# Ed Walsh Jr.

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**Edward Arthur Walsh** (February 11, 1905 – October 31, 1937) was an American professional [baseball](/source/Baseball) [pitcher](/source/Pitcher) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball). He was from [Meriden, Connecticut](/source/Meriden,_Connecticut), and was the son of [Hall of Famer](/source/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum) [Ed Walsh](/source/Ed_Walsh). He played four seasons in the Majors, all with [Chicago White Sox](/source/Chicago_White_Sox), from through .[1]

## Career

After his graduation from the [University of Notre Dame](/source/University_of_Notre_Dame), where he also played [college baseball](/source/College_baseball), he joined the Chicago White Sox, the team that his father had become famous playing for years earlier.[2] Over the first two years of his career, he spent most of time as a [starting pitcher](/source/Starting_pitcher), with infrequent performances out of the [bullpen](/source/Relief_pitcher). He found little success though, as his [ERA](/source/Earned_run_average) totals were 4.96, and 5.65, with a combined record of 10–18 for the and seasons. The following year, he was no longer part of the pitching rotation, and spent most of his time as a relief pitcher, appearing in 37 games, also without much success. After the season, he only had one more showing with the Sox and the Majors, pitching in four games in .[1]

Before the season, he was bought by [Oakland Oaks](/source/Oakland_Oaks_(PCL)) of the [Pacific Coast League](/source/Pacific_Coast_League),[2] where he has the claim to fame for stopping young [Joe DiMaggio](/source/Joe_DiMaggio)'s [minor league](/source/Minor_league_baseball) record 61-game hitting streak.[3][4]

## Death

He suddenly became ill in late 1937, and he returned to his parents' home in Meriden, where he lapsed into a [coma](/source/Coma) and died at the age of 32. It was determined that he had suffered from an [acute](/source/Acute_(medicine)) heart ailment caused by chronic [rheumatism](/source/Rheumatic_fever).[2] He was interred at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Meriden.[1]

## See also

- [List of second-generation Major League Baseball players](/source/List_of_second-generation_Major_League_Baseball_players)

## References

1. ["Ed Walsh Jr's Stats"](http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/W/Pwalse102.htm). *retrosheet.org*. Retrieved 2008-04-11.

1. ["Ed Walsh Jr's Obituary"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061113001211/http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Walsh.EdJr.Obit.html). *The New York Times, Monday, November 1st, 1937*. Archived from [the original](http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Walsh.EdJr.Obit.html) on November 13, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-11.

1. ["The Baseball Biography Project: Ed Walsh"](http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1779&pid=14785). *by Stuart Schimler @ SABR.org*. Retrieved 2008-04-11.

1. ["DiMaggio's 61-Game Hitting Streak, Pacific Coast League"](https://web.archive.org/web/20000831195114/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dimaggio/peopleevents/pande07.html). *by Dennis Gaffney*. Archived from [the original](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dimaggio/peopleevents/pande07.html) on August 31, 2000. Retrieved 2008-04-11.

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