Ellsworth Tenney "Babe" Dahlgren (June 15, 1912 – September 4, 1996) was an American professional baseball infielder.
He played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball from 1935 to 1946 for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Pittsburgh Pirates.
[2] The Browns returned Dahlgren to the Cubs for a contract dispute once it was learned that he had become eligible for the draft in May 1942.
[4] In early 1943, Dahlgren was notified by the draft board to report for his physical, which occurred in mid-May of that year.
[8] After years of dementia, Dahlgren died of natural causes in Arcadia, California on September 4, 1996.