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Ray Jablonski
Raymond Leo Jablonski (Jabbo)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 183 lb.

Debut April 14, 1953
Final Game September 17, 1960
Born December 17, 1926 in Chicago, IL
Died November 25, 1985 in Chicago, IL

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 26 STL NL 157  604   64  162  23  5  21  112   2  2  34  61  .268  .308  .427   89  258   1           1  15 RoY-3
 1954 27 STL NL 152  611   80  181  33  3  12  104   9  4  49  42  .296  .345  .419   98  256   1  11       2  17 AS
 1955 28 CIN NL  74  221   28   53   9  0   9   28   0  1  13  35  .240  .289  .403   79   89   0   2   1   3   4
 1956 29 CIN NL 130  407   42  104  25  1  15   66   2  4  37  57  .256  .324  .432   98  176   1   6   6   7  14
 1957 30 NYG NL 107  305   37   88  15  1   9   57   0  2  31  47  .289  .346  .433  109  132   0   8   2   0   8
 1958 31 SFG NL  82  230   28   53  15  1  12   46   2  0  17  50  .230  .287  .461   96  106   0   2   2   2  11
 1959 32 TOT     85  152   15   39   5  0   5   22   1  0  11  30  .257  .305  .388   83   59   0   1   0   0   3
         STL NL  60   87   11   22   4  0   3   14   1  0   8  19  .253  .313  .402   85   35   0   1   0   0   3
         KCA AL  25   65    4   17   1  0   2    8   0  0   3  11  .262  .294  .369   80   24   0   0   0   0   0
 1960 33 KCA AL  21   32    3    7   1  0   0    3   0  0   4   8  .219  .297  .250   50    8   0   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      808 2562  297  687 126 11  83  438  16 13 196 330  .268  .320  .423   94 1084   3  31  11  15  73
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        514   60  138  25  2  17   88   3  3  39  66  .268  .320  .423   94  217   1   6   2   3  15
 Career High    157  611   80  181  33  5  21  112   9  4  49  61  .296  .346  .461  109  258   1  11   6   7  17
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 26 STL NL  640  460   79   4.5   110| .268  .274| .308  .345| .427  .427| .735  .773|  89  .472 -12.0  -1.1  50%
 1954 27 STL NL  674  463   89   5.2   110| .296  .275| .345  .347| .419  .425| .764  .772|  98  .533  -1.2  -0.1  69%
 1955 28 CIN NL  239  175   25   3.8   109| .240  .270| .289  .342| .403  .428| .692  .769|  79  .408  -7.6  -0.7   0%
 1956 29 CIN NL  458  328   54   4.4   107| .256  .270| .324  .337| .432  .426| .756  .763|  98  .493  -0.8  -0.1  33%
 1957 30 NYG NL  344  235   46   5.3   102| .289  .267| .346  .331| .433  .414| .779  .744| 109  .562   5.3   0.5   0%
 1958 31 SFG NL  251  190   27   3.8   104| .230  .267| .287  .335| .461  .417| .748  .752|  96  .409  -2.0  -0.2 100%
 1959 32 TOT     164  117   18   4.1   106| .257  .271| .305  .340| .388  .417| .693  .757|  83  .457  -4.2  -0.4 100%
         STL NL   96   69   11   4.3   110| .253  .277| .313  .344| .402  .429| .715  .773|  85  .463  -2.0  -0.2 100%
         KCA AL   68   48    7   3.9   100| .262  .263| .294  .334| .369  .401| .663  .736|  80  .447  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1960 33 KCA AL   37   27    3   3.0   101| .219  .263| .297  .337| .250  .403| .547  .740|  50  .322  -2.1  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2807 1995  341   4.6   108| .268  .272| .320  .341| .423  .423| .743  .764|  94  .488 -24.5  -2.3  55%

