Stubby Magner

Edmund Burke Magner was an American Major League Baseball shortstop and second baseman.

Career

Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Magner captained Cornell to an undefeated season in [1910–11 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey|Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season|1911], winning an intercollegiate ice hockey championship. After graduating, he played for the New York Highlanders in. In 13 career games, he had 7 hits in 33 at-bats. He batted and threw right-handed. At 5'3", along with Yo-Yo Davalillo he is the shortest person to have played a fielding position in Major League Baseball.
After his brief professional career, Magner became a coach, first returning to his alma mater and the hockey team after the resignation of Talbot Hunter. Magner's tenure was short, lasting only a season, but he managed to produce another perfect campaign, this time going winless in 7 contests. Cornell surrendered 51 goals in 7 games while scoring only 8. In 1915, he coached the University at Buffalo baseball team.
He was a member of the Quill and Dagger society while in college and served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve during World War I. Magner died in Chillicothe, Ohio and is buried at Dayton National Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio.