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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1950)}}
{{about|the baseball player|the American football player|Ed Halicki (American football)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Ed Halicki
|image=Ed Halicki Giants.jpg
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1950|10|4}}
|birth_place=[[Kearny, New Jersey]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=July 8
|debutyear=1974
|debutteam=San Francisco Giants
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 1
|finalyear=1980
|finalteam=California Angels
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=55–66
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=3.62
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=707
|teams=
*[[San Francisco Giants]] ({{mlby|1974}}–{{mlby|1980}})
*[[California Angels]] ({{mlby|1980}})
|highlights=
*Pitched a [[no-hitter]] on August 24, 1975 
}}
'''Edward Louis Halicki''' (born October 4, 1950) is an American former professional [[baseball]] player who [[pitcher|pitched]] in the [[Major League Baseball|Major Leagues]] from 1974 to 1980. On August 24, 1975, Halicki threw a [[no-hitter]] for the [[San Francisco Giants]] against the [[New York Mets]] in a 6–0 victory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/08/23/this-date-in-baseball/14488851/|title=This Date In Baseball|website=USA Today}}</ref> Halicki's no hitter was the last no-hit game by a Giants pitcher at home until [[Jonathan Sánchez]]'s no-hit winning game on July 10, 2009. Halicki attended [[Kearny High School (New Jersey)|Kearny High School]]<ref>[[Leonard Koppett|Koppett, Leonard]] [https://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/25/archives/jersey-pitcher-recalled-from-minors-in-may-halickis-nohitter-beats.html "Jersey Pitcher Recalled From Minors in May; Halicki's No-Hitter Beats Mets"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 25, 1975. Accessed March 28, 2011. "A native of New Jersey, where he was a star at Kearny High School, Halicki is a self-confessed Met fan who turned pro in 1972 while attending Monmouth College."</ref> and [[Monmouth University]]. Halicki was primarily a starting pitcher (157 starts, 35 relief appearances) but on August 13, 1978, he recorded his only save at the MLB level against the arch rival Dodgers.  Halicki retired the only 2 batters he faced to preserve a 7–6 Giants victory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN197808130.shtml|title=San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers Box Score, August 13, 1978}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Baseball}}
* [[List of Major League Baseball no-hitters]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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