Ed Walsh Stats

Ed Walsh was born on Saturday, May 14, 1881, in Plains, Pennsylvania. Walsh was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 7, 1904, with the Chicago White Sox. 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 Walsh baseball stats page.

"I think the ball disintegrated on the way to the plate and the catcher put it back together again. I swear, when it went past the plate it was just the spit." - Outfielder Sam Crawford (1965)

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Ed Walsh
 
 
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Birth Name:   Edward Augustine Walsh
Nickname:   Big Ed
Born On:   05-14-1881
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Plains, Pennsylvania
Zodiac:   Taurus
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-26-1959
Place of Death Data Died In:   Pompano Beach, Florida
Cemetery:   Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Pompano Beach, Florida Click For Grave Photo
College:   St. John's College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01
Player Weight Chart Weight:   193
First Game:   05-07-1904 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-11-1917
Draft:   Not Applicable
Ed Walsh

Ed Walsh 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
1904 White Sox 18 8 10 6 3 .667 2.60 6 1 1 110.2 453 90 32 45 1 32 - 57 5 3 0 -
1905 White Sox 22 13 7 8 3 .727 2.17 9 1 0 136.2 556 121 33 53 0 29 - 71 7 4 0 -
1906 White Sox 41 31 8 17 13 .567 1.88 24 10 1 278.1 1,100 215 58 83 1 58 - 171 11 7 0 -
1907 White Sox 56 46 10 24 18 .571 1.60 37 5 4 422.1 1,663 341 75 120 3 87 - 206 14 8 0 -
1908 White Sox 66 49 15 40 15 .727 1.42 42 11 6 464.0 1,799 343 73 112 2 56 - 269 10 9 2 -
1909 White Sox 31 28 2 15 11 .577 1.41 20 8 2 230.1 897 166 36 52 0 50 - 127 4 4 3 -
1910 White Sox 45 36 7 18 20 .474 1.27 33 7 5 369.2 1,386 242 52 90 5 61 - 258 6 4 2 -
1911 White Sox 56 37 19 27 18 .600 2.22 33 5 4 368.2 1,480 327 91 125 4 72 - 255 8 7 1 -
1912 White Sox 62 41 18 27 17 .614 2.15 32 6 10 393.0 1,564 332 94 125 6 94 - 254 10 2 5 -
1913 White Sox 16 14 2 8 3 .727 2.58 7 1 1 97.2 426 91 28 37 1 39 - 34 7 4 0 -
1914 White Sox 8 5 2 2 3 .400 2.82 3 1 0 44.2 183 33 14 19 0 20 - 15 1 1 0 -
1915 White Sox 3 3 0 3 0 1.000 1.33 3 1 0 27.0 107 19 4 4 0 7 - 12 0 0 0 -
1916 White Sox 2 1 1 0 1 .000 2.70 0 0 0 3.1 17 4 1 3 0 3 - 3 0 0 0 -
1917 Braves 4 3 1 0 1 .000 3.50 1 0 0 18.0 82 22 7 9 0 9 - 4 1 1 1 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
14 Years 430 315 102 195 126 .607 1.82 250 57 34 2,964.1 11,713 2,346 598 877 23 617 - 1,736 84 54 14 -
Ed Walsh

Ed Walsh Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1904 White Sox 18 41 5 9 1 1 1 0 4 3 - - 1 - 0 - .220 .273 .366
1905 White Sox 29 58 5 9 2 0 0 0 2 4 - - 1 - 1 - .155 .222 .190
1906 White Sox 42 99 12 14 3 2 0 0 4 3 - - 3 - 1 - .141 .175 .212
1907 White Sox 57 154 7 25 8 2 1 0 10 0 - - 1 - 1 - .162 .168 .260
1908 White Sox 66 157 10 27 7 1 1 0 10 7 - - 8 - 2 - .172 .217 .248
1909 White Sox 32 84 5 18 5 0 0 0 11 6 - - 1 - 0 - .214 .267 .274
1910 White Sox 52 138 12 30 3 3 0 0 4 5 - - 5 - 0 - .217 .245 .283
1911 White Sox 63 158 23 34 3 0 0 0 9 1 - - 3 - 1 - .215 .225 .234
1912 White Sox 62 136 12 33 4 1 0 0 12 14 - - 4 - 0 - .243 .313 .287
1913 White Sox 17 32 1 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 - 7 1 - 0 - .156 .182 .188
1914 White Sox 10 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 1 - 0 - .063 .118 .125
1915 White Sox 5 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 - .364 .364 .364
1916 White Sox 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1917 Braves 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 0 - 1 - .250 .500 .250
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
14 Years 459 1,088 93 210 38 10 3 0 68 46 - 14 30 - 7 0 .193 .230 .255
Ed Walsh

