Today's Birthday: Ed Phillips (Oneonta Red Sox, 1966)

Former New York-Penn League prospect Ed Phillips was born on this date in 1944.

Credits: Society for American Baseball Research

He played in the New York-Penn League in 1966 for the Oneonta Red Sox (4-4, 2.80 ERA). He went on to pitch in 18 games for the 1970 Boston Red Sox.

Phillips was inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979 and the Maine Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.

He died on his birthday, September 20, 2017.

Sources: Baseball Reference and SABR

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