Edwin Forrest Bligh (June 30, 1864 – April 18, 1892) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball player from Brooklyn, New York, who played for four teams during his four-season career. He didn'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.

Ned Bligh

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1864 births

1892 deaths

19th-century baseball players

Major League Baseball catchers

Baltimore Orioles (AA) players

Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) players

Columbus Solons players

Louisville Colonels players

Baseball players from Brooklyn

Lawrence (minor league baseball) players

New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players

Troy Trojans (minor league) players

Deaths from typhoid fever

Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn

Ned Bligh