Ray Poat Notable

b. December 19, 1917 · Cleveland Indians 1942–1944, New York Giants 1947–1949, Pittsburgh Pirates 1949

Ray Poat played for three clubs across eight seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Cleveland Indians in 1942 and closing with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1949.

He went 22 and 30 with a 4.54 earned run average, pitching 400 innings in 116 games. He struck out 178 and threw 4 shutouts. Across 116 games he batted .115, with 14 hits and 9 runs. He finished with 1 home run and 3 doubles.

He was born in Chicago, IL, USA on December 19, 1917, and died on April 29, 1990. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1942	CLE	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000
1943	CLE	17	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	9	.154
1944	CLE	36	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	.000
1947	NYG	7	21	3	4	1	1	1	5	1	7	.190
1948	NYG	39	56	4	7	2	0	0	7	4	26	.125
1949	NYG/PIT	13	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100
Career	—	116	122	9	14	3	1	1	14	7	56	.115

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1942	CLE	1	3	4	4	0	18.1	24	11	9	8	5.40
1943	CLE	2	5	17	4	0	45.0	44	22	20	31	4.40
1944	CLE	4	8	36	6	1	80.2	82	46	37	40	5.13
1947	NYG	4	3	7	7	0	60.0	53	17	13	25	2.55
1948	NYG	11	10	39	24	0	157.2	162	76	67	57	4.34
1949	NYG/PIT	0	1	13	2	0	38.1	60	30	16	17	7.04
Career	—	22	30	116	47	1	400.0	425	202	162	178	4.54

On this day & linked events

1917

Born December 19, 1917

Chicago, IL, USA

1990

Died April 29, 1990

Image: Bowman, public domain