Claude "Butch" Lee Edge
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Claude "Butch" Lee Edge was born July 18, 1956 in Houston, Texas and went to El Camino High School in Sacramento, California.
Butch Edge played just one season in the Major Leagues in 1979 in which the 6'3" right-hander started 9 games for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 9 starts he pitched 51 2/3 innings, won 3 games, lost 4, completed 1 game, gave up 60 hits, 30 earned runs (for a 5.23 earned run average), walked 24 batters, and struck out 19.
He is the only Edge to have played in the Major Leagues.
Butch Edge timeline:
- June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
- November 5, 1976: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Milwaukee Brewers as the 12th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
- April 2, 1980: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.
- April 10, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
- Before 1982 Season: Sent from the Atlanta Braves to the Chicago White Sox in an unknown transaction.
- March 21, 1982: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Ross Baumgarten to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Vance Law and Ernie Camacho.
