Elon Hogsett
Chief Hogsett | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Brownell, Kansas | November 2, 1903|
Died: July 17, 2001 Hays, Kansas | (aged 97)|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
September 18, 1929, for the Detroit Tigers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 3, 1944, for the Detroit Tigers | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 63–87 |
Earned run average | 5.02 |
Strikeouts | 441 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Elon Chester "Chief" Hogsett (November 2, 1903 – July 17, 2001) was a sub-marining left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played 11 seasons in the American League with the Detroit Tigers (1929–36; 1944), St. Louis Browns (1936–37), and Washington Senators (1938).
Born on a farm outside Brownell, Kansas, Hogsett was raised in the home of an abusive alcoholic who married his stepmother; he left home when he was 14 years old. He pitched for the high school team in Brownell, where he developed his "submarine" pitching technique. He joined a professional team in Cushing, Oklahoma, and it was there that Hogsett was given the nickname "Chief." Hogsett had this to say about the nickname: "I roomed with a full-blooded Kiowa Indian and the nickname just kind of stuck. Am I really Indian? Well, I'm one-thirty-second Cherokee on my mother's side." (Richard Bak, "Cobb Would Have Caught It" (Wayne State Univ. Press 1991), p. 252.) During his major league career in Detroit, "Chief" Hogsett was greeted with "war whoops" by the fans at Navin Field when he took the mound.
Hogsett pitched primarily in relief, twice leading the league in games finished. He appeared in two World Series with the Tigers, in 1934 and 1935. In 330 career games, Hogsett threw 1,222 innings with 114 games started, 160 games finished, and 33 saves.
Hogsett was a good hitting pitcher in his 11-year major league career. He posted a .226 batting average (91-for-403) with 46 runs, 6 home runs and 27 RBI.
Hogsett worked as a liquor salesman after his baseball career ended. He lived in Hays, Kansas.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- BaseballLibrary.com
- Hogsett's Record with Minneapolis Millers
- 1903 births
- 2001 deaths
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Detroit Tigers players
- St. Louis Browns players
- Washington Senators (1901–1960) players
- Baseball players from Kansas
- Fort Worth Panthers players
- Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players
- Marshall Snappers players
- Decatur Commodores players
- Wheeling Stogies players
- Evansville Hubs players
- Montreal Royals players
- Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- People from Ness County, Kansas
- People from Cushing, Oklahoma
- People from Ellis County, Oklahoma
- People from Hays, Kansas
- Cushing Refiners players