# Ed Hengel > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ed_Hengel > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ed_Hengel.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Hengel > Source revision: 1315695301 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American baseball player, manager, and umpire}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Ed Hengel |image= |caption= |position=[Manager](/source/Manager_(baseball)) / [Umpire](/source/Umpire_(baseball)) |birth_date={{Birth date|1855|9|16}} |birth_place=[Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois), U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1927|11|4|1855|9|16}} |death_place=[Norwich, England](/source/Norwich%2C_England) |bats= |throws= |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Games managed |stat1value=74 |stat2label=[Managerial record](/source/Manager_(baseball)) |stat2value=34–39 |stat3label=[Winning percentage](/source/Winning_percentage) |stat3value={{Winning percentage|34|39}} |teams= * [Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies](/source/Chicago_Browns%2FPittsburgh_Stogies) ({{mlby|1884}}) }} '''Edward Siegfried Hengel''' (September 16, 1855 – November 4, 1927) was an American [professional baseball](/source/professional_baseball) player, [manager](/source/Manager_(baseball)), and [umpire](/source/Umpire_(baseball)). He is best known for managing the [Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies](/source/Chicago_Browns%2FPittsburgh_Stogies), a team in the [major league](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [Union Association](/source/Union_Association) that only operated in 1884. ==Biography== Hengel served as a single-season manager for four different teams, three of them in the [minor leagues](/source/Minor_League_Baseball). His minor league teams were the [Quincy Quincys](/source/Quincy_Quincys) ([Quincy, Illinois](/source/Quincy%2C_Illinois)) of the [Northwestern League](/source/Northwestern_League) in 1883, the [Hastings Hustlers](/source/Hastings_Hustlers) ([Hastings, Nebraska](/source/Hastings%2C_Nebraska)) of the [Western League](/source/Western_League_(1885%E2%80%931899)) in 1887, and the [Hamilton, Ohio](/source/Hamilton%2C_Ohio), team of the [Tri-State League](/source/Tri-State_League) in 1889. Records for these minor league teams are incomplete. Baseball records further indicate that Hengel also appeared as a player for Hamilton in 1889, but no statistics are available.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hengle001edw |title=Ed Hengel Career League Statistics & History |website=[Baseball-Reference.com](/source/Baseball-Reference.com) |accessdate=August 10, 2020}} In 1884, the only season of the [Union Association](/source/Union_Association), considered to have been a [major league](/source/Major_League_Baseball), Hengel was the first manager of the [Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies](/source/Chicago_Browns%2FPittsburgh_Stogies).{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/hengled99.shtml |title=Ed Hengel Managerial Record |website=[Baseball-Reference.com](/source/Baseball-Reference.com) |accessdate=August 10, 2020}} He compiled a record of 34–39 in 74 games,{{efn|One game that Hengel managed ended in a tie; tie games are excluded from major league team win–loss records.}} before he was replaced by [Joe Battin](/source/Joe_Battin).{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/battijo01.shtml |title=Joe Battin Managerial Record |website=[Baseball-Reference.com](/source/Baseball-Reference.com) |accessdate=August 10, 2020}} Hengel also served as a major league [umpire](/source/Umpire_(baseball)) during two seasons; 11 games in the [National League](/source/National_League_(baseball)) in 1886, and 20 games in the [American Association](/source/American_Association_(19th_century)) in 1889. He [eject](/source/Ejection_(sports))ed two players, both in 1889; [Mark Baldwin](/source/Mark_Baldwin_(baseball)) and [Oyster Burns](/source/Oyster_Burns).{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phenge801.htm |title=Ed Hengel |website=[Retrosheet](/source/Retrosheet) |accessdate=August 10, 2020}} He was also reported as being an umpire in the minor Northwestern League during 1883.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57100095/base-ball/ |title=Base Ball |newspaper=The Register |location=[Clinton, Illinois](/source/Clinton%2C_Illinois) |page=7 |date=April 27, 1883 |accessdate=August 10, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}} His umpiring was described as "uniformly good" in 1886.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57099774/base-ball-news/ |title=Base Ball News |newspaper=[Oshkosh Northwestern](/source/Oshkosh_Northwestern) |location=[Oshkosh, Wisconsin](/source/Oshkosh%2C_Wisconsin) |page=3 |date=May 13, 1886 |accessdate=August 10, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}} Born in [Chicago](/source/Chicago) in 1855, Hengel died at age 72 in 1927 in [Norwich, England](/source/Norwich%2C_England). A brother, [Moxie Hengel](/source/Moxie_Hengel), was a major league [second baseman](/source/second_baseman).{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phengm101.htm |title=Moxie Hengel |website=[Retrosheet](/source/Retrosheet) |accessdate=August 10, 2020}} ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== *{{Baseball-reference manager|hengled99}} *[https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phenge801.htm Managerial and Umpiring career statistics] at [Retrosheet](/source/Retrosheet) *{{baseballstats |brm=hengle001edw}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hengle, Edward}} Category:1927 deaths Category:1855 births Category:Baseball managers Category:Hamilton (minor league baseball) players Category:Major League Baseball umpires Category:Baseball players from Chicago --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ed Hengel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Hengel) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Hengel?action=history)). 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