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Elden Auker

Elden LeRoy Auker (Submarine or Big Six)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 194 lb.

Born: September 21, 1910 in Norcatur, KS
High School: Norcatur HS (Norcatur, KS)
School: Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS)(All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 1933
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Browns/RedSox 1933-1942

Final Game: September 20, 1942
Died: August 4, 2006 in Vero Beach, FL
Cremated
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1933 22 DET AL 3 3 .500 5.24 15 6 7 2 1 0 55.0 63 34 32 3 25 17 2 0 0 251 82 1.600 10.3 0.5 4.1 2.8 0.68
1934 23 DET AL 15 7 .682 3.42 43 18 12 10 2 1 205.0 234 103 78 9 56 86 3 1 1 881 128 1.415 10.3 0.4 2.5 3.8 1.54
1935 24 DET AL 18 7 .720 3.83 36 25 6 13 2 0 195.0 213 86 83 13 61 63 9 0 2 841 108 1.405 9.8 0.6 2.8 2.9 1.03 MVP-22
1936 25 DET AL 13 16 .448 4.89 35 31 1 14 2 0 215.1 263 140 117 11 83 66 3 0 1 970 101 1.607 11.0 0.5 3.5 2.8 0.80
1937 26 DET AL 17 9 .654 3.88 39 32 6 19 1 1 252.2 250 127 109 13 97 73 6 0 2 1081 120 1.373 8.9 0.5 3.5 2.6 0.75
1938 27 DET AL 11 10 .524 5.27 27 24 3 12 1 0 160.2 184 97 94 14 56 46 5 0 1 717 97 1.494 10.3 0.8 3.1 2.6 0.82
1939 28 BOS AL 9 10 .474 5.36 31 25 4 6 1 0 151.0 183 108 90 13 61 43 1 0 0 697 88 1.616 10.9 0.8 3.6 2.6 0.70
1940 29 SLB AL 16 11 .593 3.96 38 35 0 20 2 0 263.2 299 129 116 17 96 78 3 1 0 1176 116 1.498 10.2 0.6 3.3 2.7 0.81 MVP-29
1941 30 SLB AL 14 15 .483 5.50 34 31 1 13 0 0 216.0 268 150 132 20 85 60 1 0 0 979 79 1.634 11.2 0.8 3.5 2.5 0.71 MVP-27
1942 31 SLB AL 14 13 .519 4.08 35 34 0 17 2 0 249.0 273 132 113 16 86 62 3 1 1 1093 91 1.442 9.9 0.6 3.1 2.2 0.72
10 Yrs 130 101 .563 4.42 333 261 40 126 14 2 1963.1 2230 1106 964 129 706 594 36 3 8 8686 101 1.495 10.2 0.6 3.2 2.7 0.84
162 Game Avg. 15 12 .563 4.42 38 30 5 14 2 0 225 255 127 110 15 81 68 4 0 1 994 101 1.495 10.2 0.6 3.2 2.7 0.84
DET (6 yrs) 77 52 .597 4.26 195 136 35 70 9 2 1083.2 1207 587 513 63 378 351 28 1 7 4741 108 1.463 10.0 0.5 3.1 2.9 0.93
SLB (3 yrs) 44 39 .530 4.46 107 100 1 50 4 0 728.2 840 411 361 53 267 200 7 2 1 3248 95 1.519 10.4 0.7 3.3 2.5 0.75
BOS (1 yr) 9 10 .474 5.36 31 25 4 6 1 0 151.0 183 108 90 13 61 43 1 0 0 697 88 1.616 10.9 0.8 3.6 2.6 0.70

