:Ray French (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1895–1978)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ray French

|position=Shortstop

|image=Ray French 1921.jpeg

|width=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1895|1|9}}

|birth_place=Alameda, California, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1978|4|3|1895|1|9}}

|death_place=Alameda, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= September 17

|debutyear= 1920

|debutteam= New York Yankees

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 10

|finalyear=1924

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.193

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=19

|teams=

• New York Yankees (1920)
• Brooklyn Robins (1923)
• Chicago White Sox (1924)

}}

Raymond Edward French (January 9, 1895 – April 3, 1978), was an American professional baseball player who played shortstop from 1920 to 1924.

He was later a manager in Minor League Baseball from 1939 to 1941 and an umpire from 1946 to 1950.

He was born in Alameda, California and died there are well.{{Cite web |title=Ray French Minor Leagues Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=french001ray |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} However, he was buried in Hayward, California.{{Cite web |title=Ray French Minor Leagues Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=french001ray |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Ray-French - Pinstripes Nation |url=https://pinstripesnation.com/player/ray-french/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |language=es-ES}}