Ice Box Chamberlin
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[edit] Biography
Born on November 5, 1867 in Buffalo, New York, Ice Box Chamberlin (Elton P. Chamberlin) played for the Louisville Colonels, St. Louis Browns, Columbus Colts, Philadelphia Athletics, Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Spiders over the course of his 10 year career. Chamberlin broke into the bigs on September 13, 1886 with the Louisville Colonels, and put up a 3.79 ERA in 309 innings pitched in 1887, his rookie year.
There is some disagreement on what was Ice Box Chamberlin's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1889, when he posted a 2.97 ERA, won 32 games and struck out 202 batters. However, others believe that it was 1888, when he posted a 2.19 ERA, won 25 games and struck out 176 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 | LOU | a | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6.61 | 18 | 43 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 | 39 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | LOU | a | 36 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 3.79 | 118 | 226 | 130 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 309 | 340 | 8 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 1888 | STL | a | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1.61 | 57 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 61 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | LOU | a | 24 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2.53 | 119 | 123 | 55 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 196 | 177 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | TOT | a | 38 | 38 | 25 | 11 | 2.19 | 176 | 157 | 75 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 308 | 238 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | STL | a | 53 | 51 | 32 | 15 | 2.97 | 202 | 220 | 139 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 421.2 | 376 | 18 | 165 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1890 | STL | a | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5.91 | 14 | 37 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 47 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
| 1890 | COL | a | 25 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2.21 | 114 | 69 | 43 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 175 | 128 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | TOT | a | 30 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 2.83 | 128 | 106 | 66 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 210 | 175 | 3 | 96 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
| 1891 | PHI | a | 49 | 46 | 22 | 23 | 4.22 | 204 | 263 | 190 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 405.2 | 397 | 10 | 206 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 1892 | CIN | N | 52 | 49 | 19 | 23 | 3.39 | 169 | 230 | 153 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 406.1 | 391 | 8 | 170 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 1893 | CIN | N | 34 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 3.73 | 59 | 148 | 100 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 241 | 248 | 3 | 112 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 1894 | CIN | N | 23 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 5.77 | 57 | 155 | 114 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 177.2 | 220 | 10 | 91 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1896 | CLE | N | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7.36 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 111 | 100 | 45 | 45 | 4.05 | 287 | 545 | 376 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 836 | 880 | 21 | 378 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
| Total | AA | 210 | 201 | 112 | 75 | 3.33 | 846 | 1015 | 623 | 183 | 12 | 1 | 1685.2 | 1565 | 42 | 687 | 0 | 53 | 21 | |
| Total | 321 | 301 | 157 | 120 | 3.57 | 1133 | 1560 | 999 | 264 | 16 | 1 | 2521.2 | 2445 | 63 | 1065 | 0 | 95 | 21 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 | LOU | a | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .800 |
| 1886 | LOU | a | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1887 | LOU | a | P | 36 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 65 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .885 |
| 1887 | LOU | a | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .833 |
| 1888 | STL | a | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1888 | STL | a | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1888 | LOU | a | OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1888 | LOU | a | P | 24 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .947 |
| 1888 | TOT | a | OF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1888 | TOT | a | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .963 |
| 1888 | TOT | a | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1889 | STL | a | P | 53 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .921 |
| 1889 | STL | a | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1890 | STL | a | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .900 |
| 1890 | COL | a | P | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .886 |
| 1890 | TOT | a | P | 30 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .889 |
| 1891 | PHI | a | OF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .833 |
| 1891 | PHI | a | P | 49 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 89 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .916 |
| 1892 | CIN | N | P | 52 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 69 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .904 |
| 1892 | CIN | N | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1893 | CIN | N | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .915 |
| 1894 | CIN | N | P | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .919 |
| 1896 | CLE | N | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Total | OF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .800 | ||
| Total | P | 321 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 463 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .913 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 | LOU | a | 6 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .158 | .304 | .158 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | LOU | a | 37 | 131 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 16 | .198 | .266 | .244 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | STL | a | 14 | 50 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .100 | .182 | .160 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | LOU | a | 26 | 94 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 3 | .191 | .240 | .277 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | TOT | a | 40 | 144 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 5 | .160 | .219 | .236 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | STL | a | 53 | 171 | 18 | 34 | 2 | 31 | .199 | .259 | .316 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | STL | a | 5 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .133 | .133 | .133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | COL | a | 25 | 65 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 4 | .231 | .306 | .277 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | TOT | a | 30 | 80 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 6 | .213 | .276 | .250 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1891 | PHI | a | 54 | 176 | 21 | 33 | 2 | 19 | .188 | .278 | .295 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1892 | CIN | N | 53 | 160 | 13 | 36 | 2 | 15 | .225 | .257 | .294 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1893 | CIN | N | 34 | 97 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 10 | .196 | .250 | .258 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1894 | CIN | N | 23 | 70 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 7 | .314 | .377 | .486 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1896 | CLE | N | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 112 | 330 | 33 | 77 | 3 | 32 | .233 | .281 | .321 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AA | 220 | 721 | 81 | 136 | 6 | 78 | .189 | .260 | .270 | 19 | 11 | 65 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 332 | 1051 | 114 | 213 | 9 | 110 | .203 | .267 | .286 | 33 | 14 | 85 | 98 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Louisville Colonels to St. Louis Browns for $4000 or $5000 (September 1, 1888).
- Sold by St. Louis Browns to Columbus Colts for $1500 (June 18, 1890).
- Sold by Columbus Colts to Philadelphia Athletics (@February 2, 1891).
- Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Cleveland Spiders (1895).
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