Claude Elliott (baseball)
Claude Elliott | |||
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Pitcher | |||
Born: Pardeeville, Wisconsin |
November 17, 1876|||
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MLB debut | |||
April 16, 1904, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
October 7, 1905, for the New York Giants | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 3–a3 | ||
Earned run average | 3.33 | ||
Strikeouts | 47 | ||
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Claude Judson "Chaucer" Elliott (November 17, 1876 – June 21, 1923) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of two seasons (1904–1905) with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants. For his career, he compiled an 3–3 record in 22 appearances, with an 3.33 earned run average and 47 strikeouts. He was a member of the 1905 World Series champions Giants, though he did not play in the World Series.
In 1905, Elliott relieved eight times in his ten appearances. Though saves were not an official statistic until 1969, Elliot was retroactively credited with six saves that season, a record at that time. His manager, John McGraw, was one of the first to use a relief pitcher to save games.[1][2]
On June 29, 1905, while playing for the Giants, Elliott played a part in history that would be immortalized some 80 years later with the making of Field of Dreams. The movie included a depiction of Moonlight Graham, who only played one inning in Major League baseball and never got an at bat. It was Elliot who flied out ending the top of the ninth inning with Graham on deck.[3]
Elliott was born and later died in Pardeeville, Wisconsin at the age of 46.
See also
References
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- ↑ "Moonlight" Graham remembered – Countdown with Keith Olbermann – MSNBC.com at www.msnbc.msn.com
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Pages with broken file links
- 1876 births
- 1923 deaths
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Baseball players from Wisconsin
- Cincinnati Reds players
- New York Giants (NL) players
- People from Columbia County, Wisconsin
- Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players
- Jackson (minor league baseball) players
- Detroit Tigers (Western League) players
- Rockford Rough Riders players
- Louisville Colonels (minor league) players
- Providence Grays (minor league) players
- Indianapolis Indians players