Chick Lathers

Chick Lathers
Chick Lathers in his University of Michigan baseball uniform, c. 1909
Infielder
Born: (1888-10-22)October 22, 1888
Dearborn, Michigan
Died: July 26, 1971(1971-07-26) (aged 82)
Petoskey, Michigan
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 1, 1910, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
October 8, 1911, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average.228
Hits29
Runs batted in7
Teams

Charles Ten Eyck "Chick" Lathers (October 22, 1888 – July 26, 1971) was an American baseball player. With a .383 batting average, he was the third baseman and the leading hitter on the 1909 Michigan Wolverines baseball team that finished with a record of 18–3–1. He later played two years of Major League Baseball as an infielder for the Detroit Tigers. After retiring from baseball in 1913, Lathers worked for the Ford Motor Company for several years, served in the U.S. Army during World War I, and operated a dairy farm in northern Michigan from 1925 to 1962. He was also active in local government in northern Michigan.