Ray Murray

Raymond Lee Murray (October 12, 1917 – April 9, 2003) was an American professional baseball player and manager.

A catcher, he appeared in 250 games played over all or parts of six seasons for the Cleveland Indians (1948; 1950–1951), Philadelphia Athletics (1951–1953) and Baltimore Orioles (1954).

The native of Spring Hope, North Carolina, threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 204 pounds (93 kg).

[1] Murray was a backup catcher to Jim Hegan in Cleveland, Joe Tipton in Philadelphia, and Clint Courtney in Baltimore.

He served as president of the Forest Hill youth association in the 1970s and managed several pony and colt league boys teams.