Mike Ryan (catcher)
| Mike Ryan | |||
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| Catcher | |||
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Born: November 25, 1941 Haverhill, Massachusetts |
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| MLB debut | |||
| October 3, 1964, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 10, 1974, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .193 | ||
| Home runs | 28 | ||
| Runs batted in | 161 | ||
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Michael James Ryan (born November 25, 1941 in Haverhill, Massachusetts) is an American former professional baseball player, coach and minor league manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Boston Red Sox (1964–67), Philadelphia Phillies (1968–73) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1974).
Of all non-pitchers since 1930 with at least 1,000 at-bats, only one, Ray Oyler, has a lower batting average.
Appearing in a team-high 79 games as a catcher, Ryan helped the "Impossible Dream" Red Sox win the 1967 American League pennant. In 1967 he was the roommate of Tony Conigliaro before Conigliaro's beaning. Then in 1974 he was a reserve on the Pirates team that won the National League Eastern Division.
With the Philadelphia Phillies on May 2, 1970, Ryan and Tim McCarver both had a hand broken in a game against the San Francisco Giants. With their catching corps depleted, the Phillies were forced to use Jim Hutto, Del Bates, Doc Edwards, and Mike Compton at the position. Bates and Compton never played in the major leagues before or after 1970. Edwards was the Phillies bullpen coach and had last played in the majors in 1965.
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