finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1914 unknown 5 february 1950 akron , ohio cincinnati , ohio 1914 july 25 1 pinch runner pittsburgh pirates games played july 25 17 march 1894 ralph shafer
 pittsburgh pirates ralph shafer unknown
ralph shafer

ralph newton shafer -lrb- march 17 , 1894 -- february 5 , 1950 -rrb- was a major league baseball pinch-runner .
shafer played for the pittsburgh pirates in .
in 1 career game , he had no at-bats , only pinch-running .
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 and , the terre haute highlanders in , and the kitchener beavers in and during this time , he split his time between playing the outfield and second base .
