Help Request - Player info needed
 

Posted By: <b>Jason L</b><p>Good evening!<br>I would like to make a small request to the all-knowing Board. I am looking for any knowledge or records that might be available for a player by the name of Ben T. Elkins.<br><br>I don't know what team or league he played for, -only that he played in 1928.<br>My checks of Baseball-Reference.com shows he never played in the majors. My checks through the 1900-1958 PCL reference book I have didn't show anything either.<br><br>Can anyone shed some light on where I might find info on this mystery man of the pre-war era?<br><br>Thanks in advance!<br>Jason

Help Request - Player info needed
 

Posted By: <b>Jason</b><p>A quick bump to ask if anyone out there might have access to minor league data.<br><br>I am looking for a pro ballplayer named Ben T. Elkins.<br>I don't know what team or league he played for or in.<br>He would have played in 1928 or thereabouts.<br><br>I suspect on the West Coast, but it could also be Victoria Denver, Houston, or Greenville. how's that for narrowing it down?<br><br><br>Does anyone out there have a lookup capability for pre-war minor league data?<br>Perhaps he is in a pre-war card set? like Zeenuts or something?<br><br>Thanks in advance!!!<br>Jason

Help Request - Player info needed
 

Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>There is nobody with that name in the Minor League database. Perhaps he was a semipro player? Lots of big companies (in the west it could have been an oil company) had semipro clubs and I suppose a baseball bat could have been made by LS for a guy like that.

Help Request - Player info needed
 

Posted By: <b>Jason L</b><p>You see right thru me...<br>Thank you for checking that for me.<br><br>Yes, I think that is where my quest will lead.<br>perhaps a big shot on the S.F. Stock Exchange semi-pro team of the era.<br><br>the bat with his name side-written on it is quite a mysterious antique. A heavy 40oz example, it has nails driven into one side of the barrel, a mailing label from the SF Stock Exchange, a few more nails in the handle, Elkins' signature....<br>anyway, thanks for checking<br><br>Jason