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Ron Shoop
Catcher
Born: (1931-09-19)September 19, 1931 Rural Valley, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died: March 14, 2003(2003-03-14) (aged 71) Rural Valley, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 22, 1959, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1959, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.143
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	1
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Detroit Tigers (1959)

Ronald Lee Shoop (September 19, 1931 – March 14, 2003) was an American professional baseball player and catcher, who played part of the 1959 season for the Detroit Tigers. Shoop batted and threw right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg). His professional career extended for ten years (1951–52 and 1955–62). He missed the 1953–54 seasons while performing military service.

For his MLB career, Shoop compiled a .143 batting average in seven at-bats, with one run batted in. His lone hit, a single, came off Bob Shaw of the Chicago White Sox in Shoop's final big-league game.

He was born and later died in Rural Valley, Pennsylvania, at the age of 71.

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Retrosheet  · Baseball Almanac