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Johnny Ray
John Cornelius Ray

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.
School University of Arkansas

Debut September 2, 1981
  vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 30, 1990
Born March 1, 1957 in Chouteau, OK

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 12th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1981 24 PIT NL  31  102   10   25  11  0   0    6   0  0   6   9  .245  .284  .353   78   36   0   1   2   0   3
 1982 25 PIT NL 162  647   79  182  30  7   7   63  16  7  36  34  .281  .318  .382   92  247  13   5   1   1   8 RoY-2
 1983 26 PIT NL 151  576   68  163  38  7   5   53  18  9  35  26  .283  .323  .399   97  230  10   2   3   0  11 SS
 1984 27 PIT NL 155  555   75  173  38  6   6   67  11  6  37  31  .312  .354  .434  120  241   2   6   2   3  16
 1985 28 PIT NL 154  594   67  163  33  3   7   70  13  9  46  24  .274  .325  .375   97  223   5   6  10   1  11
 1986 29 PIT NL 155  579   67  174  33  0   7   78   6  9  58  47  .301  .363  .394  108  228   1   7  10   3  21
 1987 30 TOT    153  599   64  173  30  3   5   69   4  2  44  46  .289  .334  .374   88  224   1   6   4   0  22
         PIT NL 123  472   48  129  19  3   5   54   4  2  41  36  .273  .328  .358   82  169   0   5   4   0  18
         CAL AL  30  127   16   44  11  0   0   15   0  0   3  10  .346  .359  .433  112   55   1   1   0   0   4
 1988 31 CAL AL 153  602   75  184  42  7   6   83   4  1  36  38  .306  .345  .429  119  258   9   8   2   4  10 AS
 1989 32 CAL AL 134  530   52  153  16  3   5   62   6  3  36  30  .289  .327  .358   95  190   4  12   3   0  14
 1990 33 CAL AL 105  404   47  112  23  0   5   43   2  3  19  44  .277  .308  .371   92  150   3   3   2   0  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1353 5188  604 1502 294 36  53  594  80 49 353 329  .290  .333  .391  101 2027  48  56  39  12 126
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        621   72  180  35  4   6   71  10  6  42  39  .290  .333  .391  101  243   6   7   5   1  15
 Career High    162  647   79  184  42  7   7   83  18  9  58  47  .312  .363  .434  120  258  13  12  10   4  22
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1981 24 PIT NL  109   81   10   3.4    95| .245  .267| .284  .333| .353  .383| .637  .716|  78  .406  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1982 25 PIT NL  702  498   80   4.4    98| .281  .270| .318  .334| .382  .393| .700  .726|  92  .513  -8.4  -0.9  69%
 1983 26 PIT NL  623  445   73   4.4    99| .283  .267| .323  .336| .399  .395| .722  .731|  97  .518  -3.5  -0.4  66%
 1984 27 PIT NL  603  412   83   5.4    95| .312  .264| .354  .330| .434  .385| .788  .714| 120  .617  15.1   1.6  64%
 1985 28 PIT NL  652  462   71   4.2    94| .274  .259| .325  .327| .375  .386| .700  .712|  97  .493  -2.3  -0.2  59%
 1986 29 PIT NL  648  443   79   4.8    99| .301  .264| .363  .334| .394  .398| .757  .732| 108  .550   8.3   0.8  40%
 1987 30 TOT     650  457   72   4.2   105| .289  .267| .334  .337| .374  .419| .708  .756|  88  .442  -9.4  -0.9  66%
         PIT NL  518  368   53   3.9   106| .273  .269| .328  .339| .358  .419| .686  .758|  82  .407 -11.8  -1.1  66%
         CAL AL  132   89   19   5.7   103| .346  .261| .359  .329| .433  .420| .792  .749| 112  .561   2.4   0.2   0%
 1988 31 CAL AL  659  446   90   5.4    92| .306  .256| .345  .320| .429  .385| .774  .706| 119  .592  15.4   1.5  80%
 1989 32 CAL AL  582  410   62   4.0    92| .289  .258| .327  .323| .358  .380| .685  .703|  95  .468  -2.7  -0.3  66%
 1990 33 CAL AL  429  311   44   3.8    92| .277  .256| .308  .324| .371  .382| .679  .706|  92  .433  -4.8  -0.5  40%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     5657 3965  664   4.5    96| .290  .263| .333  .330| .391  .392| .724  .721| 101  .517   4.8   0.4  62%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1981 24 PIT NL 2B 31 52 96 2 22 .987 .982 4.77 4.72 5.62 5.52 25 237.0 1982 25 PIT NL 2B 162 381 512 21 89 .977 .978 5.51 4.75 5.53 5.42 162 1453.7 1983 26 PIT NL 2B 151 319 452 13 102 .983 .978 5.11 4.46 5.44 5.34 138 1274.7 1984 27 PIT NL 2B 149 331 400 12 90 .984 .979 4.91 4.71 5.23 5.41 134 1258.3 1985 28 PIT NL 2B 151 305 423 18 89 .976 .982 4.82 4.82 5.01 5.47 145 1308.7 1986 29 PIT NL 2B 151 280 479 5 89 .993 .980 5.03 4.54 5.31 5.21 144 1286.7 1987 30 TOT 2B 148 300 448 14 103 .982 .982 5.05 4.45 5.28 5.18 144 1274.0 PIT NL 2B 119 248 358 12 84 .981 .982 5.09 4.44 5.33 5.19 115 1023.3 CAL AL 2B 29 52 90 2 19 .986 .980 4.90 4.48 5.10 5.12 29 250.7 DH 1 1988 31 CAL AL 2B 104 194 328 15 64 .972 .982 5.02 4.40 5.30 5.12 102 886.7 AS LF 41 75 0 5 0 .938 .977 1.83 1.85 1.98 2.26 41 341.0 AS DH 6 AS 1989 32 CAL AL 2B 130 279 403 11 98 .984 .981 5.25 4.51 5.30 5.24 130 1157.3 1990 33 CAL AL 2B 100 241 295 7 82 .987 .984 5.36 4.53 5.63 5.23 95 856.3 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1981 24 PIT NL 2B 31 52 96 2 22 .987 .982 4.77 4.72 5.62 5.52 25 237.0 1982 25 PIT NL 2B 162 381 512 21 89 .977 .978 5.51 4.75 5.53 5.42 162 1453.7 1983 26 PIT NL 2B 151 319 452 13 102 .983 .978 5.11 4.46 5.44 5.34 138 1274.7 1984 27 PIT NL 2B 149 331 400 12 90 .984 .979 4.91 4.71 5.23 5.41 134 1258.3 1985 28 PIT NL 2B 151 305 423 18 89 .976 .982 4.82 4.82 5.01 5.47 145 1308.7 1986 29 PIT NL 2B 151 280 479 5 89 .993 .980 5.03 4.54 5.31 5.21 144 1286.7 1987 30 TOT 2B 148 300 448 14 103 .982 .982 5.05 4.45 5.28 5.18 144 1274.0 PIT NL 2B 119 248 358 12 84 .981 .982 5.09 4.44 5.33 5.19 115 1023.3 CAL AL 2B 29 52 90 2 19 .986 .980 4.90 4.48 5.10 5.12 29 250.7 1988 31 CAL AL 2B 104 194 328 15 64 .972 .982 5.02 4.40 5.30 5.12 102 886.7 1989 32 CAL AL 2B 130 279 403 11 98 .984 .981 5.25 4.51 5.30 5.24 130 1157.3 1990 33 CAL AL 2B 100 241 295 7 82 .987 .984 5.36 4.53 5.63 5.23 95 856.3 1987 30 CAL AL DH 1 1988 31 CAL AL DH 6 1990 33 CAL AL DH 1 1988 31 CAL AL LF 41 75 0 5 0 .938 .977 1.83 1.85 1.98 2.26 41 341.0 1988 31 CAL AL OF 40 75 0 5 0 .938 .979 1.88 2.14 1.98 2.47 41 341.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B*1277 2682 3836 118 828 .982 .980 5.10 4.59 5.34 5.31 1219 10993.3 LF* 41 75 0 5 0 .938 .977 1.83 1.85 1.98 2.26 41 341.0 DH 8 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1317 2757 3836 123 828 .982 .980 5.01 4.51 5.24 5.22 1260 11334
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1988   CAL AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1988 *

