Edward Oliver Chandler (February 17, 1917 – July 6, 2003) was a

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 ...

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. He pitched in fifteen games for the

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during the 1947 baseball season. Born in

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, Chandler's family was huge, with him being one of 14 sons. His father was William M, and his mother was Susie Caroline Chandler.

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Baseball Almanac
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Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statisticsEd Chandler's SABR bio
1917 births 2003 deaths Baseball players from Alabama Brooklyn Dodgers players Fort Worth Cats players Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players Major League Baseball pitchers Patriotas de Venezuela players Pocatello Cardinals players St. Paul Saints (AA) players San Francisco Seals (baseball) players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela {{US-baseball-pitcher-1920s-stub