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Harry Coveleski
Harry Frank Coveleski (The Giant Killer)

Bats Both, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 10, 1907
Final Game June 23, 1918
Born April 23, 1886 in Shamokin, PA
Died August 4, 1950 in Shamokin, PA

Brother of Stan Coveleski

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1907 21 PHI NL   1   0   4   0   0   0   4  0   20.0   10    2    0   0    3    6   1   0    72       0  0.00  2.41  inf 0.650
 1908 22 PHI NL   4   1   6   5   5   2   0  0   43.7   29    7    6   0   12   22   2   0   162       0  1.24  2.39  193 0.939
 1909 23 PHI NL   6  10  24  17   8   2   3  1  121.7  109   51   37   0   49   56  10   6   506       0  2.74  2.59   95 1.299
 1910 24 CIN NL   1   1   7   4   2   0   2  0   39.3   35   41   23   1   42   27   4   2   188       0  5.26  2.93   56 1.958
 1914 28 DET AL  22  12  44  36  23   5   6  2  303.3  251  109   84   4  100  124  12   6  1217       1  2.49  2.79  112 1.157
 1915 29 DET AL  22  13  50  38  20   1   9  4  312.7  271  123   85   2   87  150  20   5  1269       0  2.45  3.02  123 1.145
 1916 30 DET AL  21  11  44  39  22   3   4  2  324.3  278  105   71   6   63  108  11   5  1248       1  1.97  2.85  145 1.051
 1917 31 DET AL   4   6  16  11   2   0   1  0   69.0   70   39   20   0   14   15   2   1   280       0  2.61  2.63  101 1.217
 1918 32 DET AL   0   1   3   1   1   0   2  0   14.0   17    9    6   0    6    3   0   0    62       0  3.86  2.66   69 1.643
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .596  81  55 198 151  83  13  31  9 1248.0 1070  486  332  13  376  511  62  25  5004       2  2.39  2.82  118 1.159
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  10  38  29  16   2   6  1  243.0  208   94   64   2   73   99  12   4   974   0   0  2.39  2.82  118 1.159
 Career High     22  13  50  39  23   5   9  4  324.3  278  123   85   6  100  150  20   6  1269   0   1  1.24  3.02  193 0.939

