Elam Vangilder

Full Name: Elam Russell Vangilder	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/192	First Game: September 18, 1919
Birthdate: April 23, 1896	Final Game: May 27, 1929
Birthplace: Cape Girardeau, Missouri	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: April 30, 1977
Deathplace: Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on April 23, 1896 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Elam Vangilder (Elam Russell Vangilder) played for the St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 11 year career. Vangilder broke into the bigs on September 18, 1919 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 5.50 ERA in 104.2 innings pitched in 1920, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Elam Vangilder's best season was 1922, when he posted a 3.42 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 63 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1919	STL	A	3	1	1	0	2.08	6	4	3	1	0	0	13	15	0	3	1	0
1920	STL	A	24	13	3	8	5.50	25	83	64	4	0	0	104.2	131	7	40	0	3
1921	STL	A	31	21	11	12	3.94	48	98	79	10	1	0	180.1	196	10	67	1	2
1922	STL	A	43	30	19	13	3.42	63	109	93	19	3	4	245	248	13	48	1	6
1923	STL	A	41	35	16	17	3.06	74	129	96	20	4	1	282.1	276	11	120	5	6
1924	STL	A	43	18	5	10	5.64	49	114	91	5	0	1	145.1	183	10	55	2	9
1925	STL	A	52	16	14	8	4.70	61	127	101	4	1	6	193.1	225	11	92	4	6
1926	STL	A	42	19	9	11	5.17	40	119	104	8	1	1	181	196	12	98	1	2
1927	STL	A	44	23	10	12	4.79	62	136	108	12	3	1	203	245	13	102	5	5
1928	DET	A	38	11	11	10	3.91	43	82	68	7	0	5	156.1	163	4	67	2	3
1929	DET	A	6	0	0	1	6.35	3	11	8	0	0	0	11.1	16	1	7	0	0
Total			367	187	99	102	4.28	474	1012	815	90	13	19	1715.2	1894	92	699	22	42

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1919	STL	A	P	3	1	6	0	0	1.000
1920	STL	A	P	24	1	28	2	2	.935
1921	STL	A	P	31	3	47	0	2	1.000
1922	STL	A	P	43	14	47	1	3	.984
1923	STL	A	P	41	4	61	1	4	.985
1924	STL	A	P	43	8	38	3	6	.939
1925	STL	A	P	52	11	44	2	3	.965
1926	STL	A	P	42	5	38	3	1	.935
1927	STL	A	P	44	9	32	2	0	.953
1928	DET	A	P	38	8	37	4	3	.918
1929	DET	A	P	6	3	6	0	0	1.000
Total			P	367	67	384	18	24	.962

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH
1919	STL	A	3	3	1	2	0	0	.667	.667	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0
1920	STL	A	24	30	3	4	0	1	.133	.188	.133	0	0	2	3	0	0
1921	STL	A	31	65	5	13	1	3	.200	.212	.277	0	1	1	9	0	2
1922	STL	A	45	93	16	32	2	11	.344	.396	.559	10	2	5	11	3	9
1923	STL	A	45	110	9	24	1	8	.218	.239	.291	5	0	3	21	0	1
1924	STL	A	43	44	7	13	1	9	.295	.340	.477	5	0	3	7	0	0
1925	STL	A	52	71	6	13	0	2	.183	.216	.225	3	0	2	16	1	3
1926	STL	A	42	58	5	11	0	4	.190	.254	.276	3	1	5	9	0	4
1927	STL	A	44	68	5	19	1	8	.279	.290	.382	4	0	0	11	1	4
1928	DET	A	38	58	4	15	2	6	.259	.259	.362	0	0	0	11	0	1
1929	DET	A	6	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			373	601	61	146	8	52	.243	.274	.346	30	4	21	98	5	24

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Traded by St. Louis Browns with Chick Galloway and Harry Rice to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Heinie Manush and Lu Blue (December 2, 1927).

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