Max Eller

Max Alfred Eller

• Bats Left, Throws Left

• School Southeastern Seminary, Wake Forest University
• Born November 15, 1928
• Died January 14, 2019

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Biographical Information

Max Eller was at Wake Forest when the team represented the USA in baseball at the 1951 Pan American Games. The US won the Silver Medal. That summer, he pitched for the Rocky Mount Leafs (5-5, 3.48) and Raleigh Capitals (5-6, 5.44). He had a 9-11, 3.17 record for Raleigh in '52 and hit .204/.259/.259. He later became a minister and served 30 years as a Navy chaplain.

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