Did Robert Ripley play in Major League Baseball?

No, he never played in the major leagues. He played semi-pro Baseball in 1906 and briefly quit in 1908. He tried out for the New York Giants in 1913, but an injury ended his baseball hopes. Robert Ripley was an American cartoonist, entrepreneur and amateur anthropologist. He was also the creator of the famed "Ripley's Believe It or Not".