Elton P. Chamberlain (1867 - 1929)

Born 5 Nov 1867 in New York, United States

Died 22 Sep 1929 at age 61 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Biography

Elton was born in 1867.

He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1886 to 1896. Elton made his major league debut with the Louisville Colonels of the American Association in September of 1886.

He played with the Colonels for three years. He later played with the St. Louis Browns (1888–1890), Columbus Solons (1890), Philadelphia Athletics (1891), Cincinnati Reds (1892–1894) and finally, the Cleveland Spiders (1896).

He passed away in 1929.

Sources

• "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNVY-NHG : 18 February 2021), Willard Chamberlain in household of W I Chamberlain, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States; citing p. 13, line 28, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 825,688.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ89-65W : 19 February 2021), Elton Chamberlain in household of Irving Chamberlain, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 162, sheet 107D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,831.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Box_Chamberlain