Ed Brock
| Date and Place of Birth: | April 28, 1919 Detroit, MI |
| Date and Place of Death: | February 26, 1945 off Okinawa, Pacific |
| Baseball Experience: | Minor League |
| Position: | Second Base |
| Rank: | Machinist's Mate Third Class (MM3C) |
| Military Unit: | US Navy |
| Area Served: | Pacific Theater of Operations |
Edward A. Brock, the son of August Brock, was an infielder from Detroit, Michigan, and was
playing semipro baseball in the city when he signed with the St. Louis
Cardinals in late 1939. He joined the Albany Cardinals of the Class D
Georgia-Florida League at the start of the 1940 season and batted .360
in 10 games, prompting an early move to the Duluth Dukes of the Class D
Northern League. He was soon on the move again and spent the bulk of the
season with the Fostoria Red Birds of the Class D Ohio State League,
where he batted .295 with 37 RBIs in 58 games.
Brock did not return to Organized Baseball after 1940, but returned to
Detroit to play semi-pro ball. During that time the Cardinals assigned
him to Decatur of the Three-I League and then Lynchburg of the Piedmont
League but he did not report to either team.
Brock worked at the Fisher Building (now a National Historic Landmark)
in Detroit and enlisted in the Navy on October 2, 1943. He was assigned
to the USS Nestor (ARB-6), a Battle Damage Repair Ship, when it was
commissioned in June 1944, as a
machinist’s mate third class. The Nestor served in the Pacific Theater
providing essential repair work to ships that were damaged during the
Okinawa campaign, often coming under attack itself. On March 3, 1945,
Brock was reported missing
in action. It was later confirmed he had been killed on February 26,
1945. He was buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in
Honolulu, Hawaii.
|
Year |
Team |
League |
Class |
G |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
AVG |
|
1940 |
Albany |
Georgia-Florida |
D |
10 |
25 |
5 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
.360 |
|
1940 |
Duluth |
Northern |
D |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
1940 |
Fostoria |
Ohio State |
D |
58 |
210 |
36 |
62 |
15 |
3 |
3 |
37 |
.295 |
Edward Brock's grave at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii
Date Added: January 27, 2012 Updated May 18, 2022
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