Elmer Weingartner
{{Short description|American baseball player (1918–2009)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Elmer Weingartner
|position=Shortstop
|image=Elmer Weingartner.jpg
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1918|8|13|mf=y}}
|birth_place=Cleveland, Ohio
|death_date={{death date and age|2009|3|15|1918|8|13}}
|death_place=Elyria, Ohio
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 19
|debutyear={{by|1945}}
|debutteam=Cleveland Indians
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 28
|finalyear={{by|1945}}
|finalteam=Cleveland Indians
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Batting average
|stat1value=.231
|stat2label=Home runs
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=Runs batted in
|stat3value=1
|teams=
- Cleveland Indians (1945)
}}
Elmer William Weingartner (August 13, 1918 – March 15, 2009) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians during the {{mlby|1945}} season. Listed at {{convert|5|ft|11|in|abbr=on}}, {{convert|178|lb|abbr=on}}, Weingartner batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
In his one-season career, Weingartner was a .231 hitter (9-for-39) in 20 games, including one RBI, five runs, one double and a .302 on-base percentage without home runs or stolen bases.
Weingartner died in Elyria, Ohio, at age 90.
External links
{{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=w/weingel01 |fangraphs= |cube= |brm=weinga001elm}} or [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/W/Pweine101.htm Retrosheet]
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Category:Cleveland Indians players
Category:Major League Baseball shortstops
Category:Baseball players from Cleveland
Category:Nashville Vols players
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