Edward Joseph Klep (October 12, 1918 – November 21, 1981) was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. Most notably, Klep became the first white American to play baseball in the Negro leagues when he pitched three innings for the Cleveland Buckeyes on May 29, 1946, in a loss against the Chicago American Giants in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Klep was featured on the cover and in a feature article in the Spring 2002 issue of ''

Elysian Fields Quarterly ''Elysian Fields Quarterly'' (''EFQ'') was a literary baseball journal of "writing on baseball from the fan's perspective", published in St. Paul, Minnesota. It featured articles on baseball history and lore. History and profile ''EFQ'' was found ...

''.Elysian Fields Quarterly
vol. 19:2, Spring, 2002

Notes

References

*Jonathan Tilove

''Newhouse News Service'', March 5, 2005, retrieved October 22, 2006.

External links

Career statistics and player information Seamheads
1918 births 1981 deaths Cleveland Buckeyes players Sportspeople from Erie, Pennsylvania Baseball players from Pennsylvania {{US-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub