Ed Killian
[edit] Biography
Born on November 12, 1876 in Racine, Wisconsin, Ed Killian (Edwin Henry Killian) played for the Cleveland Naps and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 8 year career. Killian broke into the bigs on August 25, 1903 with the Cleveland Naps, and put up a 2.48 ERA in 61.2 innings pitched in 1903, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ed Killian's best season was 1907, when he posted a 1.78 ERA, won 25 games and struck out 96 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1903
| CLE
| A
| 9
| 8
| 3
| 4
| 2.48
| 18
| 24
| 17
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 61.2
| 61
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1904
| DET
| A
| 40
| 34
| 14
| 20
| 2.44
| 124
| 118
| 90
| 32
| 4
| 1
| 331.2
| 293
| 0
| 93
| 0
| 6
| 17
|
| 1905
| DET
| A
| 39
| 37
| 23
| 14
| 2.27
| 110
| 108
| 79
| 33
| 8
| 0
| 313.1
| 263
| 0
| 102
| 0
| 4
| 13
|
| 1906
| DET
| A
| 21
| 16
| 10
| 6
| 3.43
| 47
| 71
| 57
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 149.2
| 165
| 0
| 54
| 0
| 4
| 5
|
| 1907
| DET
| A
| 42
| 34
| 25
| 13
| 1.78
| 96
| 103
| 62
| 29
| 3
| 1
| 314
| 286
| 2
| 91
| 0
| 2
| 13
|
| 1908
| DET
| A
| 27
| 23
| 12
| 9
| 2.99
| 47
| 78
| 60
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 180.2
| 170
| 3
| 53
| 0
| 1
| 8
|
| 1909
| DET
| A
| 25
| 19
| 11
| 9
| 1.71
| 54
| 45
| 33
| 14
| 3
| 1
| 173.1
| 150
| 1
| 49
| 0
| 4
| 6
|
| 1910
| DET
| A
| 11
| 9
| 4
| 3
| 3.04
| 20
| 38
| 25
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 74
| 75
| 2
| 27
| 0
| 1
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 214
| 180
| 102
| 78
| 2.38
| 516
| 585
| 423
| 149
| 22
| 6
| 1598.1
| 1463
| 9
| 482
| 0
| 22
| 72
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1903
| CLE
| A
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1904
| DET
| A
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 85
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1905
| DET
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 79
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1906
| DET
| A
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 38
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1907
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1907
| DET
| A
| P
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 94
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1907
| DET
| A
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1908
| DET
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 71
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1909
| DET
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 49
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1910
| DET
| A
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 214
| 0
| 0
| 82
| 455
| 27
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1903
| CLE
| A
| 10
| 28
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 4
| .179
| .179
| .214
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| DET
| A
| 40
| 126
| 8
| 18
| 0
| 6
| .143
| .176
| .206
| 4
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| DET
| A
| 39
| 118
| 12
| 32
| 0
| 19
| .271
| .283
| .364
| 3
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| DET
| A
| 21
| 53
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 0
| .170
| .200
| .208
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| DET
| A
| 46
| 122
| 16
| 39
| 0
| 11
| .320
| .346
| .410
| 5
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| DET
| A
| 28
| 73
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 6
| .137
| .137
| .178
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| DET
| A
| 25
| 62
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 0
| .161
| .188
| .161
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| DET
| A
| 11
| 27
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .148
| .179
| .148
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 220
| 609
| 56
| 127
| 0
| 47
| .209
| .230
| .268
| 18
| 9
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 19
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Cleveland Naps with Jesse Stovall to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Billy Lush (January, 1904).
- Sold by Detroit Tigers to Toronto (Eastern) (August 2, 1910).
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