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Edward James "Irish" Conwell (January 29, 1890 – May 1, 1926) was a professional baseball player from 1909 to 1919. Primarily a third baseman, he appeared in one Major League Baseball game for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1911. He was 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighed 155 pounds.〔("Ed Conwell Statistics and History" ). baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2011.〕 ==Career== Conwell was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1890. He started his professional baseball career in 1909, playing for the Ohio State League's Portsmouth Cobblers. Conwell had a batting average of .161 in 34 games that season. In 1910, he became the team's regular third baseman and batted .208 in 131 games.〔("Ed Conwell Minor League Statistics & History" ). baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2011.〕 He improved his average even more in 1911, batting .306 and leading the Cobblers with 160 hits.〔("1911 Portsmouth Cobblers Statistics" ). baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2011.〕 On September 1, he was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the rule 5 draft. Conwell made his major league debut on September 22, 1911; he struck out in his only at bat and committed an error on his only chance in the field.〔 That was the last time he played in the majors.〔 Conwell returned to Portsmouth in 1912 and again had the most hits on the team.〔("1912 Portsmouth Cobblers Statistics" ). baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2011.〕 For the next two seasons, he continued his steady hitting with batting averages of .299 and .316.〔 The 1915 season was the last that Conwell played for Portsmouth, and he was, in the opinion of one sportswriter, the best third baseman in the Ohio State League.〔Minego, Pete. ("Sport Gossip" ). ''The Portsmouth Times''. February 24, 1939. p. 16.〕 From 1915 to 1917, Conwell played for the Texas League's Waco Navigators. He batted .281 during his first season there, but his average fell to .245 and then .227. After playing only 12 games in 1918, he finished his professional baseball career with one season for the Evansville Evas of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League.〔 He batted a career-high .318 that year and led Evansville with 149 hits.〔("1919 Evansville Evas Statistics" ). baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2011.〕 In addition, a fan presented him with a gold watch for being the team's best hitter.〔''(The Jewelers' Circular )''. Jewelers' Circular Co., 1919. p. 188.〕 In 1,193 career minor league games, Conwell accumulated 1,227 hits and batted .277. He died in Chicago in 1926.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ed Conwell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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