finalyear death_date death_place bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1890 18 april 1892 brooklyn , new york right brooklyn , new york 1886 october 14 .163 1 19 catcher louisville colonels batting average home runs runs batted in june 26 30 june 1864 nedbligh.jpg ned bligh
 baltimore orioles ned bligh right
ned bligh

edwin forrest bligh -lrb- june 30 , 1864 -- april 18 , 1892 -rrb- was an american catcher in major league baseball player from brooklyn , new york , who played for four teams during his four-season career .
he did n't collect his first base hit until his third season , and fourteenth at bat , when he was purchased by the columbus solons from the cincinnati red stockings for $ 1500 on december 14 , 1888 .
he played in a total of 66 games , collecting 34 hits in 209 at bats for a .163 career batting average .
ned died of typhoid fever at the age of 27 in his hometown of brooklyn , and is interred at holy cross cemetery .
