Chet Chadbourne
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Chadbourne's 1911 Obak baseball card
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: October 28, 1884 Parkman, Maine |
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Died: June 21, 1943 (aged 58) Los Angeles |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 17, 1906, for the Boston Americans | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 2, 1918, for the Boston Braves | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Assists | 109 | ||
| Fielding percentage | .964 | ||
| Putouts | 645 | ||
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Chester James (Pop) Chadbourne (October 28, 1884 – June 21, 1943) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a center fielder for three teams between 1906 and 1918. Listed at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m), 170 lb (77 kg)., Chadbourne batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Parkman, Maine, and married Gladys I. Weymouth in Abbot, Maine, on October 15, 1908.
A fine defensive outfielder, Chadbourne entered the Majors in 1906 with the Boston Red Sox, playing for them two years before being sold to the Indianapolis Indians of the American Association in November 1908. After five minor league seasons, he played from 1914-1915 for the Kansas City Packers of the Federal League, where he led league's outfielders in assists (34) in 1914 and in outs (475) and fielding percentage (.979) in 1915.
In 1914, Chadbourne became the first Major League player to bat at Wrigley Field (then called Weeghman Park), hitting lead off for the visiting Kansas City Packers against the Chicago Chi-Feds on April 23.
Chadbourne returned to the minors for the 1916 and 1917 seasons, making his last Major League appearance with the Boston Braves in 1918.
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