Paul Ratliff

Paul Hawthorne Ratliff (born January 23, 1944 in San Diego, California) is a retired Major League Baseball player, who played catcher for the Minnesota Twins during the 1963, 1970, and 1971 seasons and for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1971-1972. Ratliff played high school baseball at Pasadena High School in Pasadena, Texas before being signed as an amateur free agent by the Minnesota Twins in 1962. The next season Ratliff, at the age of nineteen, was on the Twins opening day roster. He appeared in ten games that season before being demoted to the minor leagues. Ratliff would not make it back to the majors till 1970. In 1970 Ratliff split the Twins catching duties with George Mitterwald and played in the 1970 American League Championship Series. The next year Ratliff was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for Phil Roof. Ratliff played for the Brewers in 1971 and 1972 till he was traded to the California Angels on July 28. He never appeared again in a major league game. Ratliff also appeared on several episodes of "CHEERS" in the early 1980's. Season one, episode # 13 "now pitching, sam malone" featured a scene with TED DANSEN & 4 ex-pro ball players. RATLIFF-LUIS TIANT-JAY TATAR & HENRY "ROBBIE" ROBINSON.