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Ed Summers
Ed Summers
	Ed Summers baseball card
	Pitcher
	Born: December 5, 1884; Ladoga, Indiana
	Died: May 12, 1953 (aged 68); Indianapolis, Indiana
	Batted: Both Threw: Right
debut
	April 16, 1908, for the Detroit Tigers
Last appearance
	June 1, 1912, for the Detroit Tigers
Career statistics
Win–loss record	68-45
Earned run average	2.42
Strikeouts	362
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Detroit Tigers (1908–12);

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Oron Edgar Summers (December 5, 1884 – May 12, 1953), nicknamed "Kickapoo Ed", due to his Kickapoo ancestry, was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played five seasons with the Detroit Tigers (1908–12).

Biography

Summers was born in Ladoga, Indiana and attended Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He began his playing career in the American Association before joining the Tigers in the American League in 1908.

In his rookie season, Summers emerged as the Tigers' best pitcher, finishing with a 1.64 ERA in 301 innings pitched and a 24–12 win-loss record. On September 25, 1908, the Tigers were two games back of the Cleveland Naps for the AL pennant and were scheduled to play a doubleheader. Summers threw two complete game victories, winning the second game 1–0 after throwing 10 shutout innings.^[1] The Tigers went on to win the pennant and returned to the World Series for a rematch against the Chicago Cubs.

In the 1908 World Series, Summers pitched in Games 1 and 4, losing both times to Three Finger Brown. That season his 24 wins tied for second place in the AL behind Ed Walsh's 40, and his 1.64 ERA remains the Tigers' single season record.

On July 16, 1909, Summers pitched 18 scoreless innings of a tie game against the Washington Senators at Bennett Park.^[2] He finished the 1909 season at 19–9 and the Tigers recaptured the pennant. In the 1909 World Series, he started Game 3, but could not finish the first inning, allowing five unearned runs to the Pittsburgh Pirates. He returned for Game 5 but lost to Babe Adams.

Summers played three additional seasons before rheumatism ended his playing career at age 27. In 138 career games, he had a 68–45 record with a 2.42 ERA, including 79 complete games and 9 shutouts in 999 innings.

He died from a cerebral hemorrhage at age 68 in 1953 in Indianapolis.

References

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference

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[1] Baseball-Almanac.com

[2] Time Magazine

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 He died from a [[cerebral hemorrhage]] at age 68 in 1953 in [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]].
-==Trivia==
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-* Ed Summers and [[Justin Verlander]] are the only Tigers rookie pitchers to start a game in the World Series.<ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/news/mlb_probable_pitchers.jsp?ymd=20061021 MLB.com]</ref>
-* Summers gave up six consecutive hits in the ninth inning of Game 1 of the [[1908 World Series]]. That is the most hits allowed in a row by one pitcher in one World Series game.
 ==See also==