1942
| WAS
| A
| 17
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 4.12
| 16
| 32
| 29
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 63.1
| 68
| 2
| 32
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1943
| WAS
| A
| 24
| 6
| 4
| 4
| 2.83
| 43
| 42
| 27
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 86
| 93
| 2
| 46
| 0
| 5
| 0
|
| 1946
| WAS
| A
| 32
| 20
| 7
| 11
| 4.05
| 46
| 85
| 70
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 155.2
| 176
| 8
| 74
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1947
| WAS
| A
| 33
| 18
| 6
| 13
| 3.41
| 63
| 74
| 61
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 161
| 165
| 5
| 67
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1948
| WAS
| A
| 31
| 26
| 15
| 8
| 2.82
| 76
| 71
| 58
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 185.1
| 166
| 10
| 72
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1949
| WAS
| A
| 34
| 27
| 13
| 11
| 4.60
| 81
| 115
| 102
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 199.2
| 204
| 10
| 88
| 0
| 2
| 7
|
| 1950
| WAS
| A
| 8
| 8
| 3
| 5
| 4.01
| 24
| 30
| 26
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 58.1
| 62
| 1
| 22
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1950
| CHI
| A
| 27
| 23
| 10
| 13
| 5.30
| 70
| 95
| 88
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 149.1
| 160
| 10
| 62
| 0
| 4
| 4
|
| 1950
| TOT
| A
| 35
| 31
| 13
| 18
| 4.94
| 94
| 125
| 114
| 12
| 3
| 1
| 207.2
| 222
| 11
| 84
| 0
| 7
| 6
|
| 1951
| BOS
| A
| 37
| 22
| 12
| 9
| 5.09
| 71
| 106
| 104
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 184
| 201
| 21
| 61
| 0
| 4
| 14
|
| 1952
| NY
| A
| 9
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 2.91
| 13
| 11
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 27
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1952
| BOS
| A
| 28
| 8
| 1
| 5
| 4.81
| 29
| 47
| 41
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 76.2
| 79
| 8
| 35
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| 1952
| TOT
| A
| 37
| 12
| 6
| 6
| 4.23
| 42
| 58
| 52
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 110.2
| 106
| 12
| 50
| 0
| 3
| 5
|
| 1953
| NY
| A
| 25
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 3.29
| 20
| 23
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 54.2
| 52
| 4
| 26
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1953
| DET
| A
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8.27
| 12
| 24
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 20.2
| 34
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1953
| TOT
| A
| 38
| 1
| 2
| 4
| 4.66
| 32
| 47
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 75.1
| 86
| 7
| 37
| 0
| 2
| 7
|
| Total
|
|
| 318
| 168
| 80
| 85
| 4.13
| 564
| 755
| 656
| 59
| 9
| 12
| 1428.2
| 1487
| 88
| 611
| 0
| 30
| 44
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1942
| WAS
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| WAS
| A
| P
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 18
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .913
|
| 1946
| WAS
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 35
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1947
| WAS
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 24
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1948
| WAS
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 35
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1949
| WAS
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 41
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .912
|
| 1950
| WAS
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| CHI
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 21
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .886
|
| 1950
| TOT
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 33
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| 1951
| BOS
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 30
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1952
| NY
| A
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| BOS
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1952
| TOT
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1953
| NY
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1953
| DET
| A
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1953
| TOT
| A
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 15
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .818
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 318
| 0
| 0
| 100
| 263
| 25
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1942
| WAS
| A
| 17
| 21
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .190
| .227
| .190
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| WAS
| A
| 24
| 24
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .333
| .385
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1946
| WAS
| A
| 32
| 50
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .140
| .140
| .160
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1947
| WAS
| A
| 33
| 50
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 3
| .120
| .137
| .140
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1948
| WAS
| A
| 31
| 64
| 7
| 14
| 0
| 9
| .219
| .219
| .297
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1949
| WAS
| A
| 34
| 67
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 4
| .194
| .239
| .224
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| WAS
| A
| 8
| 20
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .100
| .143
| .150
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1950
| CHI
| A
| 27
| 46
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 4
| .174
| .224
| .174
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1950
| TOT
| A
| 35
| 66
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 4
| .152
| .200
| .167
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1951
| BOS
| A
| 37
| 68
| 10
| 13
| 0
| 4
| .191
| .236
| .206
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1952
| NY
| A
| 9
| 14
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .357
| .357
| .429
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| BOS
| A
| 28
| 18
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 4
| .222
| .300
| .222
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1952
| TOT
| A
| 37
| 32
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .281
| .324
| .313
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1953
| NY
| A
| 25
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 3
| .083
| .083
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1953
| DET
| A
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| TOT
| A
| 38
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 3
| .071
| .071
| .286
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 318
| 456
| 32
| 85
| 1
| 35
| .186
| .217
| .219
| 10
| 1
| 18
| 81
| 0
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 13
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Washington Senators (1940).
- Traded by Washington Senators with Eddie Robinson and Al Kozar to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bob Kuzava, Cass Michaels and Johnny Ostrowski (May 31, 1950).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Bill Wight to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Al Zarilla, Joe Dobson and Dick Littlefield (December 10, 1950).
- Sold by Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees (August 22, 1952).
- Released by New York Yankees (August 4, 1953).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (August 12, 1953).
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