Johnny Gray

John Leonard Gray

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 226 lb.

Born: December 11, 1927 in West Palm Beach, FL
School: Rollins College
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1954
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Phillies/Indians 1954-1958

Final Game: July 16, 1958
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1950	22	NYY-min	C	20	47	47		7	0	0	1						.149	.149	.213	.362		10						AMS · CAML
1951	23	NYY-min	B	40	82	82		18	1	0	1						.220	.220	.268	.488		22						NFK · PIED
1952	24	NYY-min	AA,AAA	40	84	84		18	1	0	0						.214	.214	.226	.440		19						BMT,KCY · TL,AA
1953	25	NYY-min	AAA	31	59	55	4	10	0	0	0	2	0		0	14	.182	.182	.182	.364		10	2	0	4			KCY · AA
1954	26	OAK-min	AAA	29	36	33	6	5	1	0	0	1	1		3	10	.152	.222	.182	.404		6		0	0	0		OTT · IL
1954	26	PHA	AL	19	36	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.029	.057	.029	.087	-76	1	0	0	1	0		1
1955	27	OAK-min	AAA,Opn	17	30	25	3	7	0	0	0	2	0		2	5	.280	.321	.280	.601		7	0	0	2	1		CLB,SDG · IL,PCL
1955	27	KCA	AL	8	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1957	29	CLE-min	Opn	13	26	24	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	7	.167	.200	.167	.367		4	0	1	1	0		SDG · PCL
1957	29	CLE	AL	7	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1958	30	PHI-min	AAA	8	9	9		1									.111	.111										MIA · IL
1958	30	PHI	NL	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	31	LAD-min	AAA	32	21	20	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.200	.200	.100	.300		2		0	1	0	0	MTL,SPO · IL,PCL
1960	32	PHI-MIN-min	AAA	21	22	22	0	4	1	0	0	1	0		0	11	.182	.182	.182	.364		4						INA,CHL,BFL · AA,IL
4 Seasons				49	50	47	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	.043	.063	.043	.105	-71	2	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	165	155	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	69	.043	.063	.043	.105	-71	7	0	0	7	0

KCA (2 yrs)				27	44	42	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	.048	.070	.048	.117	-67	2	0	0	1	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				7	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				34	49	46	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	.043	.064	.043	.107	-70	2	0	0	2	0	0
NL (1 yr)				15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1954	26	PHA	AL	36	-8	0	0	0	0	3	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.5	0.0	$	1
1955	27	KCA	AL	8	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1

1957	29	CLE	AL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1958	30	PHI	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
4 Seasons				50	-11	0	0	0	0	4	1	-6	-0.7	-6	-0.7	0.0	$

KCA (2 yrs)				44	-10	0	0	0	0	4	1	-5	-0.6	-5	-0.6	0.0	$
PHI (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
CLE (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1954	26	PHA	AL	36	34	0	0.0	99	.053	.029	.265	.057	.341	.029	.388	.087	.729	-76	.000	-8.4	-0.9	.061	.029	.000
1955	27	KCA	AL	8	7	0	0.0	103	.333	.125	.266	.125	.346	.125	.397	.250	.743	-32	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.143	.000	.000

1957	29	CLE	AL	5	5	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.263	.000	.335	.000	.397	.000	.732	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1958	30	PHI	NL	1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.269	.000	.336	.000	.420	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
4 Seasons				50	47	0	0.0	100	.077	.043	.265	.063	.341	.043	.391	.105	.732	-71	.000	-11.3	-1.2	.067	.021	.000
162 Game Avg.				165	155	0	0.0	100	.077	.043	.265	.063	.341	.043	.391	.105	.732	-71	.000	-11.3	-1.2	.067	.021	.000

KCA (2 yrs)				44	41	0	0.0	99	.091	.048	.266	.070	.342	.048	.390	.117	.732	-67	.000	-9.9	-1.0	.075	.024	.000
PHI (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.269	.000	.336	.000	.420	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
CLE (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.263	.000	.335	.000	.397	.000	.732	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

AL (3 yrs)				49	46	0	0.0	99	.080	.043	.265	.064	.341	.043	.390	.107	.732	-70	.000	-11.0	-1.1	.068	.022	.000
NL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.269	.000	.336	.000	.420	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	26	PHA	AL	36	0.0%	41.7%	2.8%	0.0%	0%	15.00	2.3			1.38	53%
1955	27	KCA	AL	8	0.0%	62.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.6				38%

1957	29	CLE	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0				60%
1958	30	PHI	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
4 Seasons				50	0.0%	42.0%	2.0%	0.0%	0%	21.00	2.2			2.25	52%
MLB Averages					2.3%	11.9%	9.1%	6.6%	29%	1.31	7.4	38.6	8.3	0.97	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1954	26	PHA	AL	-8.4	-0.9	36	-0.7	0.0	-0.7	.83	-0.8	0.0	-7.7	-0.8	0.89	-8.6	0
1955	27	KCA	AL	-1.5	-0.2	8	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	1.20	-0.2	-0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.90	-1.7	0

1957	29	CLE	AL	-1.1	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.53	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.88	-1.2	0
1958	30	PHI	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.33	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3	0
4 Seasons				-11.3	-1.2	50	-1.0	0.1	-1.1	.85	-1.1	-0.0	-10.8	-1.1	0.89	-11.8	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	26	PHA	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	27	KCA	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1957	29	CLE	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	30	PHI	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Seasons				0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1954	26	PHA	AL	36	14%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	8	0	0%	8	0	0%	21	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1955	27	KCA	AL	8	25%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1957	29	CLE	AL	5	20%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	30	PHI	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
4 Seasons				50	16%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	11	0	0%	11	0	0%	29	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			80%			11%			31%			14%			49%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	IBB
1954	26	19	36	34	1	1	15	.029	.057	.029	.087	-76	1	1
1955	27	27	44	42	2	1	20	.048	.070	.048	.117	-67	2	1	0
1956	28	27	44	42	2	1	20	.048	.070	.048	.117	-67	2	1	0
1957	29	34	49	46	2	1	21	.043	.064	.043	.107	-70	2	2	0
1958	30	49	50	47	2	1	21	.043	.063	.043	.105	-71	2	2	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	26	20	37	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.000	.027	.000	.027	0	19
1955	27	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8

1957	29	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
1958	30	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
4 Seasons		51	50	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	.000	.020	.000	.020	0	49
162 Game Avg.		162	159	156	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	70	.000	.020	.000	.020	0	49

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