Researching Dave Gray
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 42755 people with the Gray surname? In that year Gray was ranked number 69 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Dave means "form of DAVID - beloved" and is of English origin.
Records of Dave Gray on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Dave Gray and the Gray Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 62144 people with the Gray surname in the UK? Gray is now ranked number 66 for popularity in the UK. |
Gray Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 322054 people with the Gray surname in the USA? Gray is ranked number 59 for popularity in the USA. |
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Dave Gray
David Alexander Gray (January 7, 1943 – July 29, 2020) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1964 season. Listed at and, he batted and threw right-handed.
Gray was signed by the Red Sox out of the Weber State University. After spending his first year in professional baseball,, at the minor league level, Gray was kept on Boston's Major League roster for the entire 1964 campaign to keep him from being drafted by other MLB teams under the terms of the Bonus Rule then in force. In nine Major League appearances, Gray posted a 9.00 ERA with 17 strikeouts and 20 bases on balls in 13 innings of work, allowing 18 hits. He had one starting pitcher assignment and six games finished, and did not register a decision.
Gray was one of only a few dozen major leaguers to have a perfect lifetime 1.000 batting average. On June 20, 1964, he singled off Milt Pappas of the Baltimore Orioles in the seventh inning of the game at Memorial Stadium. It was Gray's only Major League at bat. He retired after the 1970 minor league season.
Gray died on July 29, 2020 in South Ogden, Utah.
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