Johnny Gray (baseball)
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John Leonard Gray (December 11, 1926 – May 21, 2014) was an American
Gray, who was born in
Gray was originally signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. He spent four years in their minor league system, sporting a record of 44–39 and a 2.28 earned run average (ERA) in 745 pitching appearances before being traded to the Athletics in December 1953.[4]
Gray played for the Athletics both in their final season in
In a four-season career, Gray went 4–18 with a 6.18 ERA in 48 games, including 24 starts, allowing 132 earned runs on 172 hits and 142 walks while striking out 75 in 169 innings of work.[1]
Gray would spend 11 seasons in the minors while playing for 13 clubs between 1950 and 1960. He collected a 71–75 record and a 3.33 ERA in 275 games, which included five seasons with at least 10 victories and the best ERA in the
Following his baseball retirement, Gray worked as an apartment complex manager in
On May 21, 2014, Gray died in
References
- ^ a b c "Johnny Gray Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ a b "Rollins College Hall of Fame – Class of 1979 Inductees". Archived from the original on July 1, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
- ^ Baseball in Wartime
- ^ a b "Johnny Gray Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ Retrosheet box score : Cleveland Indians 6, Baltimore Orioles 0 – Game Played on Tuesday, July 30, 1957 (N) at Memorial Stadium
- ^ "The Palm Beach Post Obituary". Legacy.com.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Johnny Gray at Find a Grave