Chet Chadbourne

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Chester J. Chadbourne

• Bats Left, Throws Right

• Debut September 17, 1906
• Final Game September 2, 1918
• Born October 28, 1884
• Died June 21, 1943

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Chet Chadbourne spread his major league career out over more than a decade and his minor league career over more than two decades.

Chester J. Chadbourne was originally from Guilford, ME. He married Gladys I. Weymouth from Abbott, Maine in Abbott, ME on Oct. 15, 1908.

While Chet was not much used during his years in the American League (1906-07) and National League (1918), he was a regular in the Federal League in 1914-15, leading the Kansas City Packers both years in Games and At-Bats.

Chadbourne played minor league ball from 1906 to 1927, collecting 3,216 hits. Much of his minor league career was in the PCL, first with Portland in 1911-13 and then with Oakland and Vernon in 1917 and then Vernon from 1918-24.

Chadbourne was the manager for Salt Lake City Bees of the 1926 Utah-Idaho League. He later umpired in the Pacific Coast League (1929-1930) and Western League (1932).

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