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Edward Joseph Konetchy (September 3, 1885 - May 27, 1947), nicknamed "Big Ed", was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball for a number of teams, primarily in the National League, from 1907 to 1921. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1907-1913), Pittsburgh Pirates (1914), Pittsburgh Rebels of the Federal League (1915), Boston Braves (1916-1918), Brooklyn Robins (1919-1921), and Philadelphia Phillies (1921). He batted and threw right-handed. September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ...
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1907 throughout the world. ...
The following are the baseball events of the year 1921 throughout the world. ...
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The Pittsburgh Rebels were a professional baseball club in the short-lived Federal League, which was a minor league in 1913 and a full-fledged outlaw major league the next two years. ...
The Federal League was an attempt to establish a third major league in baseball in the United States. ...
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Baseball career
Konetchy was born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. While he was considered an above-average hitter (he batted over .300 four times) he was more known around the league for his supreme consistency, and his never-faltering speed. La Crosse is a city located in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. ...
Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ...
In his years with the Cardinals, who often finished in last place, Konetchy was considered a bright spot, getting 25 stolen bases in 1909, hitting .302 in 1910, and picking up 88 RBIs in 1911. He also had a 20-game hitting streak in 1910. In 1911, with the Cards only three games out of first place in early July, the team was involved in a train crash on its way from Philadelphia to Boston. 47 passengers were injured, while twelve died. None of the Cardinals were seriously injured, due to a pre-trip change in the location of their car to the rear of the train. Konetchy and Cards manager Roger Bresnahan led the rescue effort, carrying many passengers to safety, some of whom may have died. Despite posting their first winning season since 1901, the Cardinals never recovered from the incident, finishing a distant fifth; but Konetchy led the NL with 38 doubles, and his own team with six home runs and 88 RBIs. When Konetchy moved to the Pirates in 1914, he had a below-average season, followed by an above-average one in the same city, but on a different team in a different league. Playing for Pittsburgh of the Federal League, he tied his career high with a .314 average, with 10 home runs and 93 RBIs. The all-time stolen base leader, Rickey Henderson, swipes third in 1985 In baseball, a stolen base occurs when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the pitcher is delivering the ball to home plate. ...
The following are the baseball events of the year 1909 throughout the world. ...
The following are the baseball events of the year 1910 throughout the world. ...
In baseball statistics, a run batted in (RBI) is given to a batter for each run scored as the result of a batters plate appearance. ...
The following are the baseball events of the year 1911 throughout the world. ...
In baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one hit. ...
Train wreck at Gare Montparnasse, Paris, France, 1895 A train wreck occurs when a train crashes. ...
In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager; this individual controls matters of team strategy on the field and team leadership. ...
Roger Philip Bresnahan (June 11, 1879 - December 4, 1944), nicknamed The Duke of Tralee, was an American player in Major League Baseball who starred primarily as a catcher. ...
In baseball, a double is the act of a batter safely reaching second base by striking the ball and getting to second before being made out, without the benefit of a fielders misplay (see error) or another runner being put out on a fielders choice. ...
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Soon, he was back in the National League, and he was picking up hits in droves. In 1920 with Brooklyn, Konetchy got his only shot at postseason play during his career, although Brooklyn (93-61) lost the World Series in seven games to the 98-56 Cleveland Indians. In the Series, Konetchy picked up four hits in 23 at bats, a .174 average. However, he did have 2 RBIs in the Series, and three walks. The following are the baseball events of the year 1920 throughout the world. ...
The Cleveland Indians beat the Brooklyn Robins in 7 games. ...
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In baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H), sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielders choice. ...
In baseball statistics, an at bat (AB) is used to calculate other data such as batting average. ...
In baseball statistics, a base on balls (BB), also called a walk, is credited to a batter and against a pitcher when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls. ...
