His performance gained the attention of the Cincinnati Reds, and he was drafted by the team after the 1916 season.

The Baseball Record Book records that on August 21, 1917, Eller struck out three batters on nine pitches in the ninth inning of a 7–5 win over the New York Giants; however, the New York Times from the day after the game noted that Eller allowed a single to start that inning, and so did not officially achieve an immaculate inning.

[4] He died from cancer in Indianapolis on July 18, 1961, and was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery.

[1] In the 1987 movie Matewan, Hod Eller was mentioned as the child preacher Danny Radnor's favorite pitcher.

Screenwriter and Director John Sayles would later write and direct the movie Eight Men Out featuring the circumstances around the fixing of the 1919 World Series and Eller's Reds' team victory.