St. Louis Browns LHP Jumbo Elliott was born on October 22, 1900 in St Louis, Missouri. Born James Thomas Elliott, he was given his nickname "Jumbo" due to his 6'3", 235 pound frame that must have been imposing while standing on the pitcher mound.
Jumbo would put together a 15-year professional baseball career that took him through four ML
St. Louis Browns LHP Jumbo Elliott was born on October 22, 1900 in St Louis, Missouri. Born James Thomas Elliott, he was given his nickname "Jumbo" due to his 6'3", 235 pound frame that must have been imposing while standing on the pitcher mound.
Jumbo would put together a 15-year professional baseball career that took him through four MLB organizations, and five minor league teams. Throughout his career he would pitch in 2,683 innings, and face over 7,000 batters. His career as a St. Louis Browns was significantly shorter.
The Browns signed Jumbo Elliott as an amateur free agent in August of 1920, and was assigned to play with the Terre Haute Tots of the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League. From 1921 to 1922, he would tally a 35-22 record in 486.2 innings over the course of 75 games. He seemed to be ready to join the Browns in 1923.
Elliott made the team out of Spring Training in 1923, and would make his MLB debut on April 21, 1923. The Browns were playing the Detroit Tigers and Elliott would enter the game in the sixth inning, replacing Charlie Root. He walked into a game where the score was already 10-0 in favor of the Tigers. It did not get any better. Elliott would walk three of the first four Tigers her faced to load the bases with just one out. LF Bob Fothergill would drive a run in with a ground ball force out of Ty Cobb at second base. Fothergill would steal second. RF Harry Heilmann would then drive in two runs with a single. Elliott was able to get 2B Del Pratt to then ground out and close the inning. Elliott would leave the mound facing seven batters, where he walked three, gave up a hit, and allowed three runs. This would be the only appearance Jumbo Elliott would make as a member of the St. Louis Browns. He would have a 27.00 ERA as a Brownie.
In September of 1923, the Terra Haute Tots would purchase the contract of Jumbo Elliott, where he would continue to pitch through the 1925 season. He would later go on to pitch for the Brooklyn Robins (1925, 27-30), Philadelphia Phillies (1931-34), and Boston Braves (1934). He had an MLB record of 63-74, with 453 strikeouts over 1206.2 innings, and a career ERA of 4.24. His last season professional baseball was with the Indianapolis Indians in 1935.
After he retired from baseball, he settled back Terre Haute, Indiana, where his career began. He served as a deputy sheriff in Vigo county.
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76) Tom Ferrick, P, 1946, 1949-50 - St
TOP 100 Browns Countdown
This website has the only Top 100 list of famous St Louis Browns players. Please feel free to free to visit the tab about for the complete list. Here is a brief portion of the list that recognizes some of the best players in the history of the St. Louis Browns.
Players #76-80
76) Tom Ferrick, P, 1946, 1949-50 - Stable reliever for the Browns. 8/4/1946 - Won both games of a double-header vs the Philadelphia A's in relief (Game 1 - 6-5, Game 2 - 7-4) Involved in 4 major trades with the Browns in 4 years.
77) Don Lenhardt, OF, 1950-53 - "Footsie", In his Rookie year (1950) lead the Browns with 22 HRs and 81RBIs, Finished in the Top 10 in the A.L in Double Play Outs from LF (1950), from RF (1953), PutOuts from LF (1950, 52), and Assists from LF ( 1950, 52)
78) Al Hollingsworth, P, 1942-46 - "Boots", Opening Day starting pitcher in 1943, One of the stable pitchers for the Browns in the 1940s, Pitched in Game 3 of the 1944 World Series (allowed one run in four innings of relief), Finished in the Top 10 of the A.L. in 1942 in Winning Percentage (.625) and Saves (4), and in 1945 in ERA (2.70) and Fielding Percentage (1.000)
79) Mike Kreevich, OF, 1943-45 - "Iron Mike", Lead the A.L. in Put Outs by a CF in 1945 (312), Made the most of his opportunity to play for the Browns during WW2. In the 1944 World Series, he would hit .231 with 2 doubles. Ellis Clary called him "the most underrated ball player he ever saw"
80) Roy Sievers, OF/1B, 1949-53 - "Squirrel", Rookie of the Year in 1949. The most declarated St. Louis born player to play for the Browns. Finished in the Top 10 in 8 offensive categories in his rookie year. "Probably the greatest player to ever come out of St Louis" ~ James McLaughlin. Halted by Injuries.
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1900 - LHP Jumbo Elliott (1923)
The 1909 St. Louis Browns pitching staff did not perform in the manner in which anyone expected. Coming off a very successful 1908 season, many across baseball expected the Browns staff to be at the top of American League. Unforetunately for the Browns, the staff did not meet expectations. The Browns were not able to produce a single pitc
The 1909 St. Louis Browns pitching staff did not perform in the manner in which anyone expected. Coming off a very successful 1908 season, many across baseball expected the Browns staff to be at the top of American League. Unforetunately for the Browns, the staff did not meet expectations. The Browns were not able to produce a single pitcher with a winning record. The closest was Barney Pelty who was able to produce an 11-11 season. The Browns would use14 pitchers across the season. Only five of thoise player would pitch more than 150 innings, and six would pitch less than 50 innings.
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