Ed Linke
[edit] Biography
Born on November 9, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois, Ed Linke (Edward Karl Linke) played for the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 6 year career. Linke broke into the bigs on April 27, 1933 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 5.01 ERA in 178 innings pitched in 1935, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ed Linke's best season was 1935, when he won 11 games and struck out 51 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1933
| WAS
| A
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 5.06
| 6
| 10
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 15
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1934
| WAS
| A
| 7
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 4.15
| 9
| 20
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 34.2
| 38
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| WAS
| A
| 40
| 22
| 11
| 7
| 5.01
| 51
| 111
| 99
| 10
| 1
| 3
| 178
| 211
| 6
| 80
| 0
| 4
| 1
|
| 1936
| WAS
| A
| 13
| 6
| 1
| 5
| 7.10
| 11
| 46
| 41
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 73
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1937
| WAS
| A
| 36
| 7
| 6
| 1
| 5.60
| 61
| 89
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 128.2
| 158
| 11
| 59
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| 21
| 2
| 1
| 7
| 7.94
| 18
| 37
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.2
| 60
| 6
| 33
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 120
| 43
| 22
| 22
| 5.61
| 156
| 313
| 280
| 13
| 1
| 6
| 449
| 555
| 28
| 206
| 0
| 11
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1933
| WAS
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1934
| WAS
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1935
| WAS
| A
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 30
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1936
| WAS
| A
| P
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1937
| WAS
| A
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 23
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 120
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 91
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1933
| WAS
| A
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .286
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1934
| WAS
| A
| 8
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .182
| .182
| .364
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| WAS
| A
| 40
| 68
| 14
| 20
| 1
| 9
| .294
| .360
| .397
| 4
| 0
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| WAS
| A
| 13
| 15
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 4
| .400
| .526
| .733
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| WAS
| A
| 37
| 46
| 8
| 10
| 0
| 2
| .217
| .294
| .217
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| 21
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .200
| .333
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 122
| 156
| 26
| 41
| 2
| 17
| .263
| .343
| .353
| 6
| 1
| 19
| 24
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Washington Senators to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Chief Hogsett (December 1, 1937).
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