Born: September 3, 1885 La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died: May 27, 1947(1947-05-27) (aged 61) Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 29, 1907, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 1921, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Batting average
.281
Hits
2,150
Home runs
74
Runs batted in
992
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1907–1913)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1914)
Pittsburgh Rebels (1915)
Boston Braves (1916–1918)
Brooklyn Robins (1919–1921)
Philadelphia Phillies (1921)
Edward Joseph Konetchy (September 3, 1885 – May 27, 1947), nicknamed "Big Ed" and "the Candy Kid", was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball for a number of teams, primarily in the National League, from 1907 to 1921. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1907–1913), Pittsburgh Pirates (1914), Pittsburgh Rebels of the Federal League (1915), Boston Braves (1916–1918), Brooklyn Robins (1919–1921), and Philadelphia Phillies (1921). He batted and threw right-handed.
Edward Joseph Konetchy (September 3, 1885 – May 27, 1947), nicknamed "Big Ed" and "the Candy Kid", was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball...
the all-time leader in career putouts with 23,743. Cap Anson (22,572), EdKonetchy (21,378), Eddie Murray (21,265), Charlie Grimm (20,722), and Stuffy McInnis...
record set by Ron Cey in 1977 and tying the franchise record set by EdKonetchy in 1919. On September 4 against the San Diego Padres, Ethier collected...
LLC. Archived from the original on 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2009-09-22. "EdKonetchy Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC...
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in career putouts as a first baseman with 23,755. Cap Anson (21,699), EdKonetchy (21,361), Eddie Murray (21,255), and Charlie Grimm (20,711) are the only...
EdKonetchy (2) Pete Kilduff Ivy Olson (2) Jimmy Johnston (2) Tommy Griffith Hi Myers (7) Zack Wheat (11) Leon Cadore (3) 1920 Ernie Krueger (2) Ed Konetchy...
109 1914 Frank LaPorte 107 Indianapolis Hoosiers Federal League Steve Evans 96 1915 Dutch Zwilling 94 Pittsburgh Rebels Federal League EdKonetchy 93...
championship. Pinks player EdKonetchy was a La Crosse native, who was signed by the team after a tryout with Pink Hawley at age 19. Konetchy had played for factory...
Miller Zack Taylor Infielders Doug Baird Jimmy Johnston Pete Kilduff EdKonetchy Bill McCabe Ivy Olson Ray Schmandt Jack Sheehan Red Sheridan Chuck Ward...
Zealand (b. 1878) 1945 – Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888) 1947 – EdKonetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885) 1949 – Robert Ripley...
Archived from the original on January 4, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2013. Eagle, Ed (August 19, 2018). "Immaculate innings: 3 strikeouts on 9 pitches". MLB.com...
Army Black Knights Phyllis Koehn (1922–2007), baseball player (Madison) EdKonetchy (1885–1947), baseball player (La Crosse) Peter Konz (born 1989), football...
Sox in 1904 and the Philadelphia Athletics in 1906-07. First baseman EdKonetchy, played for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pirates, before playing for...
York. July 1 – Going 5-for-5 in a 9–4 win over the Phillies, Brooklyn's EdKonetchy gets his 10th straight hit, tying Jake Gettman's record set with Washington...
13 Joe Judge 2,084 2,056 28 Held American League record, 1928-1938 14 EdKonetchy 2,073 0 1,921 Includes 152 in Federal League 15 Steve Garvey 2,059 0...
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