Ed Mars
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Edward M. Mars was a 19th century major league baseball
player. He was a starting pitcher
for the Syracuse Stars
of the American Association
for the last two months of the 1890 season.
Mars led the 55-72 Stars in winning percentage
(.643) with a 9-5 record. That achievement was also for fourth-best in the entire league. He had a rather high earned run average
of 4.67 but an average run
support. In his 14 starts the Stars scored 111 runs, an average of almost 8 runs per game. By contrast, they averaged just 5.2 runs in the 113 games that he didn't start.
He helped himself with his bat and his glove, as well. He was 14-for-51 (.275) at the plate, with 9 runs batted in and 9 runs scored
. He was also one of the league's better fielding pitchers, as he made only 2 errors
in his 16 total appearances.
Mars died in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois at the age of 75.
Major League Baseball
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player. He was a starting pitcher
Starting pitcher
In baseball or softball, a starting pitcher is the pitcher who delivers the first pitch to the first batter of a game. A pitcher who enters the game after the first pitch of the game is a relief pitcher....
for the Syracuse Stars
Syracuse Stars (American Association)
The Syracuse Stars was an American baseball team which played one season in the American Association in . They were unrelated to the Syracuse Stars of the National League of...
of the American Association
American Association (19th century)
The American Association was a Major League Baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from to . During that time, it challenged the National League for dominance of professional baseball...
for the last two months of the 1890 season.
Mars led the 55-72 Stars in winning percentage
Winning percentage
In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win...
(.643) with a 9-5 record. That achievement was also for fourth-best in the entire league. He had a rather high earned run average
Earned run average
In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...
of 4.67 but an average run
Run (baseball)
In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls are met or assured...
support. In his 14 starts the Stars scored 111 runs, an average of almost 8 runs per game. By contrast, they averaged just 5.2 runs in the 113 games that he didn't start.
He helped himself with his bat and his glove, as well. He was 14-for-51 (.275) at the plate, with 9 runs batted in and 9 runs scored
Run (baseball)
In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls are met or assured...
. He was also one of the league's better fielding pitchers, as he made only 2 errors
Error (baseball)
In baseball statistics, an error is the act, in the judgment of the official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner that allows a batter or baserunner to reach one or more additional bases, when such an advance would have been prevented given ordinary effort by the fielder.The term ...
in his 16 total appearances.
Mars died in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois at the age of 75.