# Chief Chouneau

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**William "Chief" Chouneau** (September 2, 1888 – September 17, 1946), born **William Cadreau**, was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [pitcher](/source/Pitcher) who appeared in one game for the [Chicago White Sox](/source/Chicago_White_Sox) in 1910, and later played for the [Negro league](/source/Negro_league) [Chicago Union Giants](/source/Peters'_Union_Giants). He was a member of the [Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa](/source/Fond_du_Lac_Band_of_Lake_Superior_Chippewa) in northeastern [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota).[1]

A native of [Cloquet, Minnesota](/source/Cloquet,_Minnesota), the 22-year-old right-hander Chouneau was the [starting pitcher](/source/Starting_pitcher) on the last day of the 1910 season for a [Chicago White Sox](/source/Chicago_White_Sox) club that featured [Baseball Hall of Fame](/source/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame) hurler [Ed Walsh](/source/Ed_Walsh) and was led by Hall of Fame [manager](/source/Manager_(baseball)) [Hugh Duffy](/source/Hugh_Duffy). The opponent was a strong [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) team that finished the year in third place. The White Sox were ahead 1–0 after five [innings](/source/Inning), but Chouneau gave up two [runs](/source/Run_(baseball)) in the top of the sixth and was removed from the game with one out. Pitcher [Wild Bill Donovan](/source/Wild_Bill_Donovan_(baseball)) and the Tigers won the game, 2–1. Chouneau gave up seven [hits](/source/Hit_(baseball)) and no [walks](/source/Bases_on_balls) in his 5.1 [innings pitched](/source/Innings_pitched). He had one [strikeout](/source/Strikeout), an 0–1 record, and his [ERA](/source/Earned_run_average) was 3.38. At the plate he was 0-for-1 with a walk and a [hit by pitch](/source/Hit_by_pitch), giving him an [on-base percentage](/source/On-base_percentage) of .667.

In 1917, Chouneau pitched for the [Negro league](/source/Negro_league) [Chicago Union Giants](/source/Peters'_Union_Giants). In his one recorded appearance, Chouneau tossed a complete game win, allowing three earned runs.[2]

He died on the [Fond du Lac Indian Reservation](/source/Fond_du_Lac_Indian_Reservation) in 1946 at age 58.[3]

## References

1. Thornley, Stew (2006). [*Baseball in Minnesota: The Definitive History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=D0u6nMN6iwoC&pg=PA153). [Minnesota Historical Society](/source/Minnesota_Historical_Society). p. 153. ISBN 978-0-87351-551-1. Retrieved 11 October 2024.

1. ["Bill Cadreau"](https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=cadre01bil). seamheads.com. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

1. Korby, Steve (November 22, 2019). ["Band member had a shot in Major League Baseball ... in 1910"](https://www.pineknotnews.com/story/2019/11/22/people/band-member-had-a-shot-in-major-league-baseball-in-1910/2214.html). *Pine Knot News*. Retrieved 11 October 2024.

## External links

and [Seamheads](https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=cadre01bil) and [Retrosheet](http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pchouc101.htm)

- [SABR biography](https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/william-cadreau/)

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