Ralph Foy/pagetext

From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Outside of baseball 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in New York City in 1953.
• Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Morris High School in 1951 and did not participate in sports.
• Signed to his first contract by George Lippe of the St. Louis Browns.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Employed as an office boy during the off-season.

[edit] Sources

• 1953 Pioneer League Index (Second Edition).