Ed could have been a major player.

But: they rushed him into the majors at age 17. This is not a typo. With a proper minor league apprenticeship he would have learned skills a highskool kid simply ain't borned with. Conventional wisdom says he developed "late", but he was an 8-year veteran at age 25. Plus he was surrounded by charlatan teammates and front office knaves. I'm not sure if he "finished school" (some dudes do it in the offseason), but he's apparently a clever enough businessperson not to be living in a cardboard box on some Alphabet City grate. He had a really nice swing and "good hands", not much range, accurate-but-not-strong arm, ran slowly, but posesses some odd MLB records (single-season PH avg., I'm pretty sure.)

A decent life lived. Oh, and he's really "not that old". You and Casey can look it up.