Kid Elberfeld
Baseball Player
1875 – 1944
Who was Kid Elberfeld?
Norman Arthur "Kid" Elberfeld was a professional baseball player. Elberfeld played shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, New York Highlanders, Washington Senators, and Brooklyn Robins. Elberfled also managed the New York Highlanders for the last half of the 1908 season.
Elberfeld was given the nickname "The Tabasco Kid" because of his fiery temper. He was known for his ferocious verbal, and sometimes physical, assaults on umpires. On one occasion, while in the minors, Elberfeld threw a lump of mud into the umpire's open mouth. Later in his career, Elberfeld assaulted umpire Silk O'Loughlin and had to be forcibly removed by police; Elberfeld was suspended for just 8 games. Although records were not kept, it was said that Elberfeld was thrown out of more games than any other player of his era.
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- Born
- Apr 13, 1875
Pomeroy - Profession
- Lived in
- Pomeroy
- Died
- Jan 13, 1944
Chattanooga
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on July 23, 2013
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