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Johnny Ray

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Full Name: John Cornelius Ray Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/170 First Game: September 2, 1981
Birthdate: March 1, 1957 Final Game: September 30, 1990
Birthplace: Chouteau, Oklahoma MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Johnny Ray (John Cornelius Ray) was born on March 1, 1957 in Chouteau, Oklahoma. He made his Major League debut on September 2, 1981 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1982, his rookie year, he hit .281 with 7 home runs and 63 RBI. Ray played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and California Angels over the course of his 10 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Johnny Ray's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1988, when he hit for a .306 average and knocked in 83 runs. However, others believe that it was 1982, when he hit for a .281 average and knocked in 63 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1981 PIT N 31 102 10 25 0 6 .245 .284 .353 11 0 6 9 0 0 0 2 3
1982 PIT N 162 647 79 182 7 63 .281 .318 .382 30 7 36 34 1 13 16 1 8
1983 PIT N 151 576 68 163 5 53 .283 .323 .399 38 7 35 26 0 10 18 3 11
1984 PIT N 155 555 75 173 6 67 .312 .354 .434 38 6 37 31 3 2 11 2 16
1985 PIT N 154 594 67 163 7 70 .274 .325 .375 33 3 46 24 1 5 13 10 11
1986 PIT N 155 579 67 174 7 78 .301 .363 .394 33 0 58 47 3 1 6 10 21
1987 PIT N 123 472 48 129 5 54 .273 .328 .358 19 3 41 36 0 0 4 4 18
1987 CAL A 30 127 16 44 0 15 .346 .359 .433 11 0 3 10 0 1 0 0 4
1987 Total 153 599 64 173 5 69 .289 .334 .374 30 3 44 46 0 1 4 4 22
1988 CAL A 153 602 75 184 6 83 .306 .345 .429 42 7 36 38 4 9 4 2 10
1989 CAL A 134 530 52 153 5 62 .289 .327 .358 16 3 36 30 0 4 6 3 14
1990 CAL A 105 404 47 112 5 43 .277 .308 .371 23 0 19 44 0 3 2 2 10
Total NL 931 3525 414 1009 37 391 .286 .334 .390 202 26 259 207 8 31 68 32 88
Total AL 422 1663 190 493 16 203 .296 .331 .393 92 10 94 122 4 17 12 7 38
Total 1353 5188 604 1502 53 594 .290 .333 .391 294 36 353 329 12 48 80 39 126

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1981 PIT N 2B 31 25 237 52 96 2 22 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1982 PIT N 2B 162 162 1453.2 381 512 21 89 1 0 0 0 0 .977
1983 PIT N 2B 151 138 1274.2 319 452 13 102 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1984 PIT N 2B 149 134 1258.1 331 400 12 90 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1985 PIT N 2B 151 145 1308.2 305 423 18 89 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1986 PIT N 2B 151 144 1286.2 280 479 5 89 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1987 PIT N 2B 119 115 1023.1 248 358 12 84 1 0 0 0 0 .981
1987 CAL A 2B 29 29 250.2 52 90 2 19 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1987 CAL A DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1987 Total 2B 148 144 1274 300 448 14 103 1 0 0 0 0 .982
1988 CAL A 2B 104 102 886.2 194 328 15 64 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1988 CAL A DH 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1988 CAL A LF 40 40 341 75 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1988 CAL A OF 40 40 341 75 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1989 CAL A 2B 130 130 1157.1 279 403 11 98 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1990 CAL A DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1990 CAL A 2B 100 95 856.1 241 295 7 82 0 0 0 0 0 .987
Total LF 40 40 341 75 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
Total 2B 1277 1219 10993.1 2682 3836 118 828 2 0 0 0 0 .982
Total OF 40 40 341 75 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
Total DH 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Houston Astros in the 12th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1979).
  • Traded by Houston Astros with 2 players to be named later to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Phil Garner (August 31, 1981); Pittsburgh Pirates received Randy Niemann and Kevin Houston (September 9, 1981).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to California Angels in exchange for Billy Merrifield and a player to be named later (August 29, 1987); Pittsburgh Pirates received Miguel Garcia (September 3, 1987).
  • Released by California Angels (December 20, 1990).

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