Walter Ray's Did you know page!

• WR HAS APPEARED ON A RECORD 118 TELECAST! WITH A RECORD OF 103(W) 88(L)

• WR HAS EARNED OVER $100,000 IN A YEAR A RECORD 12 TIMES!

• WR HOLDS THE RECORD FOR HIGHEST AVERAGE IN 56 GAMES (239)

• WR HAS THE MOST PBA TOUR 300'S, WITH 54!

• WR HAS THE MOST 300'S IN ONE TOURNAMENT WITH 4.(1993) Tied with 2 others.

• WR HAS THE MOST 200'S IN SUCCESSION WITH 61.(1993)

• WR BOWLED 1300 GAMES ON TOUR IN 1993.

• WR IS THE ALL TIME LEADING MONEY WINNER. $2,460,043 Does not include 99 regional tournaments,or the $125,000 won at the skins game in 98'.

• WR REACHED THE 1 MILLON DOLLAR MARK AT THE AGE OF 34. (NOT A RECORD) BUT WAS THE FASTEST TO 2 MILLON AT THE AGE OF 37!

• WR WAS RANKED #1 IN THE WORLD FOR THE LAST 84 TOURNAMENTS. THIS RECORD ENDED THE 1ST WEEK OF JUNE IN 99, BUT HE REGAINDED THE #1 SPOT THE FOLOWING WEEK WINNING TITLE # 30.

• WR WON 7 TITLES IN ONE YEAR! 2ND TO MARK ROTH WHO HAS 8 IN A SINGLE SEASON.

• WALTER RAY HAS APPEARED IN MORE ARENA FINALS THAN ANYONE.

• WR WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 6, 1959.

• WR AND PAIGE WAS MARRIED IN VEGAS, WERE THE SHOWBOAT TOURNAMENT WAS BEING HELD! WALTER RAY WON HIS 17TH TITLE THAT WEEK.

• WR IS A 6 TIME WORLD HORSESHOE PITCHING CHAMPION.

• WR has won 16 California State Horseshoe Pitching Championships

• HERES A LIST OF HIS EARNINGS YEAR BY YEAR.

• 1980 ($641) 1981 ($2,160) 1982 ($10,925) 1983 ($35,030) 1984 ($33,518) 1985 ($54,365) 1986 ($145,550) 1987 ($144,593) 1988 ($131,465) 1989 ($102,573) 1990 ($73,120) 1991 ($120,030) 1992 ($74,120) 1993 ($296,370) 1994 ($189,745) 1995 ($153,170) 1996 ($241,330) 1997 ($240,544) 1998 ( $249,800) 1999 ($90,215)

• WALTER RAY WAS PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 86, 93, 96, 97, AND 98

• POINT LEADER IN 93, 94, 96, 97, AND 98

• HIGH AVERAGE AWARD IN 93, 96, 97, AND 98 Set record in 98! 226.13

• WALTER RAY IS THE ONLY BOWLER TO EARN OVER $200,000 IN A YEAR, 4 TIMES.

• Walter Ray has won TWENTY titles in the last 5 years!

• Walter Ray also won the 1st ever skins game in 1998. Winning $125,000 out of the $250,000. Also bowling was Parker Bohn III, Mike Aulby, and Randy Peterson.