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Ray Fontenot
Silton Ray Fontenot

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
School McNeese State University

Debut June 30, 1983
  vs. BAL 5.7 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER
Final Game October 1, 1986
Born August 8, 1957 in Lake Charles, LA

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 34th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1983 25 NYY AL   8   2  15  15   3   1   0  0   97.3  101   41   36   3   25   27   1   0   408   0   0  3.33  3.87  116 1.295
 1984 26 NYY AL   8   9  35  24   0   0   1  0  169.3  189   77   68   8   58   85   3   4   720   4   2  3.61  3.80  105 1.459
 1985 27 CHC NL   6  10  38  23   0   0   5  0  154.7  177   86   75  23   45   70   0   3   661   4   2  4.36  3.96   91 1.435
 1986 28 TOT      3   5  57   0   0   0  18  2   72.3   84   49   42   8   25   34   2   6   322   3   1  5.23  4.08   78 1.507
         CHC NL   3   5  42   0   0   0  11  2   56.0   57   30   24   5   21   24   0   4   241   3   1  3.86  4.02  104 1.393
         MIN AL   0   0  15   0   0   0   7  0   16.3   27   19   18   3    4   10   2   2    81   0   0  9.92  4.27   43 1.898
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .490  25  26 145  62   3   1  24  2  493.7  551  253  221  42  153  216   6  13  2111  11   5  4.03  3.90   97 1.426
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   8  47  20   0   0   7  0  162.0  181   83   72  13   50   70   1   4   693   3   1  4.03  3.90   97 1.426
 Career High      8  10  57  24   3   1  18  2  169.3  189   86   75  23   58   85   3   6   720   4   2  3.33  4.08  116 1.295

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1985 27 CHC NL  38   41    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  18  .049  .049  .049  -74    2   4   0   0   0   1
 1986 28 TOT     43    7    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .143  .143  .143  -23    1   0   0   0   0   0
         CHC NL  42    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .167  .167  .167  -10    1   0   0   0   0   0
         MIN AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       81   48    3    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  24  .063  .063  .063  -66    3   4   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         96    6    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  48  .063  .063  .063  -66    6   8   0   0   0   2
 Career High     43   41    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  18                           2   4   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1985 27 CHC NL   45   44    0   0.0   103| .049  .271| .049  .341| .049  .404| .098  .745| -74  .000 -10.0  -1.1   0%
 1986 28 TOT       7    6    0   0.0   103| .143  .269| .143  .339| .143  .407| .286  .746| -23  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
         CHC NL    6    5    0   0.0   103| .167  .269| .167  .341| .167  .406| .334  .747| -10  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
         MIN AL    1    1    0   0.0   102| .000  .264| .000  .332| .000  .412| .000  .744|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        52   50    0   0.0   103| .063  .271| .063  .340| .063  .404| .126  .745| -66  .000 -11.2  -1.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1983 25 NYY AL P 15 3 19 1 1 .957 .957 1.47 0.73 2.03 1.80 15 97.3 1984 26 NYY AL P 35 6 28 3 1 .919 .958 0.97 0.70 1.81 1.79 24 169.3 1985 27 CHC NL P 38 6 35 1 3 .976 .953 1.08 0.68 2.39 1.92 23 154.7 1986 28 TOT P 57 4 13 5 0 .773 .955 0.30 0.66 2.12 1.92 0 72.3 CHC NL P 42 2 10 5 0 .706 .952 0.29 0.66 1.93 1.94 0 56.0 MIN AL P 15 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.33 0.68 2.76 1.82 0 16.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1983 25 NYY AL P 15 3 19 1 1 .957 .957 1.47 0.73 2.03 1.80 15 97.3 1984 26 NYY AL P 35 6 28 3 1 .919 .958 0.97 0.70 1.81 1.79 24 169.3 1985 27 CHC NL P 38 6 35 1 3 .976 .953 1.08 0.68 2.39 1.92 23 154.7 1986 28 TOT P 57 4 13 5 0 .773 .955 0.30 0.66 2.12 1.92 0 72.3 CHC NL P 42 2 10 5 0 .706 .952 0.29 0.66 1.93 1.94 0 56.0 MIN AL P 15 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.33 0.68 2.76 1.82 0 16.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 145 19 95 10 5 .919 .956 0.79 0.68 2.08 1.85 62 493.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 145 19 95 10 5 .919 .956 0.79 0.68 2.08 1.85 62 494
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Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Home Runs Allow.
1985 NL-23-5

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Transactions 

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 34th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

October 8, 1979: Sent by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on August 1, 1979. The Texas Rangers sent players to be named later, Oscar Gamble, and Amos Lewis (minors) to the New York Yankees for players to be named later and Mickey Rivers. The Texas Rangers sent Ray Fontenot (October 8, 1979) and Gene Nelson (October 8, 1979) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. The New York Yankees sent Bob Polinsky (minors) (October 8, 1979), Neal Mersch (minors) (October 8, 1979), and Mark Softy (minors) (October 8, 1979) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

December 4, 1984: Traded by the New York Yankees with Brian Dayett to the Chicago Cubs for Porfi Altamirano, Rich Bordi, Henry Cotto, and Ron Hassey.

August 13, 1986: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Julius McDougal (minors) and George Frazier to the Minnesota Twins for Ron Davis and Dewayne Coleman (minors).

December 19, 1986: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

February 19, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

March 18, 1987: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

March 25, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Chicago Cubs$200,000
1986Chicago Cubs$240,000
Career (may be incomplete)$440,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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