Elon Hogsett Marquee

b. November 2, 1903 · Detroit Tigers 1929–1936, 1944, St. Louis Browns 1936–1937, Washington Senators 1938

He was one of the first pitchers a manager used the way a bullpen is used now: 45 appearances in 1933 with nine saves, 47 in 1932, and long relief in between. Detroit won the pennant in 1934 and the World Series in 1935 with him working out of the bullpen in both.

Eleven seasons gave him 63 wins against 87, a 5.02 earned run average, 1,222 innings, 37 complete games and 33 saves across 330 appearances. The earned run average is a product of the era and the ballpark; he pitched in Detroit in the 1930s, when the American League scored more than five runs a game.

He was of Cherokee descent, from Brownell, Kansas, and the newspapers of the time called him Chief, as they called every player they believed to be Native American. He died in 2001, at ninety-seven. No Hall of Fame ballot ever listed him.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1929	DET	4	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200
1930	DET	33	58	6	17	2	1	1	5	1	12	.293
1931	DET	22	47	7	11	1	0	0	1	1	10	.234
1932	DET	48	57	11	14	2	0	2	5	4	18	.246
1933	DET	45	38	2	8	0	0	0	2	1	12	.211
1934	DET	26	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	.231
1935	DET	40	23	4	6	0	0	2	4	0	5	.261
1936	DET/SLB	46	70	7	10	2	0	0	2	7	19	.143
1937	SLB	40	62	6	13	2	0	1	5	2	13	.210
1938	WSH	32	23	3	7	2	1	0	1	2	3	.304
1944	DET	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Career	—	339	403	46	91	11	2	6	27	18	99	.226

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1929	DET	1	2	4	4	0	28.2	34	9	9	9	2.83
1930	DET	9	8	33	17	1	146.0	174	88	63	54	5.42
1931	DET	3	9	22	12	2	112.1	150	74	33	47	5.93
1932	DET	11	9	47	15	7	178.0	201	70	66	56	3.54
1933	DET	6	10	45	2	9	116.0	137	58	56	39	4.50
1934	DET	3	2	26	0	3	50.1	61	24	19	23	4.29
1935	DET	6	6	40	0	5	96.2	109	38	49	39	3.54
1936	DET/SLB	13	16	42	29	1	219.1	286	136	91	68	5.58
1937	SLB	6	19	37	26	2	177.1	245	124	75	68	6.29
1938	WSH	5	6	31	9	3	91.0	107	61	36	33	6.03
1944	DET	0	0	3	0	0	6.1	7	0	4	5	0.00
Career	—	63	87	330	114	33	1222.0	1511	682	501	441	5.02

On this day & linked events

1903

Born November 2, 1903

Brownell, KS, USA

2001

Died July 17, 2001

1929

Major-league debut: Elon Hogsett

Elon Hogsett made a major-league debut on September 18, 1929.

1937

Bill Dietrich's No-Hitter

Bill Dietrich threw a no-hitter for the Chicago White Sox against the St. Louis Browns on June 1, 1937, winning 8–0.

1944

Final major-league game: Elon Hogsett

Elon Hogsett played a final major-league game on June 3, 1944.