Jack Ryan (outfielder)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1905–1967)}}

{{About|the MLB outfielder|other uses|Jack Ryan (disambiguation){{!}}Jack Ryan}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jack Ryan

|position=Outfielder

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1905|5|5}}

|birth_place=West Mineral, Kansas

|death_date={{death date and age|1967|9|2|1905|5|5}}

|death_place=Rochester, Minnesota

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 18

|debutyear={{By|1929}}

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 20

|finalyear={{By|1929}}

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.000

|stat2label=Games played

|stat2value=2

|stat3label=At bats

|stat3value=3

|teams=

• Boston Red Sox (1929)

}}

John Francis Ryan (May 5, 1905 – September 2, 1967) was a reserve outfielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the {{By|1929}} season. Listed at {{height|ft=6|in=0}}, 185 lb., Ryan batted and threw right-handed. He was born in West Mineral, Kansas.

Little is known about this LF/RF who played on a Red Sox uniform with few stars. The team finished last with a 58–96 record and only 394,620 fans came to see them play at Fenway Park that season. Ryan appeared in two games and went hitless in three at-bats, as he did not commit error in his only fielding chance.

Ryan died at the age of 62 in Rochester, Minnesota.