Eddie Files
From BR Bullpen
Charles Edward Files
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- School Bowdoin College
- Debut October 3, 1908
- Final Game October 7, 1908
- Born May 19, 1883 in Portland, ME USA
- Died May 10, 1954 in Cornish, ME USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Eddie Files appeared in two games with the 1908 Philadelphia Athletics.
Files, from Maine, attended Bowdoin College in that state from 1905-08. He played with Reading in 1908 and came to the majors in October of 1908. Another player who made his major league debut that season with the A's was the 18-year-old Joe Jackson.
In 1909 he won 20 games for Holyoke and in 1910 he was with Providence.
