Ed Delahanty

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Ed Delahanty
Ed Delahanty.jpg
Left fielder
Born: October 30, 1867
Cleveland ,  United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Died on: July 2, 1903
Niagara Falls ,  CanadaCanadaCanada 
Suggested: Right Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
May 22,  1888  with the  Philadelphia Quakers
Last MLB assignment
  With the  Washington Senators on June 25, 1903
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Batting average    , 346
Hits    2,596
Home runs    101
Runs Batted In    1,464
Stolen Bases    455
Teams
Awards
  • 2 × best batsman in the National League (NL) (1899, 1902)
  • 2 × player with the most home runs in the NL (1893, 1896)
  • 3 × players with the most RBIs in the NL (1893, 1896, 1899)
  • Player with the most stolen bases in the NL (1898)
  • He hit four home runs in one game on July 13, 1896
  • Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame
member of
☆☆☆Baseball Hall of Fame☆☆☆
Recorded     1945
Special selection    Veterans Committee
Last update: January 20, 2019

Edward James "Ed" Delahanty , nickname Big Ed , (born October 30, 1867 in Cleveland , Ohio , † July 2, 1903 in Niagara Falls , Ontario ) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB) on the position of the left fielder , who was partly used in the infield . During his 16 year professional career, he played 13 years for the Philadelphia Phillies . After getting off a train drunk, Delahanty drowned in the Niagara River or Niagara Falls . He was the first player in the MLB to have a batting average of over .400 three times . In 1945 he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee .

His brothers Frank , Jim , Joe and Tom also played in the MLB.

biography

Early life

Delahanty was born to the Irish immigrants James (1842-1919) and Bridget Delahanty (1849-1926, nee Croke). He attended Central High School in Cleveland and St. Joseph's College . His career began in 1887 when he played for Mansfield in the Ohio State League. In the same year he joined the baseball team from Wheeling . Delahanty, who beat a batting average of .412 in 21 games for Wheeling , sold them to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1887 for $ 1,900 .

MLB career

Delahanty made his MLB debut on May 22, 1888 as a replacement for Charlie Ferguson in the position of second baseman and made 74 games for the Phillies in the National League . After two years in Philadelphia, he moved to the short-lived Players League for the Cleveland Infants and played 115 times for the Clevelanders. The Players League, founded in 1890, was dissolved in the same year and Delahanty moved back to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1891. In one game in the 1892 season, Delahanty broke the ankle of third baseman George Pinkney of the St. Louis Browns , thinking Delahanty was brightly colored and headed for home plate . Delahanty, however, hit the ball and hit Pinkney's ankle. He finished the season with a batting average of, 306, 6 home runs and 91 batted in (RBI) runs in 123 games.

In 1893, Delahanty improved his batting average to 368, hit 19 home runs and 146 RBI. He narrowly missed winning the Triple Crown because his teammates Billy Hamilton and Sam Thompson led the league with a batting average of .380 and .370 respectively. Very offensively strong years followed for Delahanty. In 1894 and 1895, Delahanty had a batting average of .405 and .404. On July 13, 1896, he was the second player in the MLB to hit four home runs in one game. In 1899 he had a batting average of .410 in 146 games, making him the first player in the MLB to hit over .400 three times.

In 1902 Delahanty moved to the American League with the Washington Senators and led the league with a batting average of .376 at the end of the season. He played the last game of his career for the Senators on June 25, 1903.

death

Delahanty fell on July 2, 1903 on the way to Buffalo from the International Railway Bridge , which connects Fort Erie and Buffalo, in the Niagara River after he had to leave a train drunk near Fort Erie. A few days later, his body was discovered downstream on the Canadian bank.

In 1945 he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee .

Web links

Commons : Ed Delahanty  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b James L. Gates, Jr .: Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States . Ed .: George B. Kirsch, Othello Harris, Claire Elaine Nolte. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000, ISBN 978-0-313-29911-7 , pp. 129 (English, google.de [accessed January 20, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Lookink to ye olden days on diamond. The Norwalk Hour, January 26, 1923, accessed January 20, 2019 .
  3. ^ David M. Jordan: Occasional Glory: The History of the Philadelphia Phillies . McFarland, 2002, ISBN 978-0-7864-8374-7 , pp. 11 (English, google.com [accessed January 20, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Harry Grayson: Ed Delahanty was right-handed Babe Ruth of Dead Ball Era. San Jose Evening News, June 16, 1943, accessed January 20, 2019 .
  5. ↑ The Obit For Ed Delahanty. New York Times , July 10, 1903, accessed January 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Delahanty, Ed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Delahanty, Edward James (full name); Big Ed (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland , Ohio , United States
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 1903
Place of death Niagara Falls , Ontario , Canada