Ray Blades
1922–1932 · bats R / throws R · St. Louis Cardinals
767G
.301AVG
.395OBP
.460SLG
More career statistics
726H
50HR
340RBI
33SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 22 | 37 |
| Batting · Doubles | 133 | 135 |
| Batting · Runs | 467 | 468 |
| Batting · RBI | 340 | 347 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 33 | 34 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 767 | 2,846 | 2,415 | 467 | 726 | 133 | 51 | 50 | 340 | 331 | 310 | 33 | 22 | 47 | 0 | 1,111 | .301 | .395 | .460 | .855 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1926-05-27 to 1926-06-15
54longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1928-05-03 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1925-07-11 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1925-06-27 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 383 | 1390 | 354 | 22 | 174 | 153 | 131 | .298 | .365 | .465 |
| Away | 384 | 1456 | 372 | 28 | 173 | 178 | 179 | .303 | .378 | .457 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 67 | 250 | 63 | 9 | 26 | 17 | 34 | .280 | .320 | .453 |
| May | 132 | 453 | 112 | 8 | 58 | 53 | 47 | .291 | .364 | .447 |
| June | 127 | 503 | 140 | 10 | 64 | 54 | 52 | .324 | .386 | .521 |
| July | 156 | 598 | 156 | 8 | 82 | 65 | 58 | .310 | .370 | .452 |
| August | 142 | 500 | 112 | 7 | 41 | 79 | 56 | .277 | .382 | .417 |
| September | 138 | 521 | 140 | 7 | 74 | 62 | 56 | .315 | .388 | .475 |
| October | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .150 | .190 | .300 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 122 | 445 | 113 | 7 | 48 | 45 | 43 | .295 | .355 | .457 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 113 | 420 | 103 | 8 | 47 | 54 | 41 | .290 | .374 | .442 |
| chicago-cubs | 110 | 397 | 108 | 14 | 48 | 43 | 55 | .319 | .380 | .531 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 108 | 441 | 134 | 8 | 73 | 59 | 48 | .365 | .438 | .553 |
| boston-braves | 108 | 384 | 85 | 4 | 32 | 48 | 34 | .262 | .346 | .414 |
| cincinnati-reds | 104 | 411 | 103 | 5 | 57 | 38 | 44 | .289 | .343 | .429 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 102 | 348 | 80 | 4 | 42 | 44 | 45 | .276 | .356 | .383 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 37 | 130 | 39 | 3 | 23 | 3 | .300 | – | – |
| 1923 | St. Louis Cardinals | 98 | 317 | 78 | 5 | 45 | 4 | .246 | – | – |
| 1924 | St. Louis Cardinals | 131 | 456 | 142 | 11 | 67 | 8 | .311 | – | – |
| 1925 | St. Louis Cardinals | 122 | 462 | 158 | 12 | 58 | 6 | .342 | – | – |
| 1926 | St. Louis Cardinals | 107 | 416 | 127 | 8 | 43 | 6 | .305 | – | – |
| 1927 | St. Louis Cardinals | 61 | 180 | 57 | 2 | 29 | 3 | .317 | – | – |
| 1928 | St. Louis Cardinals | 51 | 85 | 20 | 1 | 19 | – | .235 | – | – |
| 1930 | St. Louis Cardinals | 45 | 101 | 40 | 4 | 25 | 1 | .396 | – | – |
| 1931 | St. Louis Cardinals | 35 | 67 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .284 | – | – |
| 1932 | St. Louis Cardinals | 80 | 201 | 46 | 3 | 31 | 2 | .229 | – | – |