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

About Graph

Biographical
Wikipedia	BR Bullpen	SABR Bio Project	SABR Index

Photos & Videos
Google Photos / + Baseball	Yahoo Photos / + Baseball	MLB.com	YouTube

Notes:

• Buried: Mount Ararat Cemetery (Nashville, TN)

Batting

Glossary

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	15	66	56	14	27	0	2	0	10	2		7			2	1			.482	.554	.554	1.107	203
1939	CBR	NAL	27	CF	21	89	78	18	18	3	1	0	4	2		10				1			.231	.318	.295	.613	80
1940	CBR	NAL	28	CF	17	77	61	12	14	0	0	0	3	1		15				1			.230	.382	.230	.611	92
1941	JRC	NAL	29	3B	9	39	31	5	7	0	0	0	3	0		8				0			.226	.385	.226	.610	99
1942	JRC	NAL	30	RF	7	25	23	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		2				0			.174	.240	.174	.414	31
1943	CC	NAL	31	CF	35	129	112	15	20	0	2	0	3	2		12			2	3	0		.179	.270	.214	.484	52
1944	CIC	NAL	32	RF	18	75	64	8	10	0	0	0	2	0		11				0			.156	.280	.156	.436	37
1945	MULT	NAL	33	CF	22	72	63	6	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	7		0	0	2			.190	.271	.222	.494	48
8	4			CF	144	572	488	81	112	5	5	0	31	7	0	72		0	4	8	0		.230	.333	.260	.594	79
162 Game Average						644	549	91	126	6	6	0	35	8	0	81		0	9	9	0		.230	.333	.260	.594	79

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	23	100	85	16	32	1	2	0	12	2		10		0	2	3			.376	.454	.435	.889	146
4	Jacksonville Red Caps			CF	54	230	193	38	43	3	1	0	11	3		35				2			.223	.342	.249	.591	82
3	Indianapolis Clowns			RF	58	215	185	25	31	0	2	0	5	2	0	25		0	2	3	0		.168	.274	.189	.463	45
1	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	9	27	25	2	6	1	0	0	3	0		2		0	0	0			.240	.296	.280	.576	73

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1937	BBB	NAL	66	.510	.335	10.6%	7.8%					0.0%	0.9%	.071	.116
1939	CBR	NAL	89	.299	.319	11.2%	9.1%					0.0%	0.8%	.064	.096
1940	CBR	NAL	77	.325	.310	19.5%	8.9%					0.0%	0.6%	.000	.072
1941	JRC	NAL	39	.325	.294	20.5%	7.8%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.076
1942	JRC	NAL	25	.213	.302	8.0%	7.0%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.077
1943	CC	NAL	129	.243	.306	9.3%	7.0%					0.0%	0.5%	.036	.075
1944	CIC	NAL	75	.235	.305	14.7%	6.9%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.071
1945	MULT	NAL	72	.241	.314	9.7%			6.8%			0.0%	0.6%	.032	.089
8	4		572	.297	.312	12.6%	7.7%					0.0%	0.6%	.031	.084

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
2	Birmingham Black Barons		100	.410	.328	10.0%	7.5%					0.0%	0.8%	.059	.107
4	Jacksonville Red Caps		230	.303	.310	15.2%	8.6%					0.0%	0.6%	.026	.083
3	Indianapolis Clowns		215	.239	.306	11.6%	7.0%					0.0%	0.5%	.022	.074
1	Kansas City Monarchs		27	.280	.313	7.4%	6.7%					0.0%	0.6%	.040	.088

If you have any questions regarding Negro Leagues statistical or biographical data, please contact gary@seamheads.com..

All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

Choose a Metric

Johnny Ray

Notes:

Multi-Stint Seasons: