Frank Roland Ragland (May 26, 1904 – July 28, 1959) was a professional
baseball player
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.
He was a right-handed
pitcher
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over parts of two seasons (1932–1933) with the
Washington Senators and
Philadelphia Phillies.
For his career, he compiled a 1–4 record, with a 7.11
earned run average
In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number ...
, and 15
strikeouts in 76 innings pitched.
He was born in
Water Valley, Mississippi
Water Valley is a city in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,392 at the 2010 census. It is the larger of two county seats in the rural county, and at one time was the center of railroad shops.
Geography
According ...
and died in
Paris, Mississippi at the age of 55.
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1904 births
1959 deaths
Washington Senators (1901–1960) players
Philadelphia Phillies players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Mississippi
People from Water Valley, Mississippi
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