Ray Mack

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Ray Mack
Runs batted in
278
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Raymond James Mack (born Raymond James Mlckovsky, August 31, 1916 – May 7, 1969) was a

RBIs. He stole 35 bases, scored 273 runs, and accumulated 113 doubles and 24 triples. He had 629 career hits
in 2,707 at-bats.

Mack attended Case School of Applied Science, now known as

Cleveland Indians
in 1938.

Mack was born in

chances in the field as the AL bowed, 4–0, at Sportsman's Park. Ironically, Gordon would succeed Mack as the Indians' regular second baseman in 1947
.

Mack ended with a .966 career fielding percentage and helped complete 597 double plays. He saved Bob Feller's 1940 opening day no-hitter with a diving stop on the final out. After the 1946 season, Mack was traded to the Yankees by new Indians' owner Bill Veeck.[4] It was one of many deals orchestrated by Veeck, but in it Cleveland obtained pitcher Gene Bearden, who would pitch the Tribe to the 1948 pennant as a rookie.

Mack died in Bucyrus, Ohio. His son, Tom played for the Los Angeles Rams in the National Football League and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999.

References

  1. ^ a b "Ray Mack | Society for American Baseball Research". sabr.org. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  2. ^ "1938 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  3. Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Petersen, Leo H. (December 6, 1946). "Yanks Trade Three Men For Mack, Lollar". The Miami News. United Press International. p. 7-B. Retrieved January 7, 2014.

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