Ed Gremminger

Ed Gremminger
Ed Gremminger
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	Third Baseman
	Born: March 30, 1874; Canton, Ohio
	Died: Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.; Canton, Ohio
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
	April 21, 1895, for the Cleveland Spiders
Last MLB appearance
	July 30, 1904, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.251
Home runs	7
Hits	356
Teams
	Cleveland Spiders (1895); Boston Beaneaters (1902–1903); Detroit Tigers (1904);

Lorenzo Edward Gremminger (March 30, 1874 – May 26, 1942), nicknamed "Battleship", was a professional baseball player from 1895 to 1912. He played four seasons of Major League Baseball as a third baseman for the Cleveland Spiders (1895), Boston Beaneaters (1902–03), and Detroit Tigers (1904).

In 383 major league games, Gremminger compiled a .251 batting average, .301 on-base percentage, and .340 slugging percentage, with 164 RBIs and 89 extra base hits. He was among the National League leaders in 1902 with 20 doubles (9th), 12 triples (5th), 65 RBIs (8th), and 33 extra base hits (9th). He was also ranked ninth in the National League in 1903 with five home runs.^[1]

Gremminger also played fifteen seasons of minor league baseball, including stints with the Buffalo Bisons (1896–1899), Rochester Bronchos (1900), Minneapolis Millers (1904–1907), Montgomery Senators (1908–1910), and Canton Deubers/Statesman (1911–1912).^[2]

Gremminger was born and died in Canton, Ohio.^[1]

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