Ralph Shafer

{{Short description|American baseball player (1894–1950)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ralph Shafer

|position=Pinch runner

|image=

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Unknown

|birth_date={{Birth date|1894|3|17|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Cincinnati, Ohio

|death_date={{death date and age|1950|2|5|1894|3|17}}

|death_place=Akron, Ohio

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 25

|debutyear={{By|1914}}

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 25

|finalyear={{By|1914}}

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat1value=1

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates (1914)

}}

Ralph Newton Shafer (March 17, 1894 – February 5, 1950) was a Major League Baseball pinch-runner. Shafer played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in {{by|1914}}. In 1 career game, he had no at-bats, only pinch-running.{{cite web |title=Ralph Shafer |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shafera01.shtml |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=June 27, 2022}} Shafer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and died in Akron, Ohio. He attended the University of Cincinnati.

After his brief major league career, Shafer played several years of minor league baseball, where he played primarily outfielder. He played for the Lexington Colts in {{by|1914}} and {{by|1915}}, the Terre Haute Highlanders in {{by|1916}}, and the Kitchener Beavers in {{by|1921}} and {{by|1922}} During this time, he split his time between playing the outfield and second base.