BIO

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS | NUMBER: 38 | BATS/THROWS: LEFT

POSITION: PITCHER | HEIGHT: 6’2”  | WEIGHT: 195 LB

BORN OCTOBER 1, 1991 IN BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE

Robert Glenn Ray is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He previously played for the Detroit Tigers.

Washington Nationals: Ray was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 12th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft out of Brentwood High School in Brentwood, Tennessee. Ray pitched in one game for the Vermont Lake Monsters in 2010, striking out two in one inning pitched. Pitching for the Hagerstown Suns in 2011, he went 2–3 with a 3.13 earned run average with 95 strikeouts in 89 innings pitched. Ray struggled pitching for the Potomac Nationals in 2012, going 4–12 with a 6.56 ERA. He returned to Potomac for the start of the 2013 season. After going 6–3 with a 3.11 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 84 innings, he was promoted to the Double-A Harrisburg Senators. He posted a 5–2 record with a 3.72 ERA at Harrisburg.

Detroit Tigers: On December 2, 2013, Ray was traded to the Detroit Tigers, along with Ian Krol and Steve Lombardozzi, Jr., for Doug Fister.  Ray started the 2014 season with the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens. The Tigers announced he would be called up to the Major League team following an April 26 injury to starter Aníbal Sánchez. Robbie made his Major League debut on May 6, 2014, earning his first big-league win in the Tigers' 11–4 victory over the Houston Astros. On August 12, he was recalled to replace an injured Aníbal Sánchez again. Ray pitched five innings, allowing four runs on six hits, while striking out five and walking two, in a 4–2 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Arizona Diamondbacks: On December 5, 2014, the Tigers traded Ray and Domingo Leyba to the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three-team trade that brought Shane Greene to the Detroit Tigers, and Didi Gregorius to the New York Yankees. He started the 2015 season at their AAA affiliate, the Reno Aces. He made his debut in a Diamondbacks uniform on May 6, 2015, being called up to face the Colorado Rockies in the second game of a doubleheader. Robbie Ray hit his first career home run on June 7, 2016.

Pitch selection: Ray throws a fastball in the 91–93 MPH range (tops out at 96 MPH). His primary offspeed pitches are a slider that averages about 82 MPH and a changeup that he throws at about 84 MPH.