Ed Linke

{{short description|American baseball player (1911-1988)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ed Linke

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1911|11|9|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1988|6|21|1911|11|9}}

|death_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 27

|debutyear=1933

|debutteam=Washington Senators

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 4

|finalyear=1938

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=22–22

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=156

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.61

|teams=

• Washington Senators (1933–37)
• St. Louis Browns (1938)

}}

Edward Karl Linke (November 9, 1911 – June 21, 1988) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, from {{mlby|1933}} until {{mlby|1938}}, for the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns.

Linke was a good hitting pitcher, posting a .263 batting average (41-for-156) with 26 runs, 2 home runs, 17 RBI and 19 bases on balls in 122 games.