Ed Leip

{{Short description|American baseball player (1910–1983)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Ed Leip |image= |position=Second baseman |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date|1910|11|29}} |birth_place=Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1983|11|24|1910|11|29}} |death_place=Zephyrhills, Florida, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 16 |debutyear=1939 |debutteam=Washington Senators |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=April 30 |finalyear=1942 |finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.274 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=5 |teams= *Washington Senators (1939) *Pittsburgh Pirates (1940–1942) }} '''Edgar Ellsworth Leip''' (November 29, 1910 – November 24, 1983) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators and Pittsburgh Pirates.<ref name="statistics">[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leiped01.shtml "Ed Leip Statistics and History"]. Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed February 18, 2011.</ref>

Leip left the Pirates and entered the United States Army during World War II and did not return to the majors after the war.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Aaron |first1=Mark Z. |title=Who's on First: Replacement Players in World War II |date=19 March 2015 |publisher=SABR, Inc. |isbn=978-1-933599-90-8 |page=158 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fAryBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA158 |access-date=29 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

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