Ralph Hamner

{{Short description|American baseball player (1916–2001)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ralph Hamner

|position=Pitcher

|image=Ralph Hamner.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1916|9|12}}

|birth_place=Gibsland, Louisiana

|death_date={{death date and age|2001|5|22|1916|9|12}}

|death_place=Little Rock, Arkansas

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 28

|debutyear=1946

|debutteam= Chicago White Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 18

|finalyear=1949

|finalteam= Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=8–20

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.58

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=99

|teams=

• Chicago White Sox ({{baseball year|1946}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{baseball year|1947}}–{{baseball year|1949}})

|highlights=

}}

Ralph Conant Hamner (September 12, 1916 – May 22, 2001) nicknamed "Bruz", was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of four seasons (1946–49) with the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs. For his career, he compiled an 8–20 record, with a 4.58 earned run average, and 99 strikeouts in 220 innings pitched.

He was born in Gibsland, Louisiana and later died in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 84.