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.
Ralph McLaurin | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Kissimmee, Florida | May 23, 1885|
Died: February 11, 1943 McColl, South Carolina | (aged 57)|
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 runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 0 |
Teams | |
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]