Ray Katt
- Category : 1927-births
- Type : MGE
- Profile : 5/2 - Heretical / Hermit
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : LAX Defiance 1
Biography
American professional baseball player and coach, he played as a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the 1950s, and later became the longtime and highly successful head baseball coach of Texas Lutheran University.
A lifelong resident of New Braunfels, Texas, Katt stood 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tall, weighed 200 pounds (91 kg), and threw and batted right-handed in his playing days. He attended Texas A&M University.
Katt spent his entire Major League playing career with two teams, the New York Giants (1952–1956, 1957) and the St. Louis Cardinals (1956, 1958–1959), spending two separate terms with each club.
Katt died on 19 October 1999 at age 72 from lymphoma in New Braunfels.