Edmund Joseph Porray (December 5, 1888 – July 13, 1954) was a major league

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. A right-handed pitcher, he had a brief Major League career in which he pitched in 3 games for the Buffalo Buffeds of the

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, compiling a 0–1 record with a 4.35

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in 10 innings pitched. During

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, Porray served overseas as a pianist entertaining the troops. After the war, he toured on the

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and Orpheum vaudeville circuits. 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

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" as his birthplace. Porray died at the age of 65 in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, and is interred at the Odd Fellows Cemetery in that town.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Porray, Ed 1888 births 1954 deaths People born at sea Major League Baseball pitchers Buffalo Buffeds players Springfield Ponies players Lansing Senators players Albany Babies players Pittsburgh Filipinos players Atlantic City (minor league baseball) players Norfolk Tars players