Ralph Wesley Judd (December 7, 1901 – May 6, 1957) was a professional

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. He was a right-handed

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over parts of three seasons (1927, 1929–30) with the Washington Senators and

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. For his career, he compiled a 3-0 record, with a 3.32

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, and 23

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s in 62⅓ innings pitched. He was born in

Perrysburg, Ohio Perrysburg is a city located in Wood County, Ohio, United States, along the south side of the Maumee River. The population was 25,041 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Part of the Toledo metropolitan area, the city is southwest of To ...

, and died in

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, at the age of 55. He married Rosa Lee Atkins on 14 October 1929 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. They had at least one child, a son, born 9 Jul 1932 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.Texas Birth Certificates, 1903–1935, found at www.familysearch.org

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