Ray Oyler Baseball player

Raymond Francis Oyler (August 4, 1938 – January 26, 1981) was an American Major League Baseball shortstop. He played for the Detroit Tigers (1965–1968), Seattle Pilots (1969) and California Angels (1970). He is best remembered as the slick-fielding, no-hit shortstop for the 1968 World Series champion Tigers and as the subject of the "Ray Oyler Fan Club" organized by Seattle radio personality Robert E. Lee Hardwick (of the Pilots flagship radio station KVI) in Seattle.

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 04, 1938
Date of deathJanuary 26, 1981
Place of death
Seattle

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Baseball player

Career startApril 18, 1965
Career endOctober 01, 1970
batting sideRight
former teams
Detroit Tigers
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
position
Shortstop
teams
Detroit Tigers
Seattle Pilots
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
throwing sideRight

Ray Oyler on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=Vqa3S-HlqkoC&pg=PA188&lpg=PA188&dq=%22ray+oyler+fan+club%22+seattle&source=web&ots=-pm5b6o_HH&sig=PCYl93mmAK3DN5tsBhLp8OOelAg
  2. http://www.seattlepilots.com/mccarth8.html
  3. http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Oyler.Ray.Obit.html