:Roy Ellam (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1886–1948)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Roy Ellam

|position=Shortstop

|image=Roy Ellam 1920.jpeg

|width=175px

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1886|2|8}}

|birth_place=Conshohocken, Pennsylvania

|death_date={{death date and age|1948|10|28|1886|2|8}}

|death_place=Conshohocken, Pennsylvania

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 18

|debutyear=1909

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 29

|finalyear=1918

|finalteam= Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.143

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=6

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1909}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1918}})

|highlights=

}}

Roy Ellam (February 8, 1886 – October 28, 1948), nicknamed "Slippery", was a professional baseball player. He was a shortstop for parts of two seasons (1909, 1918) with the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates. For his career, he compiled a .143 batting average, with one home run and six runs batted in.

He was born in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

He was killed on October 28, 1948 in Conshohocken when he was hit by a {{convert|150|lb|kg|abbr=on}} weight which fell from a fire escape.{{cite news |title=Roy Ellam, Former Ball Player, Killed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-obituary-for-roy-ellam/140484857/ |access-date=8 February 2024 |work=The Evening Sun |agency=Associated Press |date=29 October 1948 |pages=14}}