Ed Seward
[edit] Biography
Born on June 29, 1867 in Cleveland, Ohio, Ed Seward (Edward William Seward) played for the Providence Grays, Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Spiders over the course of his 6 year career. Seward broke into the bigs on September 30, 1885 with the Providence Grays, and put up a 4.13 ERA in 470.2 innings pitched in 1887, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ed Seward's best season was 1888, when he posted a 2.01 ERA, won 35 games and struck out 272 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1885
| PRO
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1887
| PHI
| a
| 55
| 52
| 25
| 25
| 4.13
| 155
| 293
| 216
| 52
| 3
| 0
| 470.2
| 445
| 7
| 140
| 0
| 0
| 24
|
| 1888
| PHI
| a
| 57
| 57
| 35
| 19
| 2.01
| 272
| 203
| 116
| 57
| 6
| 0
| 518.2
| 388
| 4
| 127
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| PHI
| a
| 39
| 38
| 21
| 15
| 3.97
| 102
| 212
| 141
| 35
| 3
| 0
| 320
| 353
| 8
| 101
| 0
| 12
| 0
|
| 1890
| PHI
| a
| 21
| 19
| 6
| 12
| 4.73
| 55
| 105
| 81
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 154
| 165
| 4
| 72
| 0
| 8
| 8
|
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 3.86
| 4
| 10
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16.1
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 4
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 2.82
| 5
| 10
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 22.1
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 172
| 166
| 87
| 71
| 3.41
| 584
| 813
| 554
| 159
| 13
| 0
| 1463.1
| 1351
| 23
| 440
| 0
| 20
| 32
|
| Total
|
|
| 176
| 169
| 89
| 72
| 3.40
| 589
| 823
| 561
| 159
| 13
| 0
| 1485.2
| 1369
| 23
| 441
| 0
| 22
| 32
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1885
| PRO
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1887
| PHI
| a
| P
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 79
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .901
|
| 1887
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 4
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .868
|
| 1888
| PHI
| a
| P
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 125
| 19
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .887
|
| 1888
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1889
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1889
| PHI
| a
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1889
| PHI
| a
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 56
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .885
|
| 1890
| PHI
| a
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 26
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .811
|
| 1890
| PHI
| a
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 65
| 7
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .911
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 176
| 0
| 0
| 75
| 291
| 49
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1885
| PRO
| N
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1887
| PHI
| a
| 74
| 266
| 31
| 50
| 5
| 28
| .188
| .239
| .282
| 10
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| PHI
| a
| 64
| 225
| 27
| 32
| 2
| 14
| .142
| .215
| .209
| 3
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| PHI
| a
| 46
| 143
| 22
| 31
| 2
| 17
| .217
| .333
| .336
| 5
| 3
| 22
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| PHI
| a
| 26
| 72
| 7
| 10
| 0
| 2
| .139
| .244
| .194
| 4
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| 7
| 19
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .211
| .318
| .316
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 8
| 22
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .182
| .280
| .273
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 210
| 706
| 87
| 123
| 9
| 61
| .174
| .253
| .261
| 22
| 6
| 64
| 19
| 10
| 0
| 35
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 218
| 728
| 89
| 127
| 9
| 62
| .174
| .253
| .261
| 24
| 6
| 67
| 25
| 10
| 0
| 35
| 0
| 0
|
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