Ed Konetchy
[edit] Biography
Ed Konetchy (Edward Joseph Konetchy) was born on September 3, 1885 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He made his Major League debut on June 29, 1907 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1907, his rookie year, he hit .251 with 2 home runs and 30 RBI. Konetchy played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Rebels, Boston Braves, Brooklyn Robins and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 15 year career.
Most people believe that Ed Konetchy's best season was 1915, when he stole 27 bases, hit for a .314 average and knocked in 93 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1907
| STL
| N
| 91
| 331
| 34
| 83
| 2
| 30
| .251
| .317
| .356
| 11
| 9
| 26
| 0
| 6
| 14
| 13
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| STL
| N
| 154
| 545
| 46
| 135
| 5
| 50
| .248
| .309
| .354
| 19
| 12
| 38
| 0
| 10
| 25
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| STL
| N
| 152
| 576
| 88
| 165
| 4
| 80
| .286
| .366
| .396
| 23
| 14
| 65
| 0
| 7
| 12
| 25
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| STL
| N
| 144
| 520
| 87
| 157
| 3
| 78
| .302
| .397
| .425
| 23
| 16
| 78
| 59
| 4
| 11
| 18
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| STL
| N
| 158
| 571
| 90
| 165
| 6
| 88
| .289
| .384
| .433
| 38
| 13
| 81
| 63
| 7
| 21
| 27
| 1
| 5
|
| 1912
| STL
| N
| 143
| 538
| 81
| 169
| 8
| 82
| .314
| .389
| .455
| 26
| 13
| 62
| 66
| 4
| 17
| 25
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| STL
| N
| 140
| 504
| 75
| 139
| 8
| 68
| .276
| .353
| .427
| 18
| 17
| 53
| 41
| 7
| 19
| 27
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| PIT
| N
| 154
| 563
| 56
| 140
| 4
| 51
| .249
| .291
| .343
| 23
| 9
| 32
| 48
| 2
| 25
| 20
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| PIT
| F
| 152
| 576
| 79
| 181
| 10
| 93
| .314
| .363
| .483
| 31
| 18
| 41
| 52
| 3
| 16
| 27
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| BOS
| N
| 158
| 566
| 76
| 147
| 3
| 70
| .260
| .320
| .373
| 29
| 13
| 43
| 46
| 7
| 20
| 13
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| BOS
| N
| 130
| 474
| 56
| 129
| 2
| 54
| .272
| .330
| .380
| 19
| 13
| 36
| 40
| 5
| 11
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| BOS
| N
| 119
| 437
| 33
| 103
| 2
| 56
| .236
| .291
| .307
| 15
| 5
| 32
| 35
| 2
| 16
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| BRO
| N
| 132
| 486
| 46
| 145
| 1
| 47
| .298
| .342
| .391
| 24
| 9
| 29
| 39
| 3
| 21
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| BRO
| N
| 131
| 497
| 62
| 153
| 5
| 63
| .308
| .352
| .431
| 22
| 12
| 33
| 18
| 1
| 16
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| PHI
| N
| 72
| 268
| 38
| 86
| 8
| 59
| .321
| .379
| .504
| 17
| 4
| 21
| 17
| 4
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| BRO
| N
| 55
| 197
| 25
| 53
| 3
| 23
| .269
| .336
| .396
| 6
| 5
| 19
| 21
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| TOT
| N
| 127
| 465
| 63
| 139
| 11
| 82
| .299
| .361
| .458
| 23
| 9
| 40
| 38
| 5
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 1933
| 7073
| 893
| 1969
| 64
| 899
| .278
| .345
| .396
| 313
| 164
| 648
| 493
| 70
| 237
| 228
| 1
| 5
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 152
| 576
| 79
| 181
| 10
| 93
| .314
| .363
| .483
| 31
| 18
| 41
| 52
| 3
| 16
| 27
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 2085
| 7649
| 972
| 2150
| 74
| 992
| .281
| .346
| .403
| 344
| 182
| 689
| 545
| 73
| 253
| 255
| 1
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1907
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 91
| 0
| 0
| 922
| 71
| 25
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1908
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 154
| 0
| 0
| 1610
| 122
| 24
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1909
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 152
| 0
| 0
| 1584
| 97
| 26
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1910
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 144
| 0
| 0
| 1499
| 98
| 15
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1910
| STL
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1911
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 158
| 158
| 1398.1
| 1652
| 71
| 16
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1912
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 142
| 0
| 0
| 1392
| 90
| 13
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1912
| STL
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1913
| STL
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1913
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 140
| 0
| 0
| 1432
| 91
| 7
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .995
|
| 1914
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 154
| 0
| 0
| 1576
| 93
| 8
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .995
|
| 1915
| PIT
| F
| 1B
| 152
| 0
| 0
| 1536
| 81
| 10
| 83
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .994
|
| 1916
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 158
| 0
| 0
| 1626
| 96
| 18
| 96
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1917
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 1351
| 70
| 8
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .994
|
| 1918
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1918
| BOS
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1918
| BOS
| N
| 1B
| 112
| 0
| 0
| 1226
| 61
| 11
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| 1919
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 132
| 0
| 0
| 1288
| 89
| 9
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .994
|
| 1920
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 130
| 0
| 0
| 1332
| 79
| 14
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1921
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 71
| 71
| 0
| 771
| 55
| 12
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1921
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 54
| 54
| 9
| 564
| 28
| 8
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1921
| TOT
| N
| 1B
| 125
| 125
| 9
| 1335
| 83
| 20
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 2073
| 283
| 1407.1
| 21361
| 1292
| 224
| 1086
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1910
| STL
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.50
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| STL
| N
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .00
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.2
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| BOS
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6.75
| 3
| 8
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 4.32
| 6
| 10
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 16.2
| 19
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Mike Mowrey and Bob Harmon to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Art Butler, Dots Miller, Cozy Dolan, Chief Wilson and Hank Robinson (December 12, 1913).
- Sold by Pittsburg Rebels to Boston Braves (February 10, 1916).
- Sold by Boston Braves to Brooklyn Robins (April 14, 1919).
- Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from Brooklyn Robins (July 4, 1921).
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