Ray Starr

{{Short description|American baseball player (1906–1963)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ray Starr

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1906|4|23}}

|birth_place=Nowata, Oklahoma, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1963|2|9|1906|4|23}}

|death_place=Baylis, Illinois, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 11

|debutyear=1932

|debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 26

|finalyear=1945

|finalteam=Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=37–35

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.53

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=189

|teams=

• St. Louis Cardinals ({{baseball year|1932}})
• New York Giants ({{baseball year|1933}})
• Boston Braves ({{baseball year|1933}})
• Cincinnati Reds ({{baseball year|1941}}–{{baseball year|1943}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{baseball year|1944}}–{{baseball year|1945}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{baseball year|1945}})

|highlights=

• All-Star (1942)

}}

Raymond Francis Starr (April 23, 1906 – February 9, 1963) was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1932 to 1945. Starr was named to the All-Star team in 1942. He would play for the New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Cubs.

Although born in Nowata, Oklahoma, Starr lived most of his life in Centralia, Illinois. After baseball he opened "Ray Starr's Home Plate", a local eatery. He died in 1963, aged 56, of an apparent heart attack in Baylis, Illinois.{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ray-starr/ |title=Ray Starr |first1=Terry |last1=Bohn |website=sabr.org |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=February 3, 2019}}