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class="infobox-full-data">August 21, 1990, for the St. Louis Cardinals</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">October 3, 2004, for the St. Louis Cardinals</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">Batting average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">.272</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; 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href="/wiki/2001_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2001 Major League Baseball season">2001</a>–<a href="/wiki/2002_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2002 Major League Baseball season">2002</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> (<a href="/wiki/2004_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2004 Major League Baseball season">2004</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/1997_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1997</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals_Hall_of_Fame_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum">St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Raymond Lewis Lankford</b> (born June 5, 1967) is an American former <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> <a href="/wiki/Center_fielder" title="Center fielder">center fielder</a>. He played in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) for the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>. He was known for his combination of power, speed, and defensive prowess. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Lankford&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lankford was born in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> and grew up in <a href="/wiki/Modesto,_California" title="Modesto, California">Modesto, California</a>, where he attended <a href="/wiki/Grace_M._Davis_High_School" title="Grace M. Davis High School">Grace M. Davis High School</a> and played baseball and <a href="/wiki/High_school_football" title="High school football">football</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KCRA_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KCRA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later played baseball and <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">football</a> at <a href="/wiki/Modesto_Junior_College" title="Modesto Junior College">Modesto Junior College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KCRA_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KCRA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lankford's uncle, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Nichols_(baseball)" title="Carl Nichols (baseball)">Carl Nichols</a>, was a professional baseball player and spent parts of six seasons in the major leagues.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div 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his major league debut with St. Louis in August 1990, and soon after took over the center field position previously occupied by former <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a> <a href="/wiki/Willie_McGee" title="Willie McGee">Willie McGee</a>. He started his career as primarily a <a href="/wiki/Batting_order_(baseball)" title="Batting order (baseball)">leadoff</a> man, where his speed and plate discipline made him a potent force. In his first full season in 1991, he led the league with 15 <a href="/wiki/Triple_(baseball)" title="Triple (baseball)">triples</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">stole</a> 44 bases, and scored 83 runs, earning him a third-place finish in NL <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a> voting. On September 15, 1991, he accomplished the rare feat of <a href="/wiki/Hitting_for_the_cycle" title="Hitting for the cycle">hitting for the cycle</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> becoming the first Cardinal rookie ever to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1992, he began to hit for more power, and posted a breakout season with a .293 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a>, 20 <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a>, and 42 stolen bases. This season established Lankford as one of the best all-around outfielders in the game. He eventually moved down in the batting order to take further advantage of his power hitting ability. </p><p>Lankford posted five seasons of 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases with the Cardinals (1992, 1995–1998), making him the only player in franchise history to accomplish the feat more than once. He also was an impressive fielder, posting a 2.90 range factor in 1992 and committing only one error in 1996. In the latter season, he led the league with a fielding percentage of .997 but was still not awarded a <a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove</a>. </p><p>On April 3, 1994, Lankford achieved an unusual distinction: he hit a home run as the first batter of the season (it was the first day of the season, and only one game was played that day).