Topekan Ed Wilson is pictured in this photograph from 1946. At the time, Wilson was a pitcher with the Abilene, Kansas, Ban Johnson League baseball team. A year later, he also pitched for the Abilene Ikes, a team in the Amateur Baseball League of America. In 1948, Wilson began a minor league career that extended into 1953, and included teams in Miami (OK), Topeka, Paris (IL), Fulton (KY), Iola, and Hannibal (MO). In the 150 minor league games for which his pitching statistics are available, he compiled a 56-32 record, with a 3.62 ERA. In 1954, Wilson joined the staff of the Kansas Department of Revenue in Topeka and remained with the department for a 33-year career. Ed Wilson died in 2002 at the age of 73. Digital reproduction of the photograph was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.
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