Ed Hengel

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Ed Hengel
Norwich, England
MLB statistics
Games managed74
Managerial record34–39
Winning percentage.466
Teams
  • 1884
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Edward Siegfried Hengel (September 16, 1855 – November 4, 1927) was a professional baseball player, manager, umpire. He is best known for managing the Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies, a team in the major league Union Association that only operated in 1884.

Biography

Hengel served as a single-season manager for four different teams, three of them in the

Western League in 1887, and the Hamilton, Ohio, team of the Tri-State League in 1889.[1] Records for these minor league teams are incomplete.[1] Baseball records further indicate that Hengel also appeared as a player for Hamilton in 1889, but no statistics are available.[1]

In 1884, the only season of the Union Association, considered to have been a major league, Hengel was the first manager of the Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies.[2] He compiled a record of 34–39 in 74 games,[2][a] before he was replaced by Joe Battin.[3]

Hengel also served as a major league

American Association in 1889.[4] He ejected two players, both in 1889; Mark Baldwin and Oyster Burns.[4] He was also reported as being an umpire in the minor Northwestern League during 1883.[5] His umpiring was described as "uniformly good" in 1886.[6]

Born in

Norwich, England.[4] A brother, Moxie Hengel, was a major league second baseman.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ One game that Hengel managed ended in a tie;[2] tie games are excluded from major league team win–loss records.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ed Hengel Career League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Ed Hengel Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Joe Battin Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Ed Hengel". Retrosheet. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "Base Ball". The Register. Clinton, Illinois. April 27, 1883. p. 7. Retrieved August 10, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Base Ball News". Oshkosh Northwestern. Oshkosh, Wisconsin. May 13, 1886. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Moxie Hengel". Retrosheet. Retrieved August 10, 2020.

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