Johnny Ray

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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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.

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

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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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