:Mike Eden (baseball)

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Mike Eden

|position=Second baseman/Shortstop

|image=Mike Eden White Sox.jpg

|caption=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1949|5|22}}

|birth_place=Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone

|death_date=

|death_place=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 2

|debutyear=1976

|debutteam=Atlanta Braves

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 11

|finalyear=1978

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.080

|stat2label=Hits

|stat2value=2

|stat3label=At bats

|stat3value=25

|stat4label=Runs batted in

|stat4value=1

|teams=

Atlanta Braves ({{mlby|1976}})
Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1978}})

}}

Edward Michael Eden (born May 22, 1949) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) infielder who played for the Atlanta Braves in {{mlby|1976}} and the Chicago White Sox in {{mlby|1978}}.

Amateur career

Eden has the distinction of being the only major leaguer born in Fort Clayton, a former US military base on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal.

Eden attended George D. Chamberlain High School in Tampa, Florida where he played for the school's baseball team with future Major Leaguers Steve Garvey and Tom Walker.{{Cite book |title=Totem Yearbook |date=1966 |publisher=Bryn Alan |edition=Volume 9 |location=Tampa, Florida |publication-date=1966 |pages=201, 165 |language=English}} He began his college baseball career at Brevard Community College and continued it at Southern Illinois University.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Marc |title=Expos' Call Relieves Tom |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/florida-today-expos-call-relieves-tom/142949407/ |access-date=8 March 2024 |work=Florida Today |date=15 June 1977 |page=1C}}

At Southern Illinois, he was a member of the Southern Illinois Salukis baseball team and was selected third baseman to the All-Tournament Team of the 1971 College World Series. In 1970 and 1971, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and won the league's batting title in 1970.{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=September 25, 2019}}{{cite news | title = Cape Codder Sports | pages = 23 | newspaper = The Cape Codder | location = Orleans, MA | date = August 27, 1970 | url = https://snow-library.com/viewer/2578?medianame=1970_thecapecodder_vol25_issue26_orleans_000023 }}

File:Mike Eden.jpg in 1975]]

Professional career

Signed by the San Francisco Giants in 1972, Eden was acquired by the Atlanta Braves in 1976 as part of a five-player trade. He appeared in five games with Atlanta in that season before joining the Chicago White Sox in 1978, and also spent part of three seasons in Triple-A with the Iowa Oaks (1978) and Rochester Red Wings (1979–1980).

In two major league seasons, Eden posted a .080 batting average (2-for-25) and scored a run in 15 games. He hit .269 (251-for-932) in 266 minor league games, including 16 home runs, 114 RBI, and a .363 on-base percentage.

Personal life

Eden married Lorraine Hey of New York in August 1980 while he was playing for the Rochester Red Wings.{{cite news |last1=Manley |first1=Russell |title=Mike Eden wants one last shot at major leagues |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-times-mike-eden-wants-one-last/142949814/ |access-date=8 March 2024 |work=The Tampa Times |date=9 August 1980 |page=1-C |language=en}}

References

External links

[http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/E/mike-eden.shtml The Baseball Cube]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/edenmi01.shtml Baseball Reference]
[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/E/Pedenm101.htm Retrosheet]
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/southern_illinois_university_baseball_players.shtml SIU baseball players]

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