Elmer Tutwiler

Elmer Strange Tutwiler

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 158 lb.

• Debut August 20, 1928
• Final Game September 27, 1928
• Born November 19, 1904 in Carbon Hill, AL USA
• Died May 3, 1976 in Pensacola, FL USA

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Biographical Information

Elmer Tutwiler was a a pitcher eight years (1925-1932), all in the minors except for a cup of coffee in 1928. Tutwiler was born on November 19, 1904, in Carbon Hill, AL. He broke into Organized Baseball in 1925 at age 20 with Laurel in the Cotton States League. He pitched for Laurel (1925-1926); Pensacola in the Southeastern League (1927); and Selma - Jacksonville in the Southeastern League (1928).

Tutwiler was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 20, 1928, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He pitched two games in relief, finishing one with no decisions, striking out one and walking none in 3⅔ innings with an ERA of 4.06 and a WHIP of 1.091. He played his final MLB game on September 27, 1928 at age 23.

He returned to the minors with Omaha in the Western League (1929-1930); St. Joseph in the Western League (1930-1931); Omaha in 1931; and St. Joseph (1932); ending his baseball playing career at age 27. In 1929, his best year in the minors, he was (16-14). Overall in the minors, he was (72-69).

He was a U.S. Marine Corps PFC during World War II (VA). He died at age 71 at a VA Hospital in Pensacola, FL on May 3, 1976 and is buried at Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola, FL.

VA Hospital and National Cemetery Records

Elmer Tutwiler's VA Hospital Records:

TUTWILER, ELMER STRANGE

PFC US MARINE CORPS

WORLD WAR II

DATE OF BIRTH: 11/19/1904

DATE OF DEATH: 05/03/1976

BURIED AT: SECTION 36 SITE 1157

BARRANCAS NATIONAL CEMETERY

NAVAL AIR STATION, 80 HOVEY ROAD PENSACOLA, FL 32508

Elmer Tutwiler's National Cemetery Records:

Tutwiler, Elmer Strange, b. 11/19/1904, d. 05/03/1976, US Marine Corps, PFC, Res: Pensacola, FL, Plot: 36 0 1157, bur. 05/05/1976

Sources

Principal sources for Elmer Tutwiler include newspaper obituaries (OB), government Veteran records (VA,CM,CW), Stars & Stripes (S&S), Sporting Life (SL), The Sporting News (TSN), The Sports Encyclopedia:Baseball 2006 by David Neft & Richard Cohen (N&C), old Who's Who in Baseballs (none) (WW), old Baseball Registers (none) (BR) , old Daguerreotypes by TSN (none) (DAG), Stars&Stripes (S&S), The Baseball Necrology by Bill Lee (BN), Pat Doyle's Professional Ballplayer DataBase (PD), The Baseball Library (BL), Baseball in World War II Europe by Gary Bedingfield (GB) ; and independent research by Walter Kephart (WK) and Frank Russo (FR) and others.

Related Sites

• Elmer Tutwiler at the Baseball Almanac
• Bio at Baseball Page
• and a full Bibliography from SABR's The Baseball Index (TBI)