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.