Dave Ricketts
Catcher, Baseball Player
1935 – 2008
Who was Dave Ricketts?
David William Ricketts was an American catcher and coach in Major League Baseball who played parts of six seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates. Ricketts was a reserve catcher on the 1967 World Series champion Cardinals and their 1968 pennant winners. He later served as a longtime bullpen coach of the Cardinals, including their 1982 World Series champions and 1985 and 1987 pennant winners, after having been the bullpen coach for the Pirates from 1971 to 1973, including the 1971 World Series champions. Over his career he batted .249 with 1 home run and 20 runs batted in in 130 games played.
Ricketts was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania; his older brother Dick was the first pick in the 1955 NBA Draft, and played three years in the National Basketball Association before pitching briefly for the 1959 Cardinals. Dave Ricketts played basketball with his brother at Duquesne University, graduating in 1957 with a degree in education. He married Barbarann Boswell on August 17, 1957, and they had one daughter, Cindy. He served in the military in 1958–1959.
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- Born
- Jul 12, 1935
Pottstown - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Duquesne University
- Lived in
- Pottstown
- Died
- Jul 13, 2008
St. Louis
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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