Ed Pinnance Explained

Ed Pinnance
Position:Pitcher
Bats:Left
Throws:Right
Birth Date:22 September 1879
Birth Place:Walpole Island, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Walpole Island, Ontario, Canada
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:September 14
Debutyear:1903
Debutteam:Philadelphia Athletics
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:September 29
Finalyear:1903
Finalteam:Philadelphia Athletics
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat1value:0-0
Stat2label:Earned run average
Stat2value:2.57
Stat3label:Strikeouts
Stat3value:2
Teams:

Elijah Edward Pinnance (1879–1944), nicknamed "Peanuts", was a Canadian Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.

Pinnance was the first full-blooded American Indian to play in a regular season game in the majors, which occurred on September 14, 1903. At that time, Pinnance pitched for the Philadelphia Athletics at Washington against the Senators.[1]

He went to Michigan State University.

Notes and References

  1. ""Chief".(Native Americans and baseball)". Powers-Beck, Jeffrey. The American Indian Quarterly. September 22, 2001.