Bill Ramsey (baseball)
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William Thrace "Square Jaw" Ramsey Jr. (October 20, 1920 – January 4, 2008) was an American professional baseball player who was an outfielder for the Boston Braves for a single Major League Baseball season in 1945.
Ramsey was born in Osceola, Arkansas. He attended the University of Florida, threw and batted right-handed, and was listed as Script error: No such module "convert". tall and Script error: No such module "convert"..
On November 1, 1944, he had been drafted by the Boston Braves from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1944 rule 5 draft. Ramsey was one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. He made his major league debut on April 19, 1945, against the New York Giants at Braves Field. Besides his outfield duties he was often used as a pinch-hitter. In a total of 78 games he hit .292 (40-for-137) with 1 home run, 12 runs batted in, 16 runs scored, and a slugging percentage of .372.
He died at Kirby Pines Manor in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 4, 2008, and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis.[1]
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- Ramsey's nickname was "Square Jaw."
- His tombstone lists his birth date as 20 February 1920Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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