 Ray Hayworth, circa 1934. Photo: Detroit Free Press Inc. archives. Raymond Hall (Ray) Hayworth (January 29, 1904 - September 25, 2002) was a catcher in Major League Baseball. From 1926 through 1945, Hayworth played for the Detroit Tigers (1926, 1929-1938[start]), Brooklyn Dodgers (1938[end]-1939[start], 1944-45), New York Giants (1939[end]) and St. Louis Browns (1942). He batted and threw right handed. Jump to: navigation, search January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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A native of High Point, North Carolina, Hayworth was a solid defensive catcher but a modest hitter. Hayworth, who worked in baseball for more than 50 years, spent 15 seasons in the majors, almost all of it with the Detroit Tigers. He played with Ty Cobb in 1926, Hayworth's rookie season, and Cobb's final season in Detroit. High Point is a city located in Guilford County, North Carolina. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Tyrus Raymond Ty Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed The Georgia Peach, was an American baseball player generally considered to be the greatest player of the dead ball era (1900 – 1920), although some contemporary observers would have chosen Honus Wagner or Tris Speaker. ...
Hayworth was a member of two World Series teams with Detroit in 1934 and 1935. He set an American League record for most consecutive chances by a catcher without an error at 439, from September 2, 1931 to August 29, 1932, and his glove is exhibited in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The record was later broken by Hall of Famer Yogi Berra. Jump to: navigation, search The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, the culmination of the sports postseason each October. ...
The 1934 World Series matched the St. ...
The 1935 World Series featured the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs, with the Tigers winning in 6 games for their first championship in five Series appearances. ...
The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ...
In baseball statistics, total chances (denoted by TC) represents the number of plays that a defensive player participated in. ...
In baseball, an error is the act, in the judgment of the official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner that allows a batter or runner to reach one or more additional bases, on a play that would normally be completed successfully with ordinary effort. ...
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, United States, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests that serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in North America, the display of baseball-related...
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Hayworth also had two stints with the Brooklyn Dodgers and played briefly for the New York Giants and St. Louis Browns. He posted a .265 career batting average with five home runs and 238 RBI in 699 games played. Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ...
For other uses of the phrase see Home run (disambiguation) In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run himself (along with a run for each runner who was already on...
In baseball statistics, a run batted in (RBI) is given to a batter for each run scored as the result of a batters plate appearance. ...
In baseball statistics, games played (denoted by G) indicates the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity). ...
Following his playing career, Hayworth worked for several teams, including the Chicago Cubs, the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves and the Montreal Expos. Hayworth retired from baseball in 1973. After that, he threw out the ceremonial first ball in the last game played at Tiger Stadium on September 29, 1999. Jump to: navigation, search The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ...
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The Washington Nationals is a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Washington, D.C.. It relocated to Washington from Montréal, Québec, Canada after the 2004 season. ...
This article is currently under construction // This year in baseball Events January-March January 3 - A group of investors, headed by shipbuilder George Steinbrenner, purchases the New York Yankees from CBS for $10 million. ...
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This year in baseball: 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 Events January-March January 5 - Nolan Ryan, George Brett and Robin Yount are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. ...
Wayworth died in Salisbury, North Carolina, at age of 98. At the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving major league player. Salisbury is a city located in Rowan County in North Carolina, a state of the United States of America. ...
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- Baseball Reference
- Detroit Free Press
- Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers
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