Ray Sheppard

Ray Theodore Sheppard
(Rambling Ray; The Smoke Ball King)

Born: December 10, 1902 in Luling, TX
Died: October 24, 1987 in Galveston, TX
(84 years old)

Bats:

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 186

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Notes:

• High School: Paul Quinn College (Dallas, TX)
• College: Paul Quinn College (Waco, TX) , Wiley College (Marshall, TX)
• Buried: Lakeview Cemetery (Galveston, TX)

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Turkey Stearnes	CF	2	1925	1926	DS	11.6	9.3	2.7	0.0	-0.4
2	Satchel Paige	SP	2	1928	1929	BBB	9.4	-0.1	0.2	9.3	0.0
3	Roy Parnell	CF	2	1928	1932	BBB/MRM	6.7	5.5	-0.8	2.4	-0.3
4	Andy Cooper	SP	2	1925	1926	DS	6.7	-0.3	0.0	7.0	0.0
5	Harry Salmon	SP	3	1924	1929	BBB	6.6	-0.8	0.1	7.3	-0.1
6	Bill Riggins	SS	2	1925	1926	DS	6.5	2.3	3.3	0.0	1.0
7	Edgar Wesley	1B	2	1925	1926	DS	5.6	4.9	1.3	0.0	-0.5
8	Clarence Smith	RF	2	1925	1929	BBB/DS	5.4	5.0	1.0	0.0	-0.6
9	Leroy Morney	SS	1	1932	1932	MRM	4.5	3.7	0.4	0.0	0.4
10	Dick Matthews	SP	1	1932	1932	MRM	4.2	-0.1	0.0	4.2	0.0
11	Sam Streeter	SP	2	1924	1928	BBB	4.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0
12	Fred Bell	SP	2	1925	1926	DS	3.6	1.4	0.6	1.7	-0.1
13	Chuffie Alexander	1B	2	1928	1932	BBB/MRM	3.6	1.2	2.8	0.0	-0.4
14	Elbert Williams	SP	1	1932	1932	MRM	3.1	-0.4	0.0	3.5	0.0
15	Mule Suttles	LF	2	1924	1932	BBB/DW	3.1	2.2	1.3	0.0	-0.4
16	Robert Poindexter	SP	2	1924	1928	BBB	2.7	1.1	0.0	1.6	0.0
17	Anderson Pryor	2B	2	1925	1926	DS	2.6	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.3
18	Vic Harris	LF	2	1924	1932	CBN/DW	2.5	1.6	1.1	0.0	-0.2
19	Bert Hunter	SP	1	1932	1932	DW	2.2	-0.2	0.0	2.5	0.0
20	Poindexter Williams	C	3	1924	1929	BBB	2.0	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.3
21	Lucius Hampton	SP	2	1925	1926	DS	1.9	0.8	-0.4	1.6	0.0
22	Ted Trent	SP	1	1932	1932	DW	1.9	-0.1	0.0	2.0	0.0
23	Sandy Thompson	CF	2	1924	1928	BBB	1.9	1.6	0.5	0.0	-0.2
24	Johnny Jones	LF	2	1925	1926	DS	1.7	1.0	1.0	0.0	-0.3
25	George Nash	SP	1	1928	1928	BBB	1.7	-0.3	0.0	2.0	0.0
26	George McAllister	1B	4	1924	1929	BBB/DS	1.7	2.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.9
27	Zollie Wright	RF	1	1932	1932	MRM	1.6	2.4	-0.6	0.0	-0.2
28	Willie Wells	SS	1	1932	1932	DW	1.4	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.2
29	Dave Thomas	1B	1	1929	1929	BBB	1.3	0.9	1.2	-0.4	-0.4
30	Dizzy Dismukes	SP	2	1924	1932	MULT	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0
31	Lefty Williams	SP	1	1932	1932	DW	1.2	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.0
32	Harry Jeffries	3B	2	1924	1926	CBN/DS	1.2	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.2
33	Augustus Saunders	2B	1	1932	1932	MRM	1.1	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.2
34	Tom Young	C	1	1932	1932	DW	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.1
35	Geechie Meredith	2B	3	1924	1929	BBB	1.0	3.3	-3.1	0.0	0.8
36	Johnnie Bob Dixon	SP	1	1926	1926	DS	0.9	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
37	William Bell	SP	1	1932	1932	DW	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.0
38	Eggie Hensley	SP	1	1924	1924	CBN	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
39	Ruben Jones	RF	2	1924	1928	BBB	0.8	-0.1	1.1	0.0	-0.2
40	Bill McCall	SP	1	1924	1924	BBB	0.8	-0.2	-0.1	1.0	0.0
41	Cool Papa Bell	CF	1	1932	1932	DW	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
42	Fred Daniels	RF	1	1924	1924	BBB	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.3	-0.1
43	Herman Gordon	SP	1	1924	1924	CBN	0.7	-0.1	-0.2	0.9	0.0
44	Yellow Horse Morris	SP	2	1925	1926	DS	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.0
45	Howard Ross	RP	1	1924	1924	CBN	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
46	Charles Wesley	2B	3	1924	1929	BBB	0.6	-0.7	1.7	-0.4	0.1
47	Otto Ray	C	1	1924	1924	CBN	0.6	1.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0
48	Joe Williams	SP	1	1932	1932	DW	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
49	Murray Gillispie	SP	1	1932	1932	MRM	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
50	Ray Brown	SP	1	1932	1932	DW	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.7	-0.1
51	George Fiall	SS	1	1929	1929	BBB	0.5	-0.1	0.5	0.0	0.1
52	Lawrence Davis	RF	1	1924	1924	ABC	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
53	Pinky Ward	LF	1	1924	1924	ABC	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
54	Ruby Tyrees	SP	1	1924	1924	CBN	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
55	Anthony Cooper	SS	2	1928	1929	BBB	0.4	-0.2	0.7	0.0	-0.1
