{{short description|American baseball player (1912–1982)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox medical person | name = Ed Edelen | image = Edward_Edelen.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = Edelen during his baseball career | birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|3|16}} | birth_place = Bryantown, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1982|2|1|1912|3|16}} | death_place = La Plata, Maryland, U.S. | education = {{hlist|Mount St. Mary's University|Georgetown University School of Medicine}} | occupation = General practitioner | years_active = 1938–1982 | module2 = {{Infobox baseball biography |embed=yes |name=Ed Edelen |image= |position=Pitcher |bats=Right |throws=Right |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=August 20 |debutyear=1932 |debutteam=Washington Senators |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=August 21 |finalyear=1932 |finalteam=Washington Senators |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=0–0 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=0 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=27.00 |teams= * Washington Senators ({{mlby|1932}}) }}<!--end of embedded infobox--> }} '''Edward Joseph''' "'''Doc'''" '''Edelen Jr.'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/540731050/ |title=Draft Registration Card |agency=Selective Service System |date=October 1940 |via=fold3 |url-access=subscription |accessdate=December 17, 2025}}</ref> (March 16, 1912 – February 1, 1982) was an American physician and professional baseball player. He briefly played for the Washington Senators before having a lengthy career as a doctor in Charles County, Maryland. For part of his career he was president of Physicians Memorial Hospital (now University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center).
==Biography== Born in Bryantown, Maryland, Edelen was a descendant on his mother's side of Dr. Samuel Mudd who was famous for his involvement in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Edelen attended Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where he played varsity baseball, basketball, and football.<ref name="OBIT">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-dr-edward-edelen-phy/187014928/ |title=Dr. Edward Edelen, physician, dies |date=February 5, 1982 |page=D6 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> He played in two games for the Washington Senators during the 1932 season. He pitched a total of one inning over the two games giving up three runs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/E/Pedele101.htm |title=Ed Edelen |website=Retrosheet |accessdate=December 17, 2025}}</ref>
Edelen attended Georgetown University School of Medicine, from which he graduated in 1937. He then worked as an intern at Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C. before settling in Port Tobacco Village, Maryland. He practiced medicine in Charles County for the remainder of his career; notably serving for a period as president of Physicians Memorial Hospital (now University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center). He worked as a doctor in general practice from 1938 to 1982.<ref name="OBIT"/>
He died in La Plata, Maryland, at the age of 69.<ref>{{cite news |title=Edelen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-edelen/187014823/ |access-date=December 17, 2025 |work=The Baltimore Sun |page=C5 |date=February 4, 1982 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
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