{{Short description|American baseball player (1918–2003)}} {{more footnotes|date=December 2017}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Ed Albosta |image=Ed Albosta.jpeg |position=Pitcher |birth_date={{Birth date|1918|10|27}} |birth_place=Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|2003|1|7|1918|10|27}} |death_place=Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. |bats=Right |throws=Right |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 3 |debutyear=1941 |debutteam=Brooklyn Dodgers |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 24 |finalyear=1946 |finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=0–8 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=6.15 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=43 |teams= *Brooklyn Dodgers ({{Baseball year|1941}}) *Pittsburgh Pirates ({{Baseball year|1946}}) }}
'''Edward John Albosta''' (October 27, 1918 – January 7, 2003), nicknamed "Rube", was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1941 and the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1946. In between he served three years in the U.S. Army during World War II.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baseball in Wartime – Ed Albosta |url=http://baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/albosta_ed.htm|website=BaseballinWartime.com |accessdate=December 26, 2017}}</ref> He played semi-pro ball after that, retiring in 1954. His best record was in 1951 when he went 19–11 for Saginaw.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.attheplate.com/wcbl/majorleaguers.htm|title=Ed Albosta|website=AtThePlate.com|access-date=August 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014016/http://www.attheplate.com/wcbl/majorleaguers.htm|archive-date=September 27, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
Albosta died January 7, 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Albosta.Edward.Obit.html |title=Edward Albosta |website=TheDeadballEra.com |accessdate=August 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122435/http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Albosta.Edward.Obit.html |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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