Elmer Cleveland

{{Short description|American baseball player (1862–1913)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Elmer Cleveland

|image=Elmer Cleveland, New York Giants, baseball card portrait LCCN2007686560.jpg

|caption=1887 baseball card of Cleveland

|position=Third baseman

|birth_date={{birth date|1862|9|15}}

|birth_place=Washington, D.C.

|death_date={{death date and age|1913|10|8|1862|9|15}}

|death_place=Zimmerman, Pennsylvania

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 29

|debutyear=1884

|debutteam=Cincinnati Outlaw Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 23

|finalyear=1891

|finalteam=Columbus Solons

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat1value=80

|stat2label=Batting average

|stat2value=.255

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=20

|teams=

• Cincinnati Outlaw Reds ({{Baseball year|1884}})
• New York Giants ({{Baseball year|1888}})
• Pittsburgh Alleghenys ({{Baseball year|1888}})
• Columbus Solons ({{Baseball year|1891}})

}}

Elmer Ellsworth Cleveland (September 15, 1862 – October 8, 1913) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball. He began his professional career in the Western Interstate League in 1883 and then joined the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the Union Association in 1884. He played in 29 games with the Reds and hit .322.

From 1885 to 1887, he was back in the minors in the Southern League and Northwestern League. He returned to the majors in 1888 with the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the National League.

After two seasons with Omaha of the Western Association, he played in the American Association with the Columbus Solons. He ended his career in the Pennsylvania State League in 1892.