Ed Phillips

Note: This page is for pitcher Ed Phillips, who played in 1970; for others with similar names, click here.

Norman Edwin Phillips

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.
• School Colby College
• High School Deering High School
• Debut April 9, 1970
• Final Game August 29, 1970
• Born September 20, 1944 in Ardmore, OK USA
• Died September 20, 2017 in Wells, ME USA

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Biographical Information

Ed Phillips, the last major league player to come out of Colby College in Maine, pitched 18 games in one year in the major leagues. His entire big league career was spent with the Boston Red Sox in 1970, on a team that went 87-75. Phillips was the same age as teammates Sparky Lyle, Reggie Smith, and Tony Conigliaro.

Phillips and his contemporary Tommie Sisk are the only two major leaguers born in Ardmore, OK. He was inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979 and the Maine Sports Hall of Fame in 2016. He died on his 73rd birthday.

Related Sites

• Ed Phillips at the SABR Bio Project