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Johnny
Ray		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: March 1, 1957 in Chouteau, OK, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1992   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1981 24 MON NL 76 102 14 36 13 2 0 15 0 1 10 8 .353 .407 .520 .927 18.2 4.7
1982 25 MON NL 65 74 11 25 11 2 0 16 0 0 7 8 .338 .390 .541 .931 14.3 4.9
1983 26 MON NL 99 144 14 35 13 5 0 14 1 1 5 18 .243 .265 .403 .668 13.6 1.7
1984 27 MON NL 123 142 17 36 15 0 3 21 0 0 12 12 .254 .310 .423 .732 17.5 2.4
1985 28 MON NL 47 121 9 23 9 0 2 11 1 0 6 4 .190 .225 .314 .539 8.0 0.0
1988 31 MON NL 12 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.1 0.0
1989 32 MON NL 124 190 27 55 16 2 6 32 0 0 14 13 .289 .333 .489 .823 30.7 6.5
1990 33 BAL AL 138 438 55 110 29 6 11 63 0 1 17 27 .251 .279 .420 .699 47.9 7.5
1991 34 BAL AL 120 365 50 102 23 3 21 70 0 0 21 31 .279 .317 .532 .849 57.7 11.1
1992 35 STL NL 158 611 83 164 41 4 15 82 2 0 34 44 .268 .306 .422 .728 73.1 11.2
1993 36 STL NL 78 261 27 61 15 2 6 28 1 0 7 20 .234 .254 .375 .629 23.4 1.9
  CAR NL 58 139 13 32 9 3 2 19 0 0 8 5 .230 .270 .381 .652 13.5 1.6
  TOT   136 400 40 93 24 5 8 47 1 0 15 25 .233 .260 .378 .637 36.8 3.5
1994 37 DET AL 150 540 72 149 36 5 16 89 2 2 45 26 .276 .330 .450 .780 72.5 12.2
12 Years Sim 1248 3146 392 828 230 34 82 461 7 5 186 216 .263 .303 .436 .739 388.2 65.7
162 Game Average 408 50 107 29 4 10 59 0 0 24 28 .263 .303 .436 .739 50.4  
Career Highs 158 611 83 164 41 6 21 89 2 2 45 44 .353 .407 .541 .931 73.1  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1981 24 MON NL 2B 21 13 116.0 36 40 0 12 1.000 5.90 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 25 MON NL 2B 5 5 43.0 8 21 1 3 .967 6.07 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 9 0 23.7 5 8 0 3 1.000 4.95 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1983 26 MON NL 2B 21 17 144.3 34 52 2 12 .977 5.36 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    C 1 0 9.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 7.45 0 0 .000 1 0.0
    SS 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 27 MON NL 2B 14 12 96.0 35 39 1 14 .987 6.94 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 28 MON NL 3B 24 24 211.0 8 52 4 4 .938 2.56 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 10 5 53.0 15 27 1 8 .977 7.13 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 31 MON NL 2B 5 2 24.3 10 15 0 3 1.000 9.25 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 32 MON NL 2B 21 18 160.3 42 61 5 13 .954 5.78 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 29 11 133.0 17 56 0 11 1.000 4.94 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 8 1 30.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 33 BAL AL 2B 69 65 552.7 146 255 6 71 .985 6.53 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    3B 64 56 497.7 25 126 10 8 .938 2.73 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1991 34 BAL AL 3B 65 56 491.3 33 121 8 13 .951 2.82 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    SS 51 43 391.0 53 147 2 32 .990 4.60 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    2B 1 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1992 35 STL NL 2B 156 153 1344.3 280 505 10 103 .987 5.26 0 0 .000 0 6.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1993 36 STL NL 2B 49 45 450.7 97 155 3 38 .988 5.03 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    SS 18 9 113.4 19 43 3 11 .954 4.92 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 5 1 13.6 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.32 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CAR NL 2B 36 34 246.0 53 85 1 20 .993 5.05 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    SS 14 7 61.9 10 24 2 6 .944 4.94 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 3 0 7.4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.22 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   2B 85 79 696.7 150 240 4 58 .990 5.04   3.7
      SS 32 16 175.3 29 67 5 17 .950 4.93   0.9
      3B 8 1 21.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.29   0.1
1994 37 DET AL 2B 148 148 1296.0 266 518 13 112 .984 5.44 0 0 .000 0 7.4
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 556 517 4529.0 1022 1774 43 409 .985 5.56 0 0 .000 0 24.1
  3B 172 138 1258.0 68 310 22 26 .945 2.70 0 0 .000 0 3.0
  SS 131 70 739.0 106 285 7 63 .982 4.76 0 0 .000 0 3.4
  C 2 0 12.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 6.40 0 0 .000 1 0.0
  CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   863 725 6543.6 1209 2369 72 498 .980 4.92 0 0 .000 1 30.7
Career Highs   157 153 1346.3 280 519 16 112 1.000 8.89 0 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1992 35 STL NL 12 41 3 12 3 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 .293 .326 .439 .765
1994 37 DET AL 5 19 3 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .263 .300 .474 .774
Career Post-Season Batting 17 60 6 17 4 0 2 5 0 0 3 3 .283 .317 .450 .767
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
At-Bats
1992-6-611
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 33rd overall pick, by Baltimore in 1981
Had first career hit on 5/13/1981, off Jim Kern (KCR)
Drafted in 3rd round, 58th overall pick, by Montreal in 1981
Had first career hit (double) on 4/5/1981, off Doug Capilla (CIN)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Francisco on 9/4/1983
Hit first career homerun on 7/22/1984, off Ken Dayley (PHI)
Injured on 6/16/1985 with a Broken Ankle, out for 8 weeks
Injured on 4/22/1987 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/18/1990 to a 2-year deal worth $1,100,000 per year
Injured on 9/8/1991 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/1/1992 to a 2-year deal worth $3,370,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1992, hitting .448 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1992 Allstar game
Traded from St. Louis to Carolina on 7/16/1993 (Going to CAR: 3B Fred Manrique, 2B Johnny Ray. Going to STL: P Jim Byrd)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/3/1994 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Texas on 6/15/1994
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/22/1995 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Injured on 3/13/1995 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 6/17/1995 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 8/27/1995 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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