Elam Vangilder
Elam Vangilder | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Cape Girardeau, Missouri | April 23, 1896|
Died: April 30, 1977 Cape Girardeau, Missouri | (aged 81)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 18, 1919, for the St. Louis Browns | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 27, 1929, for the Detroit Tigers | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 99-102 |
Earned run average | 4.28 |
Strikeouts | 474 |
Teams | |
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Elam Russell Vangilder (April 23, 1896 – April 30, 1977), was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1919-1929. He would play for the St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers.
His baseball career was brought to an end after suffering from a knee injury that required surgery. Unfortunately the surgery was unable to repair the knee and caused his inability to walk without support from a cane or crutch.
Vangilder was a better than average hitting pitcher in his major league career. He posted a .243 batting average (146-for-601) with 61 runs, 8 home runs and 50 RBI. His best year with the bat was with the 1922 St. Louis Browns when he hit .344 (32-for-93) with 2 home runs and 11 RBI.
He returned to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where he lived out his life on his dairy farm.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- Elam Vangilder at Find a Grave
- 1896 births
- 1977 deaths
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- St. Louis Browns players
- Detroit Tigers players
- Baseball players from Missouri
- Sportspeople from Cape Girardeau, Missouri
- Union City Greyhounds players
- American baseball pitcher, 1890s births stubs