Manuel Dominguez "Ralph" Onis (October 24, 1908 – January 4, 1995), nicknamed "Curly", was an American professional baseball player who played catcher in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 27, 1935. Onis singled in his only at-bat for a rare career batting average of 1.000.
| Ralph Onis | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: October 24, 1908 Tampa, Florida, U.S. | |
| Died: January 4, 1995 (aged 86) Tampa, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 27, 1935, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| April 27, 1935, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | 1.000 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 0 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
His parents were born in Asturias, Spain, and he is buried in the Centro Asturiano de Tampa.
Onis managed in the Florida State League in 1939 and 1940.
Further reading
edit- Tellis, Richard (1998). Once Around the Bases: Bittersweet Memories of Only One Game in the Majors. Triumph Books. pp. 21–28. ISBN 1572432772.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
.jpg){kind=small}   | This biographical article relating to an American baseball catcher born in the 1900s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |