Roy Merrill Joiner (October 30, 1906 – December 26, 1989), nicknamed "Pop", was a professional baseball player who played

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

in the Major Leagues from 1934 to 1940. He played for the

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and

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. Joiner was involved in a multi-player fight during the 1935 season resulting in the only ejection of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career. Born in

Red Bluff, California Red Bluff is a city in and the county seat of Tehama County, California, United States. The population was 14,710 at the 2020 census, up from 14,076 at the 2010 census. It is located north of Sacramento, south of Redding, and it is bisect ...

, Joiner later died in the same city on December 26, 1989.

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