Ed Brandt Notable

b. February 17, 1905 · Boston Braves 1928–1935, Brooklyn Dodgers 1936, Pittsburgh Pirates 1937–1938

Ed Brandt played for three clubs across 11 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Boston Braves in 1928 and closing with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1938.

He went 121 and 146 with a 3.86 earned run average, pitching 2,268 innings in 378 games. He struck out 877, completed 150 of his 278 starts and threw 18 shutouts. Across 404 games he batted .236, with 187 hits and 80 runs. He finished with 21 doubles and 1 stolen base.

He was born in Spokane, WA, USA on February 17, 1905, and died on November 2, 1944. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Baseball Magazine All-Star	1	1931

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1928	BSN	39	70	5	17	4	0	3	9	12	0	.243
1929	BSN	29	64	7	15	4	0	5	4	6	0	.234
1930	BSN	41	50	3	12	2	1	4	2	10	0	.240
1931	BSN	34	82	11	21	0	1	8	9	5	1	.256
1932	BSN	35	92	9	19	1	0	11	2	6	0	.207
1933	BSN	47	97	9	30	4	0	6	4	7	0	.309
1934	BSN	48	96	14	23	1	2	9	6	7	0	.240
1935	BSN	31	62	5	13	0	0	2	1	3	0	.210
1936	BRO	43	84	7	16	1	0	6	9	8	0	.190
1937	PIT	33	59	5	10	2	0	2	8	10	0	.169
1938	PIT	24	37	5	11	2	0	3	1	9	0	.297
Career	—	404	793	80	187	21	4	59	55	83	1	.236

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1928	BSN	9	21	38	31	0	225.1	234	127	109	84	5.07
1929	BSN	8	13	26	21	0	167.2	196	103	83	50	5.53
1930	BSN	4	11	41	13	1	147.1	168	82	59	65	5.01
1931	BSN	18	11	33	29	2	250.0	228	81	77	112	2.92
1932	BSN	16	16	35	31	1	254.0	271	112	57	79	3.97
1933	BSN	18	14	41	32	4	287.2	256	83	77	104	2.60
1934	BSN	16	14	40	28	5	255.0	249	100	83	106	3.53
1935	BSN	5	19	29	25	0	174.2	224	97	66	61	5.00
1936	BRO	11	13	38	29	2	234.0	246	91	65	104	3.50
1937	PIT	11	10	33	25	2	176.1	177	61	67	74	3.11
1938	PIT	5	4	24	14	0	96.1	93	37	35	38	3.46
Career	—	121	146	378	278	17	2268.1	2342	974	778	877	3.86

On this day & linked events

1905

Born February 17, 1905

Spokane, WA, USA

1944

Died November 2, 1944

1928

Major-league debut: Ed Brandt

Ed Brandt made a major-league debut on April 15, 1928.

1938

Final major-league game: Ed Brandt

Ed Brandt played a final major-league game on September 29, 1938.

Image: Goudey, public domain