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1913. He pitched 3-1/3 innings and gave up 4 hits, 5 bases on balls, and 3 earned runs for a single-game and career earned run average of 8.10.
Military service in two World Wars.
Heinie Elder is one of the few major league players to have served in both World War I and World War II. He was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. He died in 1958 at age 68 in Long Beach, California. He was buried at the Los Angeles National Cemetery
Heinie Elder
Henry Knox "Heinie" Elder (August 23, 1890 – November 13, 1958) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Heinie Elder was born in Seattle, Washington, and died in Long Beach, California.
Playing career.
After attending the University of Minnesota, and playing baseball for the "Golden Gophers" in his 1911 freshman season, Heinie Elder played one game in the major leagues, at age 22, as a left-handed relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers on July 7,