Rip Conway


Richard Daniel "Rip" Conway was an American baseball second baseman who played in Major [League Baseball] for the Boston Braves in.
Born in White [Bear Lake, Minnesota|White Bear Lake], Minnesota, Conway played in the Eastern League in 1917, posting a.309 batting average for the Worcester Busters. Conway played his only Major League season in 1918, batting.167 with 2 Run [batted in|RBI] in 14 games. In March 1919, the Southern Association's Memphis Chickasaws acquired him. Conway played for three teams in 1919: the SA's Chickasaws and Mobile Bears, and the Texas League's Fort Worth Panthers; he batted a combined.247. With the EL's Worcester Boosters, he batted.329 in 1921, with nine home runs. From 1922 to 1924, Conway played for two EL teams each year; these included the Boosters, Hartford Senators, Worcester Panthers, and Waterbury Brasscos. In 1923, he had a combined.347 batting average for the Senators and Panthers.