# Sam Edmonston

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{{short description|American baseball player}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Sam Edmonston
|image=Sam Edmonston.jpg

|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{birth date|1883|8|30}}
|birth_place=[Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1979|4|12|1883|8|30}}
|death_place=[Corpus Christi, Texas](/source/Corpus_Christi%2C_Texas), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=June 24
|debutyear=1907
|debutteam=Washington Senators
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=June 24
|finalyear=1907
|finalteam=Washington Senators
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Games played](/source/Games_played)
|stat1value=1
|stat2label=[Innings pitched](/source/Innings_pitched)
|stat2value=3
|stat3label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat3value=9.00
|teams=
*[Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)) (1907)
}}
'''Samuel Sherwood Edmonston ''' (August 30, 1883 – April 12, 1979) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball), who played in one game for the [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)) in 1907. He also attended [Georgetown University](/source/Georgetown_University). At the time of his death, Edmonston was the oldest living former major league player.

==External links==
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{{Succession box| before = [Paddy Livingston](/source/Paddy_Livingston) | title =Oldest recognized verified living baseball player| years = September 19, 1977 – April 12, 1979 | after = [Red Morgan](/source/Red_Morgan)}}
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Category:1883 births
Category:1979 deaths
Category:Major League Baseball pitchers
Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:Wilmington Peaches players
Category:Altoona Mountaineers players
Category:Richmond Colts players
Category:Trenton Tigers players
Category:Baseball players from Washington, D.C.
Category:Georgetown University alumni
Category:Concord Marines players

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