Ray Caldwell

Raymond Benjamin Caldwell, (April 26, 1888 – August 17, 1967), was an American major league pitcher from 1910 to 1921. He was known for throwing the spitball, and he was one of the 17 pitchers allowed to continue throwing the pitch after it was outlawed in 1920.

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Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Ray Caldwell.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1910	NYY	1-0	3.72	6	2	1	0	1	19	19	8	8	9	17
1911	NYY	14-14	3.35	41	26	19	1	1	255	240	115	95	79	145
1912	NYY	8-16	4.47	30	26	13	3	0	183	196	111	91	67	95
1913	NYY	9-8	2.41	27	16	15	2	1	164	131	59	44	60	87
1914	NYY	18-9	1.94	31	23	22	5	0	213	153	53	46	51	92
1915	NYY	19-16	2.89	36	35	31	3	0	305	266	115	98	107	130
1916	NYY	5-12	2.99	21	18	14	1	0	165	142	62	55	65	76
1917	NYY	13-16	2.86	32	29	21	1	0	236	199	92	75	76	102
1918	NYY	9-8	3.06	24	21	14	1	1	176	173	69	60	62	59
1919	BOS	7-4	3.96	18	12	6	1	0	86	92	49	38	31	23
1919	CLE	5-1	1.71	6	6	4	1	0	52	33	13	10	19	24
1920	CLE	20-10	3.86	34	33	20	1	0	237	286	135	102	63	80
1921	CLE	6-6	4.90	37	12	4	1	4	147	159	91	80	49	76
Career		134-120	-	343	259	184	21	8	-	2089	972	802	738	1006

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Major League fielding statistics for Ray Caldwell.

Year	Team	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1910	NYY	6	-	1	4	0	0	1.000
1911	NYY	59	-	26	56	5	2	0.943
1912	NYY	44	-	2	59	4	2	0.938
1913	NYY	59	-	8	42	0	1	1.000
1914	NYY	59	-	56	46	6	3	0.944
1915	NYY	72	-	12	72	1	5	0.988
1916	NYY	45	-	4	45	3	2	0.942
1917	NYY	63	-	23	60	2	1	0.976
1918	NYY	65	-	52	38	3	2	0.968
1919	BOS	33	-	5	18	1	0	0.958
1919	CLE	6	-	1	8	1	0	0.900
1920	CLE	41	-	6	49	5	0	0.917
1921	CLE	38	-	5	35	3	1	0.930
Career		590	-	201	532	34	19	-

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Major League batting statistics for Ray Caldwell.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1910	NYY	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.000	0.000	0.000
1911	NYY	59	147	14	40	4	1	0	17	5	11		0.272	0.323	0.313
1912	NYY	44	76	18	18	1	2	0	6	4	5		0.237	0.284	0.303
1913	NYY	59	97	10	28	3	2	0	11	3	3	15	0.289	0.310	0.361
1914	NYY	59	113	9	22	4	0	0	10	2	7	24	0.195	0.248	0.230
1915	NYY	72	144	27	35	4	1	4	20	4	9	32	0.243	0.288	0.368
1916	NYY	45	93	6	19	2	0	0	4	1	2	17	0.204	0.221	0.226
1917	NYY	63	124	12	32	6	1	2	12	2	16	16	0.258	0.343	0.371
1918	NYY	65	151	14	44	10	0	1	18	2	13	23	0.291	0.352	0.377
1919	BOS	33	48	5	13	1	1	0	4	0	0	9	0.271	0.271	0.333
1919	CLE	6	23	4	8	4	0	0	2	0	0	4	0.348	0.348	0.522
1920	CLE	41	89	17	19	3	0	0	7	0	10	13	0.213	0.300	0.247
1921	CLE	38	53	2	11	4	0	1	3	0	2	5	0.208	0.236	0.340
Career		590	1164	138	289	46	8	8	114	23	78	158	-	-	-

First Name	Raymond
Middle Name	Benjamin
Last Name	Caldwell
Full Name at Birth	Raymond Benjamin Caldwell
Other Names	Rube Sum Slim
Age	79 (age at death)
Date of Birth	April 26, 1888
Birthplace	Croydon, PA
Date of Death	August 17, 1967
Location of Death	Salamanca, NY
Buried	Randolph Cemetery, Randolph, NY
Height	6' 2" (188 cm)
Weight	190 lbs (86.2 kg)
Star Sign	Taurus
Nationality	American
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher, Outfielder
Bats	Left
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	9 September 1910
Last MLB Game	29 September 1921