| Ralph Head | |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 30 August 1893 |
| Birth Place: | Tallapoosa, Georgia, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Muscadine, Alabama, U.S. |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | April 18 |
| Debutyear: | 1923 |
| Debutteam: | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | October 6 |
| Finalyear: | 1923 |
| Finalteam: | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
| Stat1value: | 2–9 |
| Stat2label: | Earned run average |
| Stat2value: | 6.66 |
| Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
| Stat3value: | 24 |
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Ralph Head (August 30, 1893 – October 8, 1962) was a professional baseball pitcher who played for the 1923 Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at 5inchesft10inchesin (ftin) and 175lb, he threw and batted right-handed.
Head played minor league baseball during 1913–1917 and 1919–1931; he did not play professionally in 1918 due to military service. He pitched in over 400 minor league games, with a 153–137 win–loss record for seasons with records available.[1]
Head spent the 1923 season with the Philadelphia Phillies, his only major league season.[2] In 35 games (13 starts) he compiled a 2–9 record with a 6.66 earned run average, while striking out 24 batters in innings pitched. The Phillies finished last in the National League in 1923, with a 50–104 record.[3] Two games that Head pitched in are historically notable:
Head was born in 1893 in Tallapoosa, Georgia. He served in the United States Army during World War I,[9] as a private first class in Company A of the 328th Infantry Regiment; he was wounded in action in October 1918 in Sommerance, France.[10] He died in 1962 in Muscadine, Alabama, and was interred in his hometown.[11]