Ice Box Chamberlain

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

Chamberlain alternated arms during at least one game.

5-9, 168lb (175cm, 76kg)

Born: November 5, 1867 in Buffalo, NY us

Died: September 22, 1929 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Baltimore, MD

Debut: September 13, 1886 (Age 18-312d, 1,154th in major league history)

Last Game: May 13, 1896 (Age 28-190d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1887 season

Full Name: Elton P. Chamberlain

Nicknames: Icebox

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.7

157

120

ERA

3.57

321

301

2521.2

1133

WHIP

1.392

Summary of 63 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

4 leading off, 1 walk-off, 0 tying, 1 go ahead, 62 lacking some details

5 Tms
CIN	21
STL	20
LOU	10
PHA	10
COL	2

Platoon
vs RHB	41
vs LHB	19
vs ?HB	3

Home/Road
Away	33
Home	30

Outs
Unk	59
0	4

19 Opps
BRO	8
STL	6
KCC	6
CIN	5
PHA	5
BSN	5
COL	4
PHI	4
WAS/WHS	3
BLN/BAL	3
LOU	2
CHC	2
CKK	2
NYP	2
BOS	2
NYG	1
MIL	1
ROC	1
TOL	1

52 Batters
Bobby Lowe	4
Billy Hamilton	3
Herman Long	2
Jim Canavan	2
Tommy Dowd	2
Jim McTamany	2
Dave Orr	2
Germany Smith	2
Perry Werden	1
George Tebeau	1
Henry Easterday	1
Ed Delahanty	1
Sam Dungan	1
Dan Stearns	1
John Milligan	1
Mox McQuery	1
Emmett Seery	1
Billy Shindle	1
George Pinkney	1
Pop Schriver	1
Lave Cross	1
Bug Holliday	1
Harry Stovey	1
John Reilly	1
Denny Lyons	1
Frank Bird	1
Jack Farrell	1
Phil Tomney	1
Cliff Carroll	1
Dan Brouthers	1
Tip O'Neill	1
Bones Ely	1
Jim Manning	1
Charlie Reilly	1
Jim Keenan	1
Dick Buckley	1
Hardy Richardson	1
Law Daniels	1
Tom Daly	1
George Van Haltren	1
Sandy Griffin	1
Joe Visner	1
Al Mays	1
Mike Tiernan	1
Jocko Halligan	1
Henry Larkin	1
John Meister	1
Patsy Donovan	1
John Corkhill	1
Charlie Comiskey	1
Bill McClellan	1
Billy Earle	1

19 Parks
SportsmanPk1 (STL)	15
League Pk I (CIN)	7
CongressSt G (BOS)	7
Eclipse Pk (LOU)	6
JefferStGrnd (PHI)	5
RecreationPk (COL)	3
Boundary Fld (WAS)	3
ExpositionPk (KAN)	3
Robison Fld (STL)	2
Pendleton Pk (PEN)	2
WashingtonPk (NYC)	2
Eastern Pk (NYC)	1
Phil BB Grnd (PHI)	1
League Pk (CIN)	1
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	1
Assoc. Pk (KAN)	1
Borchert Fld (MIL)	1
WestSide Grd (CHI)	1
Oriole Pk 3 (BAL)	1

Where Hit

14 Inside the Park

1 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	45
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	1
5·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

112 Runs

Inning
1	11
2	9
3	9
4	7
5	6
6	5
7	3
8	8
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	29
4-6	18
7-end	16

RelScore
Tied	1
Unk	62

Tied	1
Unk	62

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	10
2B	10
LF	9
C	8
SS	8
CF	7
RF	6
3B	4
P	1