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1933 22 DET AL 55.0 15 6 34 5.56 5.17 0.22 0.00 99.8 4.94 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.1 3 .472 .497 $
1934 23 DET AL 205.0 43 18 103 4.52 5.09 0.16 0.00 95.9 4.74 5 0.4 1.0 -0.1 2.2 30 .510 .503 $
1935 24 DET AL 195.0 36 25 86 3.97 4.82 0.28 0.00 94.6 4.30 7 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.3 30 .520 .504 $ MVP-22
1936 25 DET AL 215.1 35 31 140 5.85 5.20 0.03 0.00 100.9 5.22 -16 -1.3 1.0 -0.1 0.4 14 .462 .492 $
1937 26 DET AL 252.2 39 32 127 4.52 5.22 0.03 0.00 101.5 5.27 20 1.9 1.0 -0.2 3.9 52 .549 .512 $
1938 27 DET AL 160.2 27 24 97 5.43 5.47 0.04 0.00 104.5 5.68 3 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.6 25 .509 .502 $
1939 28 BOS AL 151.0 31 25 108 6.44 5.12 -0.12 0.00 101.3 5.31 -19 -1.7 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0 .444 .489 $
1940 29 SLB AL 263.2 38 35 129 4.40 4.97 -0.12 0.00 101.9 5.18 21 2.1 1.0 -0.2 3.7 48 .554 .513 $ MVP-29
1941 30 SLB AL 216.0 34 31 150 6.25 4.78 -0.19 0.00 102.7 5.10 -29 -2.7 1.0 -0.1 -1.3 -8 .421 .483 $ MVP-27
1942 31 SLB AL 249.0 35 34 132 4.77 4.24 -0.15 0.00 101.7 4.47 -10 -1.0 1.0 -0.2 0.2 8 .470 .494 $
10 Seasons 1963.1 333 261 1106 5.07 4.97 -0.00 0.00 100.6 5.01 -23 -1.9 1.0 -1.2 12.6 202 .494 .499 $
DET (6 yrs) 1083.2 195 136 587 4.88 5.16 0.11 0.00 99.4 5.03 14 1.5 1.0 -0.6 10.5 154 .508 .502 $
SLB (3 yrs) 728.2 107 100 411 5.08 4.66 -0.15 0.00 102.1 4.92 -18 -1.7 1.0 -0.5 2.6 48 .484 .497 $
BOS (1 yr) 151.0 31 25 108 6.44 5.12 -0.12 0.00 101.3 5.31 -19 -1.7 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0 .444 .489 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1934 23 DET AL WS L STL 1 1 .500 5.56 2 2 0 1 0 0 11.1 16 8 7 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 51 1.853 12.7 0.0 4.0 1.6 0.40
1935 24 DET AL WS W CHC 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 24 1.333 9.0 1.5 3.0 1.5 0.50
2 Yrs (2 Series) 1 1 .500 4.67 3 3 0 1 0 0 17.1 22 11 9 1 7 0 3 0 0 0 75 1.673 11.4 0.5 3.6 1.6 0.43
2 WS 1 1 .500 4.67 3 3 0 1 0 0 17.1 22 11 9 1 7 0 3 0 0 0 75 1.673 11.4 0.5 3.6 1.6 0.43

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1933 22 DET AL 251 1.2% 6.8% 10.0% 1.2% 5% 80%
1934 23 DET AL 881 1.0% 9.8% 6.4% 3.2% 12% 81%
1935 24 DET AL 841 1.6% 7.5% 7.3% 4.3% 17% 82%
1936 25 DET AL 971 1.1% 6.8% 8.6% 3.9% 14% 82%
1937 26 DET AL 1081 1.2% 6.8% 9.0% 4.0% 17% 81%
1938 27 DET AL 717 2.0% 6.4% 7.8% 5.4% 21% 82%
1939 28 BOS AL 697 1.9% 6.2% 8.8% 3.0% 12% 81%
1940 29 SLB AL 1175 1.5% 6.6% 8.2% 4.4% 17% 82%
1941 30 SLB AL 979 2.0% 6.1% 8.7% 4.3% 16% 82%
1942 31 SLB AL 1093 1.5% 5.7% 7.9% 3.7% 15% 83%
10 Yrs 8686 1.5% 6.8% 8.1% 3.9% 15% 82%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.8% 8.6% 3.1% 13% 79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1933 22 3 3 .500 5.24 15 6 7 2 1 0 55.0 63 34 32 3 25 17 2 0 0 251 82 1.600 10.3 0.5 4.1 2.8 0.68 82
1934 23 18 10 .643 3.81 58 24 19 12 3 1 260.0 297 137 110 12 81 103 5 1 1 1132 114 1.454 10.3 0.4 2.8 3.6 1.27 114
1935 24 36 17 .679 3.82 94 49 25 25 5 1 455.0 510 223 193 25 142 166 14 1 3 1973 112 1.433 10.1 0.5 2.8 3.3 1.17 112
1936 25 49 33 .598 4.16 129 80 26 39 7 1 670.1 773 363 310 36 225 232 17 1 4 2943 108 1.489 10.4 0.5 3.0 3.1 1.03 108
1937 26 66 42 .611 4.09 168 112 32 58 8 2 923.0 1023 490 419 49 322 305 23 1 6 4024 111 1.457 10.0 0.5 3.1 3.0 0.95 111
1938 27 77 52 .597 4.26 195 136 35 70 9 2 1083.2 1207 587 513 63 378 351 28 1 7 4741 108 1.463 10.0 0.5 3.1 2.9 0.93 108
1939 28 86 62 .581 4.40 226 161 39 76 10 2 1234.2 1390 695 603 76 439 394 29 1 7 5438 105 1.481 10.1 0.6 3.2 2.9 0.90 105
1940 29 102 73 .583 4.32 264 196 39 96 12 2 1498.1 1689 824 719 93 535 472 32 2 7 6614 107 1.484 10.1 0.6 3.2 2.8 0.88 107
1941 30 116 88 .569 4.47 298 227 40 109 12 2 1714.1 1957 974 851 113 620 532 33 2 7 7593 103 1.503 10.3 0.6 3.3 2.8 0.86 103
1942 31 130 101 .563 4.42 333 261 40 126 14 2 1963.1 2230 1106 964 129 706 594 36 3 8 8686 101 1.495 10.2 0.6 3.2 2.7 0.84 101

