Major League Baseball Player. He played Major League Baseball for 12 seasons as a right-handed pitcher, mostly as a starter, and made his debut with the St. Louis Browns on April 16, 1921 when he was 26 years old. He also played for the Cincinnati Reds after four seasons with St. Louis. Before his baseball career, he served with the United States Army during World War I as a Sergeant in Company B of the 1st Development Battalion. His finest season was 1922 when he won 14 games in 18 decisions, and finished second best in the league in win/loss percentage. He was known as a hard-luck pitcher who pitched better than his career totals in wins and losses indicated, as his team finished last in the league during four of the seasons that he played for them. He was also known for an incident in Chicago when future Hall of Fame slugger Hack Wilson charged into the Reds dugout in 1929 and punched Kolp, who Wilson accused of heckling him. Ray is on Babe Ruth's homerun victim list, surrendering 2. During his career, he appeared in 384 games, started 174 games, and recorded 79 wins against 95 losses. He posted a lifetime 4.08 Earned Run Average, hurled 11 shutouts, 66 complete games, and had 18 saves.
Major League Baseball Player. He played Major League Baseball for 12 seasons as a right-handed pitcher, mostly as a starter, and made his debut with the St. Louis Browns on April 16, 1921 when he was 26 years old. He also played for the Cincinnati Reds after four seasons with St. Louis. Before his baseball career, he served with the United States Army during World War I as a Sergeant in Company B of the 1st Development Battalion. His finest season was 1922 when he won 14 games in 18 decisions, and finished second best in the league in win/loss percentage. He was known as a hard-luck pitcher who pitched better than his career totals in wins and losses indicated, as his team finished last in the league during four of the seasons that he played for them. He was also known for an incident in Chicago when future Hall of Fame slugger Hack Wilson charged into the Reds dugout in 1929 and punched Kolp, who Wilson accused of heckling him. Ray is on Babe Ruth's homerun victim list, surrendering 2. During his career, he appeared in 384 games, started 174 games, and recorded 79 wins against 95 losses. He posted a lifetime 4.08 Earned Run Average, hurled 11 shutouts, 66 complete games, and had 18 saves.
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