Ed Cole (baseball)

Ed Cole
Pitcher
Born: (1909-03-22)March 22, 1909
Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania
Died: July 28, 1999(1999-07-28) (aged 90)
Nashville, Tennessee
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 22, 1938, for the St. Louis Browns
Last MLB appearance
September 24, 1939, for the St. Louis Browns
MLB statistics
Win–loss record1–7
Earned run average5.31
Strikeouts31
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams

Edward William Cole (born Edward William Kisielauckas, March 22, 1909 – July 28, 1999) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1938 and 1939.

Cole was born to Stanislowas and Marigona Kisielauckas in Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania. His parents were ethnic Lithuanians from a Polish province of Imperial Russia. They came to the United States in the early 1890s with Cole's oldest brother Joseph. To ease assimilation, they became Stanley and Mary Kisloski (a Polish spelling of their surname).[1][2] Edward was their ninth child.[1] His father Stanley and brother Joseph worked as coal miners.[2]

Edward Kisloski used the name Ed Cole professionally. He served as a technician fourth grade in the United States Army during World War II.[3][4] Edward legally changed his surname to Cole while living in Wichita County, Texas in February 1950.[1] He is buried at Nashville National Cemetery.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Corrected Certificate of Birth. Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
  2. 1 2 Fourteenth Census of the United States. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce. 1920.
  3. ↑ "Edward William Kisloski". Registration Card. U.S. Selective Service System.
  4. 1 2 "Edward W Cole". Veterans Legacy Memorial. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved June 7, 2026.


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