Edward Karl Linke (November 9, 1911 – June 21, 1988) was a

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pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, from until , for the Washington Senators and

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. Linke was a good hitting pitcher, posting a .263

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(41-for-156) with 26 runs, 2

home runs In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ...

, 17 RBI and 19

bases on balls A base on balls (BB), also known as a walk, occurs in baseball when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls '' balls'', and is in turn awarded first base without the possibility of being called out. The base on balls is defined in Se ...

in 122 games.

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Major League Baseball pitchers Washington Senators (1901–1960) players St. Louis Browns players Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players Davenport Blue Sox players Chattanooga Lookouts players San Antonio Missions players San Diego Padres (minor league) players Baltimore Orioles (IL) players Baseball players from Chicago 1911 births 1988 deaths {{US-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub