Charles Morgan Herbert Atherton (November 19, 1874 – December 17, 1935)[1] was an American Major League Baseball third baseman.

He was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the son of George W. Atherton[2] and Frances “Fannie” Wright Darusmont Washburn, of Plympton, Massachusetts.

Defensively, Atherton committed 26 errors,[6] which was fourth worst on the now defunct Washington Senators team of the National League.

He had become acquainted with Vincent Pisek of Malesov, an American Czech pastor who invited him to become the musical director of the Jan Hus Presbyterian Church in New York City.

Atherton continued to live in New York City during the 1920s undertaking a role as a social worker for Czechs and Bohemians through his church.

[11] Pennsylvania State University library holds an oral history interview with his sister Helen Atherton Govier from January 25, 1974.