Ed Pipgras

Edward John Pipgras

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2½", Weight 175 lb.
• Debut August 25, 1932
• Final Game September 25, 1932
• Born June 15, 1904 in Schleswig, IA USA
• Died April 13, 1964 in Currie, MN USA

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Biographical Information

Ed Pipgras spent a month with the 1932 Brooklyn Dodgers, a team which also featured the 41-year-old Dazzy Vance. Ed was in five games, pitching 10 innings.

His brother George Pipgras was also in town, playing for the New York Yankees that year.

Ed also went 12-6 for Jersey City in 1932.

In the early 1950s Ed managed the Slayton Rockets, either a town-ball or low minor league team in Minnesota. Source: town ball