1885
Born September 3, 1885
La Crosse, WI, USA
Ed Konetchy Marquee
b. September 3, 1885 · St. Louis Cardinals 1907–1913, Pittsburgh Pirates 1914, Pittsburgh Rebels 1915, Boston Braves 1916–1918, Brooklyn Robins 1919–1921, Philadelphia Phillies 1921
Fifteen seasons gave him 2,150 hits, 344 doubles, 182 triples, 255 stolen bases and a .281 average. He led the National League with 38 doubles in 1911 and hit .314 with 181 hits for the Pittsburgh Rebels of the Federal League in 1915, the last year that league existed.
He was the best first baseman in the National League for most of the 1910s by the fielding measures of the time and led the league's first basemen in assists five times. Seven of the seasons were in St. Louis.
He worked in a candy factory as a boy, which is where the strength came from by his own account, and hit ten home runs in a game in a minor-league season in 1930 at forty-four. No Hall of Fame ballot ever listed him. He died in 1947, at sixty-one.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | STL | 91 | 331 | 34 | 83 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 26 | 47 | 13 | .251 |
| 1908 | STL | 154 | 545 | 46 | 135 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 50 | 38 | 69 | 16 | .248 |
| 1909 | STL | 152 | 576 | 88 | 165 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 80 | 65 | 58 | 25 | .286 |
| 1910 | STL | 144 | 520 | 87 | 157 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 78 | 78 | 59 | 18 | .302 |
| 1911 | STL | 158 | 571 | 90 | 165 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 88 | 81 | 63 | 27 | .289 |
| 1912 | STL | 143 | 538 | 81 | 169 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 82 | 62 | 66 | 25 | .314 |
| 1913 | STL | 140 | 504 | 75 | 139 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 68 | 53 | 41 | 27 | .276 |
| 1914 | PIT | 154 | 563 | 56 | 140 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 51 | 32 | 48 | 20 | .249 |
| 1915 | PBS | 152 | 576 | 79 | 181 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 93 | 41 | 52 | 27 | .314 |
| 1916 | BSN | 158 | 566 | 76 | 147 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 70 | 43 | 46 | 13 | .260 |
| 1917 | BSN | 130 | 474 | 56 | 129 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 54 | 36 | 40 | 16 | .272 |
| 1918 | BSN | 119 | 437 | 33 | 103 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 56 | 32 | 35 | 5 | .236 |
| 1919 | BRO | 132 | 486 | 46 | 145 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 47 | 29 | 39 | 14 | .298 |
| 1920 | BRO | 131 | 497 | 62 | 153 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 63 | 33 | 18 | 3 | .308 |
| 1921 | BRO/PHI | 127 | 465 | 63 | 139 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 82 | 40 | 38 | 6 | .299 |
| Career | — | 2085 | 7649 | 972 | 2150 | 344 | 182 | 74 | 992 | 689 | 719 | 255 | .281 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | STL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| 1913 | STL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0.00 |
| 1918 | BSN | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6.75 |
| Career | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16.2 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4.32 |
On this day & linked events
1947
Died May 27, 1947
1907
Major-league debut: Ed Konetchy
Ed Konetchy made a major-league debut on June 29, 1907.
1921
Final major-league game: Ed Konetchy
Ed Konetchy played a final major-league game on October 1, 1921.
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