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CF Ray Lankford #16
Age: 30 | Bats: L | Throws: L
07/14/1997
DBL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY | FRONT OFFICE
CF RAY LANKFORD #16 - AGE: 30 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
68 281 77 13 5 18 52 28 80 .274 .342 .548 25 3.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 14 12 15 15
Gap 14 12 15 16
Power 13 11 14 14
Eye 11 9 11 14
Avoid K's 7 7 8 8
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 1 12
Errors: - 2 14
Arm: - 1 9
Turn DP: - 2 -
Ability: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 14
1st Base: - Center Field: 7
2nd Base: - Right Field: 5
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 18
Stealing Ability: 19
Baserunning Inst.: 7
Sacrifice Bunt: 3
Bunt for Hit: 17
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/12/1997 @ MIN Win, 9-6 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
07/11/1997 @ MIN Loss, 2-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
07/08/1997 CHA Win, 4-1 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
07/07/1997 CHA Loss, 6-7 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/06/1997 CHC Loss, 5-6 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
07/04/1997 CHC Win, 6-4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
07/03/1997 @ CHA Win, 5-4 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0
07/02/1997 @ CHA Loss, 4-9 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
07/01/1997 @ CHA Loss, 2-7 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
06/30/1997 @ CHA Win, 15-1 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
Birthday:06/05/1967
Born in:Los Angeles, CA
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Drafted:1989, 3rd Pick in Round 1
DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE 1997 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 68 281 77 13 5 18 52 54 28 80 .274 .342 .548 .890 .367 .274 143
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 65 310 1 0 0 4 0 0 154 36 25 3 89.3 55.7 7.13 3.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   28 6 1 0 1 6 3 3 8 0 0 0 .214 .290 .357 .647
Versus Right   253 71 12 5 17 46 51 25 72 0 0 1 .281 .348 .569 .917
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   17 5 2 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 .294 .294 .412 .706
April   85 29 5 1 9 22 23 9 24 0 0 0 .341 .404 .741 1.145
May   79 19 3 1 5 13 13 6 20 0 0 0 .241 .294 .494 .788
June   81 18 3 3 3 13 13 9 25 0 0 0 .222 .300 .444 .744
July   36 11 2 0 1 4 5 4 11 0 0 1 .306 .390 .444 .835
Last Year   470 124 20 7 20 58 86 71 135 3 1 4 .264 .363 .464 .827
2 Years Ago   410 112 23 5 21 69 81 72 116 3 3 3 .273 .383 .507 .891
Career   3265 890 155 52 152 515 618 442 966 32 5 15 .273 .359 .492 .850
Home   121 34 5 3 6 21 23 15 29 0 0 0 .281 .360 .521 .881
Road   160 43 8 2 12 31 31 13 51 0 0 1 .269 .328 .569 .896
Grass   117 33 5 2 10 26 22 10 34 0 0 1 .282 .344 .615 .959
Turf   164 44 8 3 8 26 32 18 46 0 0 0 .268 .341 .500 .841
Day   94 23 7 1 5 17 20 7 31 0 0 0 .245 .297 .500 .797
Night   187 54 6 4 13 35 34 21 49 0 0 1 .289 .364 .572 .936
As Starter   278 77 13 5 18 52 54 28 79 0 0 1 .277 .345 .554 .899
As Reliever / Substitution   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   61 18 5 0 4 15 10 6 16 0 0 1 .295 .368 .574 .941
Inning 1-3   113 32 4 4 6 17 22 7 32 0 0 0 .283 .325 .549 .874
Inning 4-6   79 21 3 1 7 18 14 6 22 0 0 0 .266 .318 .595 .913
Inning 7-9   82 20 6 0 5 13 17 14 26 0 0 0 .244 .354 .500 .854
Extra Innings   7 4 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .571 .667 .571 1.238
0 Outs   89 21 7 1 2 9 16 8 31 0 0 0 .236 .299 .404 .703
1 Outs   119 30 3 1 9 19 26 11 28 0 0 0 .252 .315 .521 .836
2 Outs   73 26 3 3 7 24 12 9 21 0 0 1 .356 .434 .767 1.201
Scoring Position   91 28 4 3 6 40 17 9 28 0 0 1 .308 .376 .615 .992
Bases Empty   153 40 8 2 12 12 32 16 45 0 0 0 .261 .331 .575 .907
Runner on 1st   37 9 1 0 0 0 5 3 7 0 0 0 .243 .300 .270 .570
Runner on 2nd   43 12 2 1 3 14 8 5 15 0 0 0 .279 .354 .581 .936
Runner on 3rd   11 4 0 0 2 7 2 1 4 0 0 0 .364 .417 .909 1.326
Runner on 1st & 2nd   24 5 1 1 0 5 4 1 7 0 0 0 .208 .240 .333 .573
Runner on 1st & 3rd   3 3 1 0 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.333 3.333
