Ray Semproch
[edit] Biography
Born on January 7, 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio, Ray Semproch (Roman Anthony Semproch) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels over the course of his 4 year career. Semproch broke into the bigs on April 15, 1958 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 3.92 ERA in 204.1 innings pitched in 1958, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ray Semproch's best season was 1958, when he posted a 3.92 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 92 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1958
| PHI
| N
| 36
| 30
| 13
| 11
| 3.92
| 92
| 105
| 89
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 204.1
| 211
| 25
| 58
| 1
| 5
| 6
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| 30
| 18
| 3
| 10
| 5.40
| 54
| 76
| 67
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 111.2
| 119
| 12
| 59
| 1
| 2
| 3
|
| 1960
| DET
| A
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 4.00
| 9
| 17
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 29
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1961
| LA
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 66
| 48
| 16
| 21
| 4.44
| 146
| 181
| 156
| 14
| 2
| 3
| 316
| 330
| 37
| 117
| 2
| 7
| 9
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 19
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 4.18
| 10
| 19
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 30
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 85
| 48
| 19
| 21
| 4.42
| 156
| 200
| 169
| 14
| 2
| 3
| 344
| 360
| 39
| 136
| 2
| 10
| 9
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1958
| PHI
| N
| P
| 36
| 30
| 204.1
| 13
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| P
| 30
| 18
| 111.2
| 6
| 21
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 0
| .964
|
| 1960
| DET
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 27
| 0
| 11
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .846
|
| 1961
| LA
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 85
| 48
| 344
| 19
| 64
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 13
| 6
| 0
| .965
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1958
| PHI
| N
| 36
| 74
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 4
| .095
| .107
| .108
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 20
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| PHI
| N
| 30
| 34
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .176
| .176
| .176
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| DET
| A
| 17
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .200
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| LA
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 66
| 108
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 6
| .120
| .128
| .130
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 36
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 19
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .200
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 85
| 112
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 6
| .116
| .132
| .125
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 39
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1951).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Chico Fernandez to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ken Walters, Ted Lepcio and Alex Cosmidis (December 5, 1959).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with cash to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Clem Labine (June 15, 1960).
- Selected by Washington Senators from Los Angeles Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 28, 1960).
- Sold by Washington Senators to Los Angeles Angels (April 7, 1961).
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