Ed Porray Explained

Ed Porray
Position:Pitcher
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:5 December 1888
Birth Place:At sea
Death Place:Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, US
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:April 17
Debutyear:1914
Debutteam:Buffalo Buffeds
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:May 1
Finalyear:1914
Finalteam:Buffalo Buffeds
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat1value:0–1
Stat2label:Earned run average
Stat2value:4.35
Stat3label:Strikeouts
Stat3value:0
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Edmund Joseph Porray (December 5, 1888 – July 13, 1954) was a major league pitcher. A right-handed pitcher, he had a brief Major League career in which he pitched in 3 games for the Buffalo Buffeds of the Federal League, compiling a 0–1 record with a 4.35 earned run average in 10 innings pitched.[1]

During World War I, Porray served overseas as a pianist entertaining the troops. After the war, he toured on the Keith and Orpheum vaudeville circuits.[2]

Today, Porray is best remembered for his unusual birthplace, as he is the only Major League Baseball player to have been born at sea. His birth certificate lists "At sea, on the Atlantic Ocean" as his birthplace.[3]

Porray died at the age of 65 in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, and is interred at the Odd Fellows Cemetery in that town.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ed Porray's Stats. retrosheet.org . 2008-03-21.
  2. News: 17 Jul 1954. E.J. Porray, Retired Pianist; Services Held at Hawley, Pa.. 7. The Brooklyn Eagle.
  3. Web site: Famous First Foreign Born Baseball Players . baseball-almanac.com . 2008-03-21 .