Heinie Elder

Henry Knox "Heinie" Elder Sr. (August 23, 1890 – November 13, 1958) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He was born in Seattle, Washington, and died in Long Beach, California.

Playing career After attending the University of Minnesota, and playing baseball for the Golden Gophers in his 1911 freshman season, Elder played one game in the major leagues, at age 22, as a left-handed relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers on July 7, 1913. He pitched innings and gave up four hits, five bases on balls, and three earned runs for an earned run average of 8.10.

Military service and later years Elder is one of the few major league players to have served in both World War I and World War II. He was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. He served in France during World War I and was active in the Army reserves for 23 years between the wars. He held administrative posts as a major and lieutenant colonel during World War II. He was buried at the Los Angeles National Cemetery on Sepulveda Boulevard, north of Wilshire Boulevard, in Los Angeles.