:Herb Conyers

{{Short description|American baseball player (1921–1964)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Herb Conyers

|position=First baseman/Pinch hitter

|image=Herb Conyers 1950.jpg

|image_size=180px

|caption=Conyers in 1950

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1921|1|8}}

|birth_place=Cowgill, Missouri, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1964|9|16|1921|1|8}}

|death_place=Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 18

|debutyear=1950

|debutteam=Cleveland Indians

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 1

|finalyear=1950

|finalteam=Cleveland Indians

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.333

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Hits

|stat3value=3

|teams=

• Cleveland Indians (1950)}}Herbert Leroy Conyers (January 8, 1921 – September 16, 1964) was an American professional baseball player whose career lasted for nine seasons (1941–1942; 1946–1952). A first baseman, he appeared in seven Major League games for the Cleveland Indians during the {{baseball year|1950}} season. Born in Cowgill, Missouri, Conyers threw and batted left-handed; he stood {{convert|6|ft|5|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|210|lb}}.

Conyers spent almost all of his pro career in the Cleveland minor league organization. His trial with the 1950 Indians came at the beginning and tail end of the season. After going two for four with a base on balls as a pinch hitter between April 18 and May 17, he spent the bulk of the season with Cleveland's two top farm teams, the Oklahoma City Indians and the San Diego Padres.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=conyer001her|title=Herb Conyers Minor league Statistics & History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=May 14, 2020}} Recalled late in the campaign, he started his final MLB game on October 1 against the Detroit Tigers; he garnered only one hit in five at bats, but it was a solo home run off Marlin Stuart that ignited a five-run eighth-inning rally and enabled the Indians to overtake the Tigers, 7–5.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1950/B10010DET1950.htm|title=1950-10-1 box score - Cleveland Indians 7, Detroit Tigers 5|work=Retrosheet|access-date=May 14, 2020}}

Conyers died at age 43 from cancer[http://thedeadballera.com/tooyoung.html The Deadball Era.com] in Cleveland, Ohio. He was buried at nearby Knollwood Cemetery.{{sfn|Lee|2009|page=493}}