Ray Boone

Infobox MLB retired
name=Ray Boone
position=Infielder


bgcolor1=#bd5d29
bgcolor2=#003366
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=June 27, 1923
city-state|San Diego|California
deathdate=death date and age|2004|10|27|1923|6|27
city-state|San Diego|California
debutdate= September 3
debutyear= 1948
debutteam= Cleveland Indians
finaldate=August 11
finalyear=1960
finalteam=Boston Red Sox
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.275
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=151
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=737
teams=
* Cleveland Indians (1948-1953)
* Detroit Tigers (1953-1958)
* Chicago White Sox (1958-1959)
* Kansas City Athletics (1959)
* Milwaukee Braves (1959-1960)
* Boston Red Sox (1960)
highlights=
*World Series champion: 1948
*2-time American League All-Star
*American League RBI champion: 1955
*2 seasons with .300+ batting average
*2 seasons with 100+ RBI
*4 seasons with 20+ home runs

Raymond Otis Boone (July 27, 1923 - October 17, 2004) was an American Major League Baseball player. He batted an threw right-handed.

Boone was born in San Diego, California. An infielder, he broke into the major leagues on September 3, by|1948 with the Cleveland Indians. Over the next 13 years, he hit .275 with 151 home runs in 1373 games for Cleveland, the Detroit Tigers, the Chicago White Sox, the Kansas City Athletics, the Milwaukee Braves and the Boston Red Sox.

Boone was followed into the big leagues by son, Bob Boone, who played from 1972 to 1990 and grandsons Bret Boone, who has played since 1992, and Aaron Boone, who has played since 1997. The Boone family was the first to send three generations of players to the All-Star Game.

Boone, in his later years, was well known as the leader of the local San Diego, California National Lumberjack Association chapter. [http://espn.go.com/articles/archive/2002/view=48838.asp?] [http://sportsline.cbs.com/mlb/pageView=499200dr&Sect=48]

ee also

*List of second generation MLB players
* Top 500 home run hitters of all time
* List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
* Chicago White Sox all-time roster

References

External links

*Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=b/boonera01 |fangraphs=1001189 |cube=B/ray-boone
* [http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/cle/news/cle_news.jsp?ymd=20041017&content_id=898070&vkey=news_cle&fext=.jsp Cleveland Indians website]
* [http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Boone.Ray.Obit.html The Deadball Era]