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Ed Brandt
	Edward Arthur Brandt
	(Big Ed)

	Born: February 17, 1905 in Spokane, WA
	Died: November 1, 1944 - 39 years old
	Bats: L	Throws: L	Ht: 6'1"	Wt: 190

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Notes:
- Purchased by the Boston Braves from Seattle in 1927
- High School: Lewis & Clark (Spokane, WA)

Comparison

Starting Pitchers				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	Mil	NgLg	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Lefty Grove	1925 - 1941	SP	103.6	Pl			-6.3	0.1	109.9	0.1
2	Ted Lyons	1923 - 1946	SP	71.5	Pl	WW2		4.4	0.1	67.2	0.1
3	Red Ruffing	1924 - 1947	SP	70.3	Pl	WW2		15.0	0.1	55.3	0.1
4	Carl Hubbell	1928 - 1943	SP	67.5	Pl			-0.3	-0.1	67.8	-0.1
5	Red Faber	1914 - 1933	SP	64.9	Pl	WW1		-3.5	0.0	68.4	0.0
6	Wes Ferrell	1927 - 1941	SP	61.6				12.7	0.1	48.8	0.0
7	Dazzy Vance	1915 - 1935	SP	59.9	Pl			-2.5	-0.1	62.5	0.1
8	Jack Quinn	1909 - 1933	SP	58.1				-1.0	0.1	59.1	-0.0
9	George Uhle	1919 - 1936	SP	56.0				11.5	0.1	44.4	0.0
10	Eppa Rixey	1912 - 1933	SP	55.4	Pl	WW1		-1.3	-0.1	56.8	0.0
11	Bucky Walters	1931 - 1950	SP	54.2				8.3	-0.1	46.4	0.4
12	Burleigh Grimes	1916 - 1934	SP	52.9	Pl	WW1		6.2	-0.1	46.9	0.0
13	Waite Hoyt	1918 - 1938	SP	51.8	Pl	WW1		-1.6	0.0	53.3	-0.0
14	Tommy Bridges	1930 - 1946	SP	51.1		WW2		-1.4	0.0	52.5	0.1
15	Dutch Leonard	1933 - 1953	SP	48.6				-2.7	0.0	51.3	0.0
16	Bobo Newsom	1929 - 1953	SP	48.2				-3.5	0.0	51.7	0.1
17	Dolf Luque	1914 - 1935	SP	47.6			Y	4.6	-0.2	43.1	-0.1
18	Lon Warneke	1930 - 1945	SP	46.2		WW2		4.3	-0.1	41.9	-0.1
19	Red Lucas	1923 - 1938	SP	46.1				14.1	0.0	32.0	0.0
20	Herb Pennock	1912 - 1934	SP	44.9	Pl	WW1		0.8	0.0	44.1	0.0
21	Dizzy Dean	1930 - 1947	SP	44.9	Pl	MIL		2.2	-0.0	42.7	-0.0
22	Larry French	1929 - 1942	SP	44.3		WW2		0.5	-0.1	43.9	-0.1
23	Mel Harder	1928 - 1947	SP	43.8				-4.2	0.0	47.9	0.1
24	Sam Jones	1914 - 1935	SP	43.7				3.2	0.0	40.4	-0.0
25	Schoolboy Rowe	1933 - 1949	SP	43.5		WW2		8.6	0.0	34.9	0.1
26	Tom Zachary	1918 - 1936	SP	41.2				2.7	0.0	38.6	0.0
27	Lefty Gomez	1930 - 1943	SP	38.4	Pl			-4.6	0.0	43.1	0.1
28	Charley Root	1923 - 1941	SP	37.8				-0.0	-0.2	38.0	-0.1
