Ray Webster (second baseman), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetRay Webster (second baseman)
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1937
Place of Birth: Grass Valley, California, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Ray Webster (second baseman)
- Raymond George Webster (born November 15, 1937 in Grass Valley, California) is a former backup second baseman in Major League Baseball who played in part of two seasons for the Cleveland Indians (1959) and Boston Red Sox (1960).
- Listed at 6' 0", 175 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.
- In a two-season career, Webster had a .195 batting average (15-for-77) with two home runs and 11 runs batted in in 47 games. Webster began his professional career with the Salem Senators, who he played for from 1955 to 1956.
- The following season he played for the Amarillo Gold Sox, and had a .284 batting average and 19 home runs in 154 games.
- In 1958, Webster played for the Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League, and ended the year with a .244 batting average and 10 home runs.
- After finishing the season, Cleveland Indians manager Joe Gordon recommended that they acquire him for their major league roster, and as a result they selected Webster in the rule 5 draft.During the 1959 offseason, Webster worked as a surveyor for the Yuma County, Arizona Public Works Department before Indians spring training began.
- After spring training ended, he made the major league roster as the backup to Billy Martin, though Gordon felt Webster had the superior exhibition season.
- He played in 40 games for the Indians in 1959, and had a .203 batting average.
- In January 1960, the Indians traded Webster to the Boston Red Sox for Leo Kiely.
- He played in seven games early in the season, but was sent to the minors after May 15.Webster finished 1960 with the Montreal Royals and Indianapolis Indians.
- He spent the next two seasons with the Vancouver Mounties and Hawaii Islanders, then ended his career with the Charlotte Hornets, hitting .225 in 104 games.
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