Ralph 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.
Head's start against the New York Giants on June 1, 1923, became the first game in baseball's modern era (since 1900) that a team scored in all nine innings; accomplished by the Giants, in a 22–8 victory.Ralph Head allowed six runs on six hits, facing 14 batters in 1+2⁄3 innings of work, and was the losing pitcher of the game. 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.
Ralph 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.
Head's start against the New York Giants on June 1, 1923, became the first game in baseball's modern era (since 1900) that a team scored in all nine innings; accomplished by the Giants, in a 22–8 victory.Ralph Head allowed six runs on six hits, facing 14 batters in 1+2⁄3 innings of work, and was the losing pitcher of the game. 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.
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