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Razor Shines
	Anthony Razor Shines
	(Ray)

	Born: July 18, 1956 in Durham, NC
	56 years old
	Bats: B	Throws: R	Ht: 6'1"	Wt: 210

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- Drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1978 - (Round 18)
- High School: St Augustine (Durham, NC)
- College/Univ: Saint Augustine's College (1977-1978)

Comparison

First Basemen				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Eddie Murray	1977 - 1997	1B	68.2	Pl	61.3	-12.8	0.0	-19.7
2	Keith Hernandez	1974 - 1990	1B	60.1		45.6	0.6	0.0	-13.8
3	Tony Perez	1964 - 1986	1B	54.0	Pl	50.7	-6.9	0.0	-10.2
4	Don Mattingly	1982 - 1995	1B	42.2		39.1	-6.8	0.0	-10.0
5	Kent Hrbek	1981 - 1994	1B	38.2		36.9	-8.2	0.0	-9.5
6	Steve Garvey	1969 - 1987	1B	37.6		36.0	-12.3	0.0	-13.9
7	Cecil Cooper	1971 - 1987	1B	35.8		34.4	-10.4	0.0	-11.8
8	Chris Chambliss	1971 - 1988	1B	27.4		23.5	-8.4	0.0	-12.3
9	Jason Thompson	1976 - 1986	1B	24.8		23.7	-7.6	0.0	-8.6
10	Andre Thornton	1973 - 1987	1B	24.1		25.5	-12.8	0.0	-11.4
11	Dan Driessen	1973 - 1987	1B	20.5		23.1	-11.7	0.0	-9.1
12	Alvin Davis	1984 - 1992	1B	19.9		22.2	-10.1	0.0	-7.8
13	Glenn Davis	1984 - 1993	1B	19.5		18.8	-6.5	0.0	-7.3
14	Bruce Bochte	1974 - 1986	1B	19.2		21.3	-9.6	0.0	-7.6
15	Pete O'Brien	1982 - 1993	1B	19.2		12.2	-1.8	0.0	-8.8
16	Leon Durham	1980 - 1989	1B	16.1		19.1	-8.7	0.0	-5.7
17	Bill Buckner	1969 - 1990	1B	14.7		12.1	-12.2	0.0	-14.8
18	Willie Upshaw	1978 - 1988	1B	13.0		10.6	-4.1	0.0	-6.5
19	Sid Bream	1983 - 1994	1B	11.1		5.7	-0.3	0.0	-5.7
20	Greg Brock	1982 - 1991	1B	9.9		7.4	-2.9	0.0	-5.4
21	Nick Esasky	1983 - 1990	1B	8.2		10.0	-5.3	0.0	-3.5
22	Dave Bergman	1975 - 1992	1B	6.9		5.8	-4.5	0.0	-5.6
23	Greg Walker	1982 - 1990	1B	5.7		6.8	-5.6	0.0	-4.6
24	Pat Tabler	1981 - 1992	1B	3.1		7.9	-10.9	0.0	-6.1
25	Franklin Stubbs	1984 - 1995	1B	2.7		2.7	-4.8	0.0	-4.9
26	Len Matuszek	1981 - 1987	1B	1.9		1.0	-0.7	0.0	-1.6
27	Tim Corcoran	1977 - 1986	1B	1.1		0.7	-1.3	0.0	-1.7
28	Steve Balboni	1981 - 1993	1B	0.8		2.5	-7.8	0.0	-6.1
29	Wallace Johnson	1981 - 1990	1B	0.5		0.6	-0.4	0.0	-0.3
30	Barbaro Garbey	1984 - 1988	1B	0.1		-0.1	-0.9	0.0	-1.1
31	Gerald Perry	1983 - 1995	1B	-0.0		3.7	-8.9	0.0	-5.2
32	Dave Hostetler	1981 - 1988	1B	-0.3		0.5	-2.4	0.0	-1.7
33	Francisco Melendez	1984 - 1989	1B	-0.3		-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.1
34	Harry Spilman	1978 - 1989	1B	-0.4		-0.2	-0.9	0.0	-0.6
35	Rick Lancellotti	1982 - 1990	1B	-0.5		-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
36	Benny Distefano	1984 - 1992	1B	-0.6		-0.1	-1.1	0.0	-0.6
37	Razor Shines	1983 - 1987	1B	-0.7		-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.0
38	Jim Traber	1984 - 1989	1B	-0.9		-2.2	-0.2	0.0	-1.5
39	Mike Laga	1982 - 1990	1B	-1.0		-1.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.9
40	Terry Francona	1981 - 1990	1B	-2.8		-3.0	-3.4	0.0	-3.5

	Razor Shines	1983 - 1987	1B	-0.7		-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.0

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James