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Ray
Festa		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: November 29, 1979 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 20 DC FF   1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 2 2
2001 21 DC FF $ 300,000 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 7 7 3 2 2
2002 22 DC FF $ 300,000 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 8 8 8 3 3 3
2003 23 DC FF $ 300,000 6 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 8 8 8 4 3 4
2004 24 DC FF $ 300,000 6 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5
2005 25 DC FF $ 300,000 6 7 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 5 6
2006 26 DC FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
2007 27 DC FF $ 300,000 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 9 10 10 6 6 6
2008 28 DC FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 9 10 9 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 5 9 10 10 6 6 6
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 29 DC FF $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 7
2010 30 DC FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 7
2011 31 NV GE $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 7 6 6
2012 32 NV GE $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 7 6 6
2013 33 NV GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 10 10 10 6 5 5
2014 34 NV GE $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 5 5 3 3 3 10 10 10 5 4 5
2015 35 NV GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 8 9 9 4 3 3
2016 36 NV GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 8 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 8 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2000 20 AA   34 116 14 28 0 1 2 12 0 0 16 34 .241 .333 .310 .644 13.4  
    A   126 462 66 122 13 0 15 52 1 1 51 96 .264 .337 .390 .727 62.5  
2001 21 DC FF 7 22 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 9 .182 .308 .273 .580 1.8 0.0
    AAA   42 141 19 35 7 3 6 20 0 0 16 34 .248 .325 .468 .793 21.6  
    AA   69 255 41 79 14 3 8 36 0 1 33 47 .310 .389 .482 .871 45.7  
2002 22 DC FF 24 67 7 16 1 0 0 7 0 0 9 15 .239 .338 .254 .591 6.1 1.0
    AAA   133 496 71 129 19 0 10 59 2 0 79 135 .260 .362 .359 .721 70.1  
2003 23 DC FF 157 520 63 148 19 2 15 57 1 0 81 86 .285 .383 .415 .798 82.5 19.6
2004 24 DC FF 151 508 57 122 17 1 16 50 2 0 78 90 .240 .341 .372 .713 68.7 11.2
2005 25 DC FF 157 492 58 132 25 2 14 62 3 0 65 58 .268 .358 .413 .771 73.3 15.0
2006 26 DC FF 156 539 79 165 23 2 20 64 0 0 69 84 .306 .390 .468 .857 93.3 23.1
2007 27 DC FF 158 549 61 161 24 2 15 62 0 0 71 66 .293 .380 .426 .806 85.5 18.3
2008 28 DC FF 154 456 53 111 23 1 12 47 0 1 79 75 .243 .362 .377 .739 66.3 15.6
2009 29 DC FF 150 496 51 117 21 0 11 50 0 0 95 73 .236 .360 .345 .705 68.0 15.0
2010 30 DC FF 156 531 66 136 22 2 14 50 0 0 93 70 .256 .374 .384 .758 79.1 18.9
2011 31 NV GE 156 579 94 143 38 1 15 72 3 0 87 80 .247 .348 .394 .741 81.7 18.8
2012 32 NV GE 156 497 79 110 17 1 24 84 0 0 87 72 .221 .339 .404 .743 72.7 13.7
2013 33 NV GE 122 370 48 80 13 0 10 36 1 0 59 58 .216 .332 .332 .664 44.9 6.3
2014 34 NV GE 139 300 40 88 12 0 7 41 1 0 52 51 .293 .406 .403 .809 53.8 15.2
2015 35 NV GE 145 422 51 103 10 1 5 44 2 1 65 78 .244 .350 .308 .658 47.8 9.0
2016 36 NV GE 87 91 8 14 1 0 1 6 0 0 7 17 .154 .222 .198 .420 1.5 0.0
16 Years Sim 2075 6439 815 1650 266 16 179 733 13 2 1001 982 .256 .360 .386 .746 926.9 200.6
2 Years AAA 175 637 90 164 26 3 16 79 2 0 95 169 .257 .357 .383 .740 91.6  
2 Years AA 103 371 55 107 14 4 10 48 0 1 49 81 .288 .372 .429 .800 59.1  
1 Years A 126 462 66 122 13 0 15 52 1 1 51 96 .264 .342 .390 .731 62.5  
5 Years Minors 404 1470 211 393 53 7 41 179 3 2 195 346 .267 .356 .397 .753 213.3  
162 Game Average 502 63 128 20 1 13 57 1 0 78 76 .256 .360 .386 .746 72.4  
Career Highs 158 579 94 165 38 2 24 84 3 1 95 90 .306 .406 .468 .857 93.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4719 614 1254 193 14 134 555 11 1 765 732 .266 .373 .398 .770 732.1
vs LH   1720 201 396 73 2 45 178 2 1 236 250 .230 .326 .353 .680 210.6
