Ed Olwine

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1958)}}

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

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|position=Pitcher

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|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1958|5|28}}

|birth_place=Greenville, Ohio, U.S.

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|debutdate=June 2

|debutyear=1986

|debutteam=Atlanta Braves

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 2

|finalyear=1988

|finalteam=Atlanta Braves

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|stat1label=Win–loss record

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|stat2label=Earned run average

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Edward R. Olwine (born May 28, 1958) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves from 1986 to 1988.

Amateur career

Olwine played college baseball for Morehead State University. In 1978 and 1979, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was the winning pitcher in the league's 1979 all-star game at Fenway Park, and helped Hyannis win the league championship in both seasons.{{cite news | title = Meet the Mets | pages = 7 | newspaper = Barnstable Patriot | location = Barnstable, MA | date = May 24, 1979 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Yarmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=BAR%2F1979%2F05%2F24&id=Ar00700&sk=C4E85754&viewMode=image }}{{cite news | title = Cape League Champs | pages = 9 | newspaper = Barnstable Patriot | location = Barnstable, MA | date = August 16, 1979 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Yarmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=BAR%2F1979%2F08%2F16&id=Ar00913&sk=5869415B&viewMode=image }}{{cite news | title = Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game Results | pages = S15 | newspaper = Yarmouth Register | location = Yarmouth, MA | date = July 24, 2008 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Yarmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=DPLTR%2F2008%2F07%2F24&id=Ar04702&sk=2ABF4649&viewMode=image }}

Professional career

File:1983 Nashville Ed Olwine.jpg in 1983]]

He was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1980. Olwine played his first professional season with their Rookie league Paintsville Yankees, Class A (Short Season) Oneonta Yankees, and Class A-Advanced Fort Lauderdale Yankees in 1980, and his last season with the Braves' Triple-A unit, the Richmond Braves, in 1988.

Olwine shares the major league baseball record with Juan Alvarez for most games pitched without a win, at 80.

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