Ray Hayworth

Raymond Hall Hayworth (1904-2002) was an American baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball between 1926 and 1945. He played 15 seasons for the Detroit Tigers, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, and St. Louis Browns, with his longest tenure in Detroit from 1929 to 1938. He was a member of the Tigers teams that won consecutive American League pennants in 1934 and 1935 and the 1935 World Series. A strong defensive catcher, he set an American League record by handling 438 consecutive total chances without an error. He posted a career batting average of .265 with 238 RBIs in 699 games and worked in professional baseball as a player, manager, and scout for nearly 50 years.