Chick Lathers | |
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Infielder | |
Born: Dearborn, Michigan | October 22, 1888|
Died: July 26, 1971 Petoskey, Michigan | (aged 82)|
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 |
Hits | 29 |
Runs batted in | 7 |
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.