Rip Conway Explained

Rip Conway
Position:Second baseman
Bats:Left
Throws:Right
Birth Date:18 April 1896
Birth Place:White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Death Place:Saint Paul, Minnesota
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:April 16
Debutyear:1918
Debutteam:Boston Braves
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:June 15
Finalyear:1918
Finalteam:Boston Braves
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.167
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:0
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:2
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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 .

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rip Conway (minors). Baseball-Reference.com. 2011-12-13.
  2. Web site: Rip Conway. Baseball-Reference.com. 2008-10-11.