Ed Haigh

{{Short description|American baseball player (1867–1953)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ed Haigh

|position=Outfielder

|image=

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Unknown

|birth_date=February 7, 1867

|birth_place=Philadelphia

|death_date={{death date and age|1953|2|13|1867|2|7}}

|death_place=Atlantic City, New Jersey

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= August 14

|debutyear= 1892

|debutteam=St. Louis Browns

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 14

|finalyear=1892

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.250

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1892}})

}}

Edward E. Haigh (February 7, 1867 – February 13, 1953) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the St. Louis Browns of the National League in 1892.

Haigh made his big league debut on August 14, 1892.{{cite web |title=Ed Haigh Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haighed01.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=7 February 2024 |language=en}} Louisville's Courier Journal reported that Haigh "accidentally made a hit and it was a regular comedy to see him on the bases ... It is doubtful if Haigh could steal a base if he was alone in a ten-acre field."{{cite news |title=Clausen's Curves |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-clausens-curves/140422433/ |access-date=7 February 2024 |work=The Courier-Journal |date=15 August 1892 |pages=6}} His release was reported in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat on August 16: "Capt. Gore and Mr. Von der Ahe do not consider him a good enough player for the big League."{{cite news |title=Haigh Not to Stay. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-globe-democrat-haigh-not-to-st/140422272/ |access-date=7 February 2024 |work=St. Louis Globe-Democrat |date=16 August 1892 |pages=9}}