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1933 22 3 3 .500 4.73 59.0 64 34 31 3 25 18 2 1.508 9.8 3.8 2.7 0.72 0.5 15
1934 23 14 9 .609 3.10 212.0 232 81 73 9 56 89 3 1.358 9.8 2.4 3.8 1.59 0.4 43
1935 24 12 10 .545 3.69 200.0 218 91 82 13 62 65 9 1.400 9.8 2.8 2.9 1.05 0.6 36
1936 25 13 12 .520 3.80 230.0 245 108 97 10 77 70 3 1.400 9.6 3.0 2.7 0.91 0.4 35
1937 26 18 11 .621 3.22 263.0 237 104 94 12 92 76 6 1.251 8.1 3.1 2.6 0.83 0.4 39
1938 27 10 9 .526 3.92 177.0 171 86 77 13 52 51 5 1.260 8.7 2.6 2.6 0.98 0.7 27
1939 28 8 10 .444 4.23 166.0 175 87 78 12 58 47 1 1.404 9.5 3.1 2.5 0.81 0.7 31
1940 29 18 13 .581 3.29 282.0 288 114 103 16 92 83 3 1.348 9.2 2.9 2.6 0.90 0.5 38
1941 30 9 15 .375 4.92 223.0 263 136 122 20 83 62 1 1.552 10.6 3.3 2.5 0.75 0.8 34
1942 31 13 15 .464 4.27 257.0 292 136 122 17 92 64 3 1.494 10.2 3.2 2.2 0.70 0.6 35
10 Yrs 118 107 .524 3.82 2069.0 2185 977 879 125 689 625 36 1.389 9.5 2.7 0.91 0.5 333

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1935 AL (22, 2%)
1940 AL (29, 0%)
1941 AL (27, 0%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1937 AL  3.9 (8th)
1940 AL  3.7 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1934 AL  3.42 (5th)
1937 AL  3.88 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1934 AL  15 (8th)
1935 AL  18 (6th)
1937 AL  17 (4th)
1940 AL  16 (5th)
1941 AL  14 (8th)
1942 AL  14 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1934 AL  .682 (5th)
1935 AL  .720 (1st)
1937 AL  .654 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1934 AL  1.415 (10th)
1937 AL  1.373 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1937 AL  8.905 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 AL  2.459 (2nd)
1935 AL  2.815 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1934 AL  43 (7th)
1937 AL  39 (6th)
1940 AL  38 (8th)
1942 AL  35 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1937 AL  252.7 (7th)
1940 AL  263.7 (5th)
1941 AL  216.0 (9th)
1942 AL  249.0 (3rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1936 AL  31 (8th)
1937 AL  32 (6th)
1940 AL  35 (2nd)
1941 AL  31 (7th)
1942 AL  34 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1937 AL  19 (6th)
1940 AL  20 (4th)
1942 AL  17 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1934 AL  2 (8th)
1935 AL  2 (9th)
1936 AL  2 (8th)
1940 AL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 AL  20 (2nd)
1942 AL  16 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1937 AL  97 (10th)
1940 AL  96 (6th)
1942 AL  86 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1937 AL  250 (8th)
1940 AL  299 (2nd)
1941 AL  268 (3rd)
1942 AL  273 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1934 AL  1.536 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 AL  0.395 (10th)
1937 AL  0.463 (7th)
1940 AL  0.580 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1936 AL  16 (3rd)
1941 AL  15 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1940 AL  116 (5th)
1941 AL  132 (1st)
1942 AL  113 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1934 AL  3 (10th)
1935 AL  9 (2nd)
1937 AL  6 (2nd)
1938 AL  5 (7th)
1940 AL  3 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1937 AL  1,081 (6th)
1940 AL  1,176 (3rd)
1941 AL  979 (9th)
1942 AL  1,093 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1934 AL  129 (7th)
1937 AL  120 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1934 AL  17 (10th)
1937 AL  22 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1934 AL  1.7 (10th)
1937 AL  2.0 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 78 (314), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 22 (574), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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