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	0	12	4	0	2	1	0	0	.189	.294	.242	.536	58
1940	CBR	NAL	28	CF	24	108	84	18	20	0	0	0	5	1		20	0	0	3	1		0	.238	.402	.238	.640	98
1941	JRC	NAL	29	3B	10	43	35	5	7	0	0	0	3	0		6		0	1	1		0	.200	.333	.200	.533	65
1942	JRC	NAL	30	CF	9	34	32	4	5	0	0	0	1	0		2			0	0			.156	.206	.156	.362	11
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	29	127	111	16	22	2	0	0	5	0		13	0	0	2	0	1		.198	.291	.216	.508	58
1945	MULT	NAL	33	CF	25	86	76	8	15	2	0	0	7	0	0	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	.197	.265	.224	.489	45
8	4			CF	174	714	610	102	134	7	5	0	40	9	0	80	6	0	13	10	1	0	.220	.322	.248	.570	71
162 Game Average						665	568	95	125	7	5	0	37	10	0	74	10	0	12	9	3	0	.220	.322	.248	.570	71

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	0	11	2	0	2	4	0	0	.330	.409	.381	.791	119
4	Jacksonville Red Caps			CF	68	295	246	48	50	3	1	0	15	4	0	40	4	0	6	3	0	0	.203	.329	.224	.552	68
3	Indianapolis Clowns			RF	70	273	237	34	43	2	2	0	8	3		27	0	0	5	3	1		.181	.278	.207	.485	51
1	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	10	32	30	3	9	1	0	0	5	0		2	0		0	0			.300	.344	.333	.677	101

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%			0.9%			8.64		0.0%	0.9%		.067	.115
1939	CBR	NAL	110		.270	.320		10.9%	8.2%		3.6%	0.7%		3.00	11.55		0.0%	0.7%		.053	.097
1940	CBR	NAL	108		.346	.316		18.5%	9.0%		0.0%	0.3%			26.25		0.0%	0.6%		.000	.076
1941	JRC	NAL	43		.280	.310		14.0%	7.3%			0.4%			19.18		0.0%	0.5%		.000	.081
1942	JRC	NAL	34		.184	.310		5.9%	6.9%			0.4%			17.07		0.0%	0.7%		.000	.089
1943	CC	NAL	135		.238	.309		8.9%	7.2%			0.2%			33.06		0.0%	0.5%		.034	.075
1944	CIC	NAL	127		.262	.309		10.2%	7.0%		0.0%	0.3%			27.56		0.0%	0.4%		.018	.071
1945	MULT	NAL	86		.236	.318		8.1%	0.3%		2.3%	6.9%		3.50	24.95		0.0%	0.6%		.026	.088
8	4		714		.288	.316		11.2%	7.6%		1.4%	0.4%		8.33	22.73		0.0%	0.6%		.028	.084

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%	7.5%		4.7%	0.7%		1.50	14.81		0.0%	0.8%		.052	.105
4	Jacksonville Red Caps		295		.289	.316		13.6%	8.2%		1.8%	0.5%		8.00	18.68		0.0%	0.7%		.020	.086
3	Indianapolis Clowns		273		.249	.309		9.9%	7.1%		0.0%	0.2%			30.18		0.0%	0.4%		.025	.074
1	Kansas City Monarchs		32		.326	.317		6.3%	6.9%		0.0%	0.3%			24.82		0.0%	0.6%		.033	.088

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