Johnny Ray
John Cornelius Ray
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 1, 1957 in Chouteau, OK
School: University of Arkansas
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 12th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1981
Final Game: September 30, 1990
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 PIT NL 24 2B 31 25 237.0 150 52 96 2 22 .987 0.8 4.1 -0.2 -2.4 2.2 1 5.62 4.77 .982 5.52 4.72
1982 PIT NL 25 2B 162 162 1453.2 914 381 512 21 89 .977 9.6 7.9 8.6 7.6 1.0 1 5.53 5.51 .978 5.42 4.75 RoY-2
1983 PIT NL 26 2B 151 138 1274.2 784 319 452 13 102 .983 20.4 19.2 19.4 11.9 7.5 1 5.44 5.11 .978 5.34 4.46 SS
1984 PIT NL 27 2B 149 134 1258.1 743 331 400 12 90 .984 6.8 6.5 6.8 1.0 5.8 0 5.23 4.91 .979 5.41 4.71
1985 PIT NL 28 2B 151 145 1308.2 746 305 423 18 89 .976 -13.9 -12.7 -11.9 -6.6 -5.3 -2 5.01 4.82 .982 5.47 4.82
1986 PIT NL 29 2B 151 144 1286.2 764 280 479 5 89 .993 13.7 12.8 14.7 5.7 9.0 -1 5.31 5.03 .980 5.21 4.54
1987 TOT MLB 30 2B 148 144 1274.0 762 300 448 14 103 .982 -1.3 -1.2 -0.3 -3.6 3.2 -1 5.28 5.05 .982 5.18 4.45
1987 PIT NL 30 2B 119 115 1023.1 618 248 358 12 84 .981 0.9 1.1 1.9 -1.4 3.3 -1 5.33 5.09 .982 5.19 4.44
1987 CAL AL 30 2B 29 29 250.2 144 52 90 2 19 .986 -2.2 -10.5 -2.2 -2.2 -0.1 0 5.10 4.90 .980 5.12 4.48
1987 CAL AL 30 DH 1
1988 CAL AL 31 2B 104 102 886.2 537 194 328 15 64 .972 -3.7 -5.0 -3.7 1.3 -4.9 0 5.30 5.02 .982 5.12 4.40 AS
1988 CAL AL 31 LF 41 41 341.0 80 75 0 5 0 .938 -8.8 -31.0 -6.8 -4.1 -2.7 -2 1.98 1.83 .978 2.26 1.85 AS
1988 CAL AL 31 OF 40 41 341.0 80 75 0 5 0 .938 -8.8 -31.0 -6.8 -4.1 -2.7 -2 1.98 1.88 .980 2.47 2.14 AS
1988 CAL AL 31 DH 6 AS
1989 CAL AL 32 2B 130 130 1157.1 693 279 403 11 98 .984 -6.5 -6.7 -8.5 -8.9 0.4 2 5.30 5.25 .981 5.24 4.51
1990 CAL AL 33 2B 100 95 856.1 543 241 295 7 82 .987 -4.4 -6.2 -3.4 -2.7 -0.7 -1 5.63 5.36 .984 5.23 4.53
1990 CAL AL 33 DH 1
10 Seasons 2B 1277 1219 10993.1 6636 2682 3836 118 828 .982 21.5 2.3 21.5 3.3 18.2 0 5.34 5.10 .980 5.31 4.59
1 Season LF 41 41 341.0 80 75 0 5 0 .938 -8.8 -31.0 -6.8 -4.1 -2.7 -2 1.98 1.83 .978 2.26 1.85
1 Season OF 40 41 341.0 80 75 0 5 0 .938 -8.8 -31.0 -6.8 -4.1 -2.7 -2 1.98 1.88 .980 2.47 2.14
3 Seasons DH 8
10 Seasons TOT 1317 1260 11334.1 6716 2757 3836 123 828 .982 12.7 1.3 14.7 -0.8 15.5 -2 0 5.24 5.01 .962 5.22 4.51
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1981 PIT NL 24 31 25 31 31 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1982 PIT NL 25 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 PIT NL 26 151 138 151 151 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1984 PIT NL 27 155 134 155 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1985 PIT NL 28 154 145 154 151 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1986 PIT NL 29 155 144 155 151 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1987 PIT NL 30 123 115 123 119 0 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1987 CAL AL 30 30 30 30 29 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1988 CAL AL 31 153 149 153 145 0 0 0 104 0 0 41 0 0 41 6 4 0
1989 CAL AL 32 134 130 134 130 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1990 CAL AL 33 105 96 105 100 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
10 Seasons 1353 1268 1353 1318 0 0 0 1277 0 0 41 0 0 41 8 57 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1981 PIT NL 24 1059 46% 78% 26% 105 94% 1 53 16 24 13 96 80 11 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 22 5 5 6 0 16 6 10 2 1 0
1982 PIT NL 25 6450 58% 77% 27% 621 94% 2 379 120 169 90 516 454 55 2 3 22 2 19 1 17 89 29 19 24 8 83 32 49 6 3 3
1983 PIT NL 26 5587 60% 75% 25% 549 94% 0 330 113 151 66 457 388 61 3 5 13 2 10 1 10 104 29 17 32 6 93 39 52 9 2 7
1984 PIT NL 27 5406 64% 76% 25% 487 98% 0 324 129 131 64 409 351 50 2 9 12 0 12 0 11 92 34 15 27 3 82 32 50 4 3 0
1985 PIT NL 28 5804 56% 75% 26% 484 97% 0 302 101 140 61 418 349 59 0 2 18 1 17 0 16 86 24 13 33 3 77 36 38 7 5 2
1986 PIT NL 29 5781 54% 76% 30% 524 97% 2 279 80 132 67 481 420 48 0 5 5 0 5 0 5 89 29 8 32 1 81 33 43 5 3 2
1987 PIT NL 30 4600 52% 76% 29% 403 93% 1 243 76 107 60 359 303 43 0 4 12 1 11 0 9 84 22 18 28 0 73 28 44 8 7 1
1987 CAL AL 30 1122 57% 79% 28% 99 95% 0 53 22 26 5 89 75 12 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 20 6 7 5 0 19 5 14 1 1 0
1988 CAL AL 31 4001 51% 79% 32% 386 92% 0 194 68 96 30 326 274 44 1 1 15 0 13 2 12 64 22 11 23 1 59 24 35 5 5 0
1989 CAL AL 32 5005 59% 77% 34% 450 93% 4 278 88 133 57 407 352 46 2 7 11 2 7 2 7 99 35 22 26 2 88 28 59 10 6 4
1990 CAL AL 33 3828 68% 76% 34% 351 93% 0 238 76 115 47 292 245 41 1 11 7 0 6 1 6 80 23 13 21 3 65 25 39 9 2 7
10 Seasons 48643 58% 77% 29% 4459 95% 10 2673 889 1224 560 3850 3291 470 12 50 119 9 103 7 96 829 258 148 257 27 736 288 433 66 38 26
MLB Averages 56% 78% 28% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1988 CAL AL 31 5 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 0 13 1 1 5 3 0 6 1 0 11 11 0 46 27 58.7% 17 1 2.2% -1 1563 51% 78% 38% 153 50%
1 Season 5 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 0 13 1 1 5 3 0 6 1 0 11 11 0 46 27 58.7% 17 1 2.2% -1 1563 51% 78% 38% 153 50%
MLB Averages 59.0% 2.7% 56% 78% 31% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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