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Ray Caldwell
Raymond Benjamin Caldwell (Rube, Sum, or Slim)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 9, 1910
Final Game September 29, 1921
Born April 26, 1888 in Corydon, PA
Died August 17, 1967 in Salamanca, NY

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1910 22 NYY AL   1   0   6   2   1   0   2  1   19.3   19    8    8   1    9   17   1   0    83       0  3.72  2.64   71 1.448
 1911 23 NYY AL  14  14  41  27  19   1  12  1  255.0  240  115   95   7   79  145  13   6  1015       1  3.35  3.57  107 1.251
 1912 24 NYY AL   8  16  30  26  13   3   3  0  183.3  196  111   91   1   67   95   6   6   781       1  4.47  3.60   81 1.435
 1913 25 NYY AL   9   8  27  16  15   2   9  1  164.3  131   57   44   5   60   87   9   1   659       0  2.41  2.99  124 1.162
 1914 26 NYY AL  17   9  31  23  22   5   7  1  213.0  153   53   46   5   51   92   4   1   800       0  1.94  2.76  142 0.958
 1915 27 NYY AL  19  16  36  35  31   3   1  0  305.0  266  115   98   6  107  130   5   4  1201       0  2.89  2.93  101 1.223
 1916 28 NYY AL   5  12  21  18  14   1   1  0  165.7  142   62   55   6   65   76   8   3   658       0  2.99  2.88   96 1.249
 1917 29 NYY AL  13  16  32  29  21   1   2  0  236.0  199   92   75   8   76  102   6   0   935       0  2.86  2.69   94 1.165
 1918 30 NYY AL   9   8  24  21  14   1   3  1  176.7  173   69   60   2   62   59   1   1   741       0  3.06  2.82   92 1.330
 1919 31 TOT AL  12   5  24  18  10   2   5  0  139.0  125   84   48   2   50   47   5   3   566       0  3.11  3.15  101 1.259
         BOS AL   7   4  18  12   6   1   5  0   86.3   92   66   38   1   31   23   3   2   363       0  3.96  3.02   76 1.425
         CLE AL   5   1   6   6   4   1   0  0   52.7   33   18   10   1   19   24   2   1   203       0  1.71  3.35  196 0.987
 1920 32 CLE AL  20  10  34  33  20   1   0  0  237.7  286  135  102   9   63   80   4   1  1012       0  3.86  3.79   98 1.468
 1921 33 CLE AL   6   6  37  12   4   1  17  4  147.0  159   91   80   7   49   76   2   3   644       0  4.90  4.28   87 1.415
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .526 133 120 343 260 184  21  62  9 2242.0 2089  992  802  59  738 1006  64  29  9095       2  3.22  3.20   99 1.261
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  13  38  29  20   2   6  1  252.7  235  111   90   6   83  113   7   3  1025   0   0  3.22  3.20   99 1.261
 Career High     20  16  41  35  31   5  17  4  305.0  286  135  102   9  107  145  13   6  1201   0   1  1.94  4.28  142 0.958

