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Ed Rile Notable

b. June 30, 1900 · Indianapolis ABCs 1920, 1925–1926, New York Lincoln Giants 1921, Columbus Buckeyes 1921, Chicago American Giants 1922–1924, 1929, Detroit Stars 1927–1930, Indianapolis ABCs 1931

Ed Rile played for five clubs across 12 seasons as a first baseman, opening with the Indianapolis ABCs in 1920 and closing with the Indianapolis ABCs in 1931.

Across 459 games he batted .318, with 482 hits and 266 runs. He finished with 41 home runs, 96 doubles and 25 stolen bases. He went 52 and 36 with a 3.59 earned run average, pitching 752.3 innings in 126 games. He struck out 290, completed 58 of his 88 starts and threw 11 shutouts.

He played 320 games at first base, with 3,442 putouts and 56 errors. He turned 155 double plays. He also played 126 games as pitcher.

He was born in Columbus, OH, USA on June 30, 1900, and died on June 8, 1971. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1920 ABC 81614 000 2200 .250
1921 COB/NLG 92548 120 4001 .320
1922 CAG 2347311 400 7000 .234
1923 CAG 3570616 001 10400 .229
1924 CAG 142424 110 1100 .167
1925 ABC 1538510 201 5400 .263
1926 ABC 602132966 1252 322302 .310
1927 DS 7627053103 23811 632403 .381
1928 DS 8130361105 2318 643309 .347
1929 CAG/DS 722625477 13310 482912 .294
1930 DS 652464878 1798 492218 .317
1931 AB2 1100 000 0000 .000
Career 4591515266482 962941 285142225 .318

Pitching, season by season

YearTeam WLG GSSVIP HERBB SOERA
1920 ABC 2265 031.126 924172.59
1921 COB/NLG 6196 058.053 2320213.57
1922 CAG 642116 0119.1114 4033393.02
1923 CAG 1573117 0184.2168 5247692.53
1924 CAG 51127 059.066 2730214.12
1925 ABC 291411 088.0117 7423427.57
1926 ABC 4296 048.042 1414232.63
1927 DS 1161816 0140.1122 4140492.63
1928 DS 1122 013.07 4232.77
1929 DS 0232 06.219 131117.55
1931 AB2 0110 04.05 3256.75
Career 523612688 0752.1739 300236290 3.59

On this day & linked events

1900

Born June 30, 1900

Columbus, OH, USA

1971

Died June 8, 1971