Richard Daniel "Rip" Conway (April 18, 1896 – December 2, 1972) was an American baseball second baseman who played in Major League Baseball for the Boston Braves in 1918.
| Rip Conway | |
|---|---|
| Second baseman | |
| Born: April 18, 1896 White Bear Lake, Minnesota | |
| Died: April 18, 1972 (aged 76) Saint Paul, Minnesota | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 16, 1918, for the Boston Braves | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 15, 1918, for the Boston Braves | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .167 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 2 |
| Teams | |
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Born in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, Conway played in the Eastern League (EL) in 1917, posting a .309 batting average for the Worcester Busters.[1] Conway played his only Major League season in 1918, batting .167 with 2 RBI in 14 games. In March 1919, the Southern Association's (SA) Memphis Chickasaws acquired him.[2] Conway played for three teams in 1919: the SA's Chickasaws and Mobile Bears, and the Texas League's Fort Worth Panthers; he batted a combined .247. With the EL's Worcester Boosters, he batted .329 in 1921, with nine home runs. From 1922 to 1924, Conway played for two EL teams each year; these included the Boosters, Hartford Senators, Worcester Panthers, and Waterbury Brasscos. In 1923, he had a combined .347 batting average for the Senators and Panthers.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Rip Conway (minors)". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
- ^ "Rip Conway". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
External links
edit- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Rip Conway
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