| Raymond Austin | |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Bats: | Unknown |
| Throws: | Unknown |
| Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
| Debutyear: | 1930 |
| Debutteam: | Nashville Elite Giants |
| Finalyear: | 1932 |
| Finalteam: | Atlanta Black Crackers |
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Raymond "Tank" Austin was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.[1] He played with the Nashville Elite Giants and Birmingham Black Barons in 1930 and the Atlanta Black Crackers in 1932.[2]
Austin started the first game of the 1930 Negro National League season for the Nashville Elite Giants. He was relieved by Rosey McCauley in a losing effort against the St. Louis Stars.[3]
His final recorded game came with the Atlanta Black Crackers in 1932, when he faced the Montgomery Grey Sox on June 19, 1932.[4] He pitched either four or five innings, depending on the source, in a losing effort.[5]
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