finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1974 right 22 april 2009 tampa , florida atlanta , georgia 1973 october 2 .294 14 11 .324 .347 34 infielder / outfielder detroit tigers batting average games played average runs runs batted in on-base percentage slugging september 4 20 november 1949 ron cash
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ron cash

ronald forrest cash -lrb- november 20 , 1949 -- april 22 , 2009 -rrb- was a utility player in major league baseball who played from through for the detroit tigers .
listed at , 180 lb. , cash batted and threw right-handed .
he was born in atlanta , georgia .
cash attended manatee community college and florida state university , appearing in the 1968 junior college world series and 1970 college world series .
he was drafted five times and never signed , being selected by the los angeles dodgers -lrb- 1967 -rrb- , baltimore orioles -lrb- 1968 -rrb- , atlanta braves -lrb- 1968 -rrb- , san diego padres -lrb- 1969 -rrb- and minnesota twins -lrb- 1969 -rrb- .
finally , cash signed with detroit in 1971 and debuted with the tigers in late september 1973 , hitting a .410 batting average -lrb- 16-for-39 -rrb- in 14 games .
he divided his playing time between left field and third base , while in 1974 he appeared mostly at first base and third .
cash also played for triple-a toledo mud hens in 1973 and for the cangrejeros de santurce of the puerto rico baseball league in the 1973 -- 1974 season under manager frank robinson .
in a two-season majors career , cash was a .297 hitter -lrb- 30-for-101 -rrb- in 34 games , including 14 runs , 11 runs batted in , three doubles , one triple , and a .324 on-base percentage .
he made 32 appearances , at first base -lrb- 15 -rrb- , third base -lrb- 10 -rrb- and left field -lrb- 7 -rrb- .
cash died in tampa , florida , at the age of 59 .
ron cash was the uncle of kevin forrest cash mlb catcher and manager .
