Ed Walsh

Edward Augustine "Big Ed" Walsh (1881–1959) was the Chicago White Sox's spitball workhorse. Born May 19, 1881 in Plains, Pennsylvania, he debuted in 1904 and pitched fourteen MLB seasons through 1917, with a one-game 1924 managerial appearance. The 1911 stat line shows the era's pitching brutality: 27–18, 2.22 ERA, 56 starts — the kind of workload that ended careers. A 6–1”, 193-pound right-hander, Walsh appears in T206 White Border and E90-1 American Caramel among our 1909-era holdings. He died May 26, 1959 in Pompano Beach, Florida and is buried in Fountain Garden 2, Lot 101, Space 4 of Forest Lawn North Cemetery in the same town. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1946.