Ed Daily Notable

b. September 7, 1862 · Philadelphia Quakers 1885–1887, Washington Nationals 1887–1888, Columbus Solons 1889, Brooklyn Gladiators 1890, New York Giants 1890, Louisville Colonels 1890–1891, Washington Statesmen 1891

Ed Daily played for seven clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Philadelphia Quakers in 1885 and closing with the Washington Statesmen in 1891.

He went 66 and 69 with a 3.39 earned run average, pitching 1,237.7 innings in 151 games. He struck out 407, completed 132 of his 139 starts and threw 6 shutouts. Across 640 games he batted .239, with 616 hits and 396 runs. He finished with 19 home runs, 92 doubles and 235 stolen bases.

He played 497 games in the outfield, with 773 putouts and 145 errors. He also played 151 games as pitcher.

He was born in Providence, RI, USA on September 7, 1862, and died on October 21, 1891. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1885	PHI	50	184	22	38	8	2	1	13	0	25	0	.207
1886	PHI	79	309	40	70	17	1	4	50	7	34	23	.227
1887	PHI/WHS	104	417	57	108	17	11	3	53	17	36	34	.259
1888	WHS	110	453	56	102	8	4	7	39	7	42	44	.225
1889	COL	136	578	105	148	22	8	3	70	38	65	60	.256
1890	BRG/LOU/NYG	118	489	93	116	16	9	1	49	37	4	62	.237
1891	LOU/WAS	43	143	23	34	4	0	0	14	19	16	12	.238
Career	—	640	2573	396	616	92	35	19	288	125	222	235	.239

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1885	PHI	26	23	50	50	0	440.0	370	108	90	140	2.21
1886	PHI	16	9	27	23	0	218.0	211	74	59	95	3.06
1887	PHI/WHS	0	5	7	6	0	48.1	57	39	31	10	7.26
1888	WHS	2	7	9	8	0	73.2	88	40	19	20	4.89
1889	COL	0	0	2	0	1	1.2	1	4	4	2	21.60
1890	BRG/LOU/NYG	18	17	41	38	0	344.2	341	130	129	113	3.39
1891	LOU	4	8	15	14	0	111.1	149	71	48	27	5.74
Career	—	66	69	151	139	1	1237.2	1217	466	380	407	3.39

On this day & linked events

1862

Born September 7, 1862

Providence, RI, USA

1891

Died October 21, 1891

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