Ralph McLeod

Ralph McLeod
Ralph McLeod
	Left fielder
	Born: October 19, 1916; West Quincy, Massachusetts
	Died: April 27, 2007 (aged 90); Weymouth, Massachusetts
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
	September 14, 1938, for the Boston Bees
Last MLB appearance
	October 1, 1938, for the Boston Bees
MLB statistics
Batting average	.286
Runs batted in	0
Home runs	0
Teams
	Boston Bees (1938);

Ralph Alton McLeod (October 19, 1916 – April 27, 2007) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Bees late in the 1938 season. Listed at 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m), 170 lb., he batted and threw left-handed.

A native of Quincy, Massachusetts, McLeod was called up to the majors by the Boston Bees in September 1938. He collected his first hit, a single, off St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Paul Dean on September 21 –the same day the Hurricane of 1938 struck New England. During the off season he worked as a salesman at a department store, but his baseball career was cut short when he was drafted into the United States Army during World War II. In a six-game career, he was a .286 hitter (2-for-7), including one double and one run scored.

McLeod served as an infantryman for five years and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. After being discharged, he worked as a firefighter in his native Quincy for 32 years until his retirement in 1980. McLeod died in Weymouth, Massachusetts, at the age of 90.

References

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
Boston Globe

External links

Ralph McLeod at Find a Grave

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