Ralph Pond

Ralph Pond
Outfielder
Born: (1888-05-04)May 4, 1888 Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Died: September 8, 1947(1947-09-08) (aged 59) Cleveland, Ohio
Batted: Unknown Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 8, 1910, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
June 8, 1910, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average	.250
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	0
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Boston Red Sox (1910)

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 1910 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.

See also

• Cup of coffee

References

1. "To Join Red Sox". The Scranton Truth. June 7, 1910. p. 12. Retrieved June 25, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
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. "University of Maine Baseball Players Who Made It to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2013.

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Retrosheet
• June 8, 1910 game