Ed Sanicki

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Ed Sanicki
Runs batted in
8
Teams

Edward Robert "Butch" Sanicki (July 7, 1923 – July 6, 1998)

right-handed
; he stood 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).

Sanicki signed with the Phillies after serving in the U.S. Navy in

at bats — but of his five hits, three were home runs and one was a double
.

After leaving baseball in 1952, Sanicki graduated from Seton Hall University and became a special-education teacher in New Jersey.[4]

He died on July 6, 1998, in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, and is buried at Holy Cross Burial Park, East Brunswick, N.J.[1]

See also

Further reading

  • Dennis Snelling: A Glimpse of Fame, McFarland & Company, Jefferson N.C., 1993, pp. 19–34

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ed Sanicki". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  2. ^ Singerman, Philip. "Field Of Dreams This Baseball Season, These Three Men Share Life In The Minor Leagues. But Their Sights Are Set Higher:Two In The Future, One In The Past." Archived 2013-03-02 at the Wayback Machine, Orlando Sentinel, August 11, 1985. Accessed February 15, 2011. "It's always that way for Oujo, 26, a native of Old Bridge N.J. now in his fifth season as a professional umpire... His next door neighbor Ed Sanicki a former major-league player with the Philadelphia Phillies told him that umpiring Little League games would be a much better way to earn extra money than working in a McDonald's..."
  3. ^ Retrosheet
  4. ^ Mancini, Joe (Fredericksburg, Va.). "Phightin' Phillie". MLB Insiders Club Magazine (Vol. 4, Issue 5; September 2011), p. 9. MLB Insiders Club. North American Media Group, Inc.

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