Johnny Ray Memorabilia & Collectibles

About Johnny Ray Memorabilia & Collectibles

John Cornelius Ray who is commonly called as “Johnny Ray” had a ten-year career in the baseball field from 1981 to 1990. As an American born in Chouteau, Oklahoma on March 1, 1975, he is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who batted and threw right-handed. In college, he played for the University of Arkansas ending up with College World Series in 1979. He was chosen by the Houston Astros and later on traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1981.

 

Playing professionally, he set some game records for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League, the California Angels of the American League and 2 seasons for the Yakult Swallows in Japan.

 

He made his MLB debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 2, 1981. Johnny Ray filched the Rookie of the Year award by The Sporting News in 1982. As he continuously hitting and leading the league, he won the Silver Slugger Award for second baseman in 1983. Ray was steadily one of the most difficult batters to strikeout because of his confidence while playing in the field in 1984. Though the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Ray to the California Angels in 1987, he was selected to the All-Star American League in 1988 in return.

 

Before his last MLB appearance for the California Angel son September 30, 1990, he showed his flexibility as a player by playing some games in left field. After having a career statistics of 1,502 runs batted in 594 and a batting average of .290, he retired and decided to go back to live in Oklahoma.

Flexibility is one of the edges for the die-hard fans of baseball players as you tried to be like them by collecting some MLB game used autographed items, MLB game used baseballs and MLB photos.

 

 

About Johnny Ray:

Johnny Ray (full name: John Cornelius Ray; no nicknames) played second baseman from 1981 until 1990 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and California Angels. He played for the Pirates from 1981 - 1987 and Angels from 1987 - 1990. Over 10 seasons, he played 1353 games, hit 53 home runs, drove in 604 runs, and stole 80 bases. Born on March 1, 1957 in Chouteau, OK, Ray stands 5' 11" and weighs 170 lb. He attended high school and was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 12th round of the 1979 amateur draft. His debut was on September 2, 1981 and he played his final game on September 30, 1990. Over his career, Ray made $5,233,000. Common misspellings of his name include John Cornelius jonny jonnie johny Johnny johnnie johney john johhny Ray.