Ed Walsh

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Ed Walsh

Born:	May 14, 1881
Birthplace:	Plains, Pennsylvania
Height:	6' 1"
Weight:	193 lbs
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
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Teams:	Chicago White Sox 1904-1916 Boston Braves 1917

1 Overall Career
2 Awards
3 Achievements
4 Trivia
5 Transactions
6 External Links

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Overall Career

Edward Augustine Walsh (May 14, 1881 - May 26, 1959) had a short but remarkable Major League pitching career. In fourteen seasons, Walsh won 195 games, completed 250 games, threw 57 shutouts, collected 34 saves, struck out 1,736 batters, and wound up with the lowest ERA and second-lowest WHIP of all time. Walsh was at his very best between 1906 and 1912. In that time, Walsh appeared in 357 games, started in 268, completed 221 of them, threw 52 shutouts, won 168 games, and posted a 1.71 ERA. He also threw over four hundred innings twice in that span. Walsh's playing time dropped after 1912 and he was released in 1916. After a brief, but unsuccessful, comeback with the Boston Braves, he pitched in the Eastern League, coached for the White Sox, and tried his hand at umpiring.

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Awards

Elected to Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee in 1946

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Achievements

Lowest ERA All-Time (1.82)
Second-Lowest WHIP All-Time (1.000)
2-Time AL ERA Leader (1907, 1910)
1908 AL Wins Leader
1908 AL Winning Percentage Leader
2-Time AL WHIP Leader (1909-1910)
6-Time AL Games Leader (1907-1912)
5-Time AL Saves Leader (1907-1908, 1910-1912)
4-Time AL Innings Leader (1907-1908, 1911-1912)
2-Time AL Strikeouts Leader (1908, 1911)
2-Time AL Complete Games Leader (1907-1908)
3-Time AL Shutouts Leader (1906, 1908-1909)

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Trivia

Walsh finished second to center fielders in MVP voting in back-to-back years. Tris Speaker won the 1911 award, and Ty Cobb won the 1912 award.
On October 2, 1908, Walsh threw a game where he walked only one batter and allowed just a single unearned run. He ended up losing when his opponent, Addie Joss, finished a 74-pitch perfect game.
Though several pitchers have won 30 games in a season since 1908, Walsh was the last to win 40 games in a season.

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Transactions

September, 1903: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the Newark (Eastern) in the 1903 Rule 5 draft. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
December 31, 1916: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
July 20, 1917: Signed as a free agent with the Boston Braves.

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