Ed Seward Notable

b. June 29, 1867 · Providence Grays 1885, Philadelphia Athletics 1887–1890, Cleveland Spiders 1891

Ed Seward played for three clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Providence Grays in 1885 and closing with the Cleveland Spiders in 1891.

He went 89 and 72 with a 3.40 earned run average, pitching 1,485.7 innings in 176 games. He struck out 589, completed 159 of his 169 starts and threw 13 shutouts. Across 218 games he batted .174, with 127 hits and 89 runs. He finished with 9 home runs, 24 doubles and 35 stolen bases.

He led the league in shutouts once, in 1888, with 6. He led the league in strikeouts once, in 1888, with 272.

He was born in Cleveland, OH, USA on June 29, 1867, and died on July 30, 1947.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1885	PRO	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
1887	PHA	74	266	31	50	10	0	5	28	16	36	14	.188
1888	PHA	64	225	27	32	3	3	2	14	18	34	12	.142
1889	PHA	46	143	22	31	5	3	2	17	22	19	6	.217
1890	PHA	26	72	7	10	4	0	0	2	8	0	3	.139
1891	CLV	7	19	2	4	2	0	0	1	3	4	0	.211
Career	—	218	728	89	127	24	6	9	62	67	95	35	.174

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1885	PRO	0	0	1	0	6.0	2	0	0	1	0.00
1887	PHA	25	25	55	52	470.2	445	216	140	155	4.13
1888	PHA	35	19	57	57	518.2	388	116	127	272	2.01
1889	PHA	21	15	39	38	320.0	353	141	101	102	3.97
1890	PHA	6	12	21	19	154.0	165	81	72	55	4.73
1891	CLV	2	1	3	3	16.1	16	7	11	4	3.86
Career	—	89	72	176	169	1485.2	1369	561	451	589	3.40

On this day & linked events

1867

Born June 29, 1867

Cleveland, OH, USA

1947

Died July 30, 1947

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