Ed Sadowski

Edward Roman Sadowski (January 19, 1931 - November 6, 1993) was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played from by|1960 through by|1966 for the Boston Red Sox (1960), Los Angeles Angels (1961-63) and Atlanta Braves (1966). Sadowski batted and threw right-handed. He debuted on April 20, 1960 and played his final game on October, 1966. He is the brother of Bob Sadowski and Ted Sadowski, and uncle of Jim Sadowski.

Coming from a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania baseball family, Sadowski was a valuable backup catcher for Russ Nixon in Boston; Earl Averill and Buck Rodgers with the original Angels, and Joe Torre in Atlanta. In 1963 he appeared in a career-high 80 games and collected four home runs with 24 runs and 15 RBI, also career-numbers.

In a five-season career, Sadowski was a .202 hitter with 12 home runs and 39 RBI in 217 games.

Following his playing career, Sadowski served as a pitching coach for the Montreal Expos. He retired from baseball in 1970, becoming a physical education teacher in California. He died in Garden Grove at age 62, after suffering amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), sometimes called Lou Gehrig's disease.

ee also

*Boston Red Sox all-time roster

External links

* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/S/ed-sadowski.shtml The Baseball Cube]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sadowed01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Sadowski.Ed.Obit.html The Deadball Era]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Psadoe101.htm Retrosheet]
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