Edward Augustine Walsh
[edit] Biography
Born on May 14, 1881 in Plains, Pennsylvania, Ed Walsh (Edward Augustine Walsh) played for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Braves over the course of his 14 year career. Walsh broke into the bigs on May 7, 1904 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 2.60 ERA in 110.2 innings pitched in 1904, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ed Walsh's best season was 1908, when he posted a 1.42 ERA, won 40 games and struck out 269 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1904
| CHI
| A
| 18
| 8
| 6
| 3
| 2.60
| 57
| 45
| 32
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 110.2
| 90
| 1
| 32
| 0
| 5
| 3
|
| 1905
| CHI
| A
| 22
| 13
| 8
| 3
| 2.17
| 71
| 53
| 33
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 136.2
| 121
| 0
| 29
| 0
| 7
| 4
|
| 1906
| CHI
| A
| 41
| 31
| 17
| 13
| 1.88
| 171
| 83
| 58
| 24
| 10
| 1
| 278.1
| 215
| 1
| 58
| 0
| 11
| 7
|
| 1907
| CHI
| A
| 56
| 46
| 24
| 18
| 1.60
| 206
| 120
| 75
| 37
| 5
| 4
| 422.1
| 341
| 3
| 87
| 0
| 14
| 8
|
| 1908
| CHI
| A
| 66
| 49
| 40
| 15
| 1.42
| 269
| 112
| 73
| 42
| 11
| 6
| 464
| 343
| 2
| 56
| 0
| 10
| 9
|
| 1909
| CHI
| A
| 31
| 28
| 15
| 11
| 1.41
| 127
| 52
| 36
| 20
| 8
| 2
| 230.1
| 166
| 0
| 50
| 0
| 4
| 4
|
| 1910
| CHI
| A
| 45
| 36
| 18
| 20
| 1.27
| 258
| 90
| 52
| 33
| 7
| 5
| 369.2
| 242
| 5
| 61
| 0
| 6
| 4
|
| 1911
| CHI
| A
| 56
| 37
| 27
| 18
| 2.22
| 255
| 125
| 91
| 33
| 5
| 4
| 368.2
| 327
| 4
| 72
| 0
| 8
| 7
|
| 1912
| CHI
| A
| 62
| 41
| 27
| 17
| 2.15
| 254
| 125
| 94
| 32
| 6
| 10
| 393
| 332
| 6
| 94
| 0
| 10
| 2
|
| 1913
| CHI
| A
| 16
| 14
| 8
| 3
| 2.58
| 34
| 37
| 28
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 97.2
| 91
| 1
| 39
| 0
| 7
| 4
|
| 1914
| CHI
| A
| 8
| 5
| 2
| 3
| 2.82
| 15
| 19
| 14
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 44.2
| 33
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1915
| CHI
| A
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1.33
| 12
| 4
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 27
| 19
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| CHI
| A
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2.70
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.1
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| BOS
| N
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 3.50
| 4
| 9
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 22
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 3.50
| 4
| 9
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 22
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 426
| 312
| 195
| 125
| 1.81
| 1732
| 868
| 591
| 249
| 57
| 34
| 2946.1
| 2324
| 23
| 608
| 0
| 83
| 53
|
| Total
|
|
| 430
| 315
| 195
| 126
| 1.82
| 1736
| 877
| 598
| 250
| 57
| 34
| 2964.1
| 2346
| 23
| 617
| 0
| 84
| 54
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1904
| CHI
| A
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 35
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1905
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1905
| CHI
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 41
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1906
| CHI
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 108
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1907
| CHI
| A
| P
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 227
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1908
| CHI
| A
| P
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 41
| 190
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1909
| CHI
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 93
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1909
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1910
| CHI
| A
| P
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 154
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1911
| CHI
| A
| P
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 159
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1912
| CHI
| A
| P
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 140
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .915
|
| 1913
| CHI
| A
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 32
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1914
| CHI
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1915
| CHI
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1916
| CHI
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1917
| BOS
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 430
| 0
| 0
| 233
| 1207
| 56
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1904
| CHI
| A
| 18
| 41
| 5
| 9
| 1
| 4
| .220
| .273
| .366
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| CHI
| A
| 29
| 58
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 2
| .155
| .222
| .190
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| CHI
| A
| 42
| 99
| 12
| 14
| 0
| 4
| .141
| .175
| .212
| 3
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| CHI
| A
| 57
| 154
| 7
| 25
| 1
| 10
| .162
| .168
| .260
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| CHI
| A
| 66
| 157
| 10
| 27
| 1
| 10
| .172
| .217
| .248
| 7
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| CHI
| A
| 32
| 84
| 5
| 18
| 0
| 11
| .214
| .267
| .274
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| CHI
| A
| 52
| 138
| 12
| 30
| 0
| 4
| .217
| .245
| .283
| 3
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| CHI
| A
| 62
| 158
| 23
| 34
| 0
| 9
| .215
| .225
| .234
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| CHI
| A
| 64
| 136
| 12
| 33
| 0
| 12
| .243
| .313
| .287
| 4
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| CHI
| A
| 17
| 32
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .156
| .182
| .188
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| CHI
| A
| 11
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .063
| .118
| .125
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| CHI
| A
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .364
| .364
| .364
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| CHI
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| BOS
| N
| 4
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .500
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 4
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .500
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 457
| 1084
| 92
| 209
| 3
| 68
| .193
| .229
| .255
| 38
| 10
| 45
| 12
| 6
| 30
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 461
| 1088
| 93
| 210
| 3
| 68
| .193
| .230
| .255
| 38
| 10
| 46
| 14
| 7
| 30
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Chicago White Sox from Newark (Eastern) in the Rule 5 major league draft (@September, 1903).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (December 31, 1916).
- Signed by Boston Braves (July 20, 1917).
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