| Ed Sanicki | |
| Position: | Outfielder |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Wallington, New Jersey |
| Death Place: | Old Bridge Township, New Jersey |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | September 14 |
| Debutyear: | 1949 |
| Debutteam: | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | May 12 |
| Finalyear: | 1951 |
| Finalteam: | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .294 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 3 |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat3value: | 8 |
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Edward Robert "Butch" Sanicki (July 7, 1923 – July 6, 1998)[1] [2] was an American professional baseball player. An outfielder, he appeared in 20 Major League games for the and Philadelphia Phillies. Born in Wallington, New Jersey, he attended Clifton High School,[1] and threw and batted right-handed; he stood 5feet tall and weighed .
Sanicki signed with the Phillies after serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II. On September 14, 1949 — in his first at-bat in the Major Leagues — he hit a three-run home run off Rip Sewell of the Pittsburgh Pirates.[3] In, during spring training, he injured his knee. Although he made the Phils in 1951, his final major-league game was on May 12. During his two MLB trials, Sanicki registered only 17 at bats — but of his five hits, three were home runs and one was a double.
After leaving baseball in 1952, Sanicki graduated from Seton Hall University and became a special-education teacher in New Jersey.[4]
He died on July 6, 1998, in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, and is buried at Holy Cross Burial Park, East Brunswick, N.J.[1]
A Glimpse of Fame, McFarland & Company, Jefferson N.C., 1993, pp. 19–34