Ed Linke

{{short description|American baseball player (1911-1988)}} {{No footnotes|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Ed Linke |position=Pitcher |image= |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1911|11|9|mf=y}} |birth_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1988|6|21|1911|11|9}} |death_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 27 |debutyear=1933 |debutteam=Washington Senators |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 4 |finalyear=1938 |finalteam=St. Louis Browns |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=22–22 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=156 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=5.61 |teams= *Washington Senators (1933–37) *St. Louis Browns (1938) }} '''Edward Karl Linke''' (November 9, 1911 – June 21, 1988) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, from {{mlby|1933}} until {{mlby|1938}}, for the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns.

Linke was a good hitting pitcher, posting a .263 batting average (41-for-156) with 26 runs, 2 home runs, 17 RBI and 19 bases on balls in 122 games.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Linke, Ed}} Category:Major League Baseball pitchers Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Category:St. Louis Browns players Category:Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players Category:Davenport Blue Sox players Category:Chattanooga Lookouts players Category:San Antonio Missions players Category:San Diego Padres (minor league) players Category:Baltimore Orioles (International League) players Category:Baseball players from Chicago Category:1911 births Category:1988 deaths Category:20th-century American sportsmen