OrderPos
Unk	22
2nd	7
1st	6
5th	6
4th	5
6th	5
3rd	4
7th	4
8th	3
9th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1887	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1887-05-24	John Meister	NYP	@	LOU		t 4		2	5	8
2	2	2	1	1887-05-27	Germany Smith	BRO	@	LOU		t 8		2	7	6
3	3	3	1	1887-05-31	John Milligan	PHA		LOU		b 4		2	5	2
4	4	4	1	1887-08-27	Germany Smith	BRO	@	LOU		t 9		2	5	6	Bounced
5	5	5	1	1887-08-29	Al Mays	NYP	@	LOU		t 2		3		1
6	6	6	1	1887-09-03	Bill McClellan	BRO		LOU		b 8		1		4
7	7	7	2	1887-09-03	George Pinkney	BRO		LOU		b 8			1	5
8	8	8	1	1887-10-06 (2)	Tip O'Neill	STL		LOU		b 7		1		7
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
9	9	1	1	1888-06-16	Law Daniels	KCC		LOU		b 1		3	5	2	IPHR
10	10	2	1	1888-07-02	Jack Farrell	BAL	@	LOU		t 3		3	5	4
11	11	3	1	1888-09-27	Henry Larkin	PHA	@	STL		t 1		2	4	3
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
12	12	1	1	1889-04-22	Phil Tomney	LOU		STL		b 2		3		6
13	13	2	1	1889-05-03	Billy Hamilton	KCC		STL		b 2		2	2	9	IPHR
14	14	3	2	1889-05-03	Jim Manning	KCC		STL		b 2		1	3	7	IPHR
15	15	4	1	1889-05-10	Jim McTamany	COL	@	STL		t 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off
16	16	5	1	1889-05-16	Joe Visner	BRO	@	STL		t 6		1	6	9
17	17	6	1	1889-05-25	Billy Hamilton	KCC	@	STL		t 2		2	2	9
18	18	7	1	1889-06-14	Denny Lyons	PHA		STL		b 1		1	3	5
19	19	8	1	1889-06-25	Billy Earle	CIN	@	STL		t 2		2	7	2
20	20	9	1	1889-07-04 (1)	John Corkhill	BRO	@	STL		t 2		2	6	8
21	21	10	1	1889-07-12	Harry Stovey	PHA	@	STL		t 6		1	2	7
22	22	11	1	1889-07-18	George Tebeau	CIN		STL		b 8		2	6	7	IPHR
23	23	12	1	1889-08-14	Dave Orr	COL	@	STL		t 1		4		3
24	24	13	1	1889-09-01	Dave Orr	COL		STL	tied 5-5	b 10		1		3	Walk-Off
25	25	14	1	1889-09-19	Dan Stearns	KCC		STL		b 9		2	4	3	IPHR
26	26	15	1	1889-09-22	Bug Holliday	CIN	@	STL		t 4		2		8
27	27	16	2	1889-09-22	Jim Keenan	CIN	@	STL		t 4		1	8	2
28	28	17	3	1889-09-22	John Reilly	CIN	@	STL		t 8		1	5	3
29	29	18	1	1889-10-02	Herman Long	KCC	@	STL		t 1	0	1	1	6	Lead-Off,IPHR
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
30	30	1	1	1890-04-22	Perry Werden	TOL	@	STL		t 1		2	2	3
31	31	2	1	1890-08-03	Henry Easterday	PHA	@	COL		t 2		1	7	6	IPHR
32	32	3	1	1890-09-29	Sandy Griffin	ROC	@	COL		t 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
33	33	1	1	1891-04-23	Mox McQuery	WAS		PHA		b 9		1		3
34	34	2	1	1891-05-11	Patsy Donovan	LOU	@	PHA		t 2		1		7	IPHR
35	35	3	1	1891-05-18	Charlie Comiskey	STL	@	PHA		t 8		2	6	3	IPHR
36	36	4	1	1891-05-25	Emmett Seery	CKK		PHA		b 3		2	1	9
37	37	5	1	1891-06-04	Jim Canavan	CKK		PHA		b 4		1	4	6
38	38	6	1	1891-06-24	Tommy Dowd	WAS		PHA		b 5		3	2	4
39	39	7	1	1891-07-16	Jim McTamany	COL	@	PHA		t 3		1		8	IPHR
40	40	8	1	1891-08-21	Dan Brouthers	BOS		PHA		b 8		1		3
41	41	9	2	1891-08-21	Hardy Richardson	BOS		PHA		b 9		2		7
42	42	10	1	1891-09-15	Jim Canavan	MIL		PHA		b 1		2	3	4	IPHR
1892	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
43	43	1	1	1892-04-25	Frank Bird	STL	@	CIN		t 8		1		2
44	44	2	1	1892-05-16	Cliff Carroll	STL		CIN		b 5		3	2	7
45	45	3	1	1892-06-01	Jocko Halligan	BLN		CIN		b 5		1	4	7
46	46	4	1	1892-06-07	Tommy Dowd	WHS		CIN		b 3		3		4	IPHR
47	47	5	1	1892-07-06	Charlie Reilly	PHI	@	CIN		t 6		2	8	5
48	48	6	2	1892-07-06	Lave Cross	PHI	@	CIN		t 7		4	6	2	IPHR
49	49	7	1	1892-07-08 (1)	George Van Haltren	BLN	@	CIN		t 5		2	2	3
50	50	8	1	1892-09-09	Mike Tiernan	NYG		CIN		b 4		4		9
1893	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
51	51	1	1	1893-04-28	Sam Dungan	CHC	@	CIN		t 3		2	3	9
52	52	2	1	1893-05-14	Pop Schriver	CHC		CIN		b 4		1	9	2
53	53	3	1	1893-07-04 (1)	Billy Hamilton	PHI	@	CIN		t 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off
1894	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
54	54	1	1	1894-05-20 (1)	Dick Buckley	STL		CIN		b 3		1	8	2	IPHR
55	55	2	2	1894-05-20 (1)	Bones Ely	STL		CIN		b 3		1	7	6
56	56	3	1	1894-05-30 (2)	Bobby Lowe	BSN		CIN		b 3		1		4
57	57	4	2	1894-05-30 (2)	Bobby Lowe	BSN		CIN		b 3		2		4
58	58	5	3	1894-05-30 (2)	Bobby Lowe	BSN		CIN		b 5		1		4
59	59	6	4	1894-05-30 (2)	Herman Long	BSN		CIN		b 6		1		6
60	60	7	5	1894-05-30 (2)	Bobby Lowe	BSN		CIN		b 6		2		4
61	61	8	1	1894-06-12	Tom Daly	BRO		CIN		b 5		2		4
62	62	9	1	1894-06-15	Ed Delahanty	PHI		CIN		t 7		3	4	7
63	63	10	1	1894-07-04 (2)	Billy Shindle	BRO	@	CIN		t 1		3		5