Ralph Onis

Manuel Dominguez "Ralph" Onis (October 24, 1908 – January 4, 1995), nicknamed "Curly", was an American professional baseball player who played catcher in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 27, 1935. Onis singled in his only at-bat for a rare career batting average of 1.000.

Ralph Onis
Catcher
Born: (1908-10-24)October 24, 1908 Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Died: January 4, 1995(1995-01-04) (aged 86) Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 27, 1935, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
April 27, 1935, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
MLB statistics
Batting average	1.000
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	0
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Brooklyn Dodgers (1935)

His parents were born in Asturias, Spain, and he is buried in the Centro Asturiano de Tampa.

Onis managed in the Florida State League in 1939 and 1940.

Further reading

• Tellis, Richard (1998). Once Around the Bases: Bittersweet Memories of Only One Game in the Majors. Triumph Books. pp. 21–28. ISBN 1572432772.

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Baseball Reference (Minors) · Retrosheet