How Johnny Ray's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Johnny Ray posted a career Batting Average of .290, above the league average of .263 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1984, posting .312, well above the league average of .257 that year. The lowest point came in 1981 at .245, near the league average of .259 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .306 in 1988 to .289 in 1989 and .277 in 1990. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 10 seasons.
Johnny Ray Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.29 | 5657 | 5188 | 0.298 |
| Season Avg. | 0.29 | 565.7 | 518.8 | 0.298 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.29 | 677.33 | 621.18 | 0.298 |
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Johnny Ray Batting Average Per Season
Johnny Ray's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Johnny Ray Batting Average by Team
Johnny Ray's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Johnny Ray Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Johnny Ray's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Johnny Ray Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Johnny Ray's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Johnny Ray Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Johnny Ray's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
