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Elon Hogsett
Elon Chester "Chief" Hogsett (November 2, 1903 – July 17, 2001) was an American professional baseball pitcher who threw with a left-handed submarine motion. He played in Major League Baseball from 1929 to 1938 plus a final season in 1944, appearing in 330 games, 114 as a starter, compiling a 63–87 win–loss record with a 5.02 earned run average (ERA). He spent parts of nine seasons with the Detroit Tigers and pitched in the World Series in 1934 and 1935.
Hogsett was born in 1903 on a farm in Ness County, Kansas. His parents were divorced in 1905, and his father moved to Illinois. His mother remarried in 1907 to Harry Cranston. His stepfather was an abusive alcoholic, and Hogsett left home when he was 14 years old, moving to Brownell, Kansas.
He pitched for the Brownell high school team and later for town teams, including one from Ness City, Kansas. He claimed to have developed his submarine pitching delivery as a result of his fondness for throwing stones underhanded as a boy. He later recalled, "I never passed a rock that I didn't pick up and throw somewhere." He reportedly ran the 100-yard dash in 10 seconds flat while in high school. He also attended Bethany College where he played college football as a back.
Hogsett began playing professional baseball in 1925 for the Oklahoma-based Cushing Refiners in the Southwestern League. It was there that he was given the nickname "Chief." Hogsett recalled that his roommate was a full-blooded Kiowa Native American, and because of that, Hogsett was given the nickname. Hogsett offered a different account to a reporter in 1989, stating he was given the nickname while working as a bellhop in a hotel.
Although press accounts during his playing days sometimes referred to him as a "full-blooded Indian", Hogsett later claimed to be only one-thirty-second Cherokee, "maybe more", on his mother's side. During his major league career in Detroit, Hogsett was reportedly greeted with "war whoops" by the fans at Navin Field when he took the mound. While use of his nickname was not uncommon in print, contemporary newspapers mostly used his given name, Elon.
At the end of the 1925 season, the Detroit Tigers acquired his contract and assigned him to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League. He was subsequently sent to the lower minor leagues where he played in 1926 with the Fort Worth Panthers of the Texas League and the Marshall Snappers of the East Texas League, in 1927 with the Decatur Commodores of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League and the Wheeling Stogies of the Middle Atlantic League, and in 1928 with the Evansville Hubs of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League.
In 1929, he returned to Double-A baseball with the Montreal Royals of the International League, compiling a 22–13 record with a 3.03 earned run average (ERA) in 37 games. While playing for Montreal, the local Iroquois tribe held a ceremony at the baseball park during which Hogsett was installed as "Chief Ranantasse", meaning "Chief Strong Arm", of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy. He became the most popular player on the Montreal club and was rated as the best left-handed pitcher in the International League.
In August 1929, the Detroit Tigers acquired Hogsett from Montreal. He reported to the Tigers in September and made his major league debut on September 18. He appeared in four games, all as a starter, compiling a 1–2 record with a 2.83 ERA.
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Elon Hogsett
Elon Chester "Chief" Hogsett (November 2, 1903 – July 17, 2001) was an American professional baseball pitcher who threw with a left-handed submarine motion. He played in Major League Baseball from 1929 to 1938 plus a final season in 1944, appearing in 330 games, 114 as a starter, compiling a 63–87 win–loss record with a 5.02 earned run average (ERA). He spent parts of nine seasons with the Detroit Tigers and pitched in the World Series in 1934 and 1935.
Hogsett was born in 1903 on a farm in Ness County, Kansas. His parents were divorced in 1905, and his father moved to Illinois. His mother remarried in 1907 to Harry Cranston. His stepfather was an abusive alcoholic, and Hogsett left home when he was 14 years old, moving to Brownell, Kansas.
He pitched for the Brownell high school team and later for town teams, including one from Ness City, Kansas. He claimed to have developed his submarine pitching delivery as a result of his fondness for throwing stones underhanded as a boy. He later recalled, "I never passed a rock that I didn't pick up and throw somewhere." He reportedly ran the 100-yard dash in 10 seconds flat while in high school. He also attended Bethany College where he played college football as a back.
Hogsett began playing professional baseball in 1925 for the Oklahoma-based Cushing Refiners in the Southwestern League. It was there that he was given the nickname "Chief." Hogsett recalled that his roommate was a full-blooded Kiowa Native American, and because of that, Hogsett was given the nickname. Hogsett offered a different account to a reporter in 1989, stating he was given the nickname while working as a bellhop in a hotel.
Although press accounts during his playing days sometimes referred to him as a "full-blooded Indian", Hogsett later claimed to be only one-thirty-second Cherokee, "maybe more", on his mother's side. During his major league career in Detroit, Hogsett was reportedly greeted with "war whoops" by the fans at Navin Field when he took the mound. While use of his nickname was not uncommon in print, contemporary newspapers mostly used his given name, Elon.
At the end of the 1925 season, the Detroit Tigers acquired his contract and assigned him to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League. He was subsequently sent to the lower minor leagues where he played in 1926 with the Fort Worth Panthers of the Texas League and the Marshall Snappers of the East Texas League, in 1927 with the Decatur Commodores of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League and the Wheeling Stogies of the Middle Atlantic League, and in 1928 with the Evansville Hubs of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League.
In 1929, he returned to Double-A baseball with the Montreal Royals of the International League, compiling a 22–13 record with a 3.03 earned run average (ERA) in 37 games. While playing for Montreal, the local Iroquois tribe held a ceremony at the baseball park during which Hogsett was installed as "Chief Ranantasse", meaning "Chief Strong Arm", of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy. He became the most popular player on the Montreal club and was rated as the best left-handed pitcher in the International League.
In August 1929, the Detroit Tigers acquired Hogsett from Montreal. He reported to the Tigers in September and made his major league debut on September 18. He appeared in four games, all as a starter, compiling a 1–2 record with a 2.83 ERA.