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Ray Jarvis

1946 – 2020

American baseball player

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Lived 1946 – 2020 (aged 73). Ray Jarvis was an American baseball player.

Raymond Arnold Jarvis (May 10, 1946 – April 24, 2020) was an American professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher appeared in 44 total games, including five starting assignments, in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox (–). He was listed as tall and .

Amateur career Jarvis was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where he graduated from Hope High School. While in high school, he had spent the summer of 1964 pitching against collegiate competition for the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Professional career Boston drafted Jarvis in the eighteenth round of the 1965 amateur draft where he entered their farm system that season in the Rookie-level Appalachian League.

After he made the varsity in the spring of 1969, Jarvis pitched over one hundred innings for the Red Sox during his two seasons with them, posting a 5–7 won–lost mark and a 4.64 earned run average, with two complete games and one save. In 116 innings pitched, he allowed 122 hits and 57 bases on balls, with 44 strikeouts.

On October 11, 1970, Jarvis was traded in a blockbuster deal to the California Angels with Tony Conigliaro and Jerry Moses for Doug Griffin, Ken Tatum and Jarvis Tatum. However he never pitched for the Angels, spending 1971 at Triple–A before leaving the game.

Death Jarvis died on April 24, 2020, due to complications from multiple myeloma. He is survived by two children and his younger brother.

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Hope High School
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Raymond Arnold Jarvis

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Ray Jarvis?

American baseball player (1946–2020)

When was Ray Jarvis born?

Ray Jarvis was born on 10 May 1946 in Providence.

When did Ray Jarvis die?

Ray Jarvis died on 24 April 2020 in Austin, Texas.

What was Ray Jarvis's occupation?

Ray Jarvis was a baseball player.

What nationality was Ray Jarvis?

Ray Jarvis was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ray Jarvis

· Wikidata: Q7297666

· DBpedia: Ray Jarvis (baseball)

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