Edgar Leander Cushman (March 27, 1852 – September 26, 1915) was an American

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from – for five teams in three different Major leagues spanning his six-year career.

Career

Ed was born in Eagleville, Ohio, and made his first appearance in Majors with the

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, but was only able to pitch in seven games, all of which he started, and had a respectable

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of 3–3, as well as a 3.93

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. For the following season, he played for the minor league Milwaukee Brewers, who would later join the newly formed and ill-fated Union Association as a late season replacement. Ed pitched extremely well, in the four games in which he pitched to finish the season, he had a record of 4–0, with a 1.00 ERA, 47 strikeouts in 36 innings pitched. He completed all four starts and pitched two

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s, one of which was a no-hitter thrown on September 28, 1884, vs. the

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, a 5–0 victory. It was the second and last no-hitter thrown in the Union Association, and was the second game the Brewers had played since joining the league as a late season replacement. He followed up his no-hitter with eight more hitless innings on October 4, against the Boston Reds, when he finally surrendered a hit, a ninth inning bloop single, but holds on for the 2–0 shutout victory. His remarkable season with the Brewers earned him a shot with the Philadelphia Athletics of the

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for the season. After 10 starts, he then moved to and finished the season with the

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, also of the Association. Late in the season, on September 16, in a game against the Pittsburgh Alleganys, he struck out eight batters in a row. He pitched for them during both the and seasons, earning the team award of Pitcher of the Year for the 1885 and 1886 seasons. For the season he returned to the minors, this time in the

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and played for Charlie Morton's Des Moines team. When Morton took over the minor league Toledo Maumee team, he moved several of his Des Moines players with him, including Cushman, who would play for that team through the season, and in season when the team earned Major League status by joining the American Association. This was the only season the Maumees played in the Majors.

Post-career

After his playing days, he worked as a conductor on the

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, and was also a restaurant owner at one time. Ed died in

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at the age of 63, and was buried in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cushman, Ed 19th-century baseball players Baseball players from Ohio Major League Baseball pitchers Buffalo Bisons (NL) players Milwaukee Brewers (UA) players Philadelphia Athletics (AA) players New York Metropolitans players Toledo Maumees players People from Ashtabula County, Ohio Toledo Blue Stockings (minor league) players Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players Milwaukee Cream Citys players Des Moines Prohibitionists players Toledo Black Pirates players Erie (minor league baseball) players Rochester Hop Bitters players Rock Island-Moline Twins players Erie Blackbirds players 1852 births 1915 deaths Rock Island Islanders players

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