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Ed Walsh played 14 major-league seasons (1904-1917) as a P (430), OF (6). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 23 | CHA | 18 | 41 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .220 | .639 | 106 |
| 1905 | 24 | CHA | 29 | 58 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .155 | .412 | 35 |
| 1906 | 25 | CHA | 42 | 99 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 28 | .141 | .387 | 24 |
| 1907 | 26 | CHA | 57 | 154 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 44 | .162 | .427 | 40 |
| 1908 | 27 | CHA | 66 | 157 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 38 | .172 | .465 | 55 |
| 1909 | 28 | CHA | 32 | 84 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 26 | .214 | .540 | 77 |
| 1910 | 29 | CHA | 52 | 138 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 32 | .217 | .527 | 70 |
| 1911 | 30 | CHA | 63 | 158 | 23 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 29 | .215 | .459 | 32 |
| 1912 | 31 | CHA | 62 | 136 | 12 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 41 | .243 | .600 | 77 |
| 1913 | 32 | CHA | 17 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .156 | .369 | 12 |
| 1914 | 33 | CHA | 10 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .063 | .243 | -24 |
| 1915 | 34 | CHA | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 | .727 | 123 |
| 1917 | 36 | BSN | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .750 | 140 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 23 | CHA | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 110.2 | 57 | 32 | 2.60 | 100 |
| 1905 | 24 | CHA | 22 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 136.2 | 71 | 29 | 2.17 | 122 |
| 1906 | 25 | CHA | 41 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 278.1 | 171 | 58 | 1.88 | 143 |
| 1907 | 26 | CHA | 56 | 46 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 422.1 | 206 | 87 | 1.60 | 159 |
| 1908 | 27 | CHA | 66 | 49 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 464 | 269 | 56 | 1.42 | 169 |
| 1909 | 28 | CHA | 31 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 230.1 | 127 | 50 | 1.41 | 176 |
| 1910 | 29 | CHA | 45 | 36 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 369.2 | 258 | 61 | 1.27 | 199 |
| 1911 | 30 | CHA | 56 | 37 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 368.2 | 255 | 72 | 2.22 | 150 |
| 1912 | 31 | CHA | 62 | 41 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 393 | 254 | 94 | 2.15 | 155 |
| 1913 | 32 | CHA | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 97.2 | 34 | 39 | 2.58 | 113 |
| 1914 | 33 | CHA | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 44.2 | 15 | 20 | 2.82 | 97 |
| 1915 | 34 | CHA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 1.33 | 220 |
| 1916 | 35 | CHA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.1 | 3 | 3 | 2.70 | 105 |
| 1917 | 36 | BSN | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 3.50 | 77 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | P | 18 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 2 |
| 1905 | P | 22 | 13 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 1 |
| 1905 | OF | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1906 | P | 41 | 31 | 30 | 108 | 6 | 2 |
| 1907 | P | 56 | 46 | 35 | 227 | 4 | 2 |
| 1908 | P | 66 | 49 | 41 | 190 | 6 | 9 |
| 1909 | P | 31 | 28 | 23 | 93 | 1 | 2 |
| 1909 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | P | 45 | 36 | 21 | 154 | 9 | 5 |
| 1911 | P | 56 | 0 | 27 | 159 | 8 | 5 |
| 1912 | P | 62 | 0 | 22 | 140 | 15 | 3 |
| 1913 | P | 16 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 3 | 1 |
| 1914 | P | 8 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 1915 | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Ed Walsh won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1908 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1908 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1909 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1909 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1910 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1910 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1911 (AL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1911 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1912, 1911.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 35 / 64 | 0 |
| 1912 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 30 / 64 | 0 |
Ed Walsh ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #59 | starting pitchers | 1910 | 199 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.