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Ray Jablonski

Raymond Leo Jablonski (Jabbo)

Positions: Third Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 17, 1926 in Chicago, IL
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1953 (Age 26.118, 8,566th in MLB history)   vs. MLN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season [*]
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Redlegs/Giants/Athletics 1953-1960

Last Game: September 17, 1960 (Age 33.275)   vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Died: November 25, 1985 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Justice, IL
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1953 26 STL NL 157 638 604 64 162 23 5 21 112 2 2 34 61 .268 .308 .427 .735 89 258 15 1 1 *5 RoY-3
1954 ★ 27 STL NL 152 673 611 80 181 33 3 12 104 9 4 49 42 .296 .345 .419 .764 99 256 17 2 1 11 *5/3 AS
1955 28 CIN NL 74 239 221 28 53 9 0 9 28 0 1 13 35 .240 .289 .403 .691 78 89 4 3 0 2 1 57
1956 29 CIN NL 130 458 407 42 104 25 1 15 66 2 4 37 57 .256 .324 .432 .756 97 176 14 7 1 6 6 *5/4
1957 30 NYG NL 107 343 305 37 88 15 1 9 57 0 2 31 47 .289 .346 .433 .779 108 132 8 0 0 8 2 5/37
1958 31 SFG NL 86 251 230 28 53 15 1 12 46 2 0 17 50 .230 .287 .461 .748 96 106 11 2 0 2 2 5/7
1959 32 TOT MLB 85 164 152 15 39 5 0 5 22 1 0 11 30 .257 .305 .388 .693 83 59 3 0 0 1 0 5/6
1959 32 STL NL 60 96 87 11 22 4 0 3 14 1 0 8 19 .253 .313 .402 .715 85 35 3 0 0 1 0 5/6
1959 32 KCA AL 25 68 65 4 17 1 0 2 8 0 0 3 11 .262 .294 .369 .663 80 24 0 0 0 0 0 5
1960 33 KCA AL 21 37 32 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 8 .219 .297 .250 .547 50 8 1 0 0 1 0 /5
8 Yrs 812 2803 2562 297 687 126 11 83 438 16 13 196 330 .268 .320 .423 .743 94 1084 73 15 3 31 11
162 Game Avg. 162 559 511 59 137 25 2 17 87 3 3 39 66 .268 .320 .423 .743 94 216 15 3 1
STL (3 yrs) 369 1407 1302 155 365 60 8 36 230 12 6 91 122 .280 .326 .422 .748 93 549 35 3 2 12 0
CIN (2 yrs) 204 697 628 70 157 34 1 24 94 2 5 50 92 .250 .312 .422 .734 91 265 18 10 1 8 7
SFG (2 yrs) 193 594 535 65 141 30 2 21 103 2 2 48 97 .264 .321 .445 .766 103 238 19 2 0 10 4
KCA (2 yrs) 46 105 97 7 24 2 0 2 11 0 0 7 19 .247 .295 .330 .625 70 32 1 0 0 1 0
NL (7 yrs) 766 2698 2465 290 663 124 11 81 427 16 13 189 311 .269 .321 .427 .748 95 1052 72 15 3 30 11
AL (2 yrs) 46 105 97 7 24 2 0 2 11 0 0 7 19 .247 .295 .330 .625 70 32 1 0 0 1 0
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Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1953 26 STL NL 157 638 -14 -0 -0 -8 1 -21 -2.2 24 3 0.1 .487 .487 1.1 -0.8 11 *5 RoY-3
1954 ★ 27 STL NL 152 673 4 1 -1 -8 1 -5 -0.6 25 20 1.8 .497 .497 2.8 -0.9 28 *5/3 AS
1955 28 CIN NL 74 239 -6 -1 -1 -5 -1 -14 -1.5 9 -4 -0.6 .481 .491 -0.0 -0.7 0 57
1956 29 CIN NL 130 458 0 -4 -1 -6 1 -10 -1.4 17 7 0.4 .492 .493 1.4 -0.8 13 *5/4
1957 30 NYG NL 107 343 2 -1 1 0 0 3 0.2 13 16 1.5 .503 .502 1.6 0.0 16 5/37
1958 31 SFG NL 82 251 -2 -0 -2 -6 1 -10 -1.1 9 -0 -0.1 .488 .494 0.6 -0.6 6 5/7
1959 32 STL NL 60 96 -2 1 -0 -3 0 -4 -0.4 4 -0 -0.1 .493 .497 0.3 -0.3 3 5/6
1959 32 KCA AL 25 68 -0 -0 0 -2 0 -2 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .493 .499 0.2 -0.2 2 5
1960 33 KCA AL 21 37 -3 0 0 -2 0 -4 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .482 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -1 /5
8 Seasons 808 2803 -20 -5 -4 -39 2 -65 -7.6 104 39 2.8 .492 .494 7.8 -4.4 78
STL (3 yrs) 369 1407 -12 1 -2 -19 1 -30 -3.3 52 22 1.9 .492 .493 4.2 -1.9 42
CIN (2 yrs) 204 697 -6 -5 -2 -11 -0 -24 -2.9 26 3 -0.2 .488 .493 1.3 -1.5 13
SFG (2 yrs) 189 594 0 -1 -1 -6 1 -7 -0.8 22 16 1.4 .496 .498 2.2 -0.6 22
KCA (2 yrs) 46 105 -3 -0 1 -3 0 -5 -0.6 3 -2 -0.3 .488 .498 0.1 -0.4 1