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1910 22 NYY AL   6    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1911 23 NYY AL  59  147   14   40   4  1   0   17   5     11      .272  .323  .313   73   46   1           0    
 1912 24 NYY AL  44   76   18   18   1  2   0    6   4      5      .237  .284  .303   64   23   1           0    
 1913 25 NYY AL  59   97   10   28   3  2   0   11   3      3  15  .289  .310  .361   96   35   2           0    
 1914 26 NYY AL  59  113    9   22   4  0   0   10   2  1   7  24  .195  .248  .230   44   26   5           1    
 1915 27 NYY AL  72  144   27   35   4  1   4   20   4  3   9  32  .243  .288  .368   96   53   2           0    
 1916 28 NYY AL  45   93    6   19   2  0   0    4   1      2  17  .204  .221  .226   33   21   0           0    
 1917 29 NYY AL  63  124   12   32   6  1   2   12   2     16  16  .258  .343  .371  117   46   0           0    
 1918 30 NYY AL  65  151   14   44  10  0   1   18   2     13  23  .291  .352  .377  118   57   4           1    
 1919 31 TOT AL  39   71    9   21   5  1   0    6   0      0  13  .296  .296  .394   94   28   3           0    
         BOS AL  33   48    5   13   1  1   0    4   0      0   9  .271  .271  .333   73   16   3           0    
         CLE AL   6   23    4    8   4  0   0    2   0      0   4  .348  .348  .522  136   12   0           0    
 1920 32 CLE AL  41   89   17   19   3  0   0    7   0  2  10  13  .213  .300  .247   44   22   5           1    
 1921 33 CLE AL  38   53    2   11   4  0   1    3   0  0   2   5  .208  .236  .340   44   18   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     590 1164  138  289  46  8   8  114  23  6  78 158  .248  .297  .322   78  375  24   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        320   38   79  13  2   2   31   6  2  21  43  .248  .297  .322   78  103   7   0   0   1   0
 Career High     72  151   27   44  10  2   4   20   5  3  16  32                          57   5   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1910 22 NYY AL    6    6    0   0.0    79| .000  .256| .000  .324| .000  .331| .000  .655|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.2     
 1911 23 NYY AL  159  108   15   3.7   101| .272  .288| .323  .356| .313  .379| .636  .735|  73  .451  -5.5  -0.6     
 1912 24 NYY AL   82   59    7   3.1    96| .237  .279| .284  .349| .303  .368| .587  .717|  64  .401  -4.1  -0.4     
 1913 25 NYY AL  102   71   11   4.1    87| .289  .265| .310  .336| .361  .347| .671  .683|  96  .560  -1.2  -0.1     
 1914 26 NYY AL  126   97    6   1.7    82| .195  .256| .248  .330| .230  .336| .478  .665|  44  .224  -7.9  -0.9  66%
 1915 27 NYY AL  155  114   15   3.5    83| .243  .255| .288  .333| .368  .335| .656  .668|  96  .513  -1.8  -0.2  57%
 1916 28 NYY AL   95   74    5   1.8    84| .204  .259| .221  .333| .226  .338| .447  .671|  33  .239  -8.1  -0.9     
 1917 29 NYY AL  140   92   16   4.7    80| .258  .256| .343  .327| .371  .331| .714  .658| 117  .646   2.7   0.3     
 1918 30 NYY AL  169  111   20   4.9    84| .291  .263| .352  .334| .377  .335| .729  .669| 118  .649   3.5   0.4     
 1919 31 TOT AL   74   53    8   4.1    93| .296  .273| .296  .339| .394  .368| .690  .707|  94  .499  -0.9  -0.1     
         BOS AL   51   38    4   2.8    90| .271  .269| .271  .334| .333  .361| .604  .695|  73  .340  -2.0  -0.2     
         CLE AL   23   15    4   7.2   100| .348  .283| .348  .350| .522  .381| .870  .731| 136  .739   1.1   0.1     
 1920 32 CLE AL  105   77    6   2.1   109| .213  .295| .300  .360| .247  .405| .547  .765|  44  .192  -7.0  -0.7   0%
 1921 33 CLE AL   56   43    4   2.5   116| .208  .302| .236  .368| .340  .424| .576  .793|  44  .214  -4.8  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     1269  905  113   3.4    90| .248  .270| .297  .340| .322  .355| .619  .695|  78  .449 -36.5  -3.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1910 22 NYY AL P 6 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.83 2.35 2.33 3.31 2 19.3 1911 23 NYY AL P 41 8 53 3 2 .953 .938 1.49 1.89 2.15 2.88 27 255.0 OF 11 18 3 2 0 .913 .950 1.91 1.93 5 0 5 1912 24 NYY AL P 30 2 59 4 2 .938 .940 2.03 1.95 3.00 2.96 26 183.3 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1913 25 NYY AL P 27 7 41 0 1 1.000 .938 1.78 1.83 2.63 3.01 16 164.3 OF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 1.93 0 1 2 1914 26 NYY AL P 31 14 45 2 2 .967 .937 1.90 1.74 2.49 2.96 23 213.0 1B 6 42 1 4 1 .915 .984 7.17 10.13 1915 27 NYY AL P 36 12 72 1 5 .988 .938 2.33 1.80 2.48 3.01 35 305.0 1916 28 NYY AL P 21 4 44 2 2 .960 .945 2.29 1.69 2.61 2.95 18 165.7 OF 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 2.05 1917 29 NYY AL P 32 11 60 2 1 .973 .947 2.22 1.83 2.71 3.04 29 236.0 OF 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.14 0 5 3 1918 30 NYY AL P 24 8 35 1 1 .977 .951 1.79 1.85 2.19 2.82 21 176.7 OF 19 44 3 2 1 .959 .961 2.47 2.17 2 12 5 1919 31 TOT AL P 24 2 26 2 0 .933 .949 1.17 1.76 1.81 2.83 18 139.0 BOS AL P 18 1 18 1 0 .950 .950 1.06 1.76 1.98 2.83 12 86.3 OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.15 2 0 0 CLE AL P 6 1 8 1 0 .900 .947 1.50 1.77 1.54 2.83 6 52.7 1920 32 CLE AL P 34 6 49 5 0 .917 .948 1.62 1.66 2.08 2.70 33 237.7 1921 33 CLE AL P 37 5 35 3 1 .930 .957 1.08 1.56 2.45 2.70 12 147.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1914 26 NYY AL 1B 6 42 1 4 1 .915 .984 7.17 10.13 1911 23 NYY AL OF 11 18 3 2 0 .913 .950 1.91 1.93 5 0 5 1912 24 NYY AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1913 25 NYY AL OF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 1.93 0 1 2 1916 28 NYY AL OF 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 2.05 1917 29 NYY AL OF 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.14 0 5 3 1918 30 NYY AL OF 19 44 3 2 1 .959 .961 2.47 2.17 2 12 5 1919 31 BOS AL OF 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.15 2 0 0 1910 22 NYY AL P 6 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.83 2.35 2.33 3.31 2 19.3 1911 23 NYY AL P 41 8 53 3 2 .953 .938 1.49 1.89 2.15 2.88 27 255.0 1912 24 NYY AL P 30 2 59 4 2 .938 .940 2.03 1.95 3.00 2.96 26 183.3 1913 25 NYY AL P 27 7 41 0 1 1.000 .938 1.78 1.83 2.63 3.01 16 164.3 1914 26 NYY AL P 31 14 45 2 2 .967 .937 1.90 1.74 2.49 2.96 23 213.0 1915 27 NYY AL P 36 12 72 1 5 .988 .938 2.33 1.80 2.48 3.01 35 305.0 1916 28 NYY AL P 21 4 44 2 2 .960 .945 2.29 1.69 2.61 2.95 18 165.7 1917 29 NYY AL P 32 11 60 2 1 .973 .947 2.22 1.83 2.71 3.04 29 236.0 1918 30 NYY AL P 24 8 35 1 1 .977 .951 1.79 1.85 2.19 2.82 21 176.7 1919 31 TOT AL P 24 2 26 2 0 .933 .949 1.17 1.76 1.81 2.83 18 139.0 BOS AL P 18 1 18 1 0 .950 .950 1.06 1.76 1.98 2.83 12 86.3 CLE AL P 6 1 8 1 0 .900 .947 1.50 1.77 1.54 2.83 6 52.7 1920 32 CLE AL P 34 6 49 5 0 .917 .948 1.62 1.66 2.08 2.70 33 237.7 1921 33 CLE AL P 37 5 35 3 1 .930 .957 1.08 1.56 2.45 2.70 12 147.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 343 80 523 25 17 .960 .943 1.76 1.79 260 2242.0 OF 46 82 7 5 1 .947 .959 1.93 2.08 9 18 15 1B 6 42 1 4 1 .915 .984 7.17 10.13 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 395 204 531 34 19 .956 .947 1.86 1.95
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1920   WS    CLE BRO     W   1   1  27.00  0  1  0  0   0.1   2   1   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1920   WS    CLE BRO     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Home Runs
1915 AL-4-9