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 .333 .600 .333 .933
Bases Loaded   7 3 0 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 .429 .500 .714 1.214
Two Strikes   143 23 6 0 8 21 15 11 80 0 0 0 .161 .221 .371 .591
First Pitch   31 9 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .290 .290 .484 .774
Count 0-1   25 7 0 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 .280 .308 .520 .828
Count 0-2   31 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 21 0 0 0 .065 .065 .194 .258
Count 1-0   18 6 0 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .611 .944
Count 1-1   26 13 1 1 4 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.077 1.577
Count 1-2   34 7 1 0 3 5 5 0 18 0 0 0 .206 .206 .500 .706
Count 2-0   14 6 1 0 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .929 1.357
Count 2-1   19 10 4 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 .526 .526 .842 1.368
Count 2-2   51 5 1 0 1 6 3 0 27 0 0 0 .098 .098 .176 .275
Count 3-0   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Count 3-1   4 2 0 1 0 1 7 11 0 0 0 0 .500 .867 1.000 1.867
Full Count   27 9 3 0 3 8 6 11 14 0 0 0 .333 .526 .778 1.304
Behind in Count   90 16 2 0 6 11 10 0 39 0 0 1 .178 .187 .400 .587
Ahead in Count   56 25 5 3 3 12 23 17 0 0 0 0 .446 .575 .804 1.379
Batting 2nd   231 64 11 4 17 47 46 21 66 0 0 0 .277 .337 .580 .917
Batting 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   6 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 .167 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 5th   42 12 2 0 1 5 6 3 12 0 0 1 .286 .348 .405 .753
Batting 8th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   145 40 9 2 13 21 29 15 41 0 0 0 .276 .344 .634 .978
Medium Leverage   90 23 3 1 4 15 17 7 29 0 0 0 .256 .309 .444 .754
High Leverage   44 14 1 2 1 16 7 4 10 0 0 1 .318 .388 .500 .888
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1990 Kansas City - DBL 22 17 53 10 3 1 0 5 5 3 0 1 13 3 3 .189 .228 .283 .511 37 41 -0.5
1991 Kansas City - DBL 23 133 528 170 36 10 20 86 111 66 2 9 158 33 4 .322 .393 .542 .935 151 152 7.0
1992 Kansas City - DBL 24 120 421 110 22 6 15 74 72 64 0 5 112 16 9 .261 .355 .449 .804 118 121 3.5
1993 Kansas City - DBL 25 148 584 147 25 5 30 97 98 68 4 5 193 41 9 .252 .331 .466 .797 115 119 4.8
1994 Kansas City - DBL 26 132 518 140 13 13 28 74 111 70 1 6 159 45 14 .270 .355 .508 .862 127 127 5.1
1995 Kansas City - DBL 27 119 410 112 23 5 21 69 81 72 3 3 116 36 5 .273 .383 .507 .891 138 132 4.9
1996 Kansas City - DBL 28 126 470 124 20 7 20 58 86 71 4 3 135 45 11 .264 .363 .464 .827 123 127 3.9
1997 Kansas City - DBL 29 68 281 77 13 5 18 52 54 28 1 0 80 25 3 .274 .342 .548 .890 138 143 3.1
Total DBL 863 3265 890 155 52 152 515 618 442 15 32 966 244 58 .273 .359 .492 .850 128 129 31.8
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1990 Makiki - WL 22 28 107 31 2 1 2 8 23 10 0 0 18 6 1 .290 .350 .383 .734 100 109 0.0
1990 Omaha - CBL 22 137 571 174 34 13 19 103 102 53 2 2 107 36 17 .305 .365 .510 .874 134 135 0.0
Total CBL 137 571 174 34 13 19 103 102 53 2 2 107 36 17 .305 .365 .510 .874 134 135
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1990 Kansas City - DBL 22 5 16 2 1 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 3 0 0 .125 .300 .188 .487 0 0 0.0
1991 Kansas City - DBL 23 7 28 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 14 2 0 .214 .267 .321 .588 0 0 0.0
1992 Kansas City - DBL 24 17 59 17 2 0 3 7 15 14 1 4 19 8 1 .288 .410 .475 .885 0 0 0.0
1993 Kansas City - DBL 25 19 71 17 2 3 3 7 13 8 0 0 22 3 1 .239 .316 .479 .795 0 0 0.0
1994 Kansas City - DBL 26 4 14 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 2 0 .286 .375 .286 .661 0 0 0.0
1995 Kansas City - DBL 27 16 57 16 2 0 3 8 12 12 0 0 18 5 0 .281 .406 .474 .879 0 0 0.0
1996 Kansas City - DBL 28 5 17 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 1 0 .118 .318 .118 .436 0 0 0.0
Total DBL 73 262 64 8 4 9 22 49 47 1 4 84 21 2 .244 .357 .408 .765 108 111
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1990 Omaha - CBL 2B 1 1 3 3 2 6 0 1.000 9.0 6.00 -0.2 1.049
1990 Omaha - CBL LF 9 2 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 35.0 2.83 -0.5 .910
1990 Kansas City - DBL CF 17 15 34 0 0 35 1 .971 128.0 2.39 -1.5 .971
1990 Omaha - CBL CF 133 133 474 10 2 488 4 .992 1181.2 3.69 +10.2 1.030