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1953 STL NL 26 3B 157 157 95 1278.2 399 94 278 27 27 .932 -8 -7 2.62 2.37 .951 3.04 2.98 RoY-3
1954 STL NL 27 3B 149 149 121 1299.1 454 122 298 34 25 .925 -9 -8 2.91 2.82 .952 3.17 3.15 AS
1954 STL NL 27 1B 1 1 0 8.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0 15 6.75 6.00 .992 9.79 9.80 AS
1955 CIN NL 28 3B 28 27 19 220.1 78 24 44 10 3 .872 -3 -16 2.78 2.43 .951 3.13 3.10
1955 CIN NL 28 LF 28 27 14 211.0 49 46 2 1 0 .980 -2 -10 2.05 1.71 .972 2.05 2.03
1955 CIN NL 28 OF 28 27 14 211.0 48 45 2 1 0 .979 -2 -10 2.00 1.68 .977 2.30 2.28
1956 CIN NL 29 3B 127 111 72 941.2 298 117 172 9 11 .970 -6 -8 2.76 2.28 .956 3.05 3.02
1956 CIN NL 29 2B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.30
1957 NYG NL 30 3B 70 67 39 546.2 185 44 130 11 15 .941 2 3 2.86 2.49 .952 2.96 2.98
1957 NYG NL 30 1B 6 6 3 49.0 62 55 6 1 5 .984 -0 -7 11.20 10.17 .990 9.66 9.73
1957 NYG NL 30 LF 1 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -120 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.00
1957 NYG NL 30 OF 1 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -120 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.30
1958 SFG NL 31 3B 57 50 24 418.1 148 49 91 8 2 .946 -6 -17 3.01 2.46 .952 3.18 3.16
1958 SFG NL 31 LF 1 1 0 6.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0 -80 1.50 1.00 .975 1.95 2.00
1958 SFG NL 31 OF 1 1 0 6.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0 -80 1.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1959 TOT MLB 32 3B 36 24 18 220.2 68 20 43 5 5 .926 -5 -26 2.57 1.75 .951 3.10 3.06
1959 STL NL 32 3B 19 11 7 104.2 30 7 20 3 2 .900 -3 -34 2.32 1.42 .950 2.98 2.94
1959 STL NL 32 SS 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.10
1959 KCA AL 32 3B 17 13 11 116.0 38 13 23 2 3 .947 -2 -19 2.79 2.12 .952 3.21 3.19
1960 KCA AL 33 3B 6 6 4 44.0 18 4 13 1 0 .944 -2 -44 3.48 2.83 .952 3.15 3.13
8 Seasons 3B 630 591 392 4969.2 1648 474 1069 105 88 .936 -36 -9 2.79 2.45 .952 3.09 3.06
3 Seasons LF 30 29 15 225.0 51 47 2 2 0 .961 -3 -15 1.96 1.63 .972 2.05 2.03
3 Seasons OF 30 29 15 225.0 50 46 2 2 0 .960 -3 -15 1.92 1.60 .977 2.30 2.28
2 Seasons 1B 7 7 3 57.0 68 60 7 1 5 .985 -0 -4 10.58 9.57 .990 9.68 9.74
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.30
1 Season SS 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.10
8 Seasons TOT 669 627 410 5253.0 1766 580 1078 108 93 .939 -39 -9 2.84 2.48 .955 3.12 3.10
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Complete player games played data.
Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1930 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1930 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1930 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1913 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1930 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1913) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1930 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1954 (3B)

Games Played s c a p y
1953 NL  157 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1954 NL  611 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1954 NL  181 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1954 NL  33 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1953 NL  112 (8th)
1954 NL  104 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1954 NL  9 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1954 NL  133 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 NL  7 (3rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 NL  11 (2nd)
1956 NL  6 (8th)
1957 NL  8 (2nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1954 NL  17 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1954 NL  10.3 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1953 NL  460 (7th)
1954 NL  463 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† †s c a p y
1954 NL  34.19 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† †s c a p y
1954 NL  3.5 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† †s c a p y
1954 NL  3.3 (10th)

Errors Committed† †s c a p y
1953 NL  27 (5th)
1954 NL  34 (2nd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1953 NL  157 (1st)
1954 NL  149 (1st)
1956 NL  127 (4th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1954 NL  122 (4th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1953 NL  278 (3rd)
1954 NL  298 (1st)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1953 NL  27 (2nd)
1954 NL  34 (1st)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1953 NL  27 (4th)
1954 NL  25 (3rd)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1954 NL  .925 (5th)
1956 NL  .970 (2nd)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1930-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 17 (1149), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1284), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1880), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (332nd), 2.8 career WAR/3.4 7yr-peak WAR/3.1 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.5 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/55.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. David Freese (958)
  2. Sean Berry (957)
  3. Kevin Kouzmanoff (957)
  4. Kyle Seager (949)
  5. Wilson Betemit (946)
  6. Mike Blowers (945)
  7. Butch Hobson (945)
  8. Eric Soderholm (944)
  9. Casey McGehee (940)
  10. Jim Leyritz (937)
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  1. Chris Johnson (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Chris Johnson (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Frank Malzone (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Frank Malzone (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Keith Moreland (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Kevin Kouzmanoff (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. David Freese (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Sean Berry (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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