Complex sentence: Edward Lee Stevens ("Big Ed") (January 12,1925--July 22,2012) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1945 through 1950 with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Split into simpler sentences: Edward Lee Stevens (January 12,1925--July 22,2012), nicknamed "Big Ed," is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played from 1945 to 1950 with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates.