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 Philadelphia and their first season in Kansas City.[1] He posted a 3–15 record and a 7.25 ERA in his two stints for the team before joining the Indians in 1957 and the Phillies in 1958. On July 30, 1957, he hurled a three-hit shutout against the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.[5]
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 American Association at 2.72 during the 1956 season.[4]
Following his baseball retirement, Gray worked as an apartment complex manager in Miami, Florida, and was a long-term Palm Beach County resident. At this time, he gained induction into the Rollins College Hall of Fame as part of its 1979 Class.[2]
johnny, gray, baseball, john, leonard, gray, december, 1926, 2014, american, professional, baseball, pitcher, played, major, league, baseball, philadelphia, athletics, kansas, city, athletics, cleveland, indians, philadelphia, phillies, part, four, baseball, s. John Leonard Gray December 11 1926 May 21 2014 was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball MLB for the Philadelphia Athletics Kansas City Athletics Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies in all or part of four baseball seasons 1954 55 1957 58 Listed at 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m 226 lb 103 kg he batted and threw right handed 1 Johnny GrayPitcherBorn 1926 12 11 December 11 1926West Palm Beach Florida U S Died May 21 2014 2014 05 21 aged 87 Boca Raton Florida U S Batted RightThrew RightMLB debutJuly 18 1954 for the Philadelphia AthleticsLast MLB appearanceJuly 16 1958 for the Philadelphia PhilliesMLB statisticsWin loss record4 18Earned run average6 18Strikeouts75TeamsPhiladelphia Athletics Kansas City Athletics 1954 1955 Cleveland Indians 1957 Philadelphia Phillies 1958 Gray who was born in West Palm Beach Florida was a graduate of Rollins College in Winter Park Florida where he starred for the school s baseball team 2 He served for the United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations during World War II 3 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 Philadelphia and their first season in Kansas City 1 He posted a 3 15 record and a 7 25 ERA in his two stints for the team before joining the Indians in 1957 and the Phillies in 1958 On July 30 1957 he hurled a three hit shutout against the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore 5 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 American Association at 2 72 during the 1956 season 4 Following his baseball retirement Gray worked as an apartment complex manager in Miami Florida and was a long term Palm Beach County resident At this time he gained induction into the Rollins College Hall of Fame as part of its 1979 Class 2 On May 21 2014 Gray died in Boca Raton Florida at the age of 87 He was buried at the South Florida National Cemetery in Lake Worth Florida with military honors being provided by the US Army Funeral Honor Guard 6 References edit 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 amp 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 editCareer 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Johnny Gray baseball amp oldid 1188626209, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
