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Ed Killian
Edwin Henry Killian (Twilight Ed)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

Debut August 25, 1903
Final Game July 15, 1910
Born November 12, 1876 in Racine, WI
Died July 18, 1928 in Detroit, MI

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1903 26 CLE AL   3   4   9   8   7   3   1  0   61.7   61   24   17   1   13   18   4   0   251       0  2.48  2.84  115 1.200
 1904 27 DET AL  14  20  40  34  32   4   6  1  331.7  293  118   90   0   93  124  17   6  1364       1  2.44  2.54  104 1.164
 1905 28 DET AL  23  14  39  37  33   8   2  0  313.3  263  108   79   0  102  110  13   4     0       0  2.27  2.73  120 1.165
 1906 29 DET AL  10   6  21  16  14   0   5  2  149.7  165   71   57   0   54   47   5   4     0       0  3.43  2.77   81 1.463
 1907 30 DET AL  25  13  41  34  29   3   7  1  314.0  286  103   62   2   91   96  13   2  1302       0  1.78  2.59  146 1.201
 1908 31 DET AL  12   9  27  23  15   0   4  1  180.7  170   78   60   3   53   47   8   1   736       0  2.99  2.41   81 1.234
 1909 32 DET AL  11   9  25  19  14   3   4  1  173.3  150   45   33   1   49   54   6   4   691       0  1.71  2.52  147 1.148
 1910 33 DET AL   4   3  11   9   5   1   1  0   74.0   75   38   25   2   27   20   6   1   313       0  3.04  2.62   86 1.378
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .567 102  78 213 180 149  22  30  6 1598.3 1463  585  423   9  482  516  72  22  4657       1  2.38  2.61  109 1.217
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    17  13  36  31  25   3   5  1  276.3  253  101   73   1   83   89  12   3   805   0   0  2.38  2.61  109 1.217
 Career High     25  20  41  37  33   8   7  2  331.7  293  118   90   3  102  124  17   6  1364   0   1  1.71  2.84  147 1.148

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1903 26 CLE AL  10   28    3    5   1  0   0    4   0      0      .179  .179  .214   18    6   0           0    
 1904 27 DET AL  40  126    8   18   4  2   0    6   1      5      .143  .176  .206   22   26   2           0    
 1905 28 DET AL  39  118   12   32   3  4   0   19   2      2      .271  .283  .364  104   43   7           0    
 1906 29 DET AL  21   53    7    9   2  0   0    0   0      2      .170  .200  .208   26   11   3           0    
 1907 30 DET AL  46  122   16   39   5  3   0   11   3      4      .320  .346  .410  138   50   3           1    
 1908 31 DET AL  28   73    5   10   3  0   0    6   0      0      .137  .137  .178    0   13   0           0    
 1909 32 DET AL  25   62    4   10   0  0   0    0   0      2      .161  .188  .161    8   10   3           0    
 1910 33 DET AL  11   27    1    4   0  0   0    1   0      1      .148  .179  .148   -1    4   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      220  609   56  127  18  9   0   47   6  0  16   0  .209  .230  .268   56  163  19   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        448   41   94  13  7   0   35   4  0  12   0  .209  .230  .268   56  120  14   0   0   1   0
 Career High     46  126   16   39   5  4   0   19   3  0   5   0                          50   7   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1903 26 CLE AL   28   23    1   1.2    81| .179  .261| .179  .310| .214  .353| .393  .662|  18  .111  -2.8  -0.3     
 1904 27 DET AL  133  110    5   1.2    71| .143  .248| .176  .299| .206  .326| .382  .625|  22  .146 -11.2  -1.4     
 1905 28 DET AL  127   93   12   3.4    73| .271  .249| .283  .309| .364  .325| .647  .634| 104  .545  -0.5  -0.1     
 1906 29 DET AL   58   47    2   1.1    77| .170  .259| .200  .315| .208  .332| .408  .647|  26  .128  -4.6  -0.5     
 1907 30 DET AL  130   86   17   5.3    74| .320  .257| .346  .313| .410  .322| .756  .635| 138  .724   4.6   0.5     
 1908 31 DET AL   73   63    2   0.8    71| .137  .250| .137  .308| .178  .318| .315  .626|   0  .094  -8.2  -1.0     
 1909 32 DET AL   67   55    2   1.0    76| .161  .257| .188  .318| .161  .326| .349  .644|   8  .109  -6.7  -0.8     
 1910 33 DET AL   29   24    1   1.1    80| .148  .258| .179  .325| .148  .333| .327  .658|  -1  .128  -3.3  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       645  501   42   2.2    74| .209  .253| .230  .310| .268  .326| .498  .636|  56  .350 -32.6  -4.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1903 26 CLE AL   P    9      2   20    2    0  .917  .948  2.44  2.73  3.21  3.19    8   61.7
 1904 27 DET AL   P   40     20   85    8    3  .929  .952  2.62  3.01  2.85  3.45   34  331.7
 1905 28 DET AL   P   39     14   79    7    3  .930  .943  2.38  2.61  2.67  3.24   37  313.3
 1906 29 DET AL   P   21      2   38    2    2  .952  .948  1.90  2.52  2.40  3.22   16  149.7
 1907 30 DET AL   P   42     11   94    4    1  .963  .946  2.50  2.43  3.01  3.28   34  314.0
                 OF    2      5    0    0    0 1.000  .962  2.50  1.85                            0    0    2
                 1B    1      1    3    0    0 1.000  .976  4.00 11.00                        
 1908 31 DET AL   P   27     15   71    3    0  .966  .946  3.19  2.28  4.28  3.20   23  180.7
 1909 32 DET AL   P   25     11   49    1    1  .984  .942  2.40  2.25  3.12  3.19   19  173.3
 1910 33 DET AL   P   11      7   19    0    0 1.000  .942  2.36  2.35  3.16  3.30    9   74.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1907 30 DET AL  1B    1      1    3    0    0 1.000  .976  4.00 11.00                        

