Ralph Birkofer

{{Short description|American baseball player (1908–1971)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ralph Birkofer

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1908|11|5}}

|birth_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1971|3|16|1908|11|5}}

|death_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 25

|debutyear=1933

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 11

|finalyear=1937

|finalteam=Brooklyn Dodgers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=31–28

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.19

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=224

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1933}}–{{mlby|1936}})
• Brooklyn Dodgers ({{mlby|1937}})

}}

Ralph Joseph Birkofer (November 5, 1908 – March 16, 1971) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers. His two main pitches were a sinking fastball and a curve.{{cite book |last1=Neyer |first1=Rob |author-link1=Rob Neyer |last2=James |first2=Bill |author-link2=Bill James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7FfRLE6I5EEC |title=The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2004 |page=134 |isbn=0-7432-6158-5}}