Edward Joseph Winceniak (April 16, 1929 – October 19, 2023) was an American professional baseball player and scout. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. An infielder, he appeared in 32 games played over parts of two seasons (1956–57) in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs. Winceniak batted and threw right-handed and was listed as 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and 165 pounds (75 kg).
His professional career began in 1948 and ended in 1959 in the minor leagues, with three seasons (1951–53) out of action. During his two trials with the Cubs, he was used largely as a pinch hitter or pinch runner, appearing in the field in 12 of his 32 MLB games played. Altogether, Winceniak registered 71 plate appearances, with six runs scored and 14 career hits. His lone home run was hit off Hal Jeffcoat of the Cincinnati Redlegs on May 12, 1957.[1] The solo shot came at Wrigley Field during the first game of a doubleheader. Winceniak also started the nightcap and collected a single off Don Gross. Those were his last two games in the majors as he was sent to the Open-Classification Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League at the May cutdown.
winceniak, edward, joseph, winceniak, april, 1929, october, 2023, american, professional, baseball, player, scout, born, chicago, illinois, infielder, appeared, games, played, over, parts, seasons, 1956, major, league, baseball, chicago, cubs, winceniak, batte. Edward Joseph Winceniak April 16 1929 October 19 2023 was an American professional baseball player and scout He was born in Chicago Illinois An infielder he appeared in 32 games played over parts of two seasons 1956 57 in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs Winceniak batted and threw right handed and was listed as 5 feet 9 inches 1 75 m tall and 165 pounds 75 kg Ed WinceniakInfielderBorn 1929 04 16 April 16 1929Chicago IllinoisDied October 19 2023 2023 10 19 aged 94 Orland Park IllinoisBatted RightThrew RightMLB debutApril 25 1956 for the Chicago CubsLast MLB appearanceMay 12 1957 for the Chicago CubsMLB statisticsBatting average 209Home runs1Runs batted in8TeamsChicago Cubs 1956 1957 His professional career began in 1948 and ended in 1959 in the minor leagues with three seasons 1951 53 out of action During his two trials with the Cubs he was used largely as a pinch hitter or pinch runner appearing in the field in 12 of his 32 MLB games played Altogether Winceniak registered 71 plate appearances with six runs scored and 14 career hits His lone home run was hit off Hal Jeffcoat of the Cincinnati Redlegs on May 12 1957 1 The solo shot came at Wrigley Field during the first game of a doubleheader Winceniak also started the nightcap and collected a single off Don Gross Those were his last two games in the majors as he was sent to the Open Classification Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League at the May cutdown Winceniak died in Orland Park Illinois on October 19 2023 at the age of 94 2 References edit Cincinnati Reds 7 Chicago Cubs 5 1 Retrosheet May 12 1957 Retrieved November 6 2023 Edward Winceniak Robert J Sheehy amp Sons Funeral Home Retrieved November 5 2023 External links editCareer statistics and player information from MLB or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball infielder is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ed Winceniak amp oldid 1184384863, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