 1907 30 DET AL  OF    2      5    0    0    0 1.000  .962  2.50  1.85                            0    0    2

 1903 26 CLE AL   P    9      2   20    2    0  .917  .948  2.44  2.73  3.21  3.19    8   61.7
 1904 27 DET AL   P   40     20   85    8    3  .929  .952  2.62  3.01  2.85  3.45   34  331.7
 1905 28 DET AL   P   39     14   79    7    3  .930  .943  2.38  2.61  2.67  3.24   37  313.3
 1906 29 DET AL   P   21      2   38    2    2  .952  .948  1.90  2.52  2.40  3.22   16  149.7
 1907 30 DET AL   P   42     11   94    4    1  .963  .946  2.50  2.43  3.01  3.28   34  314.0
 1908 31 DET AL   P   27     15   71    3    0  .966  .946  3.19  2.28  4.28  3.20   23  180.7
 1909 32 DET AL   P   25     11   49    1    1  .984  .942  2.40  2.25  3.12  3.19   19  173.3
 1910 33 DET AL   P   11      7   19    0    0 1.000  .942  2.36  2.35  3.16  3.30    9   74.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 214     82  455   27   10  .952  .946  2.51  2.55              180 1598.3
                 OF    2      5    0    0    0 1.000  .962  2.50  1.85                            0    0    2
                 1B    1      1    3    0    0 1.000  .976  4.00 11.00                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       217     88  458   27   10  .953  .947  2.52  2.58
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1907   WS    DET CHC     L   1   0   2.25  0  0  0  0   4     3   1   1   1 
 1908   WS    DET CHC     L   1   1  11.57  0  0  0  0   2.1   5   3   3   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   2   1   5.68  0  0  0  0   6.1   8   4   4   2 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1907   WS    DET CHC     L   1   2   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1908   WS    DET CHC     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   2   2   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1907 AL-1.78-2
1909 AL-1.71-4
Car-2.38-24

Wins
1905 AL-23-3
1907 AL-25-3

Won-Loss %
1905 AL-.622-8
1906 AL-.625-7
1907 AL-.658-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1905 AL-7.55-10

Games
1904 AL-40-8
1905 AL-39-9
1907 AL-41-10

Saves
1904 AL-1-2
1906 AL-2-3
1908 AL-1-10
1909 AL-1-9

Innings
1904 AL-331.7-9
1905 AL-313.3-8
1907 AL-314.0-7

Games Started
1905 AL-37-5
1907 AL-34-9

Comp. Games
1905 AL-33-4
1907 AL-29-6

Shutouts
1903 AL-3-10
1905 AL-8-1

Home Runs Allow.
1908 AL-3-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1904 AL-93-4
1905 AL-102-3
1907 AL-91-3

Hits Allowed
1904 AL-293-10
1905 AL-263-7
1907 AL-286-3

Losses
1904 AL-20-7

Hit Batsmen
1904 AL-17-5
1905 AL-13-4
1907 AL-13-8

Batters Faced
1904 AL-1364-8
1907 AL-1302-6

Games Finished
1904 AL-6-4

Adjusted ERA+
1905 AL-120-9
1907 AL-146-2
1909 AL-147-4

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (822) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 59 (413) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 23.0 (231) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 33.0 (391) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

January, 1904: Traded by the Cleveland Naps with Jesse Stovall to the Detroit Tigers for Billy Lush.

August 2, 1910: Purchased by the Toronto (Eastern) from the Detroit Tigers.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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Name and misspellings: Edwin Twilight Ed eddie eddy ep harry Henry Killian

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