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 in seven at-bats, with one run batted in. His lone hit, a single, came off 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.
