Elton Chamberlain Trades and Transactions

The Elton Chamberlain trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Elton Chamberlain has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"If for no other reason, Elton Chamberlain deserves to be remembered for his nickname; for giving up four home runs to one batter (Bobby Lowe) in a single game (May 30, 1884); and for his ability to throw with either arm." - Historian Joseph M. Overfield in Nineteenth Century Stars (1989)

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Elton Chamberlain
 
 
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Birth Name:   Elton P. Chamberlain
Nickname:   Ice Box
Born On:   11-05-1867  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Buffalo, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-22-1929
Place of Death Data Died In:   Baltimore, Maryland
Cemetery:   Holy Cross Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09   Player Weight Chart Weight:   168
First Game:   09-13-1886 (Age 18)
Last Game:   05-13-1896
Draft:   Not Applicable
Elton Chamberlain

Trades & Transactions

09-01-1888: Sold by Louisville Colonels to St. Louis Browns for $4000 or $5000.
06-18-1890: Sold by St. Louis Browns to Columbus Colts for $1500.
02-02-1891: Sold by Columbus Colts to Philadelphia Athletics.
00-00-1895: Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Cleveland Spiders.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Elton Chamberlain trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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