1906WHITE SOX
PITCHER
ED WALSH1906
Ed Walshpitcher · 1906 white sox
Ht 6'1"Wt 193Bats RThrows RBorn 1881 · Plains, PA
Peak SkillScore summer on the South Side — seventeen wins, a 1.88 E.R.A., and ten shutouts in the Hitless Wonder cloth. Twenty-four complete games. Two saves when the book asked. The spit stayed wet; the ledger stayed cold. The cartoons chase frost on the glass and zeros on the line.
1.88 E.R.A.
In 1906 his E.R.A. was 1.88 — cool glass on a peak SkillScore South Side summer.
10 SHUTOUTS
In 1906 he hurled 10 shutouts — zeros hung on the clothesline.
CHICAGO 1906
In 1906 Ed pitched for Chicago — suitcase stamped for the South Side.
Major League Pitching — Year vs Life
| W | L | G | GF | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 17 | 13 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 278.1 | 171 | 58 | 1.88 |
| Life | 195 | 126 | 430 | 104 | 35 | 2964.1 | 1,736 | 617 | 1.82 |
SkillScore
130.021906 · CHA
ComponentsERA 1.88WHIP 0.98K/9 5.5
Ed Walsh, 1911. Photograph by Paul Thompson via Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (US).