Ed Sadowski Baseball player
Edward Roman Sadowski (January 19, 1931 – November 6, 1993) was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1960 through 1966 for the Boston Red Sox (1960), Los Angeles Angels (1961–1963) and Atlanta Braves (1966). Sadowski batted and threw right-handed. He debuted on April 20, 1960 and played his final game on October 2, 1966. He was 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.He was the last Red Sox player to wear uniform #8 before it was issued in 1961 to eventual Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Carl Yastrzemski. The number was retired in 1989.Following his playing career, Sadowski served as a minor league manager and pitching instructor 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), commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease.
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Career start | April 20, 1960 |
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Career end | October 02, 1966 |
batting side | Right |
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throwing side | Right |
Topical connections
Ed Sadowski on Wikipedia
External resources
- http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Sadowski.Ed.Obit.html
- http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=sadows001edw
- http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sadowed01.shtml
- http://www.purapelota.com/lvbp/mostrar.php?id=sadoed001
- http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Psadoe101.htm
- http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/S/ed-sadowski.shtml