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Elden Auker
Elden Le Roy Auker (Submarine and Big Six)
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
Final Game: September 20, 1942
Died: August 4, 2006 in Vero Beach, FL
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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 2 841 109 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 96 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 3 0 2 981 78 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 90 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 38 3 10 8688 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 1 995 101 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 9 2 3 3250 94 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

Postseason Pitching

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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 42 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 8 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

Postseason Batting

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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1933 DET AL 22 P 15 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 0.67 .960 1.18
1934 DET AL 23 P 43 64 9 53 2 3 .969 1.44 .955 1.11
1935 DET AL 24 P 36 49 5 44 0 4 1.000 1.36 .947 1.12 MVP-22
1936 DET AL 25 P 35 74 10 60 4 7 .946 2.00 .957 1.04
1937 DET AL 26 P 39 90 15 72 3 4 .967 2.23 .953 1.09
1938 DET AL 27 P 27 54 12 41 1 1 .981 1.96 .950 1.12
1939 BOS AL 28 P 31 48 9 35 4 2 .917 1.42 .952 0.98
1940 SLB AL 29 P 38 82 27 51 4 4 .951 2.05 .956 1.05 MVP-29
1941 SLB AL 30 P 34 57 14 43 0 6 1.000 1.68 .958 1.16 MVP-27
1942 SLB AL 31 P 35 72 18 52 2 7 .972 2.00 .957 1.30
10 Seasons P 333 600 120 460 20 38 .967 1.74 .954 1.11
10 Seasons TOT 333 600 120 460 20 38 .967 1.74 .921 1.11

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 (1339th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1934 AL  3.424 (5th)
1937 AL  3.883 (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  .395 (10th)
1937 AL  .463 (7th)
1940 AL  .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  1081 (6th)
1940 AL  1176 (3rd)
1941 AL  981 (9th)
1942 AL  1093 (3rd)

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 78 (311), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 22 (558), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. George Earnshaw (947)
  3. Charles Nagy (943)
  4. Pat Hentgen (937)
  5. Kirk Rueter (936)
  6. Jon Garland (929)
  7. Ross Grimsley (919)
  8. Rip Collins (919)
  9. Doc Medich (917)
  10. Dan Petry (913)
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  2. Justin Verlander (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Justin Verlander (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tony Kaufmann (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Moose Haas (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Scott Erickson (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Guy Bush (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Scott Erickson (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Scott Erickson (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  2. Tony Cloninger (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Herb Pennock (981) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

December 15, 1938: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Chet Morgan and Jake Wade to the Boston Red Sox for Pinky Higgins and Archie McKain.

February 8, 1940: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Boston Red Sox.

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