Elmer Bliss Stats

Elmer Bliss was born on Tuesday, March 9, 1875, in Penfield, Pennsylvania. Bliss was 28 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 28, 1903, with the New York Highlanders. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Elmer Bliss baseball stats page.

"On September 28, Elmer Bliss, a native of Penfield, Pennsylvania (50 miles northeast of Altoon), became the first Elmer to play for the American League team in New York. In the second-to-last game of the Highlanders inaugural season, Bliss picked up the victory with a 7-inning relief stun against the Tigers. Three days later, the first World Series between the NL and AL opened with the Pittsburgh Pirates defeating the Americans at Huntington Avenue Grounds in Boston. Elmer Bliss played his second and final major league game in right field of the Highlanders in 1904." - Baseball Historian Michael Mavrogiannis in The Elmers of Sandusky (SABR Newsletter; Casey Stengel Chapter, Volume III, Number 3, Winter Issue, December 2002, Page 6)

Birth Name:	Elmer Ward Bliss
Nickname:	None
Born On:	03-09-1875 (Pisces)
Born In:	Penfield, Pennsylvania
Died On:	03-18-1962 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Bradford, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:	Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford, Pennsylvania

High School:	Undetermined
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-00	Weight:	180
First Game:	09-28-1903 (Age 28)
Last Game:	05-11-1904
Draft:	Not Applicable

Elmer Bliss Elmer Bliss Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1903	28	Highlanders	1	0	1	1	0	1.000	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	26	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	-
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1 Year			1	0	1	1	0	1.000	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	26	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	-

Elmer Bliss Elmer Bliss Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1903	28	Highlanders	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	.000	.000	.000
1904	29	Highlanders	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	.000	.000	.000
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
2 Years			2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	.000	.000	.000

Elmer Bliss Elmer Bliss Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1903 Highlanders	P	1	0	21	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1904 Highlanders	RF	1	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		1	0	21	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
RF Totals		1	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
2 Years		2	0	24	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00

Elmer Bliss Elmer Bliss Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1903 Highlanders	0	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	3.86	0.00
1904 Highlanders	0	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
2 Years	0	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	3.86	0.00

Elmer Bliss Elmer Bliss Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1903 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1904 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
Elmer Bliss Stats by Baseball Almanac

Did you know that Elmer Bliss is one of only thirteen former Major League ballplayers who are undefeated pitchers (Wins >= 1) with a perfect earned run average (ERA = 0.00)?

Undefeated & Perfect ERA
Name	MLB Debut	Stats
Elmer Bliss	09-28-1903	1-0, 0.00
Nestor Chavez	09-09-1967	1-0, 0.00
Rocky Colavito	09-10-1955	1-0, 0.00
John Dagenhard	09-28-1943	1-0, 0.00
Tom Dougherty	04-24-1904	1-0, 0.00
Jake Jaeckel	09-19-1964	1-0, 0.00
Tim Jones	07-26-1988	1-0, 0.00
George Kelly	08-18-1915	1-0, 0.00
John LeRoy	09-26-1997	1-0, 0.00
Brent Mayne	09-26-1966	1-0, 0.00
Stan Rees	06-12-1918	1-0, 0.00
Chris Saenz	04-24-2004	1-0, 0.00
Wilson Valdez	09-07-2004	1-0, 0.00

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