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1907 21 PHI NL   4    8    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      2      .000  .200  .000  -37    0   0           0    
 1908 22 PHI NL   6   15    2    2   0  1   0    1   0      0      .133  .133  .267   25    4   2           0    
 1909 23 PHI NL  24   37    2    4   0  0   0    0   0      0      .108  .108  .108  -33    4   3           0    
 1910 24 CIN NL   7   16    1    1   1  0   0    0   0      0   4  .063  .063  .125  -45    2   1           0    
 1914 28 DET AL  44   95    6   23   2  1   0   12   0  3   6  28  .242  .287  .284   70   27   6           0    
 1915 29 DET AL  50  103    9   18   2  0   0    6   0      7  29  .175  .227  .194   24   20   8           0    
 1916 30 DET AL  44  118    7   25   3  2   0    7   0      0  38  .212  .218  .271   45   32   1           1    
 1917 31 DET AL  16   22    2    5   0  0   0    0   0      0   5  .227  .227  .227   39    5   1           0    
 1918 32 DET AL   3    4    0    1   0  0   0    2   0      0   2  .250  .250  .250   53    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      198  418   30   79   8  4   0   28   0  3  15 106  .189  .219  .227   33   95  22   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        342   25   65   7  3   0   23   0  2  12  87  .189  .219  .227   33   78  18   0   0   1   0
 Career High     50  118    9   25   3  2   0   12   0  3   7  38                          32   8   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1907 21 PHI NL   10    8    0   0.0    74| .000  .251| .200  .317| .000  .319| .200  .636| -37  .000  -1.2  -0.1     
 1908 22 PHI NL   17   15    1   1.8    74| .133  .250| .133  .312| .267  .322| .400  .634|  25  .281  -1.5  -0.2     
 1909 23 PHI NL   40   36    0   0.0    77| .108  .253| .108  .321| .108  .326| .216  .647| -33  .000  -5.9  -0.7     
 1910 24 CIN NL   17   16    0   0.0    85| .063  .258| .063  .332| .125  .342| .188  .674| -45  .000  -2.9  -0.3     
 1914 28 DET AL  107   81    7   2.3    85| .242  .260| .287  .334| .284  .340| .571  .674|  70  .346  -3.9  -0.5   0%
 1915 29 DET AL  118   93    5   1.4    87| .175  .261| .227  .340| .194  .342| .421  .682|  24  .170 -10.1  -1.2     
 1916 30 DET AL  120   94    7   2.0    86| .212  .261| .218  .336| .271  .341| .489  .677|  45  .273  -9.0  -1.1     
 1917 31 DET AL   23   18    1   1.5    80| .227  .255| .227  .326| .227  .330| .454  .656|  39  .184  -1.7  -0.2     
 1918 32 DET AL    4    3    0   0.0    79| .250  .256| .250  .326| .250  .326| .500  .652|  53  .000  -0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       456  364   21   1.6    84| .189  .259| .219  .333| .227  .338| .446  .671|  33  .195 -36.5  -4.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1907 21 PHI NL P 4 0 6 1 0 .857 .952 1.50 2.27 2.70 2.97 0 20.0 1908 22 PHI NL P 6 3 15 0 0 1.000 .952 3.00 2.13 3.71 2.99 5 43.7 1909 23 PHI NL P 24 6 39 2 1 .957 .939 1.88 1.95 3.33 2.84 17 121.7 1910 24 CIN NL P 7 1 14 0 0 1.000 .943 2.14 1.77 3.44 2.82 4 39.3 1914 28 DET AL P 44 12 123 5 4 .964 .936 3.07 1.74 4.01 2.96 36 303.3 1915 29 DET AL P 50 16 109 11 5 .919 .937 2.50 1.80 3.60 3.01 38 312.7 1916 30 DET AL P 44 4 119 5 5 .961 .945 2.80 1.69 3.41 2.95 39 324.3 1917 31 DET AL P 16 3 30 4 1 .892 .948 2.06 1.83 4.30 3.04 11 69.0 1918 32 DET AL P 3 1 6 0 0 1.000 .946 2.33 1.87 4.50 2.83 1 14.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1907 21 PHI NL P 4 0 6 1 0 .857 .952 1.50 2.27 2.70 2.97 0 20.0 1908 22 PHI NL P 6 3 15 0 0 1.000 .952 3.00 2.13 3.71 2.99 5 43.7 1909 23 PHI NL P 24 6 39 2 1 .957 .939 1.88 1.95 3.33 2.84 17 121.7 1910 24 CIN NL P 7 1 14 0 0 1.000 .943 2.14 1.77 3.44 2.82 4 39.3 1914 28 DET AL P 44 12 123 5 4 .964 .936 3.07 1.74 4.01 2.96 36 303.3 1915 29 DET AL P 50 16 109 11 5 .919 .937 2.50 1.80 3.60 3.01 38 312.7 1916 30 DET AL P 44 4 119 5 5 .961 .945 2.80 1.69 3.41 2.95 39 324.3 1917 31 DET AL P 16 3 30 4 1 .892 .948 2.06 1.83 4.30 3.04 11 69.0 1918 32 DET AL P 3 1 6 0 0 1.000 .946 2.33 1.87 4.50 2.83 1 14.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 198 46 461 28 16 .948 .941 2.56 1.80 3.66 2.96 151 1248.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 198 46 461 28 16 .948 .941 2.56 1.80 3.66 2.96 151 1248
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1916 AL-1.97-4
Car-2.39-27

Wins
1914 AL-22-2
1915 AL-22-5
1916 AL-21-4

Won-Loss %
1914 AL-.647-10
1916 AL-.656-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1916 AL-1.051-4
Car-1.159-72

Hits Allowed/9IP
1914 AL-7.45-8
Car-7.72-52

Bases on Balls/9IP
1916 AL-1.75-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1915 AL-4.32-10

Games
1914 AL-44-8
1915 AL-50-1

Saves
1915 AL-4-2

Innings
1914 AL-303.3-2
1915 AL-312.7-2
1916 AL-324.3-2

Strikeouts
1914 AL-124-9
1915 AL-150-4

Games Started
1914 AL-36-2
1915 AL-38-2
1916 AL-39-2

Comp. Games
1914 AL-23-2
1915 AL-20-8
1916 AL-22-5

Shutouts
1914 AL-5-5
1916 AL-3-7

Home Runs Allow.
1914 AL-4-8
1916 AL-6-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1914 AL-100-6

Hits Allowed
1914 AL-251-7
1915 AL-271-1
1916 AL-278-3

SO to Walk
1916 AL-1.71-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1914 AL-84-5
1915 AL-85-8

Hit Batsmen
1909 NL-10-7
1914 AL-12-2
1915 AL-20-1
1916 AL-11-3

Batters Faced
1914 AL-1217-4
1915 AL-1269-2
1916 AL-1248-4

Adjusted ERA+
1916 AL-145-4

   

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (822) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 59 (413) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 27.0 (171) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 25.0 (495) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

January 20, 1910: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Frank Corridon to the Cincinnati Reds for Ad Brennan and Bob Ewing.


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