Ron Shoop
Ronald Lee Shoop was an American professional baseball player and catcher, who played part of the season for the Detroit Tigers. Shoop batted and threw right-handed, stood tall and weighed. His professional career extended for ten years. He missed the 1953–54 seasons while performing military service.
For his MLB career, Shoop compiled a.143 batting [average (baseball)|batting average] in seven at-bats, with one run batted in. His lone hit, a single, came off Bob [Shaw (baseball)|Bob Shaw] of the Chicago White Sox in Shoop's final big-league game.
He was born and later died in Rural [Valley, Pennsylvania], at the age of 71.