Ralph Pond

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]

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 runs0
Runs batted in0
Teams

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

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 July 20, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2013.


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