MLB / Players

Ray Poat

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 2 in · 200 lb
BornDecember 19, 1917 · Chicago, IL, USA
MLB debutApril 15, 1942
Final gameSeptember 21, 1949
Seasons6 (1942–1949)

Cleveland Indians 1942–1944; New York Giants 1947–1949; Pittsburgh Pirates 1949

Percentile snapshot

1948 season — qualified pitchers

G
39
73.6
GS
24
40.3
W
11
48.6
L
10
40.3
SV
0
0
CG
7
18.1
SHO
3
75
H
162
69.4
ER
76
51.4
BB
67
55.6
SO
57
22.2
HR
21
5.6
IP
157.7
26.4
ERA
4.34
18.1
WHIP
1.452
26.4
K/9
3.25
23.6
FIP
4.91
1.4
FIP-
122.8
1.4
ERA+
92.1
16.7
sWAR
0.8
16.7

of 73 qualified 1948 pitchers (min 155 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
-0.1
31.5

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19424651000001300.000.167.000.167-37.4-49.6.127-0.3
19431713130200010900.154.154.154.308-26.9-7.5.146-0.3
19443620171000011800.000.056.000.056-99.3-83.1.042-1.2
1947723213411151700.190.227.476.70369.580.9.3051.8
194839615647200742600.125.183.161.344-16.3-6.7.1700.8
19491310100100000300.100.100.100.200-70.1-47.0.092-0.9

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19424413011241198118.35.401.8003.934.02116.564.0-0.3
19431742501044222031345.04.401.4226.203.17101.471.1-0.3
19443664811082463740980.75.131.4754.464.38132.264.6-1.2
1947774305053171325860.02.551.1003.754.1299.7162.01.8
19483924111007316276675721157.74.341.4523.254.91122.892.10.8
19491320100060301617638.37.041.9833.994.93118.758.9-0.9

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
116
PA
133
AB
122
R
9
H
14
2B
3
3B
1
HR
1
RBI
14
BB
7
SO
56
SB
0
BA
.1148
OBP
.1628
SLG
.1803
OPS
.3431

Pitching

G (P)
116
GS
47
W
22
L
30
SV
1
CG
15
SHO
4
IP
400
SO (P)
178
BB allowed
162
ERA
4.545
WHIP
1.4675
K/9
4.01

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1947-08-27STL @ SF Gameday412011207
1948-08-06PIT @ SF Gameday412100303
1947-09-01ATL @ SF Gameday321100312
1948-06-06SF @ PIT Gameday411100212
1943-06-19CLE @ CWS Gameday301000101

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1944-05-14CLE @ NYY Gameday4.0455271
1942-09-08CLE @ CWS Gameday9.0700450
1947-08-27STL @ SF Gameday9.0844452
1943-05-13MIN @ CLE Gameday4.0222250
1944-07-04CLE @ NYY Gameday9.01222142

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.