Elmer Edwin Leifer (May 23, 1893 – September 26, 1948) was an American pinch hitter in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1921."Elmer Leifer Statistics and History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
In 1922, while playing for the Little Rock Travelers of the Class-A Southern Association, Leifer was injured in a collision with teammate Travis Jackson, ending Leifer's playing career. Leifer continued to suffer from the effects of the collision in his later life. Leifer committed suicide by swallowing an overdose of Nembutal.
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