Ed Armbrister
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| Outfielder | |||
| Born: July 4, 1948 Nassau, Bahamas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 31, 1973, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
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| October 2, 1977, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .245 | ||
| Home runs | 4 | ||
| Runs batted in | 19 | ||
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Edison Rosanda Armbrister (born July 4, 1948 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who had a five-year career from 1973 through 1977 with the Cincinnati Reds. Originally in the Houston Astros system, he was traded to the Reds in the deal that sent Joe Morgan, César Gerónimo, Denis Menke and Jack Billingham to Cincinnati for Lee May, Tommy Helms and Jimmy Stewart.
Armbrister is probably best remembered for his involvement in a controversial play in the 1975 World Series. In the tenth inning of Game Three, with César Gerónimo on base and nobody out, Armbrister collided with Boston Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk while running out a sacrifice bunt, leading to a wild throw by Fisk and his subsequent failure to get Gerónimo out; home plate umpire Larry Barnett did not make an interference call on Armbrister, a decision which was a source of heated debate after the Reds won the game 6–5.
After baseball, he returned to the Bahamas. He was a craps table croupier at Resorts International’s Paradise Island Casino and worked for at least one other establishment in the gaming business, a staple of the Bahamian tourist economy. As of 2006, he was with the Local Government and Consumer Affairs agency, on Arawak Cay, a popular attraction in the Nassau area. He also served as a consultant to the Ministry of Sports and managed the Bahamian junior national team.[1] In his downtime, Armbrister became a notable local softball player.[1]
In 2008 he was inducted into the Bahamas National Hall of Fame.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ed Armbrister at the SABR Bio Project, by Rory Costello, retrieved November 16, 2013
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Baseball Gauge
- Mexican League
- Retrosheet
- SABR Biography Project
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
- 1948 births
- Living people
- Alijadores de Tampico players
- Bahamian baseball players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Cocoa Astros players
- Columbus Astros players
- Florida Instructional League Astros players
- Florida Instructional League Senators players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Leones de Yucatán players
- Leones del Caracas players
- Major League Baseball controversies
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Major League Baseball players from the Bahamas
- Peninsula Astros players
- People from Nassau, Bahamas
- Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo players
- Tigres de Aragua players
