Ed Pinkham (baseball)

Edwin B. Pinkham (August 1846 – December 19, 1906) was a professional baseball player. He played one season of Major League Baseball as an infielder in 1871 for the Chicago White Stockings.

Ed Pinkham
Third baseman
Born: August 1846
Brooklyn, New York
Died: December 19, 1906(1906-12-19) (aged 60)
Brooklyn, New York
Batted: Unknown Threw: Left
MLB debut
May 8, 1871, for the Chicago White Stockings
Last MLB appearance
September 18, 1871, for the Chicago White Stockings
MLB statistics
Batting average.263
Home runs1
RBI17
Teams
  National Association of Base Ball Players
Brooklyn Eckfords (1865, 1869)
Enterprise of Brooklyn (1866)
Oriental of Greenpoint, New York (1867–1868)
Chicago White Stockings (1870)
  National Association of Professional BBP
Chicago White Stockings (1871)

Pinkham grew up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and enlisted as a teenager[1] in the 47th New York Volunteer Infantry on May 27, 1862.[2] After playing for the White Stockings, Pinkham returned to New York to raise beets.[1]

References
  1. Morris, Peter; Ryczek, William J.; Finkel, Jan (2013). Base Ball Founders: The Clubs, Players and Cities of the Northeast That Established the Game. McFarland. p. 181. ISBN 9780786474301. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  2. Allardice, Bruce; Dellinger, Harold; Hershberger, Richard; Howard, Reed; Lambert, David; Malatzky, Richard; Morris, Peter; Wheeler, Jim. "Civil War Veterans Who Played Major League Baseball Research Project" (PDF). Society of American Baseball Research. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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