29	Earl Whitehill	1923 - 1939	SP	37.5				1.1	0.0	36.3	0.0
30	Paul Derringer	1931 - 1945	SP	37.0				-1.9	-0.1	39.0	-0.1
31	Rube Walberg	1923 - 1937	SP	36.3				-2.1	0.0	38.3	-0.0
32	Freddie Fitzsimmons	1925 - 1943	SP	35.8				2.3	-0.1	33.5	-0.0
33	Bump Hadley	1926 - 1941	SP	35.7				0.1	0.1	35.6	0.1
34	Thornton Lee	1933 - 1948	SP	34.8				-0.3	0.0	35.0	0.0
35	Jesse Haines	1918 - 1937	SP	32.7	Pl			-3.0	-0.1	35.8	0.0
36	Van Mungo	1931 - 1945	SP	32.4		WW2		2.2	-0.1	30.2	-0.1
37	Ed Brandt	1928 - 1938	SP	32.1				4.3	-0.1	27.8	-0.1
38	Willis Hudlin	1926 - 1944	SP	31.7		WW2		0.5	0.0	31.2	0.0
39	Firpo Marberry	1923 - 1936	SP	30.8				-1.0	0.0	31.7	0.0
40	Hal Schumacher	1931 - 1946	SP	30.0		WW2		2.9	-0.1	27.1	-0.1
41	Alvin Crowder	1926 - 1936	SP	28.7		WW1		-0.9	0.0	29.6	0.0
42	Syl Johnson	1922 - 1940	SP	27.8				-1.6	-0.1	29.4	-0.1
43	Rip Sewell	1932 - 1949	SP	27.0				2.0	-0.1	25.0	-0.1
44	Bob Smith	1923 - 1937	SP	27.0				2.3	1.6	24.5	1.5
45	Johnny Allen	1932 - 1944	SP	26.5				-1.6	0.0	28.1	0.1
46	Watty Clark	1924 - 1937	SP	26.3				0.2	-0.0	26.2	-0.0
47	Lefty Stewart	1921 - 1935	SP	26.1				1.3	0.0	24.8	-0.0
48	Tommy Thomas	1926 - 1937	SP	25.9				-0.4	0.0	26.3	0.0
49	Whit Wyatt	1929 - 1945	SP	24.7				2.4	-0.0	22.4	-0.0
50	Ray Kremer	1924 - 1933	SP	23.9				-1.5	-0.1	25.5	0.0
51	Dolly Gray	1924 - 1933	SP	23.7		WW1		-0.7	0.1	24.3	0.0
52	Danny MacFayden	1926 - 1943	SP	22.5				-3.6	-0.0	26.1	-0.0
53	George Blaeholder	1925 - 1936	SP	22.3				-3.0	0.0	25.4	0.0
54	Bill Swift	1932 - 1943	SP	21.5				2.4	-0.1	19.1	-0.1
55	George Earnshaw	1928 - 1936	SP	21.3		WW2		1.3	0.0	20.0	0.0
56	Monte Pearson	1932 - 1941	SP	20.7				1.8	0.0	18.9	0.1
57	Guy Bush	1923 - 1945	SP	20.5				-2.7	-0.1	23.3	-0.0
58	Lloyd Brown	1925 - 1940	SP	20.3				0.4	-0.0	19.8	-0.0
59	Oral Hildebrand	1931 - 1940	SP	20.3				-1.1	0.0	21.4	0.1
60	Pat Malone	1928 - 1937	SP	19.8				-1.0	-0.1	20.9	-0.0
61	Fred Frankhouse	1927 - 1939	SP	19.2		WW2		2.0	-0.1	17.2	-0.1
62	Ivy Andrews	1931 - 1938	SP	18.7				-0.7	-0.0	19.4	0.0
63	Joe Shaute	1922 - 1934	SP	17.8				3.3	-0.0	14.5	-0.0
64	Vic Sorrell	1928 - 1937	SP	17.3		WW2		-3.2	0.0	20.5	0.0
