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Johnny Ray

John Cornelius Ray

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 1, 1957 in Chouteau, OK
School: University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 12th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1981 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Angels 1981-1990
Agents: Tom Selakovich [*]
Final Game: September 30, 1990 (Age 33)
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 6:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #679. Topsy Hartsel… #680. Sean Casey… #681. Oyster Burns… #682. JOHNNY RAY… #683. Roy Smalley… #684. John Anderson… #685. Trot Nixon… 

Standard Batting

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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 Awards
1981 24 PIT NL 31 109 102 10 25 11 0 0 6 0 0 6 9 .245 .284 .353 .637 78 36 3 0 0 1 2 4
1982 25 PIT NL 162 703 647 79 182 30 7 7 63 16 7 36 34 .281 .318 .382 .700 92 247 8 1 13 5 1 *4 RoY-2
1983 26 PIT NL 151 623 576 68 163 38 7 5 53 18 9 35 26 .283 .323 .399 .722 97 230 11 0 10 2 3 *4 SS
1984 27 PIT NL 155 603 555 75 173 38 6 6 67 11 6 37 31 .312 .354 .434 .789 121 241 16 3 2 6 2 *4
1985 28 PIT NL 154 652 594 67 163 33 3 7 70 13 9 46 24 .274 .325 .375 .700 97 223 11 1 5 6 10 *4
1986 29 PIT NL 155 654 579 67 174 33 0 7 78 6 9 58 47 .301 .363 .394 .757 108 228 21 3 1 7 10 *4
1987 30 TOT MLB 153 650 599 64 173 30 3 5 69 4 2 44 46 .289 .334 .374 .708 88 224 22 0 1 6 4 *4/D
1987 30 PIT NL 123 518 472 48 129 19 3 5 54 4 2 41 36 .273 .328 .358 .686 82 169 18 0 0 5 4 *4
1987 30 CAL AL 30 132 127 16 44 11 0 0 15 0 0 3 10 .346 .359 .433 .792 112 55 4 0 1 1 0 4/D
1988 31 CAL AL 153 659 602 75 184 42 7 6 83 4 1 36 38 .306 .345 .429 .773 119 258 10 4 9 8 2 47/D AS
1989 32 CAL AL 134 582 530 52 153 16 3 5 62 6 3 36 30 .289 .327 .358 .685 95 190 14 0 4 12 3 *4
1990 33 CAL AL 105 429 404 47 112 23 0 5 43 2 3 19 44 .277 .308 .371 .679 92 150 10 0 3 3 2 4/D
10 Yrs 1353 5664 5188 604 1502 294 36 53 594 80 49 353 329 .290 .333 .391 .724 101 2027 126 12 48 56 39
162 Game Avg. 162 678 621 72 180 35 4 6 71 10 6 42 39 .290 .333 .391 .724 101 243 15 1 6 7 5
PIT (7 yrs) 931 3862 3525 414 1009 202 26 37 391 68 42 259 207 .286 .334 .390 .723 99 1374 88 8 31 32 32
CAL (4 yrs) 422 1802 1663 190 493 92 10 16 203 12 7 94 122 .296 .331 .393 .724 104 653 38 4 17 24 7
NL (7 yrs) 931 3862 3525 414 1009 202 26 37 391 68 42 259 207 .286 .334 .390 .723 99 1374 88 8 31 32 32
AL (4 yrs) 422 1802 1663 190 493 92 10 16 203 12 7 94 122 .296 .331 .393 .724 104 653 38 4 17 24 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1981 24 PIT NL 31 109 -4 0 -0 1 1 -3 -0.3 4 1 0.0 .489 .498 -0.1 0.2 -0 4
1982 25 PIT NL 162 703 -6 2 1 10 5 12 1.4 23 35 3.8 .508 .508 2.5 1.7 26 *4 RoY-2
1983 26 PIT NL 151 623 1 1 0 20 5 27 2.9 21 49 5.1 .520 .519 2.7 2.8 28 $165,000 *4 SS
