Roy Ellam (February 8, 1886 – October 28, 1948), nicknamed "Slippery", was a professional

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. He was a

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for parts of two seasons (1909, 1918) with the

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and

Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...

. For his career, he compiled a .143

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, with one home run and six

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. He was born in

Conshohocken, Pennsylvania Conshohocken ( ; Lenape: ''Kanshihàkink'') is a borough on the Schuylkill River in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in suburban Philadelphia. Historically a large mill town and industrial and manufacturing center, after the decline of industry i ...

. He was killed on October 28, 1948 in Conshohocken when he was hit by a weight which fell from a

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