Ed Wineapple, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ed Wineapple

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1905

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 23-Jul-1996

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Edward Wineapple (August 10, 1905 – July 23, 1996) was a professional baseball pitcher.
He played in one game in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators on September 15 during the 1929 Washington Senators season.
He pitched four innings, giving up four runs on seven hits, walking three and striking out one. Wineapple attended Syracuse University for his college freshman year, then transferred to Providence College, where he was a star basketball player for three years.
A first-team All-American his senior year, he led the 1928-29 team to a 17-3 record and was the second-leading scorer in the nation.From 1928 to 1931, he played summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL), where it was reported that Wineapple "seems to play baseball as he does basketball...with his heart in it all the time.
He is pitching and hitting exceptionally well." Wineapple played for the CCBL's Osterville town team from 1928 to 1930, and for the Orleans team in 1931.