Silver Sluggers
1983-NL--2B

Batting Average
1984 NL-.312-5
1986 NL-.301-7

Games
1982 NL-162-1

At Bats
1982 NL-647-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1982 NL-702-5

Hits
1982 NL-182-4
1984 NL-173-10
1986 NL-174-7
1988 AL-184-10

Doubles
1983 NL-38-1
1984 NL-38-1
1985 NL-33-9
1986 NL-33-9
1988 AL-42-2

Triples
1988 AL-7-5

Singles
1982 NL-138-5
1986 NL-134-4
1988 AL-129-10
1989 AL-129-10

Times on Base
1986 NL-235-9

Sac. Hits
1982 NL-13-6

Sac. Flies
1985 NL-6-10
1986 NL-7-10
1988 AL-8-4
1989 AL-12-2

Grounded into Double Plays
1984 NL-16-7
1986 NL-21-1
1987 NL-18-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1982 NL-19.0-3
1983 NL-22.2-1
1984 NL-17.9-2
1985 NL-24.8-1
1986 NL-12.3-4
1987 NL-13.1-6
1988 AL-15.8-5
1989 AL-17.7-4

Outs
1982 NL-498-3
1985 NL-462-7

   

Black Ink: Batting - 5 (367) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 33 (712) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.9 (765) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 15.5 (910) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 12th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

August 31, 1981: Traded by the Houston Astros with players to be named later to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Phil Garner. The Houston Astros sent Randy Niemann (September 9, 1981) and Kevin Houston (minors) (September 9, 1981) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

August 29, 1987: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the California Angels for a player to be named later and Billy Merrifield (minors). The California Angels sent Miguel Garcia (September 3, 1987) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

December 20, 1990: Released by the California Angels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Pittsburgh Pirates$632,000
1986Pittsburgh Pirates$757,000
1987Pittsburgh Pirates$807,000
1988California Angels$732,000
1989California Angels$850,000
1990California Angels$1,125,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,903,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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