By the end of 1920, he had surpassed 2000 career hits and was quite high on the all-time leaderboard (into the top 25). His final season was spent in Brooklyn and then Philadelphia, when the Phillies selected him off waivers on July 4, 1921. A waiver is the voluntary relinquishment or surrender of some right or privilege. ...
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1921 throughout the world. ...
Konetchy's major league career ended there. Besides playing first base, he had tried out pitching, having thrown in 3 games. One of them was a fairly bad start in which he pitched a complete game and allowed 8 runs (6 earned). However, in one of his two relief appearances, he went 4 and 2/3 innings and gave up no runs on one hit to get the win. A baseball pitcher delivers the ball to home plate In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitchers mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a...
In baseball, a complete game (denoted by CG) is the act of a pitcher pitching an entire game himself, without the benefit of a relief pitcher. ...
In baseball, an earned run is any run for which the pitcher is held accountable (i. ...
A relief pitcher warms up in the bullpen as the game goes on A relief pitcher or reliever is a baseball or softball pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness and/or fatigue. ...
In baseball, innings pitched (IP) are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher is in the game. ...
In baseball, a pitcher is credited with a win (or W) when, in a game won by his team, he is the teams pitcher at the time that his team takes a lead that it does not relinquish for the remainder of the game. ...
In 2085 games, he batted a solid .281 with 74 home runs and 992 RBIs. He had 2150 career hits in 7649 at bats. Konetchy also picked up 255 career stolen bases. He ended with a total of 344 doubles, and after having reached doubles figures in triples ten times, retired with 182, tying him for the 11th highest total in history. In baseball, a triple is the act of a batter safely reaching third base by striking the ball and getting to third before being made out, without the benefit of a fielders misplay (see error) or another runner being put out on a fielders choice. ...
After leaving the majors, he played with Fort Worth of the Texas League from 1922 through 1927, batting .345 with 41 home runs in 1925. After retiring, he went into business with pitching star Joe Pate. The Texas League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the South Central United States. ...
The following are the baseball events of the year 1922 throughout the world. ...
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1925 throughout the world. ...
He died in Fort Worth, Texas at the age of 62. The cause was heart disease. He was posthumously inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1961. Nickname: Cowtown Motto: Official website: ci. ...
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Highlights - Stole home twice on September 30, 1907 against Boston
- Broke up four no-hitters over the course of his career
- Hit two inside-the-park home runs against Brooklyn on August 5, 1912
- Picked up hits in 10 consecutive at bats in 1919, tying a record which would later be broken
- Led the league in total bases in 1915 (278)
- Made the Top 10 in the league in batting average six times (1909, 1910, 1912, 1915, 1919, 1920)
September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ...
The following are the baseball events of the year 1907 throughout the world. ...
In baseball and softball, a no-hit game (more commonly known as a no-hitter) refers to a contest in which one of the teams has prevented the other from getting an official hit during the entire length of the game, which must be at least 9 innings by the...
In baseball parlance, an inside-the-park home run is a play where a hitter scores a home run without hitting the ball out of play. ...
August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ...
The following are the baseball events of the year 1912 throughout the world. ...
The following are the baseball events of the year 1919 throughout the world. ...
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1915 throughout the world. ...
Quotes - "I know I tried to play baseball as soon as I was big enough to raise a bat from the ground." - Konetchy
- "Hard work. I made it my business to study closely the pitchers who bothered me most, particularly Nap Rucker's high fastball." - Konetchy, when asked how he improved his batting
- "I suppose every player had the ambition to be a pitcher, and it may be that I might have had some chance to succeed if I had ever tried." - Konetchy
- "I'm the most traded man in baseball without getting anywhere." - Konetchy on swirling trade rumors while in St. Louis
- "The Federal League is the best league I have ever been connected with." - Konetchy
- ""Ed Koney's still a kid first baseman, just getting limbered up. You tell 'em." - Konetchy on being the oldest player in the NL
See also Below is the list of Major League Baseball players who have reached the 2,000 hit milestone. ...
External link - Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
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