Did you know? Hurled back-to-back shutouts for Brooklyn, beating the Cardinals, 4-0, and Reds, 8-0, on August 20 and 24, 1929 ... his son Ray Jr. played center and linebacker at the University of Tennessee and was drafted by the Buffalo Bills.
Post-game: Owned and operated Ray Moss Dairy Farms, which later became the Golden Gallon Company, a chain of convenience stores in Chattanooga, TN ... received his first pension check from major league baseball in 1997, 66 years after pitching in a big league game ... died on August 9, 1998 at age 96.
Sources: Baseball Reference; Buffalo Evening News, 12/26/1959; Chattanooga Times, 7/15/1961, 6/22/1963; Knoxville News-Sentinel, 10/10/1976; The Tennessean, 3/12/1965, 7/30/1997.
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