Ralph Buxton
{{short description|Canadian baseball player (1911-1988)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Ralph Buxton
|position=Pitcher
|image=Ralph Buxton - 1947 Smith's Oakland Oaks.jpg
|caption=Buxton in 1947
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1911|6|7|mf=y}}
|birth_place= Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada
|death_date={{death date and age|1988|1|6|1911|6|7}}
|death_place=San Leandro, California
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 11
|debutyear=1938
|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 23
|finalyear=1949
|finalteam=New York Yankees
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Win–loss record
|stat1value=0–2
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=23
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=4.25
|teams=
- Philadelphia Athletics ({{baseball year|1938}})
- New York Yankees ({{baseball year|1949}})
}}
Ralph Stanley "Buck" Buxton (June 7, 1911 – January 6, 1988) was a Canadian major league pitcher. He pitched five games for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1938 and 14 games for the New York Yankees in 1949. In between, he pitched for the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League.
Early life and career
Buxton was born in Weyburn but grew up in Long Beach, California.{{cite book |last1=Mlazgar |first1=Brian |last2=Stoffel |first2=Holden |title=Saskatchewan Sports: Lives Past and Present |date=2007 |publisher=University of Regina Press |isbn=9780889771673 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k7ptThh_6qgC&pg=PA136 |language=en}} He attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School. He played a couple of seasons of minor league baseball before making his major league debut in 1938 for the Philadelphia Athletics.
He appeared in 5 games that season. Buxton pitched for the minor league Oakland Oaks, where he was managed by Casey Stengel. He began to anticipate being drafted into the military before the 1943 season, and he missed the 1944 through 1946 seasons due to his military service.{{cn|date=June 2023}} He returned to the major leagues in 1949, pitching 14 times for Stengel's New York Yankees.{{cite book |last1=Keisser |first1=Bob |title=Baseball in Long Beach |date=2013 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=9781625840660 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ua52CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT154 |language=en}}
References
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External links
{{Baseballstats | br=b/buxtora01 |brm=buxton001ral}}
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Category:Oakland Oaks (baseball) players
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