Ed Seward Stats

Ed Seward was born on Saturday, June 29, 1867, in Cleveland, Ohio. Seward was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 30, 1885, with the Providence Grays. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ed Seward baseball stats page.

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Ed Seward
 
 
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Birth Name:   Edward William Sourhardt
Nickname:   Ed
Born On:   06-29-1867  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Cleveland, Ohio
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-30-1947 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Cleveland, Ohio
Cemetery:   West Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Unknown   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-07   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   09-30-1885 (Age 18)
Last Game:   06-08-1891
Draft:   Not Applicable
Ed Seward

Ed Seward Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1885 18 Grays 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 6.0 20 2 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 0 0 -
1887 20 Athletics 55 52 2 25 25 .500 4.13 52 3 0 470.2 1,990 445 216 293 7 140 - 155 0 24 0 -
1888 21 Athletics 57 57 0 35 19 .648 2.01 57 6 0 518.2 2,075 388 116 203 4 127 - 272 0 0 0 -
1889 22 Athletics 39 38 1 21 15 .583 3.97 35 3 0 320.0 1,355 353 141 212 8 101 - 102 12 0 0 -
1890 23 Athletics 21 19 2 6 12 .333 4.73 15 1 0 154.0 657 165 81 105 4 72 - 55 8 8 0 -
1891 24 Spiders 3 3 0 2 1 .667 3.86 0 0 0 16.1 0 16 7 10 0 1 - 4 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
6 Years 176 169 6 89 72 .553 3.40 159 13 0 1,485.2 6,097 1,369 561 823 23 441 - 589 22 32 0 -
Ed Seward

Ed Seward Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1885 18 Grays 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 - - 0 - .000 .000 .000
1887 20 Athletics 74 282 31 66 10 0 5 0 28 16 - - - - 2 - .234 .280 .266
1888 21 Athletics 64 225 27 32 3 3 2 0 14 18 - - - - 3 - .142 .215 .209
1889 22 Athletics 46 143 22 31 5 3 2 0 17 22 - 19 - - 3 - .217 .333 .336
1890 23 Athletics 26 72 7 10 4 0 0 0 2 8 - - - - 2 - .139 .244 .194
1891 24 Spiders 7 19 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 3 - 4 - - 0 - .211 .318 .316
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
6 Years 218 744 89 143 24 6 9 0 62 67 - 25 - - 10 - .192 .268 .277
Ed Seward

Ed Seward Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1885 Grays P 1 0 18 4 4.0 4 0 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.00
1887 Athletics OF 21 - - 53 2.5 46 42 4 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .868 0.00
1887 Athletics P 55 52 1,412 111 2.0 100 21 79 11 1 n/a n/a n/a .901 1.91
1888 Athletics OF 7 - - 10 1.4 10 8 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1888 Athletics P 57 57 1,556 168 2.9 149 24 125 19 4 n/a n/a n/a .887 2.59
1889 Athletics 2B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1889 Athletics OF 8 - - 12 1.5 12 12 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1889 Athletics P 39 38 960 78 2.0 69 13 56 9 1 n/a n/a n/a .885 1.94
1890 Athletics CF 6 - - 3 0.5 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1890 Athletics P 21 19 462 53 2.5 43 17 26 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .811 2.51
1891 Spiders 1B 1 - - 8 8.0 7 7 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 0.00
1891 Spiders OF 3 - - 1 0.3 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1891 Spiders P 3 3 49 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.55
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 176 169 4,457 415 2.4 366 75 291 49 8 n/a n/a n/a .882 2.22
OF Totals 39 0 0 76 1.9 69 63 6 7 2 n/a n/a n/a .908 0.00
CF Totals 6 0 0 3 0.5 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1B Totals 1 0 0 8 8.0 7 7 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 0.00
2B Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
6 Years 223 169 4,457 502 2.3 445 147 298 57 10 n/a n/a n/a .886 2.70
Ed Seward

Ed Seward Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1885 Grays - - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.00 1.50 0.00
1887 Athletics 14 - - 0 0 n/a 56.4 0.0 10.1 1.11 2.96 2.68
1888 Athletics 12 - - 0 0 n/a 112.5 0.0 16.1 2.14 4.72 2.20
1889 Athletics 6 - - 0 0 n/a 71.5 7.5 8.4 1.01 2.87 2.84
1890 Athletics 3 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 36.0 0.76 3.21 4.21
1891 Spiders 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.8 19.0 4.00 2.20 0.55
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
6 Years 35 - - 0 0 n/a 82.7 29.8 12.0 1.34 3.57 2.67
Ed Seward

Ed Seward Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1885 Providence Grays n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Cleveland Spiders n/a Undetermined n/a n/a


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