Ralph McLaurin

Ralph McLaurin
Outfielder
Born: (1885-05-23)May 23, 1885
Kissimmee, Florida
Died: February 11, 1943(1943-02-11) (aged 57)
McColl, South Carolina
Batted: Unknown
Threw: Unknown
MLB debut
September 5, 1908, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
October 4, 1908, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
Batting average.227
Home runs0
Runs batted in0
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams

Ralph Edgar McLaurin (May 23, 1885 – February 11, 1943) was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played in eight games for the 1908 St. Louis Cardinals.

McLaurin had a strong reputation as a fielder. He was described in The Charlotte Observer in 1909 as "one of the best outfielders in the South Atlantic,"[1] in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 1917 as "a corking good fielder,"[2] and in the Chattanooga Daily Times in 1921 as "a superb fielder."[3]

In 1917, he was traded by the Fort Worth Panthers to the Shreveport Gassers for future Major Leaguer Hod Leverette.[2] He opted to retire from baseball rather than play for Shreveport.[4]

References

  1. ^ "All-Home Team Would Be Corker". Charlotte Daily Observer. April 16, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "McLaurin Traded to Gassers for Pitcher Leverette". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. January 14, 1917. p. 21. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "Ralph McLaurin, Old Lookout, Leads". Chattanooga Daily Times. March 27, 1921. p. 16. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  4. ^ "Gassers' Training Plans Get Setback". The Times. March 6, 1917. p. 9. Retrieved May 23, 2023.


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