Ray Poat
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[edit] Biography
Born on December 19, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, Ray Poat (Raymond Willis Poat) played for the Cleveland Indians, New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 6 year career. Poat broke into the bigs on April 15, 1942 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 5.13 ERA in 80.2 innings pitched in 1944, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ray Poat's best season was 1948, when he posted a 4.34 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 57 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | CLE | A | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5.40 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.1 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1943 | CLE | A | 17 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4.40 | 31 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 44 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | CLE | A | 36 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5.13 | 40 | 50 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 80.2 | 82 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1947 | NY | N | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2.55 | 25 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 53 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1948 | NY | N | 39 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 4.34 | 57 | 95 | 76 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 157.2 | 162 | 21 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1949 | PIT | N | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6.25 | 17 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 52 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1949 | NY | N | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.29 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | TOT | N | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7.04 | 17 | 35 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.1 | 60 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 59 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 4.32 | 99 | 148 | 123 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 256 | 275 | 35 | 96 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Total | AL | 57 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 4.94 | 79 | 83 | 79 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 144 | 150 | 13 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 116 | 47 | 22 | 30 | 4.55 | 178 | 231 | 202 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 400 | 425 | 48 | 162 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | CLE | A | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1943 | CLE | A | P | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1944 | CLE | A | P | 36 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .944 |
| 1947 | NY | N | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1948 | NY | N | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 |
| 1949 | PIT | N | P | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .875 |
| 1949 | NY | N | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1949 | TOT | N | P | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .875 |
| Total | P | 116 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 56 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .960 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | CLE | A | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | CLE | A | 17 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .154 | .154 | .154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | CLE | A | 36 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .056 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1947 | NY | N | 7 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .190 | .227 | .476 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | NY | N | 39 | 56 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | .125 | .183 | .161 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1949 | PIT | N | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | NY | N | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | TOT | N | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 59 | 87 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 12 | .138 | .185 | .230 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | AL | 57 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .057 | .108 | .057 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 116 | 122 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 14 | .115 | .163 | .180 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by New York Giants with Bobby Rhawn to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Kirby Higbe (June 6, 1949).
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