Brian Edgerly

Brian C. Edgerly (born 1943) is an American former baseball outfielder who played internationally with Team USA at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Brian Edgerly
Outfielder
Born: 1943
Bats: Right
Throws: Left

Edgerly played college baseball at Colgate University, where he majored in philosophy and religion, and captained the soccer, ice hockey, and baseball teams.[1] He was a third-team baseball All-American in 1964, leading the nation in batting average with a .449 mark.[2] In 1964 Edgerly played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star.[3] He went on to play for Team USA at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[4][5] He was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 17th round of the 1965 MLB Draft, and played in the Red Sox' minor league system for the Waterloo Hawks in 1965 and 1966.[6] Edgerly was inducted into the Colgate Raiders' Hall of Honor in 1982.[7]

References
  1. "Faces in the Crowd". si.com. June 8, 1964. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  2. "1964 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams". abca.org. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  3. "Lower Cape All-Stars". Cape Cod Standard-Times. Hyannis, MA. July 14, 1964. p. 7.
  4. "NCAA News" (PDF). Vol. 1, no. 4. September–October 1964. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2012 – via Wayback Machine. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  5. "Alumni players". usabaseball.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  6. "Brian Edgerly". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  7. "Brian C. Edgerly". gocolgateraiders.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.


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