Socks Seybold Baseball player

Ralph Orlando "Socks" Seybold (November 23, 1870 – December 22, 1921) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played over parts of nine seasons with the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Athletics. Known as a power hitter, Seybold set the American League record for home runs in 1902, which would not be broken until 1919. He stood at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) and weighed 200 lbs.

Personal facts

Socks Seybold
Alias (AKA)Seybold Ralph Orlando
Birth dateNovember 23, 1870
Birth place
Washingtonville Ohio
Date of deathDecember 22, 1921
Place of death
Greensburg Pennsylvania

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Baseball player

Career startAugust 20, 1899
Career endOctober 07, 1908
batting sideRight
former teams
Cincinnati Reds
Oakland Athletics
position
Outfielder
teams
Cincinnati Reds
Oakland Athletics
throwing sideRight

Socks Seybold on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6859542