Chief Hogsett Elon Chester Hogsett Bats Left Throws Left Height 6' Weight 190 Born November 2, 1903 Brownell, KS Died July 17, 2001 Hays, KS

Pitching  

 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 1929 26 HER   2   3  .400   2  27   0   0   0   40.2             28   19   19      6.20  3.64   59  
 1930 27 HER   0   2  .000   5  17   0   0   0   17.0              9    3    8      4.76  4.27   90  
 1931 28 FRE   2   2  .500   1   9   1   0   0   24.1   27   13   12    8    7      4.44  3.62   82  
 1932 29 FRE  10   6  .625   2  37  25   5   3  184.0  152   56   47   68   70      2.30  3.20  139  
 1934 31 NDA   7   0 1.000   1  36   0   0   0   36.2   35   10    9    8   11   5  2.21  4.54  206  

 1935 32 NDA  12   4  .750  15  71   0   0   0  109.0  125   52   42   41   40   6  3.47  4.16  120  
 1936 33 SAH   3   9  .250   0  18  18   1   0   88.0  125   82   68   39   24   9  6.95  4.32   62  
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
  7 Seasons   36  26  .581  26 215  44   6   3  499.2  464  250  215  186  179  20  3.87  3.94  102 
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg   9   7  .581   7  54  11   2   1  125.1  140   63   54   47   45   9  3.87 
 Career High  12   6 1.000  15  71  25   5   3  184.0  152   82   68   68   70   9  2.30            
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 4 Yrs.  FRE  14  13  .519  10  90  26   5   3  266.0  179  106   96   98  104      3.25  3.50  108  
 2 Yrs.  NDA  19   4  .826  16 107   0   0   0  145.2  160   62   51   49   51  11  3.15  4.29  136  
 1 Yr.   SAH   3   9  .250   0  18  18   1   0   88.0  125   82   68   39   24   9  6.95  4.32   62  
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+

Postseason Pitching

 
 Year Tm  OPP WLser   W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR   ERA  
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+
 1932 FRE MON   W     1   0 1.000   0   1   1   0   0   6.0    4    0    0    1    4   0  0.00 
 1934 NDA FRE   W     0   0  .000   0   2   0   0   0   0.2    2    0    0    0    1   0  0.00 
 1935 NDA FRE   W     1   0 1.000   1   4   0   0   0   6.0    6    0    0    1    3   0  0.00 
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+
               3-0    2   0 1.000   1   7   1   0   0  12.2   12    0    0    2    8   0  0.00
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+


WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Stats are Year-Value-Rank

ERA 1932-2.30-3

Saves 1935-15-3

Games 1935-71-7

Transactions January 13, 1929: Signed as a Free Agent by Hershey. March 23, 1934: Signed as a Free Agent by North Dallas.

Biography Born on a farm in Kansas in 1903, Elon Hogsett knew early on the rural life wasn't for him. At the age of 14, he took a herd of cattle out to the pasture on the family farm, and he kept going. He played high school ball in Brownell, Kansas, where he developed a submarine-style of throwing. While a pro in Independence, he picked up the name "Chief," despite being only "one-thirty-second Cherokee on his mother's side." He signed with Detroit in 1925, and after winning 22 games in Montreal in 1929, he was called up to the Show, but not before becoming an honorary member of the Iroquois tribe. In Detroit, Hogsett was the premier reliever on the pennant-winning teams of 1934 and 1935. He twice lead the AL in relief wins, and finished second in saves. He was sent to the St Louis Browns in 1936, where he won 13 games. After a misable 1937 (6-19 6.29) he went to the Washington Senators. From there, we went to play for the Minneapolis Millers where he won 18 games in 1941 at the age of 37. During World War 2, he found his way back to the big leagues, pitching in 3 games for Detroit in 1944. After his career was over, he was a liquor salesman and lived out his life Hays, Kansas. He died in July of 2001 at the age of 98. "(Lou) Gehrig could cut your legs off, he hit the ball so hard. But what I remember about Gehrig is how he used to murder cigarettes." - Chief Hogsett, interview with author Richard Bak, June 1982 -