Elwood George English (March 2, 1906 – September 26, 1997) was an American professional baseball shortstop and third baseman.

[1] He played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1927 and 1938 for the Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers.

In the following year of 1925, English signed a contract with the Toledo Mud Hens, a Double-A team, a part of the American Association, for $300 a month.

[2] Being the youngest player on his team, 18, English played 131 games at shortstop and batted .220 and a .946 fielding percentage.

In 1261 games over 12 seasons, English posted a .286 batting average (1356-for-4746) with 801 runs, 236 doubles, 52 triples, 32 home runs, 422 RBI, 57 stolen bases, 571 bases on balls, .366 on-base percentage and .378 slugging percentage.