1990 Makiki - WL CF 28 27 86 3 1 90 1 .989 234.0 3.42 +1.8 1.000
1991 Kansas City - DBL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1991 Kansas City - DBL CF 130 129 400 9 0 417 8 .981 1168.0 3.15 -0.8 .996
1992 Kansas City - DBL LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1992 Kansas City - DBL CF 110 105 312 6 1 325 7 .978 939.1 3.05 +0.1 .992
1992 Kansas City - DBL RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1993 Kansas City - DBL CF 148 145 418 9 3 434 7 .984 1313.0 2.93 -1.1 1.001
1994 Kansas City - DBL LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1994 Kansas City - DBL CF 121 118 345 5 0 359 9 .975 1084.1 2.91 -1.4 1.005
1995 Kansas City - DBL LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1995 Kansas City - DBL CF 106 99 273 9 1 284 2 .993 926.0 2.74 -0.9 1.001
1995 Kansas City - DBL RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1996 Kansas City - DBL LF 43 35 62 1 1 68 5 .926 316.0 1.79 -0.4 1.003
1996 Kansas City - DBL CF 83 76 212 4 2 218 2 .991 693.1 2.80 -3.9 .976
1996 Kansas City - DBL RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1997 Kansas City - DBL LF 65 65 135 4 1 139 0 1.000 585.1 2.14 -0.1 1.009
1997 Kansas City - DBL CF 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 4.0 6.75 +0.0 .995
TOTAL 2B 1 1 3 3 2 6 0 1.000 9.0 6.00 -0.2 1.049
TOTAL LF 118 102 208 5 2 218 5 .977 938.1 2.04 -1.0 1.001
TOTAL CF 879 847 2557 55 10 2653 41 .985 7671.2 3.06 +2.3 1.002
PLAYER HISTORY
12/30/1989 Drafted in the 1989 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 3, 3rd overall pick) by the Kansas City Royals.
01/01/1990 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (15); Power: 8 (14); Eye: 11 (13).
01/15/1990 Named to the 1990 Hawaii Winter League for the Makiki Seals.
04/02/1990 Named the #4 prospect in the DBL
06/13/1990 Goes 5-7 against the El Paso Diablos, with 3 RBI and 2 R.
06/14/1990 Was selected to the 1990 Clemente Baseball League All-Star Game.
07/01/1990 Wins the CBL PCL Batter of the Month Award.
01/01/1991 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 15 (15); Power: 11 (14); Eye: 12 (13).
04/01/1991 Named the #3 prospect in the DBL
08/26/1991 Wins the DBL FL Player of the Week Award.
09/01/1991 Wins the DBL FL Rookie of the Month Award.
10/28/1991 Finished 2nd in 1991 DBL FL Rookie of the Year voting.
10/28/1991 Wins the 1991 DBL FL Silver Slugger at CF.
01/01/1992 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 17 (17); Power: 14 (14); Eye: 14 (14).
01/01/1993 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 15 (15); Power: 14 (14); Eye: 14 (14).
10/26/1993 Wins the 1993 World Series with the Kansas City Royals.
10/28/1993 Wins the 1993 DBL FL Silver Slugger at CF.
01/01/1994 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 15 (15); Power: 14 (14); Eye: 14 (14).
08/08/1994 Wins the DBL FL Player of the Week Award.
11/03/1994 Wins the 1994 DBL FL Silver Slugger at CF.
01/01/1995 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 16 (16); Power: 15 (15); Eye: 14 (14).
05/21/1995 Injured (Food poisoning), out for 1 day.
10/21/1995 Wins the 1995 World Series with the Kansas City Royals.
01/01/1996 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 16 (16); Power: 15 (15); Eye: 14 (14).
08/04/1996 Hits for the CYCLE, going 5-6 against the St. Louis Cardinals, with 1 RBI and 4 runs scored.
08/04/1996 Goes 5-6 against the St. Louis Cardinals, with 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 1 RBI and 4 R.
01/01/1997 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 16 (16); Power: 14 (14); Eye: 11 (14).
04/28/1997 Wins the DBL FL Player of the Week Award.
07/11/1997 Was selected to the 1997 Doubleday Baseball League All-Star Game.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year H Rank
1991 170 10
Year K Rank
1991 158 10
1993 193 2
Year 2B Rank
1991 36 10
Year 3B Rank
1990 1 5
1991 10 3
1994 13 1
1996 7 7
Year SB Rank
1990 6 2
1994 45 9
1996 45 10
Year R Rank
1990 23 6
1991 111 6
1994 111 10
Year IBB Rank
1995 8 1
Year SF Rank
1991 9 8
Year AVG Rank
1991 .322 2
Year OBP Rank
1991 .393 5
1996 .363 9
Year SLG Rank
1991 .542 7
Year RC Rank
1991 125.80 5
Year RC/27 Rank
1991 9.13 2
Year WOBA Rank
1991 .393 5
Year OPS Rank
1991 .935 5
Year WAR Rank
1991 7.2 4
1994 5.3 10
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