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Ed Walczak

Ed Walczak

American baseball player (1915-1998)

Edwin Joseph "Husky" Walczak (September 21, 1915 – March 10, 1998) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) player. Born in West Warwick, Rhode Island, he played with the Philadelphia Phillies in September of the 1945 season. He batted and threw right-handed.

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After processing out of the Army Air Forces as a sergeant in August 1945, Walczak joined the Phillies and earned a starting role at second base in the final month of the season.[1] September 1945 would be his only month as an MLB player; he spent the remainder of his professional baseball career (1946–50) in the minor leagues.[2]

Walczak died on March 10, 1998, in Norwich, Connecticut, aged 82.

References

  1. [1]
    Ed Walczak at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Jack Morris, Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Ed Walczak Minor Leagues Statistics & History". baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 17, 2018.


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