Ray Boone

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1960 Topps baseball card #281

Raymond Otis Boone (July 27, 1923 - October 17, 2004) was an American Major League Baseball player.

Boone was born in San Diego, California. An infielder, he broke into the major leagues on September 3, 1948 with the Cleveland Indians. Over the next 13 years, he hit .275 with 151 home runs in 1373 games for Cleveland, the Detroit Tigers, the Chicago White Sox, the Kansas City Athletics, the Atlanta Braves and the Boston Red Sox.

Boone was followed into the big leagues by son, Bob Boone, who played from 1972 to 1990 and grandsons Bret Boone, who played from 1992 to 2005, and Aaron Boone, who has played since 1997. The Boone family was the first to send three generations of players to the All-Star Game.

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The fact that Boone played for the Red Sox was ironic because:

1) He attended the same high school as Ted Williams.

2) His grandson, Aaron, hit the game-winning home run against the Red Sox in the 2003 American League Championship Series.

Boone's death at age 81 in San Diego was announced at Fenway Park before Game Four of the 2004 ALCS between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, followed by a moment of silence – one year to the day after Aaron hit his homer.