Butch Edge

Claude Lee Edge

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 203 lb.
• High School El Camino High School (Sacramento)
• Debut August 13, 1979
• Final Game September 28, 1979
• Born July 18, 1956 in Houston, TX USA

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Biographical Information

"Has outstanding arm and fine minor-league credentials . . . Has shown steady improvement." - from the 1980 Complete Handbook of Baseball, quoted here

Butch Edge was a first-round pick in the 1974 amateur draft who came to the majors for nine games with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1979. He also played ten years in the minors.

Edge was seen as an up-and-coming future star, but he was cut by the Blue Jays during spring training in 1980. One source says he switched from pitcher to catcher by 1982 but his record doesn't seem to reflect any games behind the plate.

The source says that in 1988 he coached the Santa Ana College women's softball team, but that seems to have been Howard Edge.

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