Eddie Grant (baseball)

Eddie Grant (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
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name=Eddie Grant


position=Infielder
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=May 21, 1883
deathdate=death date and age|1918|10|5|1883|5|21
debutdate=August 4
debutyear=by|1905
debutteam=Cleveland Naps
finaldate=October 6
finalyear=by|1915
finalteam=New York Giants
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.249
stat2label=Hits
stat2value=844
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=277
teams=
*Cleveland Naps (by|1905)
*Philadelphia Phillies (by|1907-by|1910)
*Cincinnati Reds (by|1911-by|1913)
*New York Giants (by|1913-by|1915)
highlights=

Edward Leslie Grant (May 21 1883, Franklin, Massachusetts - October 5 1918, Argonne Forest, France),cite web| title = Eddie Grant Career Stats | work = baseball-reference.com | url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/granted01.shtml | accessdate = 2007-11-20] was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who became one of the few major leaguers who were killed in World War I.cite web| title = The Great War Society: This Months Great Veteran | work = worldwar1.com | url=http://www.worldwar1.com/tgws/thismonthgrant.htm | accessdate = 2007-11-20]

Major League career

Grant entered the majors with the Cleveland Indians at the very end of the by|1905 season. He played in the minor leagues in 1906, but returned to the majors with the Philadelphia Phillies in by|1907, and was the Phillies' starting third baseman from by|1908-1910. Grant batted leadoff for the Phillies, but was known more for his fielding and base stealing than his bat. His best year was by|1910, when he batted .268, drove in 67 runs, and stole 25 bases.

Traded to the Cincinnati Reds in by|1911, he batted just .223, his last year as a starter. Grant was traded again to the New York Giants in the middle of the by|1913 season, where he finished his career as a utility infielder. He retired after the by|1915 season. His lifetime batting average was .249.

Post-career

Nicknamed "Harvard Eddie", Grant graduated from Harvard in 1905, and practiced law after his retirement from baseball.cite web| title = Find-A-Grave | work = findagrave.com | url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19858 | accessdate = 2007-11-22]

Grant was one of the first men to enlist when the United States entered World War I in April of 1917, and he served as Captain of the 77th Infantry Division. During the fierce battle of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, all of Grant's superior officers were killed or wounded, and he took command of his troops on a four-day search for the "Lost Battalion." During the search, an exploding shell killed Grant on October 5 1918. He is buried at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in Lorraine, France.

On Memorial Day, May 29, 1921, representatives from the armed forces, baseball, and the sisters of Grant unveiled a monument in center field of the Polo Grounds to his memory. During the celebration at the end of the last Giants' game in by|1957, someone pried the plaque from its monument. It was missing for over 40 years until it was re-discovered in a New Jersey home.cite web| title = Baseballogy 101 | work = baseballreliquary.com | url=http://www.baseballreliquary.org/baseballogy.htm | accessdate = 2007-11-20]

References

External links

*baseball-reference|id=g/granted01


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