Johnny Ray - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Johnny Ray

John Ray

Born: September 8, 1911
in Williamson County, TN
Died: June 28, 1957 in Nashville, TN
(45 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: R

Ht: 5'8"

Wt: 160

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Notes:

• Buried: Mount Ararat Cemetery (Nashville, TN)

Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1937	BBB	NAL	25	CF	16	71	60	14	27	0	2	0	10	2		8			2	1			.450	.529	.517	1.045	187
1939	CBR	NAL	27	CF	25	110	95	21	18	3	1	0	6	3		12			2	1			.189	.294	.242	.536	56
1940	CBR	NAL	28	CF	24	108	84	18	20	0	0	0	5	1		20			3	1			.238	.402	.238	.640	96
1941	JRC	NAL	29	3B	10	43	35	5	7	0	0	0	3	0		6			1	1			.200	.333	.200	.533	64
1942	JRC	NAL	30	CF	9	34	32	4	5	0	0	0	1	0		2			0	0			.156	.206	.156	.362	9
1943	CC	NAL	31	CF	36	135	117	16	20	0	2	0	3	3		12			3	3			.171	.265	.205	.470	47
1944	CIC	NAL	32	RF	30	131	115	16	23	2	0	0	5	0		13			2	1			.200	.292	.217	.510	58
1945	MULT	NAL	33	CF	27	90	79	8	15	2	0	0	8	0		7			0	4			.190	.256	.215	.471	40
8	4			CF	177	722	617	102	135	7	5	0	41	9		80			13	12			.219	.321	.246	.567	69
162 Game Average						661	565	93	124	6	5	0	38	8		73			12	11			.219	.321	.246	.567	69

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
2	Birmingham Black Barons			CF	26	114	97	17	32	1	2	0	12	2		11			2	4			.330	.409	.381	.791	119
4	Jacksonville Red Caps			CF	68	295	246	48	50	3	1	0	15	4		40			6	3			.203	.329	.224	.552	66
3	Indianapolis Clowns			RF	71	277	241	34	44	2	2	0	8	3		27			5	4			.183	.278	.207	.486	51
1	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	12	36	33	3	9	1	0	0	6	0		2			0	1			.273	.314	.303	.617	83

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1937	BBB	NAL	71		.485	.335		11.3%	7.8%								0.0%	0.9%		.067	.115
1939	CBR	NAL	110		.270	.323		10.9%	8.3%								0.0%	0.7%		.053	.098
1940	CBR	NAL	108		.346	.320		18.5%	9.1%								0.0%	0.6%		.000	.077
1941	JRC	NAL	43		.280	.313		14.0%	7.5%								0.0%	0.6%		.000	.083
1942	JRC	NAL	34		.184	.314		5.9%	7.1%								0.0%	0.7%		.000	.091
1943	CC	NAL	135		.238	.309		8.9%	7.2%								0.0%	0.5%		.034	.075
1944	CIC	NAL	131		.262	.311		9.9%	7.0%								0.0%	0.4%		.017	.072
1945	MULT	NAL	90		.225	.318		7.8%				6.9%					0.0%	0.6%		.025	.088
8	4		722		.286	.318		11.1%	7.6%								0.0%	0.6%		.028	.085

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
2	Birmingham Black Barons		114		.367	.329		9.6%	7.4%								0.0%	0.8%		.052	.105
4	Jacksonville Red Caps		295		.289	.320		13.6%	8.3%								0.0%	0.7%		.020	.088
3	Indianapolis Clowns		277		.249	.310		9.7%	7.1%								0.0%	0.4%		.025	.074
1	Kansas City Monarchs		36		.290	.317		5.6%	6.9%								0.0%	0.6%		.030	.088

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