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)

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Booker McDaniel	SP	1	1945	1945	KCM	3.6	0.2	0.0	3.5	0.0
2	Jesse Williams	2B	1	1945	1945	KCM	2.7	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.2
3	Roosevelt Davis	SP	3	1943	1945	IC	2.7	-0.4	0.0	3.1	0.0
4	Duke Cleveland	RF	4	1939	1942	JRC	2.7	2.1	0.8	0.0	-0.2
5	John Britton	3B	2	1943	1945	BBB/IC	2.6	1.5	1.2	0.0	0.0
6	Jackie Robinson	SS	1	1945	1945	KCM	2.6	2.3	0.1	0.0	0.2
7	Bo Mitchell	SP	1	1937	1937	BBB	2.3	0.1	0.0	2.1	0.0
8	Smoky Owens	SP	2	1939	1940	JRC	1.9	-0.1	0.0	2.0	0.0
9	Jim LaMarque	SP	1	1945	1945	KCM	1.8	-0.3	0.0	2.1	0.0
10	Ed Steele	RF	1	1945	1945	BBB	1.7	1.8	0.0	0.0	-0.1
11	Fred Wilson	RF	2	1943	1945	IC	1.7	0.5	0.4	0.9	-0.1
12	Henry Turner	C	4	1939	1942	JRC	1.4	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
13	Hilton Smith	SP	1	1945	1945	KCM	1.4	0.1	0.0	1.3	0.0
14	Hoss Walker	SS	2	1944	1945	IC	1.4	-0.3	1.5	0.0	0.1
15	Alex Radcliff	3B	2	1944	1945	IC	1.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
16	Artie Wilson	SS	1	1945	1945	BBB	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.2
17	Herb Souell	3B	1	1945	1945	KCM	1.3	1.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
18	Parnell Woods	3B	5	1937	1942	BBB/JRC	1.2	1.7	-0.6	0.0	0.1
19	Clarence Lamar	SS	6	1937	1943	MULT	1.1	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.4
20	Piper Davis	1B	1	1945	1945	BBB	1.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
21	Al Frazier	2B	2	1939	1940	JRC	1.0	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.2
22	Lee Moody	1B	1	1945	1945	KCM	1.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2
23	Reinaldo Drake	LF	1	1945	1945	IC	1.0	0.5	0.6	0.0	-0.1
24	Henry Merchant	CF	3	1943	1945	IC	0.9	0.7	0.3	-0.1	-0.1
25	Andy Sarvis	SP	4	1939	1942	JRC	0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
26	Jimmie Newberry	SP	2	1943	1945	BBB/IC	0.9	-0.3	0.0	1.2	0.0
27	David Whatley	RF	2	1937	1939	BBB/JRC	0.9	1.4	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
28	Fred Bankhead	2B	1	1937	1937	BBB	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.1
29	Satchel Paige	SP	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
30	Henry Smith	SS	4	1942	1945	IC/JRC	0.7	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.3
31	Dave Harper	RF	3	1943	1945	IC/KCM	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
32	Alvin Gipson	SP	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
33	Jack Bruton	SP	2	1937	1939	BBB/JRC	0.6	0.2	-0.2	0.6	0.0
34	Lester Lockett	LF	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
35	Walter Thomas	RF	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.5	1.2	0.1	-0.6	-0.2
36	Alonzo Boone	RP	3	1939	1945	BBB/JRC	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
37	John Lyles	SS	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
38	Goose Tatum	1B	2	1943	1945	IC	0.5	0.9	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
39	Leovigildo Xiqués	LF	1	1944	1944	IC	0.5	0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
40	Buster Haywood	C	3	1943	1945	IC	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.2
41	Angel García	RP	1	1945	1945	IC	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
42	Ted Alexander	SP	1	1940	1940	JRC	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
43	Antonio Ruiz	SP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.4	0.5	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
44	Felix McLaurin	LF	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
45	Specs Roberts	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
46	Willie McCrary	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
47	Walter Cannady	3B	1	1944	1944	IC	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
48	Sam Hairston	C	2	1944	1945	IC	0.4	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.0
49	Leonard Lindsay	1B	1	1943	1943	IC	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1
50	Chico Renfroe	C	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
51	Hosea Allen	RP	2	1941	1942	JRC	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0
52	Ralph Coles	LF	3	1939	1941	JRC	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1
53	Emanuel Sampson	LF	1	1940	1940	JRC	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
54	Fay Washington	RP	1	1945	1945	IC	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
55	Albert Overton	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
56	Lloyd Davenport	CF	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
57	Jack Marshall	SS	1	1944	1944	IC	0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
58	Earl Bumpus	LF	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.2	0.3	-0.2	0.2	0.0
59	Lefty Boone	RP	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
60	Chesley Gray	C	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
61	Philly Holmes	SS	2	1939	1945	IC/JRC	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
62	Leandy Young	LF	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
63	Edwin Dimes	RF	1	1940	1940	JRC	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
64	Smith	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
65	Mint Jones	1B	3	1939	1941	JRC	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.1
66	Collins Jones	SS	2	1943	1945	BBB/IC	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	Willie Burns	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
68	Jabbo Andrews	RF	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
