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{{short description|American baseball player (1911-1988)}}
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{{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 (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=22–22
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=156
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=5.61
|teams=
*[[Washington Senators (1901–60)|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 (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] and [[St. Louis Browns]].

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

==External links==
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[[Category:Major League Baseball pitchers]]
[[Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) players]]
[[Category:St. Louis Browns players]]
[[Category:Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players]]
[[Category:Davenport Blue Sox players]]
[[Category:Chattanooga Lookouts players]]
[[Category:San Antonio Missions players]]
[[Category:San Diego Padres (minor league) players]]
[[Category:Baltimore Orioles (International League) players]]
[[Category:Baseball players from Chicago]]
[[Category:1911 births]]
[[Category:1988 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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