56	Porter Dallas	3B	2	1929	1932	BBB/MRM	0.4	1.8	-1.6	0.0	0.2
57	Willie Burnham	RP	1	1932	1932	MRM	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
58	Harry Else	C	1	1932	1932	MRM	0.3	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.2
59	Sensation Clark	RP	1	1924	1924	CBN	0.3	0.0	-0.1	0.3	0.0
60	Mack Heller	1B	1	1932	1932	MRM	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	Barney Morris	SP	1	1932	1932	MRM	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.6	0.0
62	Don Hammond	SS	1	1924	1924	CBN	0.2	0.0	0.3	-0.1	0.0
63	Bill Francis	3B	1	1924	1924	CBN	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
64	Ted Hamilton	RP	1	1924	1924	CBN	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
65	Fred Long	RF	1	1926	1926	DS	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
66	George Dixon	C	1	1924	1924	ABC/BBB	0.2	0.9	-0.8	0.0	0.1
67	Candy Jim Taylor	SP	1	1926	1926	DS	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
68	Bubbles Anderson	2B	1	1924	1924	BBB	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1
69	Frank Johnson	LF	1	1932	1932	MRM	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
70	Henry Blackmon	3B	1	1924	1924	ABC	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
71	Marlin Carter	2B	1	1932	1932	MRM	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
72	Bobo Leonard	CF	1	1924	1924	ABC/CBN	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1
73	Charlie Blackwell	RF	1	1926	1926	DS	0.1	1.3	-0.9	0.0	-0.3
74	A. J. Dykes	2B	1	1929	1929	BBB	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
75	Hulon Stamps	RP	1	1924	1924	ABC	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Leon Morgan	RF	1	1928	1928	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
77	Leroy Grant	1B	1	1924	1924	CBN	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Goldie Davis	RP	1	1924	1924	ABC	0.0	0.1	-0.3	0.3	0.0
79	John Barnes	C	1	1924	1924	CBN	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
80	Eppie Hampton	C	1	1929	1929	BBB	0.0	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
81	Dewey Creacy	3B	1	1932	1932	DW	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1
82	Farmer Brady	-	1	1924	1924	CBN	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Marshall	C	1	1929	1929	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Larry Brown	C	1	1926	1926	DS	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1
85	Hayes	RP	1	1928	1928	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Willie Miles	CF	1	1924	1924	CBN	0.0	0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.0
87	Powell	-	1	1928	1928	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	A. Smith	RF	1	1925	1925	DS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	George Sias	3B	1	1932	1932	MRM	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Harold Treadwell	RP	2	1924	1926	CBN/DS	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
91	Henry Strickland	-	1	1924	1924	ABC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Johnson	RF	1	1928	1928	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Tiny Baldwin	2B	1	1926	1926	DS	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Adam Williams	2B	1	1924	1924	ABC	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
95	Claude Johnson	3B	1	1929	1929	BBB	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Johnny Juran	SP	1	1924	1924	BBB	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
97	Buddy Hayes	C	1	1924	1924	CBN	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Hilton Smith	-	1	1932	1932	MRM	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
99	Shorty Walker	LF	1	1932	1932	MRM	-0.1	-0.3	0.4	0.0	-0.2
100	Chick Harper	-	1	1925	1925	DS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
101	Russell Trabue	RP	1	1924	1924	ABC	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
102	Red Haley	2B	1	1928	1928	BBB	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
103	Lou Dials	-	1	1928	1928	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
104	Sylvester Foreman	C	1	1924	1924	CBN	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Buster Emmett	-	1	1924	1924	ABC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
106	Nelson Dean	-	1	1928	1928	BBB	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
107	Hop Bartlett	-	1	1924	1924	ABC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
108	Lewis Means	C	2	1924	1928	BBB	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
