Ray Sadecki
1960–1977 · bats L / throws L · Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
543G
.191AVG
.219OBP
.247SLG
More career statistics
151H
5HR
56RBI
0SB
135–131W–L
2,500.2IP
1,614K
3.78ERA
328GS
7SV
3Rare feats
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 · Games | 543 | 587 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 7,502 | 7,501 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 543 | 872 | 789 | 59 | 151 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 27 | 161 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 195 | .191 | .219 | .247 | .466 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,500.7 | 563 | 328 | 85 | 135 | 131 | 7 | 2,456 | 1,206 | 1,051 | 240 | 922 | 1,614 | 0 | 0 | 3.78 | 1.351 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1967-07-30 to 1967-08-18
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1965-08-14 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1961-06-06 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 45 | 13 strikeouts | 1965-09-08 | 1 in 861 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 290 | 414 | 73 | 5 | 28 | 11 | 72 | .195 | .203 | .267 |
| Away | 297 | 458 | 78 | 0 | 28 | 16 | 89 | .188 | .205 | .229 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 56 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | .113 | .103 | .170 |
| May | 101 | 141 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | .230 | .241 | .302 |
| June | 110 | 175 | 26 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 39 | .159 | .166 | .213 |
| July | 109 | 165 | 29 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 28 | .192 | .182 | .298 |
| August | 114 | 174 | 40 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 26 | .261 | .282 | .301 |
| September | 93 | 156 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 34 | .144 | .186 | .151 |
| October | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 71 | 106 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 14 | .242 | .245 | .313 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 64 | 95 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 19 | .170 | .179 | .250 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 64 | 118 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 28 | .124 | .136 | .152 |
| cincinnati-reds | 59 | 100 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 | .220 | .230 | .242 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 46 | 83 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .152 | .145 | .152 |
| houston-astros | 43 | 61 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | .269 | .295 | .442 |
| san-francisco-giants | 42 | 78 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | .141 | .154 | .211 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 33 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .216 | .233 | .216 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 57 | 12 | – | 2 | – | .211 | 157 | 95 |
| 1961 | St. Louis Cardinals | 36 | 87 | 22 | – | 12 | – | .253 | 222 | 114 |
| 1962 | St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | .081 | 102 | 50 |
| 1963 | St. Louis Cardinals | 39 | 64 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .141 | 193 | 136 |
| 1964 | St. Louis Cardinals | 39 | 75 | 12 | – | 6 | – | .160 | 220 | 119 |
| 1965 | St. Louis Cardinals | 36 | 55 | 11 | – | 4 | – | .200 | 172 | 122 |
| 1966 | San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals | 32 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 7 | – | .341 | 129 | 83 |
| 1967 |  San Francisco Giants | 37 | 73 | 18 | – | 5 | – | .247 | 188 | 145 |
| 1968 | San Francisco Giants | 43 | 85 | 8 | – | – | – | .094 | 253 | 206 |
| 1969 | San Francisco Giants | 30 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 5 | – | .125 | 138 | 104 |
| 1970 |  New York Mets | 28 | 39 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .205 | 138 | 89 |
| 1971 | New York Mets | 34 | 50 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .200 | 163 | 120 |
| 1972 | New York Mets | 34 | 13 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .154 | 75 | 38 |
| 1973 | New York Mets | 31 | 31 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .226 | 116 | 87 |
| 1974 | New York Mets | 34 | 27 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .259 | 103 | 46 |
| 1975 | Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals | 38 | 15 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .200 | 80 | 32 |
| 1976 | Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 42 | 28 |
| 1977 | New York Mets | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |