Ed Karger

{{Short description|American baseball player (1883–1957)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ed Karger

|image=Ed Karger.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{birth date|1883|5|6}}

|birth_place=San Angelo, Texas, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1957|9|9|1883|5|6}}

|death_place=Delta, Colorado, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 15

|debutyear=1906

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 4

|finalyear=1911

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=48–67

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=2.79

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=415

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates (1906)
• St. Louis Cardinals (1906–1908)
• Cincinnati Reds (1909)
• Boston Red Sox (1909–1911)

}}

Edwin Karger (May 6, 1883 – September 9, 1957) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1906 to 1911. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and Boston Red Sox. Karger finished his career with a 48–67 win–loss record and a 2.79 earned run average. As a hitter, he was better than average for a pitcher, posting a .220 batting average (88-for-400) with 6 home runs and 35 RBI.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kargeed01.shtml Ed Karger]. Statistics and History. Baseball Reference. Retrieved on February 6, 2011.

On August 11, 1907 in a game against the Boston Doves, Karger was given credit for a seven inning perfect game.{{cite book|title=The Sports Encyclopedia Baseball|year=1974|pages=472}}

Karger lived in Alaska in the early 1940s.