What years did Elon Hogsett play?

Elon Hogsett played in Major League Baseball from 1929 to 1944.

Was Elon Hogsett a pitcher?

Yes. Elon Hogsett pitched in the major leagues, recording 63 wins and 441 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Elon Hogsett hit?

Elon Hogsett hit 6 career home runs with 91 hits.

What was Elon Hogsett's career batting average?

Elon Hogsett batted .226 over his career, with 91 hits in 403 at bats.

How many RBI did Elon Hogsett have?

Elon Hogsett drove in 27 runs in his career.

What was Elon Hogsett's career ERA?

Elon Hogsett finished with a 5.02 career ERA, going 63-87 with 441 strikeouts.

Elon Hogsett

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1929-1944)

Elon Hogsett was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1929 to 1944 for the Detroit Tigers, the St. Louis Browns, and the Washington Senators, a span of 16 seasons. Across 330 career appearances, he went 63-87 with a 5.02 ERA, 441 strikeouts, and 33 saves. He also batted .226 with 6 home runs.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 63–87

ERA 5.02

WHIP 1.65

SO 441

Pitcher PIV -12973.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 190 lb
Born: 11/2/1903 in Brownell, KS, USA
Died: 7/17/2001 in Hays, KS, USA
MLB Debut: 1929-09-18
Last Game: 1944-06-03

Full name: Elon Chester Hogsett

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Career Pitching Statistics

Elon Hogsett — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
63	87	330	114	37	2	33	1222.0	1,511	682	85	501	441	5.02	-12973.0

Career ERA 5.02 vs. league average 4.28 across their career seasons — 17.4% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Elon Hogsett Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1929	DET	AL	1	2	4	4	2	1	0	28.2	34	9	9	9	2.83	4.60 (+39%)	603.9
1930	DET	AL	9	8	33	17	4	0	1	146.0	174	88	63	54	5.42	4.80 (-13%)	-1271.8
1931	DET	AL	3	9	22	12	5	0	2	112.1	150	74	33	47	5.93	4.10 (-45%)	-401.6
1932	DET	AL	11	9	47	15	7	0	7	178.0	201	70	66	56	3.54	4.13 (+14%)	-676.7
1933	DET	AL	6	10	45	2	0	0	9	116.0	137	58	56	39	4.50	3.86 (-17%)	-2084.7
1934	DET	AL	3	2	26	0	0	0	3	50.1	61	24	19	23	4.29	4.29 (avg)	-302.5
1935	DET	AL	6	6	40	0	0	0	5	96.2	109	38	49	39	3.54	4.35 (+19%)	378.4
1936	DET	AL	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	4.0	8	4	1	1	9.00	—	0.0
1936	SLA	AL	13	15	39	29	10	0	1	215.1	278	132	90	67	5.52	4.59 (-20%)	-2783.2
1937	SLA	AL	6	19	37	26	8	1	2	177.1	245	124	75	68	6.29	4.34 (-45%)	-3739.2
1938	WS1	AL	5	6	31	9	1	0	3	91.0	107	61	36	33	6.03	4.35 (-39%)	-2695.7
1944	DET	AL	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	6.1	7	0	4	5	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			63	87	330	114	37	2	33	1,222.0	1,511	682	501	441	5.02	—	-12,973

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Elon Hogsett — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
339	403	46	91	11	2	6	27	0	18	99	.226	.262	.308	.570	-1,018

Career AVG .226 vs. league average .278 across their career seasons — 18.8% below league average.

Career OBP .262 vs. league average .342 across their career seasons — 23.2% below league average.

Career SLG .308 vs. league average .396 across their career seasons — 22.3% below league average.

Career OPS .570 vs. league average .737 across their career seasons — 22.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Elon Hogsett Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1929	DET	AL	4	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1930	DET	AL	33	58	6	17	2	1	1	5	1	12	.293	.293 (avg)	.354 (-14%)	.429 (-4%)	.784 (-8%)	-95.7
1931	DET	AL	22	47	7	11	1	0	0	1	1	10	.234	—	—	—	—	0.0
1932	DET	AL	48	57	11	14	2	0	2	5	4	18	.246	.275 (-11%)	.335 (-12%)	.391 (-1%)	.726 (-6%)	-62.6
1933	DET	AL	45	38	2	8	0	0	0	2	1	12	.211	—	—	—	—	0.0
1934	DET	AL	26	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	.231	—	—	—	—	0.0
1935	DET	AL	40	23	4	6	0	0	2	4	0	5	.261	—	—	—	—	0.0
1936	DET	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1936	SLA	AL	43	70	7	10	2	0	0	2	6	19	.143	.283 (-50%)	.349 (-37%)	.404 (-58%)	.753 (-48%)	0.0
1937	SLA	AL	40	62	6	13	2	0	1	5	2	13	.210	.276 (-24%)	.342 (-32%)	.398 (-27%)	.740 (-29%)	-303.8
1938	WS1	AL	32	23	3	7	2	1	0	1	2	3	.304	—	—	—	—	0.0
1944	DET	AL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			339	403	46	91	11	2	6	27	18	99	.226	—	—	—	—	-462

