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	186
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	23	105	81	17	20	0	0	0	5	1		20		0	3	1		0	.247	.413	.247	.660	103
1941	JRC	NAL	29	3B	10	43	35	5	7	0	0	0	3	0		6		0	1	1		0	.200	.333	.200	.533	67
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	27	115	100	13	19	1	0	0	4	0		12			2	1			.190	.289	.200	.489	52
1945	MULT	NAL	33	CF	24	81	71	7	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	7		0	0	3			.169	.244	.197	.441	31
8	4			CF	163	658	560	92	127	6	5	0	35	7	0	77		0	10	11	0	0	.227	.331	.255	.586	76
162 Game Average						654	557	91	126	6	5	0	35	8	0	77		0	12	11	0	0	.227	.331	.255	.586	76

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		0	2	4			.330	.409	.381	.791	119
4	Jacksonville Red Caps			CF	61	262	217	43	49	3	1	0	13	3		38		0	4	3		0	.226	.351	.249	.600	83
3	Indianapolis Clowns			RF	67	255	221	30	40	1	2	0	7	2	0	26		0	4	4	0		.181	.279	.204	.483	50
1	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	9	27	25	2	6	1	0	0	3	0		2		0	0	0			.240	.296	.280	.576	71

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	89		.299	.319		11.2%	9.1%								0.0%	0.8%		.064	.096
1940	CBR	NAL	105		.356	.318		19.0%	9.0%								0.0%	0.6%		.000	.077
1941	JRC	NAL	43		.279	.305		14.0%	7.4%								0.0%	0.5%		.000	.080
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	115		.254	.311		10.4%	6.9%								0.0%	0.4%		.010	.072
1945	MULT	NAL	81		.215	.317		8.6%				6.9%					0.0%	0.6%		.028	.089
8	4		658		.294	.315		11.7%	7.7%								0.0%	0.6%		.029	.084

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
2	Birmingham Black Barons		114		.367	.328		9.6%	7.5%								0.0%	0.8%		.052	.105
4	Jacksonville Red Caps		262		.310	.315		14.5%	8.6%								0.0%	0.7%		.023	.084
3	Indianapolis Clowns		255		.247	.309		10.2%	7.0%								0.0%	0.5%		.023	.074
1	Kansas City Monarchs		27		.281	.316		7.4%	6.9%								0.0%	0.6%		.040	.089

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