Elmer Rae Steele (May 17, 1884 – March 9, 1966) was a

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

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. He pitched in the major leagues from 1907 to 1911. He also played for several years in the minor leagues. He began his professional career with the Poughkeepsie Colts of the Hudson River League in 1906. He played his last year with the

Blue Ridge League The Blue Ridge League was the name of two minor league baseball organizations that operated in the first half of the twentieth century in the United States. History The first league operated for the better part of sixteen years, from 1915 throu ...

in 1917.

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1884 births 1966 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Brooklyn Dodgers players Boston Red Sox players Boston Americans players Pittsburgh Pirates players Jackson Senators players Poughkeepsie Colts players Lynn Shoemakers players Scranton Miners players Providence Grays (minor league) players Poughkeepsie Honey Bugs players Memphis Chickasaws players Beaumont Oilers players Houston Buffaloes players Chambersburg Maroons players Cumberland Colts players Gettysburg Ponies players Burials at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery Baseball players from Poughkeepsie, New York 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-baseball-pitcher-1880s-stub