Ice Box Chamberlain

Ice Box Chamberlain
Pitcher
Born: (1867-11-05)November 5, 1867
Warsaw, New York, U.S.
Died: September 22, 1929(1929-09-22) (aged 61)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 13, 1886, for the Louisville Colonels
Last MLB appearance
May 13, 1896, for the Cleveland Spiders
MLB statistics
Win–loss record157–120
Earned run average3.57
Strikeouts1,133
Teams

Elton P. "Ice Box" Chamberlain (November 5, 1867 – September 22, 1929) was an American professional baseball player. He played in the major leagues as a right-handed pitcher during 1886–1896. In several seasons, Chamberlain finished in his league's top ten in a number of pitching categories, including wins, earned run average, strikeouts, and shutouts. During one of his best seasons, the 1888 St. Louis Browns won the American Association pennant with a 92–43 record. Normally a right-handed pitcher, Chamberlain pitched the last two innings of an 1888 game with his left hand, making him a rare example of a switch pitcher.

Chamberlain finished his major-league baseball career with 264 complete games out of his 301 games started.[1] After his playing days, he was hired as a baseball umpire and later announced he was becoming a boxer, but neither venture appears to have worked out. Not much is known about Chamberlain's later life. He died in Baltimore in 1929.

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