Ed Mickelson
| Ed Mickelson | |
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| First baseman | |
| Born: September 9, 1926 Ottawa, Illinois | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 18, 1950, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 12, 1957, for the Chicago Cubs | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .081 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 3 |
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Edward Allen Mickelson (born September 9, 1926) is an American retired
minor league baseball. His 18 Major League games played took place during three separate trials for the St. Louis Cardinals (1950), St. Louis Browns (1953) and Chicago Cubs (1957). On September 27, 1953, Mickelson drove in the final run in St. Louis Browns history.[1]
Mickelson was born in
bases on balls in 12 plate appearances
over five games, however, and returned to the minor leagues for almost three full seasons.
Acquired by the Browns' organization, Mickelson was called up in September 1953 after a season spent in the
inning of the Browns' final game on Sunday, September 27, at Busch Stadium, facing the Chicago White Sox, Johnny Groth doubled off Billy Pierce with two out. Mickelson then drove home Groth with an opposite-field single to give the Browns a 1–0 lead.[3] But Chicago came back to tie the game in the eighth, sent the contest to extra innings, and won it 2–1 with a run in the top of the 11th. The RBI single was Mickelson's last big-league hit; he went hitless for the rest of that game,[3]
and then was 0-for-12 in his last Major League stint with the 1957 Cubs.
Mickelson never appeared for the Orioles. His early-season 1957 stay with the Cubs punctuated four more minor league seasons at the Double-A and Open Classification levels. Although Mickelson collected only three hits, including a double, in 37 MLB
at bats (with four bases on balls), he batted .316 with 1,374 hits during his minor-league career.[2]
References
- ^ "Ed Mickelson Statistics and History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
- ^ Baseball Reference.
- ^ a b 1953-9-27 box score from Retrosheet
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Retrosheet
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
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