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was selected as the starting center fielder for the National League in the <a href="/wiki/1997_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1997 All-Star Game</a> after a dominating hitting performance in the first half of the season, and posted an offensive career year the following season. In 1998, he hit .293 with 31 home runs, 105 <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">runs batted in</a> and 26 stolen bases. It was his late season surge batting cleanup that helped <a href="/wiki/Mark_McGwire" title="Mark McGwire">Mark McGwire</a>, hitting in front of Lankford in the Cardinal order, to set the single season home run record with 70. Following the 1998 season, Lankford had knee surgery and was moved to left field. In his first year at the position, he posted a career high .306 batting average and 15 home runs in an injury-shortened season. He also compiled impressive defensive statistics at his new position. </p><p>Lankford was traded from St. Louis to San Diego during the 2001 season for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Woody_Williams" title="Woody Williams">Woody Williams</a>. Criticism of his always high strikeout totals helped prompt the trade, even though he had continued to be more productive statistically than many of the other outfielders receiving playing time in St. Louis, including journeyman utility player <a href="/wiki/Craig_Paquette" title="Craig Paquette">Craig Paquette</a> and rookie <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Robinson" title="Kerry Robinson">Kerry Robinson</a>. At the time of the trade, Lankford was slugging an impressive .496 and maintaining a .345 on-base percentage despite a disappointing batting mark of .235. His numbers, though, had declined as he increasingly found himself in a bench role as the season progressed. He responded to the trade well, however, batting .288 in the balance of the season for San Diego under the tutelage of eight-time batting champion <a href="/wiki/Tony_Gwynn" title="Tony Gwynn">Tony Gwynn</a>. </p><p>He returned to the Padres for 2002, but his lone full season in San Diego was marred by injury and inconsistency, as he appeared in only 81 games and batted a career low .221. He took the 2003 season off to continue his recovery process before returning to St. Louis, where he finished his career in 2004. Once again he saw his playing time dip late in the season after the Cardinals acquired <a href="/wiki/Larry_Walker" title="Larry Walker">Larry Walker</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Colorado Rockies</a> in late August. He was not placed on the postseason roster in 2004, but did earn a National League championship ring for his role in the Cardinals' first pennant-winning season since 1987. </p><p>Lankford finished his career among the Cardinal Top 10 in numerous statistical categories, including home runs (third), stolen bases (fifth), runs scored (eighth), runs batted in (eighth), and bases on balls (fourth). Lankford hit more home runs at <a href="/wiki/Busch_Stadium_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Busch Stadium II">Busch Stadium</a> (123) than any other player, and finished his career in his home ballpark with a pinch hit home run in his final major league at bat on October 3, 2004. He is the only player to have 200 home runs and 200 stolen bases as a Cardinal. He participated in festivities commemorating the final season at <a href="/wiki/Busch_Stadium" title="Busch Stadium">Busch Stadium</a> in 2005, including taking down his signature jersey number 16 from a banner counting down the remaining games at the ballpark and accepting a nomination for the All-Time Busch Stadium Team. He also indicated he is interested in making a return to baseball in the future. </p><p>On January 31, 2018, the St. Louis Cardinals nominated Lankford, alongside <a href="/wiki/Vince_Coleman_(baseball)" title="Vince Coleman (baseball)">Vince Coleman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keith_Hernandez" title="Keith Hernandez">Keith Hernandez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Isringhausen" title="Jason Isringhausen">Jason Isringhausen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Rolen" title="Scott Rolen">Scott Rolen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lee_Smith_(baseball)" title="Lee Smith (baseball)">Lee Smith</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Tudor_(baseball)" title="John Tudor (baseball)">John Tudor</a> as the seven players for possible induction into the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 4, once the fan votes were tallied, Ray Lankford and Vince Coleman were enshrined into the St. Louis Cardinals 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</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_runs" class="mw-redirect" title="Home runs">HR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">RBI</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stolen_bases" class="mw-redirect" title="Stolen bases">SB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">BB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Strikeouts" class="mw-redirect" title="Strikeouts">SO</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">AVG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">OBP</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Slugging_percentage" title="Slugging percentage">SLG</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fielding_percentage" title="Fielding percentage">FLD%</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1701 </td> <td>6675 </td> <td>5747 </td> <td>968 </td> <td>1561 </td> <td>356 </td> <td>54 </td> <td>238 </td> <td>874 </td> <td>258 </td> <td>828 </td> <td>1550 </td> <td>.272 </td> <td>.364 </td> <td>.477 </td> <td>.983 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class="external text" href="http://www.stlsportspage.com/CARDSBASEBALL/tabid/91/entryid/11803/ray-lankford-vince-coleman-deserve-to-be-in-cards-hall-of-fame.aspx">"Ray Lankford, Vince Coleman Deserve To Be In Cards' Hall Of Fame"</a>. <i>stlsportspage.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=stlsportspage.com&rft.atitle=Ray+Lankford%2C+Vince+Coleman+Deserve+To+Be+In+Cards%27+Hall+Of+Fame&rft.date=2017-08-24&rft.aulast=Rains&rft.aufirst=Ron&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stlsportspage.com%2FCARDSBASEBALL%2Ftabid%2F91%2Fentryid%2F11803%2Fray-lankford-vince-coleman-deserve-to-be-in-cards-hall-of-fame.