Ed Walsh

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 193lb (185cm, 87kg)

Born: May 19, 1881 in Plains, PA us

Died: May 26, 1959 in Pompano Beach, FL

Buried: Forest Lawn North Cemetery, Pompano Beach, FL

School: Fordham University (New York, NY)

Debut: May 7, 1904 (Age 22-354d, 2,631st in major league history)
vs. SLB 6.0 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, W

Last Game: September 11, 1917 (Age 36-115d)
vs. PHI 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1946. (Voted by Old Timers Committee)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1947.
View Ed Walsh's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1904 season

Full Name: Edward Augustine Walsh

Nicknames: Big Ed

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Relatives: Father of Ed Walsh

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

66.5

195

126

ERA

1.82

430

315

2964.1

1736

WHIP

1.000

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHW		SLB	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 14	CHW		SLB	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	1	7	2	10	0
3	7 (2)	Apr 18	CHW	@	SLB	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
4	9 (1)	Apr 21	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-3	GF	13	3.2	0	4	0	4	0
5	10	Apr 23	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
6	13 (2)	Apr 27	CHW	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
7	15 (1)	Apr 30	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	GF	8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	16	May 1	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	GF	6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
9	17	May 2	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	GS	24	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
10	22 (4)	May 8	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-6		28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	25 (2)	May 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-5	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	26	May 13	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
13	29 (2)	May 17	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
14	31 (1)	May 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	33 (1)	May 22	CHW	@	NYY	W,11-5	GF	20	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
16	35 (1)	May 25	CHW		DET	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	0	3	2	5	1
17	40 (4)	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	43 (2)	Jun 2	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
19	47 (3)	Jun 6	CHW		WSH	L,1-9	GS	28	6.1	0	2	1	3	0
20	53 (5)	Jun 12	CHW		NYY	W,11-2	GS	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	54	Jun 13	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
22	55	Jun 15	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	GS	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	57 (1)	Jun 17	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
24	60 (2)	Jun 21	CHW		SLB	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
25	62 (1)	Jun 23	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	63	Jun 25	CHW		SLB	L,2-7	GS	34	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
27	66 (2)	Jun 30 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,12-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	69 (2)	Jul 2 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS	14	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
29	72 (2)	Jul 5	CHW		DET	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	3	4	0
30	75 (2)	Jul 9	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	1	6	0	7	0
31	76	Jul 10	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	GF	1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
32	78 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
33	80 (1)	Jul 15	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	GF	12	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	82 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
35	86 (3)	Jul 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
36	88 (1)	Jul 23	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	89	Jul 24	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
38	90	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	91	Jul 27	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	94 (2)	Jul 30	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	97 (2)	Aug 2	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	GF	17	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
42	99 (1)	Aug 4	CHW		WSH	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
43	103 (3)	Aug 9	CHW		PHA	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	106 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	107	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
46	108	Aug 13	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
47	110 (1)	Aug 15	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	GF	5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
48	112 (1)	Aug 17	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
49	114 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-2	GF	13	4.1	1	3	0	4	1
50	116 (1)	Aug 22	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-4	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	119 (2)	Aug 26	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
52	120	Aug 27	CHW	@	BOS	T,8-8	GF	22	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	125 (4)	Sep 1	CHW		DET	W,7-6	GS	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
54	128 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	CHW		DET	T,6-6	GF	19	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	133 (4)	Sep 8	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	2	3	1
56	137 (3)	Sep 13	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
57	142 (4)	Sep 19	CHW		PHA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	146 (3)	Sep 24 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
59	150 (3)	Sep 27 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-5	GF	7	1.2	0	2	0	2	0
60	154 (3)	Sep 29	CHW		SLB	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
61	155	Oct 2	CHW	@	DET	W,8-5	GF	5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
62	156	Oct 4	CHW	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
							62gm		393.0	22	140	15	177	3