1984 27 PIT NL 155 603 12 -1 -1 7 5 22 2.5 21 43 4.6 .516 .515 3.6 1.3 36 $165,000 *4
1985 28 PIT NL 154 652 -6 -2 1 -14 5 -16 -1.8 22 6 0.5 .488 .489 1.9 -1.0 20 $632,000 *4
1986 29 PIT NL 155 654 7 -3 -2 14 5 19 2.1 22 42 4.4 .514 .513 2.8 2.0 28 $757,000 *4
1987 30 PIT NL 123 518 -11 -1 -2 1 4 -9 -0.9 18 9 0.9 .493 .494 0.7 0.5 8 $807,000 *4
1987 30 CAL AL 30 132 1 0 -0 -2 1 -1 -0.0 4 4 0.4 .498 .500 0.6 -0.1 6 4/D
1988 31 CAL AL 153 659 13 0 1 -12 1 3 0.5 22 25 2.5 .502 .502 3.8 -1.1 38 $732,000 47/D AS
1989 32 CAL AL 134 582 -4 1 -2 -6 4 -8 -0.7 20 12 1.2 .494 .495 1.9 -0.2 19 $850,000 *4
1990 33 CAL AL 105 429 -3 -2 -0 -4 2 -8 -0.8 15 8 0.7 .492 .495 1.2 -0.2 12 $1,125,000 4/D
10 Seasons 1353 5664 0 -6 -5 13 38 39 4.8 194 233 24.0 .503 .503 21.6 5.7 220 $5,233,000
PIT (7 yrs) 931 3862 -7 -5 -4 38 29 52 5.8 131 184 19.1 .506 .505 14.1 7.4 146 $2,526,000
CAL (4 yrs) 422 1802 7 -1 -2 -26 8 -13 -1.0 62 49 4.8 .497 .498 7.5 -1.7 74 $2,707,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 PIT NL 24 2B 31 25 24 237.0 150 52 96 2 22 .987 1 4 5.62 4.77 .982 5.52 5.54
1982 PIT NL 25 2B 162 162 157 1453.2 914 381 512 21 89 .977 10 8 5.53 5.51 .978 5.42 5.43 RoY-2
1983 PIT NL 26 2B 151 138 135 1274.2 784 319 452 13 102 .983 20 19 5.44 5.11 .978 5.33 5.31 SS
1984 PIT NL 27 2B 149 134 133 1258.1 743 331 400 12 90 .984 7 6 5.23 4.91 .979 5.41 5.39
1985 PIT NL 28 2B 151 145 140 1308.2 746 305 423 18 89 .976 -14 -13 5.01 4.82 .982 5.47 5.47
1986 PIT NL 29 2B 151 144 130 1286.2 764 280 479 5 89 .993 14 13 5.31 5.03 .980 5.21 5.22
1987 TOT MLB 30 2B 148 144 135 1274.0 762 300 448 14 103 .982 -1 -1 5.28 5.05 .982 5.18 5.14
1987 PIT NL 30 2B 119 115 108 1023.1 618 248 358 12 84 .981 1 1 5.33 5.09 .982 5.19 5.16
1987 CAL AL 30 2B 29 29 27 250.2 144 52 90 2 19 .986 -2 -11 5.10 4.90 .980 5.12 5.06
1987 CAL AL 30 DH 1 1
1988 CAL AL 31 2B 104 102 87 886.2 537 194 328 15 64 .972 -4 -5 5.30 5.02 .982 5.12 5.08 AS
1988 CAL AL 31 LF 40 40 31 341.0 80 75 0 5 0 .938 -9 -31 1.98 1.88 .977 2.26 2.24 AS
1988 CAL AL 31 OF 40 40 31 341.0 80 75 0 5 0 .938 -9 -31 1.98 1.88 .979 2.47 2.45 AS
1988 CAL AL 31 DH 6 6 AS
1989 CAL AL 32 2B 130 130 122 1157.1 693 279 403 11 98 .984 -6 -7 5.30 5.25 .981 5.24 5.18
1990 CAL AL 33 2B 100 95 86 856.1 543 241 295 7 82 .987 -4 -6 5.63 5.36 .984 5.23 5.18
1990 CAL AL 33 DH 1 1
10 Seasons 2B 1277 1219 1149 10993.1 6636 2682 3836 118 828 .982 22 2 5.34 5.10 .980 5.31 5.29
1 Season OF 40 40 31 341.0 80 75 0 5 0 .938 -9 -31 1.98 1.88 .979 2.47 2.45
1 Season LF 40 40 31 341.0 80 75 0 5 0 .938 -9 -31 1.98 1.88 .977 2.26 2.24
10 Seasons TOT 1317 1259 1180 11334.1 6716 2757 3836 123 828 .982 13 1 5.24 5.01 .980 5.22 5.20
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1996 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1988 *

