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Johnny
Ray		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: March 1, 1957 in Usa, OK, CHOUTEAU
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1982   
Gold Glove 1987   
All-Star Selections 1984   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 10 10
1982 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 10 10
1983 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1984 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 8 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1985 28 CLN NL $ 2,564,286   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 8 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1986 29 CLN NL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1987 30 CLN NL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1988 31 CLN NL $ 2,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1989 32 CLE AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1990 33 OAK AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1981 24 CLN NL 29 93 7 23 4 1 0 2 1 0 3 6 .247 .271 .312 .583 7.2 0.6
    AAA   104 402 33 106 18 4 2 48 7 2 44 19 .264 .336 .343 .680 48.2  
1982 25 CLN NL 125 384 56 115 20 2 1 50 0 2 30 14 .299 .349 .370 .719 44.2 7.1
1983 26 CLN NL 152 540 53 144 30 2 2 61 3 1 30 25 .267 .302 .341 .643 53.7 6.6
1984 27 CLN NL 156 545 88 169 36 2 6 81 0 0 27 22 .310 .342 .417 .759 69.1 16.7
1985 28 CLN NL 156 574 48 139 28 4 3 57 0 0 22 26 .242 .269 .321 .589 46.8 4.9
1986 29 CLN NL 142 505 54 146 31 4 2 64 1 1 16 22 .289 .310 .378 .689 54.6 8.4
1987 30 CLN NL 132 466 57 131 31 2 6 57 0 0 20 18 .281 .308 .395 .702 53.2 8.2
1988 31 CLN NL 156 524 63 135 31 5 2 55 0 0 29 24 .258 .295 .347 .642 49.3 5.3
1989 32 CLE AL 148 518 60 154 47 3 5 63 3 4 23 21 .297 .326 .429 .755 61.5 11.7
1990 33 OAK AL 142 590 72 167 44 7 2 49 4 1 22 37 .283 .308 .392 .700 63.2 10.3
10 Years Sim 1338 4739 558 1323 302 32 29 539 12 9 222 215 .279 .310 .375 .685 502.7 79.8
1 Years AAA 104 402 33 106 18 4 2 48 7 2 44 19 .264 .335 .343 .678 48.2  
162 Game Average 573 67 160 36 3 3 65 1 1 26 26 .279 .310 .375 .685 60.9  
Career Highs 156 590 88 169 47 7 6 81 4 4 30 37 .310 .349 .429 .759 69.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3426 433 967 216 21 21 397 10 6 165 159 .282 .314 .376 .690 382.0
vs LH   1313 125 356 86 11 8 142 2 3 57 56 .271 .299 .372 .670 137.3
Home 681 2355 281 677 169 17 12 271 6 6 118 113 .287 .320 .389 .709 274.3
Away 657 2384 277 646 133 15 17 268 6 3 104 102 .271 .300 .361 .661 245.0
RISP   1131 0 331 69 11 13 469 0 0 61 48 .293 .321 .408 .729 142.8
Pinch Hitting   8 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .556 .625 1.181 2.2
Close/Late   547 53 147 32 5 1 39 0 0 21 23 .269 .296 .351 .647 52.9
Mar/Apr 211 770 98 224 54 6 8 95 2 1 35 28 .291 .321 .408 .728 94.2
May 223 807 92 211 40 7 4 99 1 1 34 35 .261 .290 .343 .634 76.0
June 218 773 86 217 55 3 3 90 2 1 42 31 .281 .319 .371 .690 86.0
July 200 675 76 175 36 5 2 57 1 0 38 39 .259 .296 .336 .633 65.1
August 261 917 113 256 64 5 6 100 4 5 37 48 .279 .305 .379 .684 98.7
Sep/Oct 225 797 93 240 53 6 6 98 2 1 36 34 .301 .329 .405 .735 99.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1981 24 CLN NL 2B 28 27 219.0 41 96 6 17 .958 5.63   0.5
1982 25 CLN NL 2B 116 109 916.7 188 393 14 76 .976 5.70   2.9
    SS 9 7 65.7 11 21 0 2 1.000 4.39   0.3
1983 26 CLN NL 2B 150 147 1326.7 261 572 10 112 .988 5.65   6.9
    SS 1 0 1.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 13.53   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1984 27 CLN NL 2B 151 150 1314.3 275 562 21 120 .976 5.73   6.1
    SS 5 4 38.0 7 20 1 5 .964 6.39   0.3
1985 28 CLN NL 2B 95 93 832.0 172 337 7 68 .986 5.51   4.9
    SS 63 63 552.3 60 251 5 31 .984 5.07   4.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1986 29 CLN NL 2B 141 141 1209.3 246 523 17 124 .978 5.72   7.1
    SS 3 0 9.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.1
1987 30 CLN NL 2B 129 129 1143.7 236 504 7 101 .991 5.82   6.8
    SS 2 0 6.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.84   0.0
1988 31 CLN NL 2B 100 100 855.0 194 389 15 75 .975 6.14   6.2
    SS 56 56 499.3 83 184 8 34 .971 4.81   1.5
1989 32 CLE AL SS 144 140 1214.0 161 509 11 80 .984 4.97   9.1
    LF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1990 33 OAK AL SS 141 139 1190.7 173 495 5 104 .993 5.05   7.5
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  2B 912 896 7820.6 1613 3377 97 693 .981 5.74   41.6
  SS 424 409 3576.6 496 1488 30 256 .985 4.99   22.8
  LF 2 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.1
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1339 1306 11408.3 2112 4866 127 949 .982 5.50   64.4
Career Highs   159 156 1385.3 282 589 23 125 .993 5.81    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1982 25 CLN NL 14 44 4 12 5 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 .273 .313 .386 .699
1983 26 CLN NL 12 37 6 12 4 0 0 8 0 0 1 1 .324 .333 .432 .766
1984 27 CLN NL 13 39 2 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 .205 .295 .256 .552
1985 28 CLN NL 16 59 5 15 3 0 0 8 1 0 5 0 .254 .313 .305 .618
1986 29 CLN NL 4 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .273 .333 .273 .606
1989 32 CLE AL 5 20 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .150 .150 .200 .350
Career Post-Season Batting 64 210 19 53 15 0 0 21 1 0 15 8 .252 .300 .324 .623
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1984-5-.310
 Games
1984-5-156
1985-7-156
1988-8-156
 At-Bats
1990-8-590
 Singles
1984-9-125
 Doubles
1989-3-47
1990-8-44
 Triples
1990-6-7
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 24th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1981
4/3/1981: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (N)
Injured on 6/24/1981 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 8/1/1981, off Guy Hoffman (MIL)
Hit first career homerun on 8/23/1982, off Eduardo Rodriguez (NYG)
Injured on 9/12/1982 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1982
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
7/31/1985: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 7/8/1986 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia on 9/8/1987
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1987
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Cleveland (A) on 2/22/1989 (Going to CLE: LF Harold Baines, 2B Johnny Ray, RF George Bell, P Dickie Noles, P Alejandro Pena. Going to CLN: P Guy Hoffman, 3B Juan Bernhardt)
Injured on 7/26/1989 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/3/1990 to a 3-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Injured on 6/1/1990 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (N) on 8/21/1990
 
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