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Ray Mueller
Ray Coleman Mueller (March 8, 1912 – June 29, 1994) was an American professional baseball player.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ray Mueller )〕 He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1935 to 1944 and 1946 to 1951. Nicknamed "Iron Man," Mueller was the starting catcher in every game the Cincinnati Reds played — 155 — during the wartime season.〔(Retrosheet )〕 Mueller caught a National League-record 233 consecutive games in 1943–1944 and 1946.〔(McNeil, William, ''Backstop: A Complete History of the Catcher.'' Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2006, page 61 )〕 ==Baseball career==
The native of Pittsburg, Kansas, was a first cousin of MLB infielder Don Gutteridge. He threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . During a 14-year Major League career, Mueller played for the Reds, Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants. After his playing career, Mueller managed in minor league baseball and coached in the Majors for the Giants (1956), Chicago Cubs (1957) and Cleveland Indians (1966). But he became best known as the everyday catcher of the 1944 Reds. In , Mueller had warmed up for his iron-man role by catching in 141 games for Cincinnati, including every game from July 31 through the end of the campaign. Then, in 1944, he caught in every Red game — 155, including an official contest that was ruled a tie. While he did not catch every inning for the 1944 Reds (backups Len Rice, Joe Just and Johnny Riddle handled 17 total chances), Mueller caught 140 complete games and 1,329 innings;〔 he handled 545 chances, threw out 39 percent of would-be base-stealers, and batted a career-high .286 with ten home runs and 73 runs batted in. He was named to the National League All-Star team and caught Clyde Shoun's no-hitter against Boston on May 15, 1944.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=May 15, 1944 Braves-Reds box score )〕 The following season, , Mueller was called to military service by the United States Army — putting his consecutive game streak on hold until . He would extend it to 233 games through May 6, 1946, before finally taking a game off. The 1943, 1944 and 1946 seasons would be the only years in which Mueller would appear in more than 100 games.
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