Birthplace of Ray Fisher

Ray Lyle Fisher was born on Oct 4th, 1887 and grew up here in Middlebury. Starting his baseball and football in Middlebury high school and continued in Middlebury college. He joined the NY Yankees in 1910. He pitched in the major leagues for 10 sessions earning a 100-94 record and 2.82 ERA. He became the baseball coach for university of Michigan in 1921 and coached 38 seasons, And winning 15 big ten championships. He spent his summers on his family camp on lake Champlain. Ray died at the age of 95 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.