Ray Lucas (baseball)

{{short description|American baseball player (1908-1969)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ray Lucas

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1908|10|2}}

|birth_place=Springfield, Ohio

|death_date={{death date and age|1969|10|9|1908|10|2}}

|death_place=Harrison, Michigan

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= September 28

|debutyear= 1929

|debutteam= New York Giants

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 6

|finalyear=1934

|finalteam= Brooklyn Dodgers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=1–1

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.79

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=5

|teams=

• New York Giants ({{mlby|1929}}–{{mlby|1931}})
• Brooklyn Dodgers ({{mlby|1933}}–{{mlby|1934}})

}}

Ray Wesley Lucas (October 2, 1908 – October 9, 1969) was a major league baseball pitcher, and a minor league baseball manager and scout.

Lucas pitched in the major leagues during parts of five different seasons for the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers. He compiled a record of 1–1 in twenty-two games, with one save and a 5.79 ERA. At the plate, Lucas went three for nine for a .333 lifetime batting average.

Lucas had some managerial stints in the minor leagues in Tampa including part of a season with the Kinston Eagles.{{Cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=lucas-003ray |title=Ray Lucas Minor Leagues Statistics |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher=sports-reference.com |access-date=November 27, 2023}} He pitched in the minors from 1929 to 1941. Lucas' best seasons were his last two when he went 37–22 in the West Texas–New Mexico League. His career was cut short after his hand was shot off in a hunting accident.

Following his playing days, Lucas scouted for the Toledo Mud Hens.

Born in Springfield, Ohio, Lucas died in Harrison, Michigan.{{Cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/L/Plucar101.htm |title=Ray Lucas |website=retrosheet.org |access-date=November 27, 2023}}