Gary Gray (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
name=Gary Gray
position=First baseman


bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1952|9|21
city-state|New Orleans|Louisiana
debutdate=June 23
debutyear=by|1977
debutteam=Texas Rangers
finaldate=September 27
finalyear=by|1982
finalteam=Seattle Mariners
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.240
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=24
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=71
teams=
*Texas Rangers (1977-79)
*Cleveland Indians (1980)
*Seattle Mariners (1981-82)

Gary George Gray is a former Major League Baseball first baseman who played parts of six seasons from by|1977 until by|1982. During that time, he played for the Texas Rangers, the Cleveland Indians, and the Seattle Mariners.

Gray was selected by the Rangers in the 18th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft, then spent the next three years in their farm system. He made a brief, one-game appearance in the majors in 1977, going 0-for-2. He had brief trials in the next two seasons as well before being traded to the Indians in January of by|1980. That year, he had another brief trial with Cleveland, but hit just .148 and was dropped from their major league roster.

The following offseason, he was picked by the Mariners in the Rule 5 Draft. He had his best season in by|1981, splitting time at first base with starter Bruce Bochte and hitting 13 home runs in just 208 at bats. The next season, however, he was pushed aside by prospect Jim Maler, coming off the bench again to hit .257 in 80 games. After the season, his contract was sold to the California Angels, but never again played in the majors.

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