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Dwight Gooden
Dwight Gooden, known as Doc Gooden, is an American former baseball pitcher who starred for the New York Mets and won the 1985 NL Cy Young Award.
Dylan Cease
Dylan Cease, MLB starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays; formerly White Sox and Padres. 2022 AL Cy Young runner-up, 2024 no-hitter, five straight 200-strikeout seasons, seven-year $210M deal.
Earl Weaver
Earl Weaver (1930-2013), the Earl of Baltimore, Hall of Fame manager of the Orioles 1968-82 and 1985-86; 1,480 wins, .583, four pennants, 1970 World Series title, 96 ejections.
Earned run average
Earned run average (ERA) is a baseball statistic measuring how many earned runs a pitcher allows per nine innings, credited to Henry Chadwick and officially adopted in 1912.
Ebbets Field
Ebbets Field, Brooklyn ballpark of the Dodgers from 1913 to 1957, built by Charles Ebbets in Pigtown for $750,000; site of Jackie Robinson's debut era, first televised MLB game, and 1955 World Series title; demolished 1960.
Ed Walsh
Ed Walsh (Edward Augustine Walsh, 1881–1959), "Big Ed", Chicago White Sox spitballer 1904–1916; lowest career ERA in MLB history (1.82), last 40-game winner (1908), Hall of Fame 1946.
Eddie Feigner
Eddie Feigner (Myrle Vernon King, 1925-2007), American fast-pitch softball pitcher called The King, led the four-man barnstorming team The King and His Court from 1946; claimed 9,743 wins, 141,517 strikeouts, 238 perfect games, and a 104 mph fastball.
Eddie Gaedel
Eddie Gaedel (Edward Carl Gaedel, 1925-1961), Chicago-born little person, shortest MLB player ever at 3'7" and 65 lbs; walked on four pitches in his only 1951 St. Louis Browns plate appearance staged by Bill Veeck, contract voided two days later.
Eddie Murray
Eddie Murray is a former MLB first baseman, mostly with the Baltimore Orioles, who earned 3,000 hits, 500 home runs, and a 2003 Hall of Fame induction.
Eddie Rosario
Eddie Manuel Rosario, Puerto Rican MLB outfielder (Twins, Guardians, Braves, Nationals, Dodgers), born 1991; 2021 NLCS MVP who hit .560 with 14 hits as Atlanta reached the World Series; career .261, 169 home runs.
Edgar Martínez
Edgar Martínez, Puerto Rican-born Mariners third baseman turned designated hitter, two-time AL batting champion (.343 in 1992, .356 in 1995), hitter of "The Double" in the 1995 ALDS, and 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame electee at 85.4 percent.
Édgar Rentería
Édgar Rentería (Edgar Enrique Rentería), Colombian shortstop from Barranquilla, 1996–2011; two World Series-winning hits (1997 Marlins, 2010 Giants MVP), five All-Star, 2,327 hits, Cardinals Hall of Fame 2025.
Eduardo Paret
Eduardo Paret, born 1972 in Santa Clara, Cuba, is a former shortstop who won Olympic golds in 1996 and 2004, a 2008 silver, and 2005 World Championship MVP honors.
Eduardo Valencia
Eduardo Andres Valencia (born 2000, Valencia, Venezuela) is a Detroit Tigers catcher/first baseman who debuted July 9, 2026, homering in his first MLB at-bat after eight minor league seasons.
Edwin Encarnación
Edwin Encarnación (Edwin Elpidio Encarnación, born 1983, La Romana, Dominican Republic), Dominican MLB first baseman and designated hitter; 424 career home runs, 1,261 RBI, .846 OPS; three-time All-Star with Blue Jays and Indians; 2026 Hall of Fame ballot.
Eephus pitch
Eephus pitch (also spelled ephus): baseball's rarest, slowest pitch, a 45-55 mph high-arcing lob popularized by Rip Sewell after a 1941 hunting accident; named from Hebrew efes, 'nothing'; Ted Williams homered off it in the 1946 All-Star Game.
Eight Men Out
Eight Men Out: Eliot Asinof's 1963 book on the 1919 Black Sox World Series fix and John Sayles's 1988 Orion Pictures film adaptation, later corrected by SABR's Eight Myths Out research.
Eli Willits
Eli Willits is an American baseball shortstop drafted first overall by the Washington Nationals in 2025 at 17, the youngest top pick since 1987.
Eliecer Montes
Eliecer Montes (Eliécer Montes de Oca Fleites/Fleitas), Cuban right-handed starting pitcher from Villa Clara, born 1971; won baseball gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 1995 Pan American Games, and starred for Villa Clara in the Serie Nacional.
Ellis Burks
Ellis Burks (born 1964) is a former MLB outfielder and designated hitter for the Red Sox, White Sox, Rockies, Giants, and Indians; 2,107 hits, 352 home runs, 1996 NL MVP third place, 2004 World Series champion.
Elly De La Cruz
Elly De La Cruz, Cincinnati Reds switch-hitting shortstop from the Dominican Republic, debuted June 6, 2023; first MLB shortstop with 25 HR and 65 SB in a season (2024), MLB-leading 67 steals, elite sprint speed and arm strength.
Elston Howard
Elston Gene Howard (1929-1980), American catcher and left fielder, Kansas City Monarchs alumnus and first African-American New York Yankees player (debut April 14, 1955); 1963 AL MVP, nine-time All-Star, number 32 retired.
Emerson Hancock
Emerson Hancock (Emerson Christian Hancock, born 1999, Cairo, Georgia) is a Seattle Mariners right-handed starting pitcher, drafted sixth overall in 2020 from Georgia; MLB debut August 9, 2023.
Emi Inui
Emi Inui (乾絵美), born 1983 in Kakogawa, Japan, is a softball catcher who won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and, distinct from swimmer Yukiko Inui, became NPB's first female scout with Orix in 2020.
Enrique Hernández (baseball)
Kiké Hernández (Enrique J. Hernández), Puerto Rican MLB utility player (b. 1991, San Juan); Dodgers 2015-20 and 2023-25, Red Sox 2021-23; 2020 and 2024 World Series champion, 15 postseason HR, career 92 OPS+ with strong platoon split vs lefties.
Eri Yamada
Eri Yamada (山田恵里), born 1984, is a Japanese softball outfielder and two-time Olympic champion (Beijing 2008, Tokyo 2020) and Athens 2004 bronze medalist, Japan team captain, record-holding Japan League hitter, and later coach for China.
Eric Davis (baseball)
Eric Davis (born 1962), nicknamed Eric the Red, is a former MLB outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds, Dodgers, Tigers, Orioles, and Cardinals, a three-time Gold Glove five-tool star and 1990 World Series champion.
Éric Gagné
Éric Gagné (born 1976, Montreal) is a Canadian former MLB relief pitcher, Dodgers closer 2002-2006 nicknamed "Game Over", winner of the 2003 NL Cy Young Award with 55 saves and a 1.20 ERA, holder of the record 84 consecutive saves and a 91.7% career save rate, later named in the Mitchell Report.
Eric Hosmer
Eric Hosmer, American MLB first baseman (born 1989), drafted third overall by Kansas City in 2008; 2015 World Series champion famous for his Game 5 dash home, four Gold Gloves, 2017 Silver Slugger, and eight-year $144 million Padres contract; retired 2024.
Eric Sim (심현석)
Eric Sim (심현석, Shim Hyun-seok), born 1989 in Busan, is a Korean-Canadian former minor league catcher-pitcher drafted by the Giants in 2010, now the YouTuber "King of JUCO".