# Pete Elko

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1918–1993)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{No footnotes|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Pete Elko
|position=[Third baseman](/source/Third_baseman)
|image=Pete Elko.jpg
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1918|6|17|mf=y}}
|birth_place=[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania](/source/Wilkes-Barre%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1993|9|17|1918|7|17}}
|death_place=Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 17
|debutyear={{baseball year|1943}}
|debutteam=[Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs)
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 1
|finalyear={{baseball year|1944}}
|finalteam=[Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs)
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Games played](/source/Games_played)
|stat1value=16
|stat2label=[At bat](/source/At_bat)s
|stat2value=52
|stat3label=[Hits](/source/Hit_(baseball))
|stat3value=9
|teams=
*[Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs) ({{baseball year|1943}}–{{baseball year|1944}})
|highlights=
}}
'''Peter''' "'''Piccolo Pete'''" '''Elko''' (June 17, 1918 – September 17, 1993) was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [third baseman](/source/third_baseman) who played with the [Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs) in {{baseball year|1943}} and {{baseball year|1944}}.

==External links==
{{Baseballstats |mlb=113795 |br=e/elkope01|brm=elko--001pet}}

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Category:1918 births
Category:1993 deaths
Category:Chicago Cubs players
Category:Major League Baseball third basemen
Category:Baseball players from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Category:Nashville Vols players
Category:Fulton Tigers players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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