Elliot Bigelow

Elliot Allardice Bigelow
(Babe or Gilly)

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.
• High School Northfield Mount Hermon School
• Debut April 18, 1929
• Final Game October 6, 1929
• Born October 13, 1897 in Tarpon Springs, FL USA
• Died August 10, 1933 in Tampa, FL USA

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Biographical Information

"Bigelow, while his hitting may give him a chance of earning a regular berth on Carrigan’s team [the Red Sox, would have been a utility hitter at best with us, unless the information I have picked up about him is all wrong. There is no question but what he is a natural slugger; his average of over .390 in Birmingham proves that, but he is a big, slow fellow with a mighty poor throwing arm.” - Walter Johnson, Washington Senators manager, prior to the 1929 season

Elliot Bigelow did hit a solid .283 in his lone big league action of 1929 with the Boston Red Sox, but he also made four errors for a .944 fielding percentage. The Red Sox swiftly returned him to the minor leagues and he finished his playing career in 1932. One year later, he was dead of cerebrospinal meningitis.

Related Sites

• Elliot Bigelow at the SABR Bio Project