Home 1034 3176 399 846 136 11 86 361 7 2 478 471 .266 .367 .397 .764 479.2
Away 1041 3263 416 804 130 5 93 372 6 0 523 511 .246 .355 .375 .729 463.6
RISP   1438 0 368 61 6 33 496 0 0 270 219 .256 .373 .376 .749 220.8
Pinch Hitting   288 26 68 5 0 8 43 0 0 40 43 .236 .336 .337 .673 35.1
Close/Late   746 72 187 24 0 22 85 0 0 152 111 .251 .382 .371 .753 117.5
Mar/Apr 306 976 143 253 44 1 31 111 1 1 157 153 .259 .367 .402 .769 149.7
May 372 1153 139 292 55 3 26 119 3 1 176 188 .253 .357 .374 .731 161.6
June 359 1119 122 274 41 1 28 122 3 0 173 170 .245 .350 .358 .708 151.1
July 323 986 129 236 48 1 32 121 1 0 158 146 .239 .347 .387 .735 141.1
August 314 945 126 260 28 4 30 120 2 0 154 135 .275 .382 .408 .791 153.5
Sep/Oct 401 1260 156 335 50 6 32 140 3 0 183 190 .266 .362 .391 .753 185.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2001 21 DC FF 1B 7 7 62.0 53 2 0 5 1.000 7.98   0.1
2002 22 DC FF 1B 22 17 148.0 120 8 0 12 1.000 7.78   0.1
2003 23 DC FF 1B 150 141 1227.3 1141 94 6 96 .995 9.06   1.8
2004 24 DC FF 1B 148 140 1173.7 1094 89 10 88 .992 9.07   1.1
    2B 2 2 18.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.1
2005 25 DC FF 1B 150 126 1122.0 1062 87 10 87 .991 9.22   1.2
2006 26 DC FF 1B 152 143 1243.7 1146 104 8 103 .994 9.05   1.0
2007 27 DC FF 1B 153 148 1286.7 1214 119 7 107 .995 9.32   2.7
2008 28 DC FF 1B 141 125 1070.0 1049 75 8 81 .993 9.45   1.9
2009 29 DC FF 1B 149 142 1218.3 1254 114 4 125 .997 10.11   1.1
2010 30 DC FF 1B 154 145 1259.7 1404 107 11 180 .993 10.80   0.7
2011 31 NV GE 1B 152 147 1315.3 1432 109 9 140 .994 10.54   2.4
2012 32 NV GE 1B 149 143 1247.3 1350 98 16 139 .989 10.45   1.5
2013 33 NV GE 1B 100 98 853.0 932 62 7 71 .993 10.49   1.1
2014 34 NV GE 1B 97 71 658.3 658 50 2 52 .997 9.68   1.5
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2015 35 NV GE 1B 131 111 997.3 1105 81 9 101 .992 10.70   2.0
2016 36 NV GE 1B 24 6 82.3 95 4 0 9 1.000 10.82   0.1
  1B 1879 1710 14965.0 15109 1203 107 1396 .993 9.81   20.2
  2B 2 2 18.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.1
  3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1882 1712 14986.0 15111 1209 107 1396 .993 9.80   20.2
Career Highs   154 148 1315.3 1432 119 16 180 1.000 10.82    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2013 33 NV GE 3 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833
2014 34 NV GE 4 16 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .250 .294 .313 .607
Career Post-Season Batting 7 22 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .273 .304 .364 .668
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
2003-4-.383
2006-9-.390
2010-10-.374
 OPS
2006-10-.857
 Games
2003-9-157
2005-5-157
2007-5-158
 Runs
2011-8-94
 Doubles
2011-5-38
 Walks
2003-5-81
2004-5-78
2005-10-65
2007-9-71
2008-6-79
2009-1-95
2010-1-93
2011-3-87
2012-4-87
CAR-27-1001
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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  1. Steve McLaughlin (901)
  2. Jason Wallin (898)
  3. Jerry Rivers (896)
  4. Jacks Nito (887)
  5. Gerardo Mauro (887)
  6. Donald Birnbaum (872)
  7. Antonio Herrera (867)
  8. Richard Willie (864)
  9. Franklyn Thom (860)
  10. Arthur Kuhns (857)
History
Drafted in 12th round, 288th overall pick, by D.C. Senators in 2000
Injured on 4/18/2000 with a Bruised Finger, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 9/10/2001, off James Bush (MAS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/8/2003, off Dan Entrekin (Fla)
Injured on 4/20/2004 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Maryland on 7/18/2005
Won Player of the Week award on 8/22/2005, hitting .647 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 8/21/2009 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from D.C. to Nevada on 3/3/2011 (Going to Nev: 1B Ray Festa, C Byron Thiessen. Going to DC: 3B Rene Searles)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/10/2011, hitting .407 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Washington on 8/22/2011
 
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