Elijah Edward Pinnance (1879–1944), nicknamed "Peanuts", was a Canadian

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. He played for the

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during the season. Pinnance was the first full-blooded American Indian to play in a regular season game in the majors, which occurred on September 14, 1903. At that time, Pinnance pitched for the Philadelphia Athletics at Washington against the Senators.""Chief".(Native Americans and baseball)". Powers-Beck, Jeffrey. ''The American Indian Quarterly''. September 22, 2001. He went to

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