Ed Walsh Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1904 White Sox P 18 8 332 44 2.4 43 8 35 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .977 3.50 -
1905 White Sox OF 5 - - 6 1.2 5 4 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 0.00 -
1905 White Sox P 22 13 410 51 2.3 50 9 41 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .980 3.29 -
1906 White Sox P 41 31 835 144 3.5 138 30 108 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .958 4.46 -
1907 White Sox P 56 46 1,267 266 4.8 262 35 227 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .985 5.58 -
1908 White Sox P 66 49 1,392 237 3.6 231 41 190 6 9 n/a n/a n/a .975 4.48 -
1909 White Sox LF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1909 White Sox P 31 28 691 117 3.8 116 23 93 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .991 4.53 -
1910 White Sox P 45 36 1,109 184 4.1 175 21 154 9 5 n/a n/a n/a .951 4.26 -
1911 White Sox P 56 37 1,106 194 3.5 186 27 159 8 5 n/a n/a n/a .959 4.54 -
1912 White Sox P 62 41 1,179 177 2.9 162 22 140 15 3 n/a n/a n/a .915 3.71 -
1913 White Sox P 16 14 293 41 2.6 38 6 32 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .927 3.50 -
1914 White Sox P 8 5 134 23 2.9 22 7 15 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .957 4.43 -
1915 White Sox P 3 3 81 7 2.3 7 3 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.33 -
1916 White Sox P 2 1 10 2 1.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.40 -
1917 Braves P 4 3 54 9 2.3 8 1 7 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 4.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 430 315 8,893 1,496 3.5 1,440 233 1,207 56 32 n/a n/a n/a .963 4.37 --
OF Totals 5 0 0 6 1.2 5 4 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 0.00 --
LF Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 --
14 Years 436 315 8,893 1,502 3.4 1,445 237 1,208 57 32 n/a n/a n/a .962 4.39 --
Ed Walsh

Ed Walsh Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1904 White Sox 1 - - - - n/a 41.0 0.0 10.3 1.78 4.64 2.60
1905 White Sox 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 29.0 2.45 4.68 1.91
1906 White Sox 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 24.8 2.95 5.53 1.88
1907 White Sox 2 - - - - n/a 154.0 0.0 15.4 2.37 4.39 1.85
1908 White Sox 2 - - - - n/a 157.0 0.0 15.7 4.80 5.22 1.09
1909 White Sox 4 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 7.6 2.54 4.96 1.95
1910 White Sox 5 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 34.5 4.23 6.28 1.49
1911 White Sox 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 17.6 3.54 6.23 1.76
1912 White Sox 0 1 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 11.3 2.70 5.82 2.15
1913 White Sox 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 4.6 16.0 0.87 3.13 3.59
1914 White Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.75 3.02 4.03
1915 White Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 11.0 0.0 1.71 4.00 2.33
1916 White Sox 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 8.10 8.10
1917 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.44 2.00 4.50
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
14 Years 14 1 .933 - - n/a 362.7 77.7 16.0 2.81 5.27 1.87
Ed Walsh

Ed Walsh Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1904 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1905 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1906 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1907 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1908 Chicago White Sox n/a $3,500.00 n/a -
1909 Chicago White Sox n/a $3,500.00 n/a -
1910 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1911 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1912 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1913 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1914 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1915 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1917 Boston Braves n/a Undetermined n/a -


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