Ray Stephens

Carl Ray Stephens, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball catcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers between 1990 and 1992.

See Ray Stephens (singer) for the actor/disco singer and Ray Stevens for the country singer.

Born on September 22, 1962 in Houston, Texas, Stephens attended Bradley Central High School in Cleveland, Tennessee. He attended Troy State University and Middle Georgia College. He threw and batted right-handed, was 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) and weighed 190 pounds.

Drafted by the Cardinals in the 6th round of the 1985 amateur draft, Stephens was not a very successful minor leaguer when it came to hitting-he had a career minor league average of .238-and in 1988 with Louisville, he batted only .189 in 115 games.

Nevertheless, on September 20, 1990 at the age of 27, Stephens made his Major League debut. Even though he went 1 for 3 in his Major League debut with his first Major League hit being a home run, his career never quite panned out-he hit only .133 in his rookie year (his second of two hits that season was a double, though). His career average ended up being .171.

In the field, he made zero errors over the course of his career for a 1.000 fielding percentage.

Stephens played his final professional game on October 3, 1992 at the age of 29.