Heinie Elder
Heinie Elder | |
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Seattle, Washington | |
Died: November 13, 1958 Long Beach, California | (aged 68)|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
July 7, 1913, for the Detroit Tigers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 7, 1913, for the Detroit Tigers | |
MLB statistics | |
Games pitched | 1 |
Earned run average | 8.10 |
Innings pitched | 3.1 |
Teams | |
Henry Knox "Heinie" Elder Sr. (August 23, 1890 – November 13, 1958) was a
Playing career
After attending the University of Minnesota, and playing baseball for the "Golden Gophers" in his 1911 freshman season,[1] Heinie Elder played one game in the major leagues, at age 22, as a left-handed relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers on July 7, 1913. He pitched 3-1/3 innings and gave up four hits, five bases on balls, and three earned runs for a single-game and career earned run average of 8.10.
Military service and later years
Heinie Elder is one of the few major league players to have served in both World War I and World War II. He was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army.[2][3] He served in France during World War I and was active in the Army reserves for 23 years between the wars. He held administrative posts as a major and lieutenant colonel during World War II.[4]
Elder graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School and became a lawyer. He practiced law in Los Angeles for 25 years. He moved to Balboa in 1955. He died in 1958 at age 68 at the Veterans Hospital in
References
- ^ University of Minnesota Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team
- ^ TheDeadballEra.com :: THOSE WHO SERVED
- ^ "Welcome to the US Petabox". Archived from the original on 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- Baseball Almanac