Ray Lankford stats

Last played for the St. Louis Cardinals, 2004

Left Fielder · #12

Age 59 · 5' 11"

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Ray Lankford played 14 MLB seasons, 1990 to 2004.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
1,701
AB
5,747
R
968
H
1,561
HR
238
RBI
874
SB
258
AVG
.272

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1990STL3912612363128.286
1991STL1515668314296944.251
1992STL15359887175208642.293
1993STL127407649774514.238
1994STL10941689111195711.267
1995STL13248381134258224.277
1996STL149545100150218635.275
1997STL13346594137319821.295
1998STL154533941563110526.293
1999STL12242277129156314.306
2000STL128392739926655.253
2001STL/SD1313895898195810.252
2002SD8120520466262.224
2004STL9220036516222.255

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
14
AB
37
R
5
H
7
HR
0
RBI
5
SB
0
AVG
.189

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
6,675
TB
2,739
XBH
648
HBP
36
IBB
68
GIDP
77
P/PA
0.29

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1990STL13957140010
1991STL615222471140
1992STL682287665650
1993STL495141273750
1994STL482203494300
1995STL5532486226100
1996STL63526565310120
1997STL5662727001090
1998STL626288693540
1999STL476208483360
2000STL472199454160
2001STL/SD459191514960
2002SD24073142334.0
2004STL23585212464.1

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
35.7
RC
1,022.8
RC/27
6.20
ISOP
.205
SECA
.374
BB/K
0.53
AB/HR
24.1
GO/FO
0.60

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1990STL0.821.16.1.1670.30.5420
1991STL1.369.14.1.1410.30.462.90
1992STL4.5107.16.3.1870.30.529.90
1993STL2.156.24.6.1080.30.758.10
1994STL2.674.66.3.2210.40.521.90
1995STL3.689.86.5.2360.40.619.30
1996STL4.7101.46.5.2110.40.6260
1997STL5.1109.58.4.2900.50.8150
1998STL5.9116.58.1.2480.40.617.20
1999STL3.579.47.1870.30.528.10
2000STL0.873.56.4.2550.40.515.10
2001STL/SD1.070.76.3.2390.40.420.50
2002SD-0.525.14.1.1320.30.534.20
2004STL0.329.85.1700.30.533.30.6

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
59 yearsJun 5, 1967
Height
5' 11"
Debut
1990
Birthplace
Los Angeles, CA

Latest performance

Ray Lankford

Oct 03 · vs MIL · W 9-4

AB
1
R
1
H
1
HR
1
RBI
2
BB
1
SO
0
AVG
.255

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Sun, Oct 03vsMILW 9-411112
Sat, Oct 02vsMILL 5-111100
Fri, Oct 01vsMILW 4-101000
Thu, Sep 30vsMILL 7-601000
Wed, Sep 29atHOUL 6-400000
Tue, Sep 28atHOUL 2-100000

What were Ray Lankford's career stats?

Ray Lankford played 14 seasons for the Cardinals and the Padres. He was a career .272 hitter with 1,561 hits, 238 home runs and 874 RBI. His best season was 1999: a .306 batting average, 15 home runs and 63 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1990 to 2004

Ray Lankford finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.

All-time career rank

  • 293rd in home runs (238)
  • 222nd in stolen bases (258)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

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