Ray Durham
| Ray Durham | |||
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Durham with the Milwaukee Brewers
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| Second baseman | |||
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Born: November 30, 1971 Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 26, 1995, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 28, 2008, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .277 | ||
| Home runs | 192 | ||
| Runs batted in | 875 | ||
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Ray Durham (born November 30, 1971) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. He is a 14-year major league veteran owning a .277 lifetime batting average with 1,249 runs scored, 2,054 hits, 440 doubles, 79 triples, 192 home runs, 875 run batted in (RBIs) and 273 stolen bases in 1,975 career games.
He graduated from Harry P. Harding High School (now Harding University High School) in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1990, where he played baseball and football. He was on the state select baseball team and was an honorable mention All-American defensive back. He did not attend college as he began playing minor league baseball with the Gulf Coast White Sox. Ray Durham was originally a 5th round pick by the Chicago White Sox in 1990. Durham has not played since the 2008 season and still resides in North Carolina with his wife Regina and their four children.
Durham was a member of the Chicago White Sox from 1995 to 2002. Durham was a leadoff hitter during these years of his career. Durham established himself as one of baseball's better leadoff hitters with above league average on-base percentages and averaging well over 20 stolen bases and 10 home runs per season. His performance from 2000 to 2002 was exceptional. By posting at least 15 home runs with 100 runs, 20 steals, a .450 slugging percentage and 65 RBIs in three consecutive seasons, Durham became just the 10th player in baseball history to accomplish such a feat. Durham is in great company, with the list including Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and Joe Morgan, as well as current superstars Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez. Durham left Chicago as the club's all-time leader in leadoff home runs (20), while ranking fifth in steals (219), seventh in doubles (249) and extra base hits (408) and eighth in runs (784).
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