Ray Knode

Robert Troxell "Ray" Knode (January 28, 1901 – April 13, 1982) was an American Major League Baseball baseball and college football player. He played for four seasons as a first baseman with the Cleveland Indians from 1923 to 1926.

Ray Knode
First baseman
Born: (1901-01-28)January 28, 1901 Westminster, Maryland
Died: April 13, 1982(1982-04-13) (aged 81) Battle Creek, Michigan
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
June 30, 1923, for the Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
September 26, 1926, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Batting average	.266
Hits	55
Home runs	2
Runs batted in	32
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Cleveland Indians (1923–1926)

Knode attended the University of Maryland, where he played on the football team as a quarterback from 1916 to 1919.^[1] He later attended the University of Michigan, where he also played quarterback from 1921 to 1922.

His older brother, Kenneth T. Knode followed a similar career path. He played professional baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals and as a quarterback at both Maryland and Michigan.^[2]