ERA
1914 AL-1.94-4

Wins
1914 AL-17-7
1915 AL-19-6
1920 AL-20-8

Won-Loss %
1914 AL-.654-9
1919 AL-.706-2
1920 AL-.667-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1913 AL-1.162-9
1914 AL-.958-2

Hits Allowed/9IP
1913 AL-7.17-6
1914 AL-6.46-2

Bases on Balls/9IP
1914 AL-2.15-9
1920 AL-2.39-8

Strikeouts/9IP
1911 AL-5.12-10
1913 AL-4.76-9

Games
1911 AL-41-4

Saves
1910 AL-1-9
1921 AL-4-3

Innings
1911 AL-255.0-7
1915 AL-305.0-4

Strikeouts
1911 AL-145-7
1915 AL-130-9
1917 AL-102-8

Games Started
1915 AL-35-3
1920 AL-33-9

Comp. Games
1911 AL-19-10
1914 AL-22-3
1915 AL-31-2
1917 AL-21-9

Shutouts
1912 AL-3-6
1914 AL-5-5
1915 AL-3-8

Home Runs Allow.
1911 AL-7-4
1913 AL-5-9
1914 AL-5-3
1915 AL-6-3
1916 AL-6-3
1917 AL-8-1
1920 AL-9-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1911 AL-79-7
1915 AL-107-7

Hits Allowed
1911 AL-240-10
1915 AL-266-2

SO to Walk
1911 AL-1.84-10
1914 AL-1.80-10
1917 AL-1.34-8
1920 AL-1.27-7

Losses
1911 AL-14-9
1912 AL-16-10
1915 AL-16-6
1917 AL-16-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1911 AL-95-4
1912 AL-91-7
1915 AL-98-3
1917 AL-75-8

Hit Batsmen
1911 AL-13-6
1916 AL-8-7

Batters Faced
1911 AL-1015-9
1915 AL-1201-5

Games Finished
1911 AL-12-4
1921 AL-17-7

Adjusted ERA+
1913 AL-124-10
1914 AL-142-4

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 71 (340) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 16.0 (424) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 24.0 (520) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December 18, 1918: Traded by the New York Yankees with Frank Gilhooley, Slim Love, Roxy Walters, and $15,000 to the Boston Red Sox for Ernie Shore, Duffy Lewis, and Dutch Leonard.

August 4, 1919: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

August 19, 1919: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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