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American baseball player (1896-1972)

Baseball player
Rip Conway
Second baseman
Born: (1896-04-18)April 18, 1896
White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Died: April 18, 1972(1972-04-18) (aged 76)
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Batted: LeftThrew: Right
MLB debut
April 16, 1918, for the Boston Braves
Last MLB appearance
June 15, 1918, for the Boston Braves
MLB statistics
Batting average.167
Home runs0
Runs batted in2
Teams

Richard Daniel "Rip" Conway (April 18, 1896 – December 2, 1972) was an American baseball second baseman who played in Major League Baseball for the Boston Braves in 1918.

Born in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, Conway played in the Eastern League (EL) in 1917, posting a .309 batting average for the Worcester Busters. Conway played his only Major League season in 1918, batting .167 with 2 RBI in 14 games. In March 1919, the Southern Association's (SA) Memphis Chickasaws acquired him. Conway played for three teams in 1919: the SA's Chickasaws and Mobile Bears, and the Texas League's Fort Worth Panthers; he batted a combined .247. With the EL's Worcester Boosters, he batted .329 in 1921, with nine home runs. From 1922 to 1924, Conway played for two EL teams each year; these included the Boosters, Hartford Senators, Worcester Panthers, and Waterbury Brasscos. In 1923, he had a combined .347 batting average for the Senators and Panthers.

References

  1. ^ "Rip Conway (minors)". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
  2. "Rip Conway". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 11, 2008.

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