Ed Cushman

Infobox MLB retired
name=Ed Cushman


position=Pitcher
birthdate=March 27, 1852
city-state|Eagleville|Ohio
deathdate=death date and age|1915|9|26|1852|3|27
city-state|Erie|Pennsylvania
bats=Right
throws=Left
debutdate=July 6
debutyear=by|1883
debutteam=Buffalo Bisons
finaldate=October 11
finalyear=by|1890
finalteam=Toledo Maumees
stat1label=Win/Loss Record
stat2label=Earned run average
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat1value=62-80
stat2value=3.86
stat3value=607
teams=
*Buffalo Bisons (by|1883)
*Milwaukee Brewers (UA) (by|1884)
*Philadelphia Athletics (by|1885)
*New York Metropolitans (by|1885-by|1887)
*Toledo Maumees (by|1890)
highlights=
* Pitched no-hitter on September 28, 1884 against the Washington Nationals

Edgar Leander Cushman (March 27 1852 – September 26 1915) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher from by|1883–by|1890 for five teams in three different Major leagues spanning his six year career.cite web| title = Ed Cushman's Stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/C/Pcushe101.htm | accessdate = 2008-04-04 ]

Career

Ed was born in Eagleville, Ohio, and made his first appearance in Majors with the by|1883 Buffalo Bisons, but was only able to pitch in seven games, all of which he started, and had a respectable win/loss total of 3-3, as well as a 3.93 ERA.

For the following season, he played for the minor league Milwaukee Brewers, who would later join the newly formed and ill-fated Union Association as a late season replacement. Ed pitched extremely well, in the four games in which he pitched to finish the season, he had a record of 4-0, with a 1.00 ERA, 47 strikeouts in 36 innings pitched. He completed all four starts and pitched two shutouts, one of which was a no-hitter thrown on September 28, by|1884, vs. the Washington Nationals, a 5-0 victory. It was the second and last no-hitter thrown in the Union Association, and was the second game the Brewers had played since joining the league as a late season replacement.cite web| title = Chronological List of No-Hitters | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/nohit_chrono.htm | accessdate = 2008-04-04 ] He followed up his no-hitter with eight more hitless innings on October 4, against the Boston Reds, when he finally surrendered a hit, a ninth inning bloop single, but holds on for the 2-0 shutout victory.cite web| title = Charlton's Baseball Chronology - 1884 | work = baseballlibrary.com | url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/byyear.php?year=1884 | accessdate = 2008-04-04 ]

His remarkable season with the Brewers earned him a shot with the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association for the by|1885 season. After 10 starts, he then moved to and finished the season with the New York Metropolitans, also of the Association. Late in the season, on September 16, in a game against the Pittsburgh Alleganys, he struck out eight batters in a row.cite web| title = Charlton's Baseball Chronology - 1885 | work = baseballlibrary.com | url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/byyear.php?year=1885 | accessdate = 2008-04-04 ] He pitched for them during both the by|1886 and by|1887 seasons, earning the team award of Pitcher of the Year for the 1885 and 1886 seasons.cite web| title = The New York Metropolitans: Ed Cushman | work = hagenspan.com | url=http://www.hagenspan.com/NYMHall/metropolitans/edcus.html | accessdate = 2008-04-04 ]

For the by|1888 season he returned to the minors, this time in the Western Association and played for Charlie Morton's Des Moines team. When Morton took over the minor league Toledo Maumee team, he moved several of his Des Moines players with him, including Cushman, who would play for that team through the by|1889 season, and in by|1890 season when the team earned Major League status by joining the American Association. This was the the only season the Maumees played in the Majors.cite web| title = The Baseball Project: Ted Kennedy | work = sabr.org | url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&pid=7432&bid=873 | accessdate = 2008-04-04 ]

Post-career

After his playing days, he worked as a conducter on the New York Central Railroad, and was also a restaurant owner at one time.cite web| title = Ed Cushman's Obit | work = thedeadballera.com | url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Cushman.Ed.Obit.html | accessdate = 2008-04-04 ] Ed died in Erie, Pennsylvania at the age of 63, and was buried in Erie Cemetery.

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball no-hitters

References

External links

*baseball-reference|id=c/cushmed01
*findagrave|5178885
* [http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Cushman.Ed.Obit.html Ed Cushman's Obit] - The Erie Daily Times, September 27th, 1915

Persondata
NAME = Cushman, Ed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Cushman, Edgar Leander
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH = March 27, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH = Eagleville, Ohio
DATE OF DEATH = September 26, 1915
PLACE OF DEATH = Erie, Pennsylvania