69	Freddie Shepard	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Thad Christopher	LF	1	1943	1943	IC	0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
71	Sylvester Snead	2B	1	1943	1943	IC	0.2	1.1	-1.1	0.0	0.1
72	Fermín Valdés	2B	1	1944	1944	IC	0.2	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
73	Willie Ferrell	SP	2	1937	1939	BBB/JRC	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Pedro Regalado	SS	1	1945	1945	IC	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
75	Dusty Decker	RF	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
76	Willie Cornelius	RF	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
77	Kelsey	LF	1	1943	1943	IC	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
78	Jimmie Bennett	RP	1	1945	1945	IC	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
79	Joe Royal	CF	2	1939	1942	JRC	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
80	George Britt	C	2	1941	1942	JRC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Jack McLaurin	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	James Dailey	1B	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Jack Moore	LF	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Robert Abernathy	LF	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Joe Spencer	2B	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
86	Bonnie Serrell	1B	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
87	Herman Bell	C	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
88	William Dyke	SS	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
89	Dick Reynolds	LF	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Harry Barnes	C	1	1937	1937	BBB	0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1
91	Quicksey	LF	1	1937	1937	BBB	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	John Henry McQueen	-	1	1944	1944	IC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Dozier Hood	-	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	McDonald	-	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Johnny Williams	RP	2	1944	1945	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
96	Bill Carter	1B	1	1937	1937	BBB	0.0	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
97	Eddie Locke	RP	2	1943	1945	IC/KCM	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
98	Steward	CF	1	1940	1940	JRC	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Floyd Holston	RP	1	1937	1937	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Leroy Morney	SS	1	1943	1943	IC	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
101	Jim Starks	1B	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Rafael Cabrera	CF	1	1944	1944	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
103	Sylvester Carlisle	2B	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Ted Radcliffe	C	1	1945	1945	BBB/KCM	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
105	John Henry Oliver	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
106	Teddy Gunn	1B	1	1940	1940	JRC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	W. H. Kelly	-	1	1941	1941	JRC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Jack Riley	LF	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Frank Duncan	C	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
110	A. D. Lewis	1B	1	1937	1937	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Deison	RF	1	1943	1943	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Walter Burch	C	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.0	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
113	Newt Allen	-	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Garcia Massingale	-	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	James Cooper	RP	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Sullivan	-	1	1937	1937	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	J. B. Hampton	-	1	1941	1941	JRC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Quincy Smith	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Frank Thompson	RP	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Red Howard	RP	2	1937	1939	BBB/JRC	0.0	0.3	0.0	-0.4	0.0
121	Willie Young	RP	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Greene Farmer	LF	2	1942	1945	IC/JRC	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
123	Sam Segraves	LF	1	1943	1943	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
124	Elbert Eatmon	RP	1	1937	1937	BBB	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Emory Long	3B	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Curtis Palmer	-	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
127	Leroy Sutton	-	1	1945	1945	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
128	Harper	2B	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	Lockhart	1B	1	1942	1942	JRC	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
130	Glover	LF	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
131	Bob Harvey	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
132	Clarence McMullen	-	1	1945	1945	KCM	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
133	Julius Osley	-	1	1937	1937	BBB	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
134	George Brown	RF	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
135	Lacey Thomas	LF	2	1939	1940	JRC	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
136	Eugene Tyler	RF	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
137	Jim Williams	1B	1	1940	1940	JRC	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
138	Walter Treherne	1B	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
