Ribs Raney
PositionPitcher
BatsRight
ThrowsRight
Birth dateFebruary 16, 1923
Birth placeDetroit, Michigan, US
Death dateJuly 7, 2003 (aged 80)
Death placeWarren, Michigan, US
DebutleagueMLB
DebutdateSeptember 18
Debutyear1949
DebutteamSt. Louis Browns
FinalleagueMLB
FinaldateApril 22
Finalyear1950
FinalteamSt. Louis Browns
StatleagueMLB
Stat1labelWin–loss record
Stat1value1–3
Stat2labelEarned run average
Stat2value7.36
Stat3labelStrikeouts
Stat3value7
Teams

Frank Robert Donald "Ribs" Raney (born Raniszewski, February 16, 1923 – July 7, 2003) was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in four Major League games for the St. Louis Browns during the – seasons. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he stood a rangy 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).

Raney attended Western Michigan University. His playing career lasted for ten season, 1941–1943 and 1946–1952. He missed both 1944 and 1945 while serving in the United States Navy in World War II.[1]

His MLB career consisted of three starting assignments at the tail end of the 1949 season, and one relief appearance during the opening weeks of 1950. On October 1, 1949, he earned his only big-league victory, hurling a complete game, 8–6 triumph over the Chicago White Sox at Sportsman's Park. Raney prevailed despite allowing ten hits, six bases on balls, and five earned runs.[2]

All told, in 1813 Major League innings pitched, he gave up 25 hits and 14 walks, with seven strikeouts.

Raney pitched in 268 minor league games, most of them in the Browns' farm system.

References

  1. ^ Baseball in Wartime
  2. ^ Retrosheet