# Ron Law

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{{Short description|Canadian baseball player (1946–1994)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Ron Law
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|image=
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1946|3|14}}
|birth_place=[Hamilton, Ontario](/source/Hamilton%2C_Ontario), Canada
|death_date={{death date and age|1994|7|5|1946|3|14}}
|death_place=[St. Petersburg, Florida](/source/St._Petersburg%2C_Florida), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=June 29
|debutyear=1969
|debutteam=Cleveland Indians
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 30
|finalyear=1969
|finalteam=Cleveland Indians
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=3–4
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=4.99
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=29
|teams=
*[Cleveland Indians](/source/Cleveland_Indians) ({{mlby|1969}})
}}
'''Ronald David Law''' (March 14, 1946 – July 5, 1994) was a Canadian professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher) who appeared in 35 games for the [1969](/source/1969_Cleveland_Indians_season) [Cleveland Indians](/source/Cleveland_Indians). Born in [Hamilton, Ontario](/source/Hamilton%2C_Ontario), Law threw and batted [right-handed](/source/right-handed). Law worked in 52<small>{{fraction|1|3}}</small> [MLB](/source/Major_League_Baseball) innings, permitting 68 hits and 34 bases on balls and throwing 29 [strikeout](/source/strikeout)s.

==Career==
Law's ten-season pro career began in the [Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs) organization in 1964. He spent 1964 with the [Treasure Valley Cubs](/source/Treasure_Valley_Cubs) and 1965 with the [Quincy Cubs](/source/Quincy_Cubs), where he had a 11–8 [win–loss record](/source/win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)) and a 2.23 [earned run average](/source/earned_run_average) (ERA) in 29 games.<ref name=brm>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=law---001ron|title=Ron Law Minor & Mexican League Stats|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=June 16, 2025}}</ref> In 1966, Law was promoted to the [Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs](/source/Dallas-Fort_Worth_Spurs), where he finished the year with a 10–11 record and a 3.10 ERA in 36 games.<ref name=brm/> He split the 1967 season with Dallas-Fort Worth and the [Lodi Crushers](/source/Lodi_Crushers), and split the 1968 season between Lodi and the [San Antonio Missions](/source/San_Antonio_Missions). After the season ended, the Cleveland Indians selected him in the 1968 minor league draft alongside four others.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cleveland-press-cleveland-indians-19/174657933/|title=Indians Win Six, Lose Two in Draft|work=[The Cleveland Press](/source/The_Cleveland_Press)|date=December 3, 1968|page=23|first=Bob|last=Sudyk|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref>

Law spent the early months of the 1969 season with the [Waterbury Indians](/source/Waterbury_Indians) of the [Double-A](/source/Double-A_(baseball)) [Eastern League](/source/Eastern_League_(1938%E2%80%93present)), compiling an 8–4 record in 13 games.<ref name=brm/> Recalled to Cleveland in June, Law appeared in 34 games in [relief](/source/relief_pitcher) and made one [start](/source/starting_pitcher). He won three games and [saved](/source/save_(baseball)) another.<ref name=br>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lawro01.shtml|title=Ron Law Stats & History|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=June 16, 2025}}</ref> In his lone start on July 8 against the [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%931971)), he lasted only 2<small>{{fraction|1|3}}</small> [innings](/source/innings_pitched) and allowed five [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)), two [bases on balls](/source/bases_on_balls) and five [earned run](/source/earned_run)s, but the Indians battled back to win the game, 6–5.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1969/B07080WS21969.htm|title=Cleveland Indians 6, Washington Senators 5, 8 July 1969 box score|publisher=[Retrosheet](/source/Retrosheet)|accessdate=June 16, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lima-news-ron-law-win/174658125/|title=Ron Law Captures 1st Win|work=[The Lima News](/source/The_Lima_News)|date=July 25, 1969|page=20|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref>

During the off-season, on December 5, he was traded to Washington with pitcher [Horacio Piña](/source/Horacio_Pi%C3%B1a) and infielder [Dave Nelson](/source/Dave_Nelson) for pitchers [Dennis Higgins](/source/Dennis_Higgins) and [Barry Moore](/source/Barry_Moore_(baseball)).<ref name=br/> He pitched at [Triple-A](/source/Triple-A_(baseball)) for the rest of his career. He spent 1970 and 1971 with the [Denver Bears](/source/Denver_Bears), and split the 1972 season with Denver and the [Tacoma Twins](/source/Tacoma_Twins). He finished his professional career in 1973 with the [Charros de Jalisco](/source/Charros_de_Jalisco) of the [Mexican League](/source/Mexican_Baseball_League).<ref name=brm/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=l/lawro01}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Law, Ron}}
Category:1946 births
Category:1994 deaths
Category:Baseball players from Hamilton, Ontario
Category:Canadian expatriate baseball players in Mexico
Category:Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States
Category:Charros de Jalisco players
Category:Cleveland Indians players
Category:Dallas–Fort Worth Spurs players
Category:Denver Bears players
Category:Lodi Crushers players
Category:Major League Baseball pitchers
Category:Major League Baseball players from Canada
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
Category:Quincy Cubs players
Category:San Antonio Missions players
Category:Tacoma Twins players
Category:Treasure Valley Cubs players
Category:Waterbury Indians players

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