Ralph Pond Explained

Ralph Pond
Position:Outfielder
Bats:Unknown
Throws:Right
Birth Date:May 4, 1888
Birth Place:Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Death Place:Cleveland, Ohio
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:June 8
Debutyear:1910
Debutteam:Boston Red Sox
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:June 8
Finalyear:1910
Finalteam:Boston Red Sox
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.250
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:0
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:0
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Ralph Benjamin Pond (May 4, 1888 – September 8, 1947) was an American professional baseball outfielder who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season.[1] Pond threw right-handed (batting side unknown). A native of Eau Claire, Wisconsin,[2] he attended the University of Maine, where he played college baseball for the Black Bears from 1909–1910.[3]

Pond was a major leaguer whose career, statistically speaking, was only slightly different from that of Moonlight Graham. On June 8, 1910, he started at center field for Boston in a 5–4 defeat to the Chicago White Sox at South Side Park. He hit a single in four at-bats and stole one base, while committing an error in his only fielding chance. After that, he never appeared in a major league game again.

Pond died at the age of 59 in Cleveland, Ohio.

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  1. News: To Join Red Sox . The Scranton Truth. June 7, 1910. 12. Newspapers.com. June 25, 2016.
  2. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6FM-8GJ : 12 December 2014), Ralph Pond, 1917-1918; citing Butler County, Ohio, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,819,748.
  3. Web site: University of Maine Baseball Players Who Made It to the Major Leagues. Baseball-Almanac.com. July 20, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130911134730/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_maine_baseball_players.shtml. live. September 11, 2013.