Silver Sluggers
1983 NL (2B)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1983 NL  5.1 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1982 NL  1.7 (9th)
1983 NL  2.8 (3rd)
1986 NL  2.0 (5th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1984 NL  .312 (5th)
1986 NL  .301 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1982 NL  162 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1982 NL  647 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1982 NL  703 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1982 NL  182 (4th)
1984 NL  173 (10th)
1986 NL  174 (7th)
1988 AL  184 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1983 NL  38 (1st)
1984 NL  38 (1st)
1985 NL  33 (9th)
1986 NL  33 (9th)
1988 AL  42 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1988 AL  7 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1982 NL  138 (5th)
1986 NL  134 (4th)
1988 AL  129 (10th)
1989 AL  129 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1986 NL  235 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1982 NL  13 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1985 NL  6 (10th)
1986 NL  7 (10th)
1988 AL  8 (4th)
1989 AL  12 (2nd)
Career  56 (246th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1984 NL  16 (7th)
1986 NL  21 (1st)
1987 NL  18 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1982 NL  19.0 (3rd)
1983 NL  22.2 (1st)
1984 NL  17.9 (2nd)
1985 NL  24.8 (1st)
1986 NL  12.3 (4th)
1987 NL  13.1 (6th)
1988 AL  15.8 (5th)
1989 AL  17.7 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1982 NL  498 (3rd)
1985 NL  462 (7th)

Assists† s c a p y
1982 NL  512 (3rd)
1986 NL  479 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1983 NL  20 (2nd)
1986 NL  14 (5th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1982 NL  162 (1st)
1983 NL  151 (5th)
1984 NL  149 (4th)
1985 NL  151 (4th)
1986 NL  151 (4th)
Career  1,277 (65th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1982 NL  381 (1st)
1983 NL  319 (5th)
1984 NL  331 (4th)
1989 AL  279 (5th)
Career  2,682 (77th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1982 NL  512 (1st)
1983 NL  452 (4th)
1986 NL  479 (3rd)
1989 AL  403 (4th)
Career  3,836 (53rd)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1982 NL  21 (1st)
1984 NL  12 (5th)
1985 NL  18 (2nd)
1987 NL  12 (4th)
1988 AL  15 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
1982 NL  89 (5th)
1983 NL  102 (4th)
1984 NL  90 (5th)
1986 NL  89 (5th)
1989 AL  98 (4th)
Career  828 (51st)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 AL  5 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1982 NL  10 (2nd)
1983 NL  20 (1st)
1984 NL  7 (4th)
1986 NL  14 (1st)
Career  22 (65th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1982 NL  5.53 (4th)
1987 NL  5.33 (2nd)
1990 AL  5.63 (2nd)
Career  5.34 (23rd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1982 NL  5.51 (2nd)
1983 NL  5.11 (4th)
1987 NL  5.09 (3rd)
1988 AL  5.02 (3rd)
1989 AL  5.25 (3rd)
1990 AL  5.36 (1st)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1983 NL  .983 (4th)
1984 NL  .984 (5th)
1986 NL  .993 (2nd)
Career  .982 (69th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (386), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 33 (740), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (958), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (827), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (77th), 23.9 career WAR/22.4 7yr-peak WAR/23.2 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  6. Damaso Garcia (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Del Pratt (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Del Pratt (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Dugan (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198326Pittsburgh Pirates$165,00011/28/83 TSN
198427Pittsburgh Pirates$165,0001/30/84 TSN
198528Pittsburgh Pirates$632,0001985 USA Today survey
198629Pittsburgh Pirates$757,0001986 USA Today survey
198730Pittsburgh Pirates$807,0001987 USA Today survey
198831California Angels$732,000*
198932California Angels$850,0001989 USA Today survey
199033California Angels$1,125,000USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$5,233,000
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $907,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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