Rip Conway

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.

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: Left Threw: 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
  • Boston Braves (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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[1]

References
  1. "Rip Conway (minors)". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
  2. "Rip Conway". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-10-11.


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