Ed Wineapple
| Ed Wineapple | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: August 10, 1905 Boston, Massachusetts | |
| Died: July 23, 1996 (aged 90) Delray Beach, Florida | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 15, 1929, for the Washington Senators | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 15, 1929, for the Washington Senators | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Earned run average | 4.50 |
| Innings pitched | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 1 |
| Teams | |
Edward Wineapple (August 10, 1905 – July 23, 1996) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played in one game in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators during the 1929 season.
Biography
[edit]Wineapple was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and was Jewish.[1] He attended Syracuse University for his college freshman year, then transferred to Providence College, where he was a star basketball player for three years. A first-team All-American his senior year, he led the 1928–29 team to a 17–3 record and was the second-leading scorer in the nation.[2]
His lone major league appearance came on September 15, 1929, in the Senators' 16–2 loss to the Detroit Tigers at Griffith Stadium. He took the mound in the sixth inning with the Tigers already holding a 12–2 lead, entering the game as part of a double switch in which he took the place of Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Joe Cronin in the Washington lineup. Wineapple hurled the final four innings in relief, giving up four runs (two earned) on seven hits, walking three and striking out one against a Tigers lineup that featured Hall of Famer Charlie Gehringer.[3]
From 1928 to 1931, he played summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL), where it was reported that Wineapple "seems to play baseball as he does basketball...with his heart in it all the time. He is pitching and hitting exceptionally well."[4] Wineapple played for the CCBL's Osterville town team from 1928 to 1930,[5][6] and for the Orleans team in 1931.[7][8]
Wineapple was inducted into the Providence College sports hall of fame as part if its inaugural class of 1970.[9][10] He died in Delray Beach, Florida in 1996 at age 90.
References
[edit]- ^ "Big League Jews". Jewish Sports Review. 12 (137): 21. January–February 2020.
- ^ "Player Profile – Ed Wineapple". probasketballencyclopedia.com. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ "Detroit Tigers at Washington Senators Box Score, September 15, 1929". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ "Baseball on Saturday Next". Falmouth Enterprise. Falmouth, MA. July 18, 1929. p. 7.
- ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ "Baseball". Hyannis Patriot. Hyannis, MA. August 8, 1929. p. 5.
- ^ "Lineups for Season Are Announced". Yarmouth Register. Yarmouth, MA. July 4, 1931. p. 7.
- ^ "Orleans". Yarmouth Register. Yarmouth, MA. July 11, 1931. p. 8.
- ^ "Athletic Hall of Fame Award Recipients" (PDF). friars.com. May 14, 2002. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ "Edward (Lefty) Wineapple". jewishbaseballmuseum.com. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
Further reading
[edit]- Tellis, Richard (1998). Once Around the Bases: Bittersweet Memories of Only One Game in the Majors. Triumph Books. pp. 1–7. ISBN 1572432772.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
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