Ed Pinkham
PositionThird baseman
BatsUnknown
ThrowsLeft
Birth dateAugust 1846
Birth placeBrooklyn, New York, U.S.
Death dateDecember 19, 1906 (aged 60)
Death placeBrooklyn, New York, U.S.
DebutleagueMLB
DebutdateMay 8
Debutyear1871
DebutteamChicago White Stockings
FinalleagueMLB
FinaldateSeptember 18
Finalyear1871
FinalteamChicago White Stockings
StatleagueMLB
Stat1labelBatting average
Stat1value.263
Stat2labelHome runs
Stat2value1
Stat3labelRBI
Stat3value17
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)

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

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". Society of American Baseball Research. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2019.