* 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 ------+
1953 26 STL NL 3B 157 94 278 27 27 .932 .951 2.37 2.72 1954 27 STL NL 3B 149 122 298 34 25 .925 .952 2.82 2.82 AS 1B 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 9.30 AS 1955 28 CIN NL OF 28 45 2 1 0 .979 .977 1.68 2.10 28 0 0 3B 28 24 44 10 3 .872 .951 2.43 2.81 1956 29 CIN NL 3B 127 117 172 9 11 .970 .956 2.28 2.64 2.76 3.05 111 941.7 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0.00 6.00 0 0.3 1957 30 NYG NL 3B 70 44 130 11 15 .941 .952 2.49 2.71 2.86 2.96 67 546.7 1B 6 55 6 1 5 .984 .990 10.17 8.82 11.20 9.66 6 49.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.02 1 8.0 1958 31 SFG NL 3B 57 49 91 8 2 .946 .952 2.46 2.86 3.01 3.18 49 418.3 LF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 1.50 1.50 1.95 1 6.0 1959 32 TOT 3B 36 20 43 5 5 .926 .952 1.75 2.69 2.57 3.10 24 220.7 STL NL 3B 19 7 20 3 2 .900 .951 1.42 2.66 2.32 2.97 11 104.7 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 KCA AL 3B 17 13 23 2 3 .947 .952 2.12 2.72 2.79 3.21 13 116.0 1960 33 KCA AL 3B 6 4 13 1 0 .944 .950 2.83 2.72 3.48 3.15 6 44.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 27 STL NL 1B 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 9.30 1957 30 NYG NL 1B 6 55 6 1 5 .984 .990 10.17 8.82 11.20 9.66 6 49.0 1956 29 CIN NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0.00 6.00 0 0.3 1953 26 STL NL 3B 157 94 278 27 27 .932 .951 2.37 2.72 1954 27 STL NL 3B 149 122 298 34 25 .925 .952 2.82 2.82 1955 28 CIN NL 3B 28 24 44 10 3 .872 .951 2.43 2.81 1956 29 CIN NL 3B 127 117 172 9 11 .970 .956 2.28 2.64 2.76 3.05 111 941.7 1957 30 NYG NL 3B 70 44 130 11 15 .941 .952 2.49 2.71 2.86 2.96 67 546.7 1958 31 SFG NL 3B 57 49 91 8 2 .946 .952 2.46 2.86 3.01 3.18 49 418.3 1959 32 TOT 3B 36 20 43 5 5 .926 .952 1.75 2.69 2.57 3.10 24 220.7 STL NL 3B 19 7 20 3 2 .900 .951 1.42 2.66 2.32 2.97 11 104.7 KCA AL 3B 17 13 23 2 3 .947 .952 2.12 2.72 2.79 3.21 13 116.0 1960 33 KCA AL 3B 6 4 13 1 0 .944 .950 2.83 2.72 3.48 3.15 6 44.0 1957 30 NYG NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.02 1 8.0 1958 31 SFG NL LF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 1.50 1.50 1.95 1 6.0 1955 28 CIN NL OF 28 45 2 1 0 .979 .977 1.68 2.10 28 0 0 1957 30 NYG NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.25 1 8.0 1958 31 SFG NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 1.50 2.25 1 6.0 1959 32 STL NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0.00 5.40 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B* 630 474 1069 105 88 .936 .952 2.45 2.74 257 2171.3 1B* 7 60 7 1 5 .985 .990 9.57 8.89 6 49.0 LF* 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 1.60 2 14.0 2B* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70 0 0.3 SS* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 669 580 1078 107 93 .939 .955 2.48 2.78
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1954   STL NL   *   3   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   3   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1954 (3B)

Games
1953 NL-157-2

At Bats
1954 NL-611-6

Hits
1954 NL-181-10

Doubles
1954 NL-33-10

RBI
1953 NL-112-8
1954 NL-104-7

Stolen Bases
1954 NL-9-7

Singles
1954 NL-133-6

Hit By Pitch
1956 NL-7-3

Sac. Flies
1954 NL-11-2
1956 NL-6-8
1957 NL-8-2

Grounded into Double Plays
1954 NL-17-8

Power/Speed Number
1954 NL-10.3-7

Outs
1953 NL-460-7
1954 NL-463-5

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 17 (1082) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1913) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 9.0 (1155) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 24, 1948: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in the 1948 minor league draft.

December 8, 1954: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Jerry Staley to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Frank Smith.

November 13, 1956: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs with Elmer Singleton to the Chicago Cubs for Don Hoak, Warren Hacker, and Pete Whisenant.

April 16, 1957: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Ray Katt to the New York Giants for Dick Littlefield and Bob Lennon.

March 25, 1959: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Bill White to the St. Louis Cardinals for Sam Jones and Don Choate.

August 20, 1959: Selected off waivers by the Kansas City Athletics from the St. Louis Cardinals.


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