65	Milt Gaston	1924 - 1934	SP	17.2				-0.1	0.0	17.2	0.0
66	Sloppy Thurston	1923 - 1933	SP	17.1				4.3	-0.0	12.8	0.0
67	Larry Benton	1923 - 1935	SP	17.1				-2.1	-0.1	19.3	0.0
68	Tex Carleton	1932 - 1940	SP	16.9				0.9	-0.1	16.0	-0.0
69	Johnny Marcum	1933 - 1939	SP	16.8				3.1	0.0	13.8	0.1
70	Elden Auker	1933 - 1942	SP	15.4		WW2		-0.3	0.0	15.8	0.1
71	Ben Cantwell	1927 - 1937	SP	15.0				1.3	-0.0	13.8	-0.0
72	Phil Collins	1923 - 1935	SP	14.9				-0.8	-0.0	15.7	-0.0
73	Ray Kolp	1921 - 1934	SP	14.6				-0.8	-0.0	15.5	0.0
74	Bill Hallahan	1925 - 1938	SP	14.3		WW2		-1.5	-0.0	15.8	-0.0
75	Luke Hamlin	1933 - 1944	SP	14.3				-0.9	-0.1	15.3	-0.0
76	Bill Walker	1927 - 1936	SP	14.2				-3.5	-0.0	17.7	-0.0
77	Jake Miller	1924 - 1933	SP	13.8				-2.2	0.0	16.0	-0.0
78	Huck Betts	1920 - 1935	SP	13.7		WW1		0.3	-0.1	13.5	-0.0
79	Ray Benge	1925 - 1938	SP	13.6		WW2		-1.5	-0.1	15.2	-0.0
80	Sheriff Blake	1920 - 1937	SP	11.2				-0.9	-0.1	12.2	0.0
81	George Pipgras	1923 - 1935	SP	10.4				-1.7	0.0	12.0	-0.0
82	Bob Weiland	1928 - 1940	SP	10.3				-2.2	-0.1	12.5	-0.0
83	Nick Altrock	1898 - 1933	SP	10.2				0.5	-0.1	9.7	-0.0
84	Benny Frey	1929 - 1936	SP	9.1				2.5	-0.0	6.7	-0.0
85	Monte Weaver	1931 - 1939	SP	8.8		WW2		0.3	0.0	8.6	0.1
86	Jumbo Elliott	1923 - 1934	SP	8.6				-1.2	-0.1	9.8	-0.0
87	Tony Kaufmann	1921 - 1935	SP	8.5				1.2	-0.2	7.4	-0.1
88	Joe Bowman	1932 - 1945	SP	7.8				3.5	-0.1	4.3	-0.1
89	Si Johnson	1928 - 1947	SP	7.7		WW2		-4.3	-0.1	12.0	-0.0
90	Fred Heimach	1920 - 1933	SP	7.6				1.7	-0.2	6.0	-0.1
91	Jack Knott	1933 - 1946	SP	7.5		WW2		-4.2	0.0	11.7	0.0
92	Steve Swetonic	1929 - 1935	SP	7.4				-0.3	-0.0	7.8	-0.0
93	Bobby Burke	1927 - 1937	SP	7.3		WW2		-0.3	0.0	7.6	-0.0
94	Johnny Welch	1926 - 1936	SP	7.2				0.4	-0.0	6.9	0.0
95	Ed Wells	1923 - 1934	SP	7.2				0.1	0.0	7.1	0.0
96	Chief Hogsett	1929 - 1944	SP	6.8				0.8	0.0	6.0	0.0
97	Bill Dietrich	1933 - 1948	SP	6.6				-1.1	0.0	7.8	0.0
98	Lynn Nelson	1930 - 1940	SP	6.5				2.5	0.1	3.9	0.1
99	Heinie Meine	1922 - 1934	SP	5.8				-1.5	-0.0	7.3	-0.0
100	Ed Durham	1929 - 1933	SP	5.8				-1.5	0.0	7.2	0.0

	Ed Brandt	1928 - 1938	SP	32.1				4.3	-0.1	27.8	-0.1

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com