Ed Head

Ed Head

Infobox MLB retired
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name=Ed Head


position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=January 25, 1918
deathdate=death date and age|1980|1|31|1918|1|25
debutdate=July 27
debutyear=by|1940
debutteam=Brooklyn Dodgers
finaldate=August 25
finalyear=by|1946
finalteam=Brooklyn Dodgers
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=27-23
stat2label=ERA
stat2value=3.48
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=208
teams=
*Brooklyn Dodgers (by|1940, by|1942-by|1944, by|1946)
highlights= Edward Marvin Head (January 25, 1918 in Selma, Louisiana - January 31, 1980 in Bastrop, Louisiana), was a former professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1940-1946. He would play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Head was a natural left-hander but switched to righty after breaking his arm in a bus crash in 1935 accident. [Head Pitches No-Hit, No-Run Game, by Carl Lundquest, "United Press" as reported in the "Pennsylvania Daily News", April 24th 1946, Page 2.] After serving in the Army and not pitching in the majors in 1945, Head pitched a no-hitter in his first start of 1946,Ed Head Throws No-Hitter in First Start Since July, 1944, by Jack Hand, "Associated Press" as reported in the "Moberly Monitor-Index", April 4th, 1946, page 6.] , but failed to make the major league club in spring training of 1947, and never pitched in the majors again. [Ed (No-Hit) Head Released by Flock ."Associated Press", as reported in "Stars and Strips", April 15th, 1947.] He mananged the Asheville Tourists minor league baseball club in 1949. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=K83OaiYbHM4C&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=%22ed+head%22+manager+ashville&source=web&ots=Ckma9fmB_Q&sig=GkGlpBIsZy4vmPfhZD9ihd_iy_E&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result A History of Professional Baseball in Asheville, By Bill Ballew. The History Press, 2007. (Google Books)]

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball no-hitters

External links

*baseball-reference|id=h/headed01


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