Ted Gray Essentials Positions: Bats: B Throws: L Height: 71 Weight: 175 Born: Wednesday, December 31, 1924 in Detroit, MI USA Died: 6 15 2011 in Delray Beach, FL USA Debut: 5/15/1946 Last Game: 9/8/1955 Full Name: Ted Glenn Gray
1954 – The Tigers trade 1B Walt Dropo with P Ted Gray and OF Bob Nieman to the White Sox for 1B Ferris Fain and Jack Phillips.
On July 11, 1950, network television broadcasts an All-Star Game for the first time in history and it is also the first-ever extra-inning All-Star Game. Making a leaping, off-the-wall catch of a Ralph Kiner drive in the 1st inning, Ted Williams fractures his left elbow in the All-Star Game at Chicago. Remaining in the game,…
George Kell of the Detroit Tigers hits for the cycle in the 16 – 5 second-game sweep of a doubleheader with the Philadelphia Athletics. The Tigers win the opener, 8 – 2, behind the pitching of Ted Gray and home runs by Vic Wertz and Hoot Evers. Wertz has five runs batted in in the opener, and two more in the second game.