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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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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 162 702 647 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 .789 120 241 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 155 648 579 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 Seasons 1353 5657 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. 162 677 621 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 3855 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 3855 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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1988 *

Silver Sluggers
1983-NL-2B

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--702--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--236th

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--19.029--3rd
1983 NL--22.154--1st
1984 NL--17.903--2nd
1985 NL--24.750--1st
1986 NL--12.319--4th
1987 NL--13.111--6th
1988 AL--15.842--5th
1989 AL--17.667--4th
Career--15.770--223rd

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (329), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 25 (753), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (779), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Manny Sanguillen (941)
  2. Jimmie Wilson (935)
  3. Joe Dugan (930)
  4. Rick Burleson (924)
  5. Adam Kennedy (918)
  6. Red Kress (914)
  7. Eric McNair (913)
  8. Neifi Perez (913)
  9. Thurman Munson (908)
  10. Placido Polanco (908)
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  1. Ron Oester (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Stu Martin (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Billy Sullivan (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Billy Sullivan (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Knickerbocker (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jimmie Wilson (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Del Pratt (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Del Pratt (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Dugan (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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.

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