# Ray Pepper

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1905–1996)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Ray Pepper
|position=[Outfielder](/source/Outfielder)
|image=Ray Pepper.JPG
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1905|8|5|mf=y}}
|birth_place=[Decatur, Alabama](/source/Decatur%2C_Alabama), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1996|3|24|1905|8|5}}
|death_place=[Belle Mina, Alabama](/source/Belle_Mina%2C_Alabama), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 15
|debutyear={{mlby|1932}}
|debutteam=[St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals)
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 25
|finalyear={{mlby|1936}}
|finalteam=[St. Louis Browns](/source/St._Louis_Browns)
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.281
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=14
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat3value=170
|teams=
*[St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) (1932–1933)
*[St. Louis Browns](/source/St._Louis_Browns) (1934–1936)
}}
'''Raymond Watson Pepper''' (August 5, 1905 – March 24, 1996) was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [outfielder](/source/outfielder). He played all or part of five seasons in the majors, from {{mlby|1932}} until {{mlby|1936}}, for the [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) and [St. Louis Browns](/source/St._Louis_Browns). Pepper's only season as a regular was {{mlby|1934}}, when he finished 10th in the [American League](/source/American_League) in [runs batted in](/source/run_batted_in) with 101 and batted .298. However, he only had 69 RBI in the rest of his career combined. Pepper holds the record for the least RBIs in a career for a player with a 100 RBI season.<ref>{{cite book|last=Spatz|first=Lyle|title=TheSABR Baseball List & Record Book – Baseball's Most Fascinating Records and Unusual Statistics|year=2007|publisher=Simon & Schuster|location=United States|isbn=9781416532453|pages=496}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=p/peppera01 |fangraphs= |cube= |brm=pepper001ray}}
*{{Find a Grave}}

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