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARay+Lankford" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReid2016" class="citation web cs1">Reid, Alvin (January 20, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stlamerican.com/sports/sports_columnists/sports_eye/ray-lankford-should-get-owners-vote-for-cardinals-hall-of/article_b08dd126-bfd2-11e5-b22f-9f44224a6059.html">"Ray Lankford should get owners' vote for Cardinals Hall of Fame"</a>. <i>stlamerican.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=stlamerican.com&rft.atitle=Ray+Lankford+should+get+owners%27+vote+for+Cardinals+Hall+of+Fame&rft.date=2016-01-20&rft.aulast=Reid&rft.aufirst=Alvin&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stlamerican.com%2Fsports%2Fsports_columnists%2Fsports_eye%2Fray-lankford-should-get-owners-vote-for-cardinals-hall-of%2Farticle_b08dd126-bfd2-11e5-b22f-9f44224a6059.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARay+Lankford" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Lankford&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Career statistics from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/117484">MLB</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/2390">ESPN</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lankfra01.shtml">Baseball Reference</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1044">Fangraphs</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=lankfo001ray">Baseball Reference (Minors)</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/L/Plankr001.htm">Retrosheet</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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<a href="/wiki/Zeke_Bonura" title="Zeke Bonura">Zeke Bonura</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1934: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_English" title="Charlie English">Charlie English</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1935: <a href="/wiki/Rudy_York" title="Rudy York">Rudy York</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936: <a href="/wiki/Les_Mallon" title="Les Mallon">Les Mallon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1937: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Harold_Hillin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harold Hillin (page does not exist)">Harold Hillin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1938: <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Trout" title="Dizzy Trout">Dizzy Trout</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1939: <a href="/wiki/Nick_Cullop_(outfielder)" title="Nick Cullop (outfielder)">Nick Cullop</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1940: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Muncrief" title="Bob Muncrief">Bob Muncrief</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1941: <a href="/wiki/Rip_Russell" title="Rip Russell">Rip Russell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1942: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Wakefield" title="Dick Wakefield">Dick Wakefield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="/wiki/Hank_Schenz" title="Hank Schenz">Hank Schenz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="/wiki/Al_Rosen" title="Al Rosen">Al Rosen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Irv_Noren" title="Irv Noren">Irv Noren</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Herb_Conyers" title="Herb Conyers">Herb Conyers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Gil_McDougald" title="Gil McDougald">Gil McDougald</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Dyck" title="Jim Dyck">Jim Dyck</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Hunter_(baseball)" title="Billy Hunter (baseball)">Billy Hunter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Frazier_(baseball)" title="Joe Frazier (baseball)">Joe Frazier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Kellert" title="Frank Kellert">Frank Kellert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Murray" title="Ray Murray">Ray Murray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Guettler" title="Ken Guettler">Ken Guettler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Frey" title="Jim Frey">Jim Frey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Lutz_(baseball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Lutz (baseball) (page does not exist)">Michael Lutz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Warwick" title="Carl Warwick">Carl Warwick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hiller" title="Chuck Hiller">Chuck Hiller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Linz" title="Phil Linz">Phil Linz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Cap_Peterson" title="Cap Peterson">Cap Peterson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Beauchamp" title="Jim Beauchamp">Jim Beauchamp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Leo_Posada" title="Leo Posada">Leo Posada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Hutton" title="Tommy Hutton">Tommy Hutton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Nate_Colbert" title="Nate Colbert">Nate Colbert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Spencer" title="Jim Spencer">Jim Spencer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Sudakis" title="Bill Sudakis">Bill Sudakis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Larry_Johnson_(minor_league_baseball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Larry Johnson 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