Ray Kennedy (baseball)
| Ray Kennedy | |||
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| Pinch hitter | |||
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Born: May 19, 1895 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Died: January 18, 1969 (aged 73) Casselberry, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 8, 1916, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 8, 1916, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Games played | 1 | ||
| At bats | 1 | ||
| Hit(s) | 0 | ||
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Raymond Lincoln Kennedy (May 19, 1895 – January 18, 1969) was an American professional baseball player, scout and front office executive. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Kennedy's professional playing career came almost exclusively at the minor league level. A catcher and second baseman, he played from 1915 to 1917 and in 1919–27, largely in the original Sally League. He made one appearance as a player in Major League Baseball as a pinch hitter for the 1916 St. Louis Browns on September 8, and went hitless in his only at bat against the Detroit Tigers. He had spent most of that season in the Class D Illinois State League.
Kennedy was the first person to hold the title of general manager in the history of the Pittsburgh Pirates, spending one season, 1946, in the post. He had been hired from the New York Yankees organization, where he had previously been secretary and business manager of the Newark Bears, one of the Bombers' two top-level farm clubs. However, the Bucs were in the process of being sold after 46 years of ownership by the Barney Dreyfuss family. On August 8, 1946, the team was purchased by a consortium led by Indianapolis businessman Frank McKinney, Columbus, Ohio-based real estate developer John W. Galbreath, Pittsburgh attorney Thomas Johnson, and entertainer Bing Crosby.
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