109	A. Mullen	-	1	1928	1928	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
110	Johnny Markham	-	1	1932	1932	MRM	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
111	Stovall	-	1	1924	1924	CBN	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
112	Bill Harvey	-	1	1932	1932	MRM	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
113	Goose Curry	LF	1	1932	1932	MRM	-0.2	0.0	0.3	-0.4	0.0
114	Perry Hall	2B	2	1926	1928	BBB/DS	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
115	Robert Bonner	C	1	1924	1924	CBN	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Pete Moore	SS	1	1929	1929	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
117	Joe Hewitt	3B	3	1924	1926	BBB/DS	-0.2	-0.5	0.1	0.0	0.2
118	Carlisle Perry	SS	1	1924	1924	CBN	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1
119	Leland Foster	-	1	1932	1932	MRM	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
120	Bill Perkins	C	1	1928	1928	BBB	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2
121	Orville Singer	RF	1	1924	1924	CBN	-0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1
122	Lawrence Terrell	RP	1	1925	1925	DS	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
123	John Wesley Johnson	RP	1	1924	1924	CBN	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
124	Nolan Swancy	-	1	1924	1924	ABC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
125	Jim Willis	RP	1	1928	1928	BBB	-0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.4	0.0
126	Willie Curtis	1B	1	1924	1924	ABC/CBN	-0.3	0.2	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
127	L. Thomas	C	1	1929	1929	BBB	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
128	Earl Gurley	RF	1	1929	1929	BBB	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
129	Murdock	-	1	1924	1924	ABC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
130	John Henry Russell	2B	1	1932	1932	DW	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1
131	Johnson	C	1	1929	1929	BBB	-0.4	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
132	Preacher Davis	3B	1	1925	1925	DS	-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
133	Tullie McAdoo	1B	1	1924	1924	CBN	-0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
134	Bruce Petway	C	1	1925	1925	DS	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
135	Jim Jeffries	RP	1	1928	1928	BBB	-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
136	Dan Kennard	C	1	1925	1925	DS	-0.5	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.1
137	Bob Saunders	SP	1	1926	1926	DS	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
138	Slim Branham	RP	1	1925	1925	DS	-0.5	0.2	0.0	-0.7	0.0
139	Buck Alexander	-	1	1925	1925	DS	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
140	Alex Evans	RF	1	1924	1924	ABC	-0.6	0.0	-0.1	-0.5	0.0
141	John Shackelford	3B	1	1924	1924	CBN	-0.6	-0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.1
142	Wilson Joseph	SS	1	1924	1924	ABC/CBN	-0.6	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.1
143	Owen Smaulding	-	1	1928	1928	BBB	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
144	Jute Bell	SP	1	1929	1929	BBB	-0.7	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
145	Harry Kenyon	SP	2	1925	1926	DS	-0.8	0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2
146	Felton Stratton	3B	1	1924	1924	BBB	-0.8	-1.2	0.1	0.0	0.2
147	Wilson Redus	CF	1	1924	1924	ABC/CBN	-0.8	0.1	-0.9	0.0	-0.1
148	Johnnie Oden	3B	2	1928	1929	BBB	-0.9	-0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.2
149	Sammy Harris	CF	1	1932	1932	MRM	-0.9	-0.4	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
150	John Richardson	RP	1	1924	1924	BBB	-1.0	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2	0.0
151	Boots McClain	2B	1	1924	1924	CBN	-1.0	-0.4	-0.6	0.0	0.1
152	Namon Washington	2B	1	1924	1924	ABC	-1.0	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.0
153	Pepper Daniels	C	2	1925	1926	DS	-1.0	-0.6	-0.7	0.0	0.3
154	Johnie Watson	LF	1	1926	1926	DS	-1.1	-0.6	-0.4	0.0	-0.2
155	Quincy Trouppe	RF	1	1932	1932	DW	-1.3	-0.6	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
156	Omer Newsome	SP	2	1925	1926	DS	-1.4	-0.1	0.0	-1.3	0.0
157	James Field	RF	1	1924	1924	CBN	-1.4	0.3	0.0	-1.8	0.0
158	Dewitt Owens	SS	1	1928	1928	BBB	-1.4	-0.8	-1.1	0.0	0.5
159	Jimpsey Roussell	CF	1	1929	1929	BBB	-1.5	0.0	-1.3	0.0	-0.1
160	Diamond Pipkins	-	1	1929	1929	BBB	-1.6	0.4	0.0	-2.1	0.0
161	Jack Combs	SP	2	1925	1926	DS	-1.7	-0.3	0.0	-1.5	0.0
162	Leo Birdine	SP	2	1928	1929	BBB	-2.4	-0.3	-1.0	-0.9	-0.2

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