Stubby Magner

Stubby Magner
Shortstop/Second baseman
Born: (1888-02-10)February 10, 1888
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Died: September 6, 1956(1956-09-06) (aged 68)
Chillicothe, Ohio
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 12, 1911, for the New York Highlanders
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1911, for the New York Highlanders
MLB statistics
Batting average .212
Home runs 0
Runs batted in 4
Teams

Edmund Burke (Stubby) Magner (February 10, 1888 – September 6, 1956) was a Major League Baseball shortstop and second baseman. Magner played for the New York Highlanders in 1911. In 13 career games, he had 7 hits in 33 at-bats. He batted and threw right-handed. In 1915, he coached the University at Buffalo baseball team.[1]

Magner was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and died in Chillicothe, Ohio. He graduated from Cornell University in 1911 and was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve during World War I. Magner is buried at Dayton National Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio.[2]

References

  1. "1915 Buffalo Baseball," University at Buffalo Digital Collections - February 5, 2015.
  2. Holt, Dean W. (2010). American Military Cemeteries. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 79. ISBN 9780786440238.


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