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'''Edward Marvin Head''' (January 25, 1918 – January 31, 1980) was a professional baseball player who [[pitcher|pitched]] in the Major Leagues from 1940 to 1946.<ref name="Finoli">David Finoli (2002) ''For the Good of the Country: World War II Baseball in the Major and Minor Leagues.'' Jefferson, N.C.: MacFarland & Company Publishers, p. 266.</ref>
Head was notable for a number of reasons, one of them was the physical challenges he overcame to become a major league baseball player. A natural left-handed pitcher, at the age of 15, Head was involved in a vehicle accident that killed his girlfriend and almost resulted in the amputation of his left arm. After hours of surgery, Head's arm was saved but he could no longer use it to pitch, so he switched and became a right handed pitcher.<ref>Weintraub, Robert (2013) ''The Victory Season: The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age''. New York: Little Brown and Company, pp. 112-113.</ref><ref name=sabr>{{
Head joined the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] in 1940 and after compiling a record of 1–2, was sent back to the minor leagues for additional development.<ref>McNeil, William F. (2003) ''The Dodgers Encyclopedia''. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC, pp. 327-328.</ref> He returned in 1942 and was promoted to the team's starting rotation where he went 10–6 for the season. In 1943, he was not as effective, his record was 9–10, but he recovered in 1944 starting the season 4–3 with a career low ERA of 2.70 before he entered the [[United States Army|Army]] to fulfill his service obligation.<ref name="Finoli"/>
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