139	Roy Phelps	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
140	John Huber	RP	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
141	Luis Pillot	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
142	Specs Ellis	RP	4	1940	1943	IC/JRC	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
143	Bill Bradford	-	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
144	Leroy Cromartie	2B	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
145	Felix Terry	2B	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
146	Sam Jackson	1B	1	1944	1944	IC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
147	Clyde Nelson	3B	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
148	Richard King	1B	2	1943	1945	IC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
149	Leo Sanders	SS	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
150	Joe Jenkins	3B	1	1940	1940	JRC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
151	Steve Wylie	SP	1	1945	1945	KCM	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
152	Lee Davis	-	1	1945	1945	KCM	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
153	Melvin Coleman	SS	1	1937	1937	BBB	-0.1	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.1
154	Peanuts Davis	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
155	Weedy Edwards	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
156	Alex Broome	RP	3	1940	1942	JRC	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
157	Harry Jeffries	C	2	1943	1944	IC	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
158	Willie Nixon	LF	1	1941	1941	JRC	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
159	Graves	2B	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
160	Melzar Williams	LF	1	1937	1937	BBB	-0.2	0.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
161	Bad News Hall	3B	2	1943	1944	IC	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
162	Art Pennington	CF	1	1944	1944	IC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
163	Nash	-	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
164	Gabby Kemp	CF	2	1940	1941	JRC	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
165	Johnie Scott	CF	1	1945	1945	KCM	-0.2	0.5	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
166	George Daniels	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
167	Alfred Saylor	RP	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
168	Tommy Sampson	3B	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
169	Jim Canada	1B	2	1937	1942	BBB/JRC	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
170	Bernard Fernández	-	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
171	Bill Perkins	C	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
172	Fred McKelvin	1B	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
173	Ollie Smith	-	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
174	Marshall Riddle	2B	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
175	Ulysses Evans	-	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
176	Cornelius Cook	-	1	1944	1944	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
177	Barney Higdon	-	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
178	Clarence White	-	1	1940	1940	JRC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
179	Bruce Wright	2B	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
180	Andrews	-	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
181	Satchel Davis	-	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
182	Bobby Scott	1B	1	1941	1941	JRC	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
183	Brennan King	-	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
184	Jack Matchett	RP	1	1945	1945	KCM	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
185	Lázaro Medina	RP	2	1944	1945	IC	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
186	Gene Smith	SS	2	1941	1942	JRC	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
187	Johnny Markham	RP	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
188	Eli Williams	LF	1	1945	1945	KCM	-0.4	0.0	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
189	Ben Henderson	-	1	1937	1937	BBB	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
190	Amos Watson	RP	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
191	Lamb Barbee	RF	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
192	Alonzo Mitchell	RP	3	1939	1941	JRC	-0.4	0.2	-0.2	-0.4	0.0
193	Raúl Navarro	LF	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.4	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
194	Gerves Fagan	SS	1	1942	1942	JRC	-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
195	Ormond Sampson	-	1	1941	1941	JRC	-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
196	Buck Felder	2B	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
197	Sammy Haynes	C	1	1945	1945	KCM	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
198	Charlie Harris	2B	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	0.0	0.0
199	Herb Barnhill	C	3	1940	1942	JRC	-0.6	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.1
200	Armando Vázquez	1B	2	1944	1945	IC	-0.6	0.5	-0.9	0.0	-0.2
201	Preacher Henry	SP	5	1939	1943	IC/JRC	-0.6	-0.7	0.0	0.1	0.0
202	Pepper Bassett	C	3	1943	1945	BBB/IC	-0.8	-0.2	0.1	-0.7	0.1
203	Sylvester Owens	CF	2	1937	1942	BBB/JRC	-0.9	-0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.0
204	Skin Down Robinson	2B	3	1940	1942	JRC	-0.9	-0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.0

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