Johnny Cornelius Ray (born March 1, 1957) is an American former second baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball who had a 10-year career from 1981 to 1990.

He then won the Silver Slugger Award for second baseman in 1983, and finished fifth in the league in batting average in 1984.

The Pirates, going with a youth movement, traded Ray to the Angels on August 29, 1987, for Miguel García and minor league prospect Bill Merrifield.

After his career in the Major Leagues, Ray played for two seasons with the Yakult Swallows in Japan.

As a mark of distinction, one roadside sign outside the eastern Oklahoma town reads "Chouteau, OK. Home of Johnny Ray.