Ed Walczak
Appearance
Ed Walczak | |
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Second baseman | |
Born: West Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. | September 21, 1915|
Died: March 10, 1998 Norwich, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 82)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 3, 1945, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 30, 1945, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .211 |
Hits | 12 |
Runs batted in | 2 |
Teams | |
Edwin Joseph "Husky" Walczak (September 21, 1915 – March 10, 1998) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player. Born in West Warwick, Rhode Island, he played with the Philadelphia Phillies in September of the 1945 season. He batted and threw right-handed.
After processing out of the Army Air Forces as a sergeant in August 1945, Walczak joined the Phillies and earned a starting role at second base in the final month of the season.[1] September 1945 would be his only month as an MLB player; he spent the remainder of his professional baseball career (1946–50) in the minor leagues.[2]
Walczak died on March 10, 1998, in Norwich, Connecticut, aged 82.
References
[edit]- ^ Ed Walczak at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Jack Morris, Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ "Ed Walczak Minor Leagues Statistics & History". baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Ed Walczak at Find a Grave
Categories:
- 1915 births
- 1998 deaths
- Baseball players from Rhode Island
- Major League Baseball second basemen
- People from West Warwick, Rhode Island
- Philadelphia Phillies players
- American people of Polish descent
- Mooresville Moors players
- Utica Blue Jays players
- Newton-Conover Twins players
- United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
- United States Army Air Forces soldiers
- American baseball infielder stubs