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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 (Norcatur, KS)
School: Kansas State University (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 11:58PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #588. Joaquin Andujar… #589. Rod Beck… #590. Ismael Valdez… #591. ELDEN AUKER… #592. Geoff Zahn… #593. Steve Avery… #594. Pretzels Getzien… 

Standard Pitching

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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 83 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 1 881 129 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 Seasons 130 101 .563 4.42 333 261 40 126 14 2 1963.1 2230 1106 964 129 706 594 36 3 8 8686 102 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 1 994 102 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 109 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1933 22 DET AL 55.0 6 34 35 1 1.0 1 0.1 $
1934 23 DET AL 205.0 18 103 137 2 1.0 34 2.7 $
1935 24 DET AL 195.0 25 86 127 4 1.0 41 3.0 $ MVP-22
1936 25 DET AL 215.1 31 140 158 1 1.0 18 1.3 $
1937 26 DET AL 252.2 32 127 174 1 1.0 47 4.3 $
1938 27 DET AL 160.2 24 97 114 1 1.0 17 1.8 $
1939 28 BOS AL 151.0 25 108 103 -1 1.0 -5 -0.1 $
1940 29 SLB AL 263.2 35 129 173 -2 1.0 44 5.0 $ MVP-29
1941 30 SLB AL 216.0 31 150 133 -3 1.0 -17 -0.8 $ MVP-27
1942 31 SLB AL 249.0 34 132 131 -3 1.0 -1 0.3 $
10 Seasons 1963.1 261 1106 1285 1 1.0 179 17.6 $
DET (6 yrs) 1083.2 136 587 745 10 1.0 158 13.2 $
SLB (3 yrs) 728.2 100 411 437 -8 1.0 26 4.5 $
BOS (1 yr) 151.0 25 108 103 -1 1.0 -5 -0.1 $

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 Seasons (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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1933 22 DET AL 15 18 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .118 .118 .118 .235 -38 2 0 1 1
1934 23 DET AL 43 85 74 3 11 2 0 0 8 0 0 4 28 .149 .192 .176 .368 -5 13 0 7 1
1935 24 DET AL 36 80 74 8 16 3 2 0 8 0 0 2 17 .216 .237 .311 .548 43 23 0 4 1 MVP-22
1936 25 DET AL 35 93 78 7 24 1 2 0 15 0 0 7 24 .308 .372 .372 .744 84 29 1 7 1
1937 26 DET AL 43 105 91 14 18 4 2 3 16 0 0 8 36 .198 .263 .385 .647 60 35 0 6 1
1938 27 DET AL 27 65 57 6 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 24 .088 .161 .088 .249 -38 5 1 3 1
1939 28 BOS AL 31 57 53 6 12 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 14 .226 .241 .358 .599 49 19 0 0 3 1
1940 29 SLB AL 38 99 89 11 19 2 1 1 10 0 0 9 29 .213 .286 .292 .578 49 26 1 0 1 1 MVP-29
1941 30 SLB AL 37 86 80 8 10 1 1 0 5 1 0 3 27 .125 .157 .163 .319 -17 13 0 0 3 1 MVP-27
1942 31 SLB AL 51 96 87 9 14 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 28 .161 .189 .195 .384 7 17 1 0 6 1
10 Seasons 356 784 700 73 131 15 9 6 72 2 0 41 232 .187 .234 .260 .494 27 182 2 2 41
162 Game Avg. 162 357 319 33 60 7 4 3 33 1 0 19 106 .187 .234 .260 .494 27 83 1 19
DET (6 yrs) 199 446 391 39 76 10 6 3 50 1 0 25 134 .194 .246 .274 .520 31 107 2 28
SLB (3 yrs) 126 281 256 28 43 4 3 1 19 1 0 15 84 .168 .214 .219 .433 15 56 2 0 10
BOS (1 yr) 31 57 53 6 12 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 14 .226 .241 .358 .599 49 19 0 0 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1933 22 DET AL 18 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1934 23 DET AL 85 -14 0 0 0 0 7 3 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 1
1935 24 DET AL 80 -7 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1 MVP-22
1936 25 DET AL 93 -2 0 0 0 0 8 3 9 0.9 9 0.8 0.1 $ 1
1937 26 DET AL 105 -8 1 0 0 0 8 3 4 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ 1
1938 27 DET AL 65 -13 1 0 0 0 5 2 -5 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $ 1
1939 28 BOS AL 57 -5 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1940 29 SLB AL 99 -7 0 0 0 0 8 3 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1 MVP-29
1941 30 SLB AL 86 -15 1 0 0 0 7 2 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ 1 MVP-27
1942 31 SLB AL 96 -11 1 0 0 0 6 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
10 Seasons 784 -86 4 0 0 0 59 24 1 0.2 1 0.0 0.2 $
DET (6 yrs) 446 -48 2 0 0 0 34 15 3 0.5 3 0.2 0.3 $
SLB (3 yrs) 281 -33 2 0 0 0 21 7 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $
BOS (1 yr) 57 -5 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1934 23 DET AL WS STL L 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1935 24 DET AL WS CHC W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 WS 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1933 DET AL 22 P 15 55.0 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.67 .960 2.27 2.27
1934 DET AL 23 P 43 205.0 64 9 53 2 3 .969 2.72 1.44 .956 2.14 2.11
1935 DET AL 24 P 36 195.0 49 5 44 0 4 1.000 2.26 1.36 .949 2.15 2.14 MVP-22
1936 DET AL 25 P 35 215.1 74 10 60 4 7 .946 2.93 2.00 .956 1.99 1.96
1937 DET AL 26 P 39 252.2 90 15 72 3 4 .967 3.10 2.23 .954 2.05 2.01
1938 DET AL 27 P 27 160.2 54 12 41 1 1 .981 2.97 1.96 .952 2.11 2.06
1939 BOS AL 28 P 31 151.0 48 9 35 4 2 .917 2.62 1.42 .951 1.92 1.89
1940 SLB AL 29 P 38 263.2 82 27 51 4 4 .951 2.66 2.05 .956 2.04 2.01 MVP-29
1941 SLB AL 30 P 34 216.0 57 14 43 0 6 1.000 2.38 1.68 .960 2.14 2.11 MVP-27
1942 SLB AL 31 P 35 249.0 72 18 52 2 7 .972 2.53 2.00 .957 2.31 2.30
10 Seasons P 333 1963.1 600 120 460 20 38 .967 2.66 1.74 .955 2.11 2.08
10 Seasons TOT 333 1963.1 600 120 460 20 38 .967 2.66 1.74 .955 2.11 2.08
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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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 (1362nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1940 AL  5.4 (9th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1937 AL  4.3 (7th)
1940 AL  5.0 (4th)

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)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1937 AL  15 (2nd)
1940 AL  27 (1st)
1942 AL  18 (4th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1934 AL  53 (3rd)
1936 AL  60 (1st)
1937 AL  72 (1st)
1940 AL  51 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1936 AL  4 (4th)
1939 AL  4 (2nd)
1940 AL  4 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1936 AL  2.93 (2nd)
1937 AL  3.10 (4th)
1938 AL  2.97 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1936 AL  2.00 (3rd)
1937 AL  2.23 (1st)
1938 AL  1.96 (3rd)
1940 AL  2.05 (3rd)
1942 AL  2.00 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1935 AL  1.000 (1st)
1941 AL  1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 78 (310), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 22 (573), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (835), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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