Ray Pepper

{{Short description|American baseball player (1905–1996)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ray Pepper

|position=Outfielder

|image=Ray Pepper.JPG

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1905|8|5|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Decatur, Alabama, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1996|3|24|1905|8|5}}

|death_place=Belle Mina, Alabama, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 15

|debutyear={{mlby|1932}}

|debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 25

|finalyear={{mlby|1936}}

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.281

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=14

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=170

|teams=

• St. Louis Cardinals (1932–1933)
• St. Louis Browns (1934–1936)

}}

Raymond Watson Pepper (August 5, 1905 – March 24, 1996) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors, from {{mlby|1932}} until {{mlby|1936}}, for the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns. Pepper's only season as a regular was {{mlby|1934}}, when he finished 10th in the American League in runs batted in with 101 and batted .298. However, he only had 69 RBI in the rest of his career combined. Pepper holds the record for the least RBIs in a career for a player with a 100 RBI season.{{cite book|last=Spatz|first=Lyle|title=TheSABR Baseball List & Record Book – Baseball's Most Fascinating Records and Unusual Statistics|year=2007|publisher=Simon & Schuster|location=United States|isbn=9781416532453|pages=496}}