Personal Life
Padgett was born on March 1, 1899, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He became a foreman at a manufacturing company after he retired from baseball in 1930. He was married to Edith. Together, they had one son, Joseph, who was fatally injured in 1937 while playing basketball. Edith joined the WAAC as a private in 1942. This is because she felt she would be symbolically taking their deceased son's place, as he would have been twenty-one years old and thus eligible for conscription into the army. Before reporting for duty, Edith taught Ernie how to cook. When asked which one was more challenging to accomplish, Padgett joked that making an unassisted triple play was "much easier than making a soufflé."
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