* Happy birthday, Big Ed Walsh

May 14, 2008

Born this date in 1881. The Hall of Famer spent most of his career pitching with pre-Black Sox White Sox for whom he won 195 games.

Talk about records that will never be broken, what about this one: Walsh’s career ERA was 1.82!

The Amazon Report on Ed Walsh:

Big Ed Walsh: The Life and Times of a Spitballing Hall of Famer

You can read most of it on Google Books.

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