Ed Delahanty
(1867-1903)
Major League Baseball outfielder
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Edward James Delahanty (October 30, 1867 – July 2, 1903), nicknamed "Big Ed", was an American professional baseball player, who spent his Major League Baseball (MLB) playing career with the Philadelphia Quakers, Cleveland Infants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Washington Senators. He was renowned as one of the game's early power hitters, and while primarily a left fielder, also spent time as an infielder. Delahanty won a batting title, batted over .400 three times, and has the fifth-highest career batting average in MLB history. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, in 1945. Delahanty died falling into Niagara Falls or the Niagara River, after being removed from a train while intoxicated.
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Edward James Delahanty 30 October 1867 Cleveland, OH
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2 July 1903 (aged 35) Niagara Falls, Ontario, CAN
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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