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Ken Ray

American baseball player (born 1974)

Summary

American baseball player (born 1974)

Field	Value
name	Ken Ray
position	Relief pitcher
birth_date
birth_place	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
bats	Right
throws	Right
debutleague	MLB
debutdate	July 10
debutyear	1999
debutteam	Kansas City Royals
debut2league	KBO
debut2date	June 14
debut2year	2008
debut2team	SK Wyverns
debut3league	CPBL
debut3date	March 23
debut3year	2010
debut3team	La New Bears
debut4league	NPB
debut4date	July 17
debut4year	2013
debut4team	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
finalleague	MLB
finaldate	September 30
finalyear	2006
finalteam	Atlanta Braves
final2league	KBO
final2date	July 10
final2year	2008
final2team	SK Wyverns
final3league	CPBL
final3year	2017
final3team	Lamigo Monkeys
final4league	NPB
final4year	2016
final4team	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
statleague	MLB
stat1label	Win–loss record
stat1value	2–1
stat2label	Earned run average
stat2value	5.13
stat3label	Strikeouts
stat3value	50
stat2league	KBO
stat21label	Win–loss record
stat21value	1–2
stat22label	Earned run average
stat22value	6.64
stat23label	Strikeouts
stat23value	11
stat3league	CPBL
stat31label	Win–loss record
stat31value	36–30
stat32label	Earned run average
stat32value	2.78
stat33label	Strikeouts
stat33value	428
stat4league	NPB
stat41label	Win–loss record
stat41value	5–10
stat42label	Earned run average
stat42value	4.13
stat43label	Strikeouts
stat43value	98

Kansas City Royals ()
Atlanta Braves ()
SK Wyverns ()
La New Bears / Lamigo Monkeys (–)
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ()
Lamigo Monkeys ()
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (–)
Japan Series champion (2013)
2x Taiwan Series champion (2012, 2014) ** Kenneth Alan Ray** (born November 27, 1974) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the Atlanta Braves and Kansas City Royals. Ray made his MLB debut on July 10, , for the Royals.

Early career

After briefly pitching for the Royals in 1999, Ray spent years battling arm problems while trying to work his way back onto a major league roster.

Back in the majors

He made a meteoric rise from to . In 2005, Ray started the season with the independent North Shore Spirit of the Can-Am League before being acquired by the Atlanta Braves organization. He spent the remainder of the season with the Triple-A Richmond Braves.

On April 6, , following an injury to starter Horacio Ramírez, Ray was called up from the Richmond Braves, Atlanta's Triple-A affiliate. In his first appearance for Atlanta in 2006, he struck out Barry Bonds on 3 pitches.

He was claimed off waivers by the Royals in the 2006 offseason. Ray began the season in Triple-A with the Omaha Royals. He was released on August 18, 2007. On August 30, he was signed by the Triple-A Nashville Sounds. Ray began pitching for the Triple-A Potros de Tijuana of the Mexican League where he held a 6-3 record and a 3.65 ERA. Ray signed with the SK Wyverns of the Korea Baseball Organization where he finished 2008.

On May 27, 2009, Ray was signed by the Cleveland Indians, and assigned to their AAA affiliate Columbus Clippers.

By March, 2010, Ray was pitching for the La New Bears in the Chinese Professional Baseball League. In 2010 his ERA of 2.32 helped earn him a renewal, and Ray continued to play for the La New Bears (now the Lamigo Monkeys) through 2012 and again in 2014. In 2013 he played in Mexico and then for Nippon Professional Baseball's Rakuten Golden Eagles, for whom he played again in 2015 and 2016. In 2017 at the age of 42, Ray pitched for the Lamigo Monkeys' minor league team.

References

"MiLB profile".

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