Ray Poat
[edit] Biography
Born on December 19, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, Ray Poat (Raymond Willis Poat) played for the Cleveland Indians, New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 6 year career. Poat broke into the bigs on April 15, 1942 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 5.13 ERA in 80.2 innings pitched in 1944, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ray Poat's best season was 1948, when he posted a 4.34 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 57 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1942
| CLE
| A
| 4
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 5.40
| 8
| 11
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 18.1
| 24
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1943
| CLE
| A
| 17
| 4
| 2
| 5
| 4.40
| 31
| 22
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 45
| 44
| 3
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1944
| CLE
| A
| 36
| 6
| 4
| 8
| 5.13
| 40
| 50
| 46
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 80.2
| 82
| 9
| 37
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1947
| NY
| N
| 7
| 7
| 4
| 3
| 2.55
| 25
| 18
| 17
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 60
| 53
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1948
| NY
| N
| 39
| 24
| 11
| 10
| 4.34
| 57
| 95
| 76
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 157.2
| 162
| 21
| 67
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1949
| PIT
| N
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 6.25
| 17
| 29
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 52
| 6
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1949
| NY
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19.29
| 0
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.1
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1949
| TOT
| N
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 7.04
| 17
| 35
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 38.1
| 60
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 59
| 33
| 15
| 14
| 4.32
| 99
| 148
| 123
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 256
| 275
| 35
| 96
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 57
| 14
| 7
| 16
| 4.94
| 79
| 83
| 79
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 144
| 150
| 13
| 66
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 116
| 47
| 22
| 30
| 4.55
| 178
| 231
| 202
| 15
| 4
| 1
| 400
| 425
| 48
| 162
| 0
| 4
| 4
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1942
| CLE
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| CLE
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| CLE
| A
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 11
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1947
| NY
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1948
| NY
| N
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1949
| PIT
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1949
| NY
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1949
| TOT
| N
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 116
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 56
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1942
| CLE
| A
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .167
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| CLE
| A
| 17
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .154
| .154
| .154
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1944
| CLE
| A
| 36
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .000
| .056
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1947
| NY
| N
| 7
| 21
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 5
| .190
| .227
| .476
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| NY
| N
| 39
| 56
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 7
| .125
| .183
| .161
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1949
| PIT
| N
| 11
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .100
| .100
| .100
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1949
| NY
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1949
| TOT
| N
| 13
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .100
| .100
| .100
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 59
| 87
| 7
| 12
| 1
| 12
| .138
| .185
| .230
| 3
| 1
| 5
| 36
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 57
| 35
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .057
| .108
| .057
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 116
| 122
| 9
| 14
| 1
| 14
| .115
| .163
| .180
| 3
| 1
| 7
| 56
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by New York Giants with Bobby Rhawn to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Kirby Higbe (June 6, 1949).
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