Chief Hogsett

Full Name: Elon Chester Hogsett	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190	First Game: September 18, 1929
Birthdate: November 2, 1903	Final Game: June 3, 1944
Birthplace: Brownell, Kansas	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: July 17, 2001
Deathplace: Hays, Kansas
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on November 2, 1903 in Brownell, Kansas, Chief Hogsett (Elon Chester Hogsett) played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators over the course of his 11 year career. Hogsett broke into the bigs on September 18, 1929 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 5.42 ERA in 146 innings pitched in 1930, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Chief Hogsett's best season was 1932, when he posted a 3.54 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 56 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1929	DET	A	4	4	1	2	2.83	9	10	9	2	1	0	28.2	34	0	9	0	1
1930	DET	A	33	17	9	8	5.42	54	102	88	4	0	1	146	174	9	63	0	9
1931	DET	A	22	12	3	9	5.93	47	80	74	5	0	2	112.1	150	8	33	1	5
1932	DET	A	47	15	11	9	3.54	56	97	70	7	0	7	178	201	8	66	2	5
1933	DET	A	45	2	6	10	4.50	39	78	58	0	0	9	116	137	7	56	0	4
1934	DET	A	26	0	3	2	4.29	23	34	24	0	0	3	50.1	61	4	19	3	1
1935	DET	A	40	0	6	6	3.54	39	45	38	0	0	5	96.2	109	1	49	3	5
1936	STL	A	39	29	13	15	5.52	67	153	132	10	0	1	215.1	278	15	90	7	15
1936	DET	A	3	0	0	1	9.00	1	7	4	0	0	0	4	8	1	1	0	0
1936	TOT	A	42	29	13	16	5.58	68	160	136	10	0	1	219.1	286	16	91	7	15
1937	STL	A	37	26	6	19	6.29	68	144	124	8	1	2	177.1	245	19	75	1	5
1938	WAS	A	31	9	5	6	6.03	33	73	61	1	0	3	91	107	12	36	1	8
1944	DET	A	3	0	0	0	.00	5	6	0	0	0	0	6.1	7	1	4	0	2
Total			330	114	63	87	5.02	441	829	682	37	2	33	1222	1511	85	501	18	60

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1929	DET	A	P	4	1	8	0	1	1.000
1930	DET	A	P	33	10	37	5	1	.904
1931	DET	A	P	22	8	23	1	0	.969
1932	DET	A	P	47	8	46	3	4	.947
1933	DET	A	P	45	4	31	1	2	.972
1934	DET	A	P	26	4	11	0	0	1.000
1935	DET	A	P	40	5	31	2	2	.947
1936	STL	A	P	39	2	48	6	2	.893
1936	DET	A	P	3	0	3	0	0	1.000
1936	TOT	A	P	42	2	51	6	2	.898
1937	STL	A	P	37	8	28	3	2	.923
1938	WAS	A	P	31	7	18	2	2	.926
1944	DET	A	P	3	0	1	1	0	.500
Total			P	330	57	285	24	16	.934

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH
1929	DET	A	4	10	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	2	0	0
1930	DET	A	33	58	6	17	1	5	.293	.305	.414	2	1	1	12	0	0
1931	DET	A	22	47	7	11	0	1	.234	.265	.255	1	0	1	10	1	0
1932	DET	A	48	57	11	14	2	5	.246	.295	.386	2	0	4	18	0	4
1933	DET	A	45	38	2	8	0	2	.211	.231	.211	0	0	1	12	0	0
1934	DET	A	26	13	0	3	0	1	.231	.231	.231	0	0	0	5	0	0
1935	DET	A	40	23	4	6	2	4	.261	.261	.522	0	0	0	5	0	0
1936	STL	A	43	70	7	10	0	2	.143	.221	.171	2	0	6	19	1	2
1936	DET	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0
1936	TOT	A	46	70	7	10	0	2	.143	.231	.171	2	0	7	19	1	2
1937	STL	A	40	62	6	13	1	5	.210	.234	.290	2	0	2	13	0	0
1938	WAS	A	32	23	3	7	0	1	.304	.360	.478	2	1	2	3	0	0
1944	DET	A	3	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			339	403	46	91	6	27	.226	.262	.308	11	2	18	99	2	6

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Detroit Tigers to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Jack Burns (April 30, 1936).
Traded by St. Louis Browns to Washington Senators in exchange for Ed Linke (December 1, 1937).
Sold by Washington Senators to Boston Red Sox (December 6, 1938).
Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from Minneapolis (American Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 3, 1939).
Returned to Minneapolis (American Association) (April 8, 1940).
Released by Detroit Tigers (June 4, 1944).

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