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Ray Lankford 2026 Season · STL

Ray Lankford played in the majors from 1990 to 2004. His career NUT is +19.1, #367 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 1997 (+4.1). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .272/.364/.477, 238 HR, 1561 H in 1701 games.

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Ray Lankford Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Ray Lankford

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CF · STL

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AGreat

+19.1Career NUT

+15.9 to Nutty

Career

.272AVG238HR874RBI1561H968R258SB

Career · season grades

L/L · 5' 11", 200 lb · b. Jun 5, 1967 · Los Angeles, CA · Draft 1986 (3rd Rd, #62)

Player Overview

Year by Year


1990	23	STL	+0.5	39	139	126	12	36	10	1	3	12	13	0	0	27	8	2	0	0	1	.286	.353	.452	.166	.805	.344
1991	24	STL	-0.5	151	615	566	83	142	23	15	9	69	41	1	1	114	44	20	3	4	4	.251	.301	.392	.141	.693	.298
1992	25	STL	+3.4	153	682	598	87	175	40	6	20	86	72	5	6	147	42	24	5	2	6	.293	.371	.480	.187	.851	.356
1993	26	STL	+0.0	127	495	407	64	97	17	3	7	45	81	3	7	111	14	14	3	1	5	.238	.366	.346	.108	.712	.308
1994	27	STL	+1.3	109	482	416	89	111	25	5	19	57	58	4	3	113	11	10	4	0	0	.267	.359	.488	.221	.847	.319
1995	28	STL	+1.9	132	553	483	81	134	35	2	25	82	63	2	6	110	24	8	5	0	10	.277	.360	.513	.236	.873	.309
1996	29	STL	+1.5	149	635	545	100	150	36	8	21	86	79	3	10	133	35	7	7	1	12	.275	.366	.486	.211	.852	.324
1997	30	STL	+4.1	133	565	465	94	137	36	3	31	98	95	0	10	125	21	11	5	0	9	.295	.411	.585	.290	.996	.338
1998	31	STL	+3.5	154	626	533	94	156	37	1	31	105	86	3	5	151	26	5	4	0	4	.293	.391	.540	.247	.931	.352
1999	32	STL	+1.5	122	476	422	77	129	32	1	15	63	49	3	3	110	14	4	2	0	6	.306	.380	.493	.187	.873	.381
2000	33	STL	+1.3	128	472	392	73	99	16	3	26	65	70	4	1	148	5	6	6	0	6	.253	.367	.508	.255	.875	.326
2001	34	STL	+0.6	91	314	264	38	62	18	3	15	39	44	2	8	105	4	2	3	1	4	.235	.345	.496	.261	.841	.320
2001	34	SD	+0.6	40	145	125	20	36	10	1	4	19	18	2	1	40	6	0	0	0	2	.288	.386	.480	.192	.866	.395
2001	34	TOT	+1.1	131	459	389	58	98	28	4	19	58	62	4	9	145	10	2	3	1	6	.252	.358	.491	.239	.849	.346
2002	35	SD	-0.5	81	240	205	20	46	7	1	6	26	30	2	3	61	2	2	2	1	3	.224	.326	.356	.132	.682	.286
2004	37	STL	+0.0	92	235	200	36	51	14	1	6	22	29	2	4	55	2	2	4	0	6	.255	.349	.425	.170	.774	.315
Career	—	14 yrs	+19.1	1701	6674	5747	968	1561	356	54	238	874	828	36	68	1550	258	117	53	10	78	.272	.364	.477	.205	.841	.330

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Lankford's career NUT of +19.1

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

4.1

9091929394959697989900010204

NUT by Season

+0.5

-0.5

+3.4

+0.0

+1.3

+1.9

+1.5

+4.1

+3.5

+1.5

+1.3

+1.1

-0.5

+0.0

Awards

1995NL Player of the Week

1996NL Player of the Week

1997Home Run Derby Participant · NL All-Star

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
1988	21	A	135	606	532	90	151	26	16	11	66	60	10	2	92	33	17	2	1	4	.284	.366	.455	.171	.821	.325
1989	22	AA	134	574	498	98	158	28	12	11	98	65	4	6	57	38	10	7	0	7	.317	.395	.488	.171	.883	.336
1990	23	AAA	132	552	473	61	123	25	8	10	72	72	5	9	81	29	7	2	0	8	.260	.362	.410	.150	.772	.294
1997	30	A+	4	18	13	3	4	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	0	.308	.444	.385	.077	.829	.444
2004	37	AAA	9	38	33	5	7	0	0	3	5	3	1	0	10	0	0	0	1	1	.212	.297	.485	.273	.782	.200

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