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Elon Hogsett — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Elon Hogsett — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1935	WS	DET	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1934	WS	DET	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Elon Hogsett — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	4	0	0	8.1	6	1	4	3	1.08

Playoff Pitching by Year

Elon Hogsett — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1935	WS	DET	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	0	0.00
1934	WS	DET	0	0	3	0	0	7.1	6	1	3	3	1.23

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Elon Hogsett — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	185	210	21	47	1	14	.224
Away	154	194	25	44	5	12	.227

Pitching — Home / Away

Elon Hogsett — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	179	649.2	790	357	263	253	4.95
Away	151	572.2	712	335	239	188	5.26

Last 10 Games — Batting

Elon Hogsett — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI
1944-06-03	DET	BOS	L	0	0	0	0	0
1944-04-29	DET	CLE	L	0	0	0	0	0
1944-04-20	DET	SLA	L	2	0	0	0	1
1938-09-20	MIN	CLE	L	0	0	0	0	0
1938-09-18	MIN	DET	L	0	0	0	0	0
1938-09-04	MIN	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0
1938-08-27	MIN	DET	L	0	0	0	0	0
1938-08-23	MIN	SLA	W	0	0	0	0	0
1938-08-20	MIN	BOS	L	1	1	1	1	0
1938-08-16	MIN	NYY	L	0	0	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Elon Hogsett — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1944-06-03	DET	BOS	—	1.0	2	5	0	1	1	1
1944-04-29	DET	CLE	—	0.0	2	1	0	0	0	0
1944-04-20	DET	SLA	—	5.1	3	0	0	3	4	0
1938-09-20	MIN	CLE	—	2.0	4	3	3	0	1	0
1938-09-18	MIN	DET	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1938-09-04	MIN	NYY	L	5.0	7	5	5	1	3	3
1938-08-27	MIN	DET	—	0.1	3	1	1	1	0	0
1938-08-23	MIN	SLA	—	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0
1938-08-20	MIN	BOS	—	3.0	3	1	1	1	0	0
1938-08-16	MIN	NYY	—	1.0	2	4	0	1	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Elon Hogsett — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	330	0	57	285	24	16

Season-by-Season Fielding

Elon Hogsett — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1929	DET	P	4	1	8	0	1
1930	DET	P	33	10	37	5	1
1931	DET	P	22	8	23	1	0
1932	DET	P	47	8	46	3	4
1933	DET	P	45	4	31	1	2
1934	DET	P	26	4	11	0	0
1935	DET	P	40	5	31	2	2
1936	DET	P	3	0	3	0	0
1936	SLA	P	39	2	48	6	2
1937	SLA	P	37	8	28	3	2
1938	WS1	P	31	7	18	2	2
1944	DET	P	3	0	1	1	0

Career Games by Position

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Elon Hogsett Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	330

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Elon Hogsett: the record in brief

Elon Hogsett played a first major league game on September 18, 1929 and a last one on June 3, 1944. By club, Hogsett's seasons break down as the Detroit Tigers (1929 to 1944), the St. Louis Browns (1936 to 1937), and the Washington Senators (1938). The bio lists Hogsett as a pitcher who threw and hit left-handed. Height and weight on file: 6 feet, 0 inches and 190 pounds. Hogsett was born on November 2, 1903, in Brownell, KS, USA. Hogsett's death is recorded on July 17, 2001, in Hays, KS, USA. Elon Hogsett was the playing name; the full given name is Elon Chester.

Hogsett's career pitching line is 63 wins, 87 losses and a 5.02 ERA over 330 appearances. Also on Hogsett's record: 441 strikeouts, 37 complete games, and 33 saves. The league ERA over Hogsett's seasons was 4.28, so the 5.02 figure ran 17.4% worse than average. The best win total was 13, in 1936. Hogsett struck out 68 batters in 1937, a career high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Elon Hogsett

What years did Elon Hogsett play?: Elon Hogsett played in Major League Baseball from 1929 to 1944.
Was Elon Hogsett a pitcher?: Yes. Elon Hogsett pitched in the major leagues, recording 63 wins and 441 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Elon Hogsett hit?: Elon Hogsett hit 6 career home runs with 91 hits.
What was Elon Hogsett's career batting average?: Elon Hogsett batted .226 over his career, with 91 hits in 403 at bats.
How many RBI did Elon Hogsett have?: Elon Hogsett drove in 27 runs in his career.
What was Elon Hogsett's career ERA?: Elon Hogsett finished with a 5.02 career ERA, going 63-87 with 441 strikeouts.