Claude Judson "Chaucer" Elliott (November 17, 1876 - June 21, 1923) was a professional baseball

Baseball

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 player. He was a right-handed pitcher

Pitcher

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 over parts of two seasons (1904–1905) with the Cincinnati Reds

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 and New York Giants

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. For his career, he compiled an 3-3 record in 22 appearances, with an 3.33 earned run average

Earned run average

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 and 47 strikeout

Strikeout

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s. He was a member of the 1905 World Series

1905 World Series

- Game 1 :Monday, October 9, 1905 at Columbia Park in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaA pitchers' duel took place between Christy Mathewson and Eddie Plank. Both pitchers got out of jams and were able to shut the offense down. In the Giants top of the fifth, Mathewson singled, but was forced by Roger...

 champions Giants

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, though he did not play in the World Series

World Series

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On June 29, 1905, while playing for the Giants, Elliott played a part in history that would be immortalized some 80 years later with the making of Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams

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. The movie included a depiction of Moonlight Graham

Moonlight Graham

Archibald Wright "Moonlight" Graham was an American professional baseball player who appeared as a right fielder in a single major league game for the New York Giants on June 29, 1905. His story was popularized by Shoeless Joe, a novel by W. P...

, who only played one inning in major league baseball and never got an at bat. It was Elliot who made the final out in the top of the ninth inning with Graham on deck.

Elliott was born and later died in Pardeeville, Wisconsin

Pardeeville, Wisconsin

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at the age of 46.