Elmer Rieger

Elmer Jay Rieger

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

• Debut April 20, 1910
• Final Game July 20, 1910
• Born February 25, 1889 in Perris, CA USA
• Died October 21, 1959 in Los Angeles, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Elmer Rieger is remembered by the Perris Valley Historical & Museum Association as the only Perris, CA ballplayer to make the major leagues. He pitched in 13 games for the 1910 St. Louis Cardinals at age 21, a team managed by Roger Bresnahan and which also featured Miller Huggins.

An elderly Perris resident reporting on local lore stated that Rieger was ambidextrous, pitching one game of a doubleheader right-handed and the other left-handed. This was apparently in a local league. Rieger is said to have pitched for the Los Angeles Morans in 1907 against a team called the Anaheim Oil Wells and Walter Johnson.

As late as the 1920 census, Rieger's profession was still listed as "baseball player".

Main source: Perris Baseball 1905-1912.

Related Sites

• Elmer Rieger at the SABR Bio Project