| Eddie Ainsmith | |
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| Catcher | |
| Born: February 4, 1890 Russian Empire | |
| Died: September 6, 1981 (aged 91) Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 9, 1910, for the Washington Senators | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| July 21, 1924, for the New York Giants | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .232 |
| Home runs | 22 |
| Runs batted in | 317 |
| Teams | |
Edward Wilbur Ainsmith (born as Edward Anshmedt; February 4, 1890 – September 6, 1981), nicknamed "Dorf,"[1] was a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played fifteen seasons with the Washington Senators (1910–1918), Detroit Tigers (1919–1921), St. Louis Cardinals (1921–1923), Brooklyn Robins (1923), and New York Giants (1924). He batted and threw right-handed. In 1,078 career games, Ainsmith batted .232 with 707 hits and 317 runs batted in.
After retiring as a player, Ainsmith worked as a minor league umpire, a baseball scout, and a manager in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
- ^ "Eddie Ainsmith statistics and history". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 2, 2014.