Ed Walsh

Edward Augustine "Ed" Walsh (May 14, 1881 – May 26, 1959) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. From 1906 to 1912, he had several dominant seasons where he was one of the best pitchers in baseball. Injuries shortened his career. Walsh holds the record for lowest career earned run average, 1.82. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.

Early life

Walsh was born in Plains Township, Pennsylvania to Michael and Jane Walsh. He worked in the Luzerne County coal mines when he was young. Walsh started his professional baseball career with the 1902 Wilkes-Barre Barons.

MLB career

Peak years

Walsh made his major league debut in 1904 with the Chicago White Sox and pitched his first full season in 1906, going 17–13 with a 1.88 ERA and 171 strikeouts. In Game Three of that year's World Series, which the White Sox won over the Chicago Cubs in six games, Walsh struck out a then-World Series record 12 batters. He also struck out at least one batter each inning of that game; this feat has since been duplicated only once, by Bob Gibson in the 1968 World Series opener. From this season through 1912, Walsh averaged 24 victories, 220 strikeouts and posted an ERA below 2.00 five times. He also led the league in saves five times in this span. His finest individual season came in 1908 when he went 40–15 with 269 strikeouts, 6 saves and a 1.42 ERA. In 1910, he posted the lowest ERA (1.27) for a pitcher with at least 20 starts and a losing record. Walsh also set an American League record by pitching 464 innings in a season. On August 27, 1911, Walsh no-hit the Boston Red Sox 5-0.

Edward Walsh

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Ed Walsh, Jr.

Edward Arthur Walsh (February 11, 1905 – October 31, 1937) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher from Meriden, Connecticut, and son of Hall of Famer Ed Walsh. He played four seasons in the Majors, all with Chicago White Sox, from 1928 through 1932. Although he is not technically a "Junior" (his father's middle name was Augustine), he is generally referred to in sources as Ed Walsh, Jr.

Career

After his graduation from the University of Notre Dame, where he also played College baseball, he joined the Chicago White Sox, the team that his father had become famous playing for years earlier. Over the first two years of his career, he spent most of time as a starting pitcher, with infrequent performances out of the bullpen. He found little success though, as his ERA totals were 4.96, and 5.65, with a combined record of 10-28 for the 1928 and 1929 seasons. The following year, he was no longer part of the pitching rotation, and spent most of his time as a relief pitcher, appearing in 37 games, also without much success. After the 1930 season, he only had one more showing with the Sox and the Majors, pitching in four games in 1932.

Ed Walsh (ice hockey)

Edward Walsh (born August 18, 1951 in Somerville, Massachusetts and raised in Arlington, Massachusetts) is an American retired professional ice hockey goaltender who played 3 games in the World Hockey Association for the Edmonton Oilers in 1978–79 but spent most of his career in the minors with the American Hockey League Nova Scotia Voyageurs, Rochester Americans and Springfield Indians. Before turning pro, he was star goalie for Boston University. He represented the United States in the 1974 and 1981 Ice Hockey World Championship and was invited to the 1976 Canada Cup training camp although he did not make the final team.

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