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Name Team Age
Ray Chester Retired (1992, Age 37) Died (2039, Age 84)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 25
(1975)		 1B B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Amos Otis League 0 14 years (22 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B  B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ B  B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B  C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A- A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B+ 0 10/9/1955
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 2
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (1.8 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1978 CLE 129 492 51 118 29 4 5 58 33 85 4 0 12 .633 .287 .346 .240
1979 CLE 151 604 94 166 25 5 22 101 65 101 7 5 13 .785 .343 .442 .275
1980 CLE 151 593 62 155 25 6 8 78 51 114 27 12 7 .682 .318 .364 .261
1981 CLE 151 587 90 162 21 3 17 114 65 86 23 15 5 .757 .348 .409 .276
1982 CLE 151 590 73 161 32 4 10 96 46 90 30 19 10 .718 .326 .392 .273
1983 CLE 151 579 90 165 29 7 16 102 58 100 38 18 7 .794 .351 .442 .285
1984 CLE 150 568 76 149 27 6 15 85 62 100 32 18 4 .748 .338 .410 .262
1985 CLE 151 578 71 140 20 5 16 82 53 111 26 20 4 .684 .307 .377 .242
1986 CLE 152 576 71 147 28 6 22 84 46 100 27 18 2 .748 .308 .439 .255
1987 CLE 144 576 97 166 33 6 23 94 57 96 16 11 5 .839 .353 .486 .288
1988 CLE 147 585 111 182 31 9 27 103 56 99 21 7 5 .906 .372 .533 .311
1989 CLE 151 579 83 162 28 3 22 111 76 106 24 14 6 .814 .361 .453 .280
1990 CLE 115 371 57 83 13 5 7 34 37 53 9 4 1 .646 .304 .342 .224
1991 CLE 122 410 57 119 19 3 16 49 38 75 12 5 5 .819 .350 .468 .290
1992 CLE 25 77 7 15 3 0 3 10 5 17 1 0 0 .595 .244 .351 .195
Total 2041 7765 1090 2090 363 72 229 1201 748 1333 297 166 86 .757 .334 .423 .269
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1992-11-01Ray Chester has retired from the Cleveland INDIANS
1992-05-05The Cleveland INDIANS have promoted Kit Kauffman to the major league team. The Cleveland INDIANS have designated Ray Chester for assignment.
1991-09-09Ray Chester of the Cleveland INDIANS is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1990-05-20Ray Chester of the Cleveland INDIANS is injured and is expected to be out 41 days.
1987-04-11Ray Chester of the Cleveland INDIANS is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1979-04-20The Cleveland INDIANS have renamed Ray Hershberger to Ray Chester.
1978-04-25The Cleveland INDIANS have promoted Ray Hershberger to the major league team. The Cleveland INDIANS have designated Kelly Gardner for assignment.
1978-04-23A trade has been completed between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland INDIANS. The Cleveland INDIANS receive Anthony Dascenzo, Ray Hershberger, Draft Pick - 1979 Round 2 (DET) from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Cozy Baldwin, Pat Ward, Draft Pick - 1979 Round 3 (CLE).
1978-04-18The Detroit Tigers have promoted Cliff Smoll to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Ray Hershberger to the minors.
1977-10-23The Detroit Tigers have promoted Ray Hershberger to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have designated Larry Bordley for assignment.