Ed Kent

Edward Clarence Kent

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 6½", Weight 152 lb.

• Debut August 14, 1884
• Final Game August 14, 1884
• Born September 17, 1859 in Stockport, NY USA
• Died December 22, 1943 in Rutherford, NJ USA

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Biographical Information

Ed Kent pitched one game for the Toledo Blue Stockings in 1884. He played for Topeka, KS in 1880, and newspaper accounts from that time made it possible to retrace his birth details and eventually to find a death certificate for him.

Further Reading

• "Edward Kent", in Bill Carle, ed.: Biographical Research Committee Report, SABR, July/August 2019, pp. 6-7.