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 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) and 175 pounds (79 kg), he threw and batted right-handed.
Biography
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.
Head spent the 1923 season with the Philadelphia Phillies, his only major league season. In 35 games (13 starts) he compiled a 2–9 record with a 6.66 earned run average, while striking out 24 batters in 132+1⁄3 innings pitched. The Phillies finished last in the National League in 1923, with a 50–104 record. 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, as a private first class in Company A of the 328th Infantry Regiment; he was wounded in action in October 1918 in Sommerance, France. He died in 1962 in Muscadine, Alabama, and was interred in his hometown.