- Ray Boone
Infobox MLB retired
name=Ray Boone
position=Infielder
bgcolor1=#bd5d29
bgcolor2=#003366
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=June 27 ,1923
city-state|San Diego|California
deathdate=death date and age|2004|10|27|1923|6|27
city-state|San Diego|California
debutdate=September 3
debutyear= 1948
debutteam=Cleveland Indians
finaldate=August 11
finalyear=1960
finalteam=Boston Red Sox
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.275
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=151
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=737
teams=
*Cleveland Indians (1948-1953)
*Detroit Tigers (1953-1958)
*Chicago White Sox (1958-1959)
* Kansas City Athletics (1959)
* Milwaukee Braves (1959-1960)
*Boston Red Sox (1960)
highlights=
*World Series champion: 1948
*2-time American League All-Star
*American League RBI champion: 1955
*2 seasons with .300+ batting average
*2 seasons with 100+ RBI
*4 seasons with 20+ home runsRaymond Otis Boone (
July 27 ,1923 -October 17 ,2004 ) was an AmericanMajor League Baseball player. He batted an threwright-handed .Boone was born in San Diego,
California . Aninfielder , he broke into the major leagues onSeptember 3 , by|1948 with theCleveland Indians . Over the next 13 years, he hit .275 with 151home run s in 1373 games for Cleveland, theDetroit Tigers , theChicago White Sox , the Kansas City Athletics, the Milwaukee Braves and theBoston Red Sox .Boone was followed into the big leagues by son,
Bob Boone , who played from 1972 to 1990 and grandsonsBret Boone , who has played since 1992, andAaron Boone , who has played since 1997. The Boone family was the first to send three generations of players to the All-Star Game.Boone, in his later years, was well known as the leader of the local San Diego,
California National Lumberjack Association chapter. [http://espn.go.com/articles/archive/2002/view=48838.asp?] [http://sportsline.cbs.com/mlb/pageView=499200dr&Sect=48]ee also
*List of second generation MLB players
*Top 500 home run hitters of all time
*List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
*Chicago White Sox all-time roster References
External links
*Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=b/boonera01 |fangraphs=1001189 |cube=B/ray-boone
* [http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/cle/news/cle_news.jsp?ymd=20041017&content_id=898070&vkey=news_cle&fext=.jsp Cleveland Indians website]
* [http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Boone.Ray.Obit.html The Deadball Era]
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