Ron Shoop Explained

Ron Shoop
Position:Catcher
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:19 September 1931
Birth Place:Rural Valley, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Rural Valley, Pennsylvania
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:August 22
Debutyear:1959
Debutteam:Detroit Tigers
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:September 27
Finalyear:1959
Finalteam:Detroit Tigers
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.143
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:0
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:1
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Ronald Lee Shoop (September 19, 1931 – March 14, 2003) was an American professional baseball player and catcher, who played part of the season for the Detroit Tigers. Shoop batted and threw right-handed, stood 5feet tall and weighed . His professional career extended for ten years (1951–52 and 1955–62). He missed the 1953–54 seasons while performing military service.

For his MLB career, Shoop compiled a .143 batting average in seven at-bats, with one run batted in. His lone hit, a single, came off Bob Shaw of the Chicago White Sox in Shoop's final big-league game.

He was born and later died in Rural Valley, Pennsylvania, at the age of 71.