• Card series: Beginnings: 1880's
• City: Boston
• Team: Beaneaters
• League: National League

Edward Christopher Tate (1860-1932) made his ML debut with the Boston Beaneaters at the end of the 1885 season. He stayed as a catcher for three more seasons before moving to the Orioles where his big league career ended in 1890. Tate went on to play four more years in the minors. His career batting average was .218 and he had two HRs.

• Tate played nine games in the outfield for Boston and subbed at 1B for Baltimore
• In 1926 Tate’s home town fans re-named Island Park in Richmond, VA Tate Field to honor one of their first baseball heroes