- Ken Ray
Infobox MLB player
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name=Ken Ray
position=Relief Pitcher
team=SK Wyverns
number=-68-
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=July 10
debutyear=1999
debutteam=Kansas City Royals
statyear=2006
stat1label=Wins
stat1value=2-1
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=4.67
stat3label=Innings pitched
stat3value=69.1
debutteam=Kansas City Royals
formerteams=
*Kansas City Royals (by|1999)
*Atlanta Braves (by|2006)
*SK Wyverns (KBO)(by|2008)Kenneth Alan "Ken" Ray, (born
November 27 ,1974 ,Atlanta, Georgia ) is a formerMajor League baseball pitcher who is currently playing for theSK Wyverns of theKorea Baseball Organization . Ray made hisMLB debutJuly 10 , 1999.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 2005 to 2006. In 2005, Ray started the season with the independent
North Shore Spirit of theCan-Am League before being acquired by the Atlanta Braves organization. He spent the remainder of the season with the AAARichmond Braves .On April 6th, following an injury to starter
Horacio Ramírez , Ray was called up from theRichmond Braves , Atlanta's AAA affiliate. In his first appearance for Atlanta in 2006, he struck outBarry Bonds on 3 pitches.He was claimed off waivers by the Royals in the 2006 offseason. He currently resides in Arizona with his wife and newborn son.
Ray began the
2007 season in Triple-A with theOmaha Royals . He was released onAugust 18 , 2007. On August 30, he was signed by the Triple-ANashville Sounds .As of May 7, 2008, Ken Ray was pitching for the Triple-A Potros de
Tijuana of theMexican League where he held a 5-1 record and a 3.29 ERA. [http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Ken%20Ray&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=150208]External links
*baseball-reference|id=r/rayke01
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6273 ESPN.com: Ken Ray]
* [http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player.jsp?player_id=150208 MLB.com profile]
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