Edward Hugo Cermak (July 23, 1881– November 22, 1911) was a
professional baseball
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player. He played in one game in
Major League Baseball
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for the
Cleveland Blues on September 9, 1901. Starting the game in
right field, he had four plate appearances and struck out in all four.
Cermak became an umpire after his playing days and was apparently struck in the throat by a foul ball at some point during the 1911 season, losing his speaking ability. When Cermak died late that year, the newspaper in his hometown reported that his death was related to the on-field injury. However, authors Robert Gorman and David Weeks write that Cermak died of
tuberculosis
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and that the throat injury was not listed as a contributing factor on Cermak's death certificate.
He was buried at
Woodland Cemetery Woodland Cemetery may refer to:
* Woodland cemetery, a type of cemetery
or it may refer to specific places:
in Sweden
* Skogskyrkogården (The Woodland Cemetery) in Stockholm, Sweden
in the United States (by state)
* Woodland Cemetery (Quincy, I ...
in Cleveland.
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Major League Baseball outfielders
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Baseball players from Cleveland
Sports deaths in Ohio
1880s births
1911 deaths
20th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Burials at Woodland Cemetery (Cleveland)
Tuberculosis deaths in Ohio
Baseball umpires
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