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Luke Hamlin

Lewis Dennison Hamlin (Hot Potato)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: July 3, 1904 in Ferris Center, MI(All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1933
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Athletics/Tigers/Pirates 1933-1944

Final Game: September 26, 1944
Died: February 18, 1978 in Clare, MI
Buried: East Lawn Memory Gardens, Okemos, MI
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Standard Batting

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 28 DET AL 3 6 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 259 5 0 1 /1
1934 29 DET AL 20 29 26 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .231 .231 .231 .462 19 6 0 3 1
1937 32 BRO NL 41 68 59 4 11 0 0 0 1 0 3 16 .186 .238 .186 .425 16 11 2 1 5 1
1938 33 BRO NL 44 84 78 3 11 1 1 0 4 0 2 16 .141 .163 .179 .342 -7 14 3 0 4 1
1939 34 BRO NL 40 110 103 4 13 3 0 1 6 0 1 21 .126 .135 .184 .319 -17 19 2 0 6 1 MVP-10
1940 35 BRO NL 35 66 58 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 18 .086 .086 .103 .190 -49 6 0 0 8 1
1941 36 BRO NL 30 46 41 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 2 12 .146 .186 .171 .357 -1 7 1 0 3 1
1942 37 PIT NL 23 40 37 2 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 11 .243 .243 .243 .486 41 9 0 0 3 1
1944 39 PHA AL 29 69 56 5 13 0 0 0 6 0 0 9 12 .232 .338 .232 .571 67 13 0 0 4 1
9 Yrs 265 518 463 24 76 7 2 1 31 0 0 17 115 .164 .195 .194 .390 6 90 8 1 37
162 Game Avg. 162 317 283 15 46 4 1 1 19 0 10 70 .164 .195 .194 .390 6 55 1 23
BRO (5 yrs) 190 374 339 15 46 6 1 1 16 0 8 83 .136 .158 .168 .326 -12 57 8 1 26
DET (2 yrs) 23 35 31 2 8 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 .258 .258 .355 .613 57 11 0 4
PIT (1 yr) 23 40 37 2 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 11 .243 .243 .243 .486 41 9 0 0 3
PHA (1 yr) 29 69 56 5 13 0 0 0 6 0 0 9 12 .232 .338 .232 .571 67 13 0 0 4
NL (6 yrs) 213 414 376 17 55 6 1 1 23 0 8 94 .146 .166 .176 .342 -7 66 8 1 29
AL (3 yrs) 52 104 87 7 21 1 1 0 8 0 0 9 21 .241 .313 .276 .588 64 24 0 0 8

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1933 28 DET AL 3 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .552 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /1
1934 29 DET AL 20 29 -4 0 0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1937 32 BRO NL 41 68 -7 0 0 0 8 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 $ 1
1938 33 BRO NL 44 84 -12 0 0 0 10 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 -0.0 0 $ 1
1939 34 BRO NL 40 110 -18 0 0 0 12 -6 -0.6 3 -2 -0.6 .485 .496 -0.6 -0.0 -2 $ 1 MVP-10
1940 35 BRO NL 35 66 -13 0 0 0 7 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.6 .482 .496 -0.6 -0.0 -4 $ 1
1941 36 BRO NL 30 46 -6 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1942 37 PIT NL 23 40 -3 0 0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1
1944 39 PHA AL 29 69 -2 0 0 0 6 4 0.4 1 6 0.4 .516 .503 0.4 0.0 5 $ 1
9 Seasons 265 518 -64 1 0 0 56 -8 -1.0 15 7 -0.8 .497 .499 -0.8 -0.1 7 $
BRO (5 yrs) 190 374 -57 1 0 0 42 -14 -1.6 12 -3 -1.5 .492 .498 -1.5 -0.1 -3 $
DET (2 yrs) 23 35 -3 0 0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .505 .500 0.2 0.0 2 $
PIT (1 yr) 23 40 -3 0 0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 -0.0 2 $
PHA (1 yr) 29 69 -2 0 0 0 6 4 0.4 1 6 0.4 .516 .503 0.4 0.0 5 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1933 28 DET AL 6 4 2 13.4 107 .500 .400 .282 .400 .353 1.000 .406 1.400 .760 259 .870 1.0 0.1 1.667 .600 .600
1934 29 DET AL 29 23 1 1.2 112 .333 .231 .288 .231 .362 .231 .415 .462 .777 19 .064 -3.2 -0.3 .300 .000 .000
1937 32 BRO NL 68 55 2 1.0 102 .256 .186 .281 .238 .343 .186 .399 .425 .742 16 .057 -7.0 -0.7 .300 .051 .000
1938 33 BRO NL 84 74 2 0.7 101 .177 .141 .278 .163 .343 .179 .396 .342 .739 -7 .036 -12.0 -1.2 .229 .064 .038
1939 34 BRO NL 110 98 3 0.8 108 .148 .126 .286 .135 .353 .184 .409 .319 .762 -17 .042 -17.8 -1.8 .217 .068 .058 .0
1940 35 BRO NL 66 61 1 0.4 104 .125 .086 .280 .086 .346 .103 .403 .190 .748 -49 .015 -12.3 -1.3 .113 .017 .017
1941 36 BRO NL 46 39 1 0.7 98 .207 .146 .272 .186 .343 .171 .383 .357 .725 -1 .036 -5.7 -0.6 .250 .073 .024
1942 37 PIT NL 40 31 2 1.7 89 .346 .243 .259 .243 .332 .243 .360 .486 .692 41 .192 -3.0 -0.3 .321 .000 .000
1944 39 PHA AL 69 47 4 2.3 89 .295 .232 .264 .338 .331 .232 .361 .571 .692 67 .263 -2.0 -0.2 .512 .161 .000
9 Yrs 518 432 18 1.1 101 .216 .164 .277 .195 .344 .194 .393 .390 .737 6 .076 -62.0 -6.4 .273 .067 .030 .0
162 Game Avg. 317 264 11 1.1 101 .216 .164 .277 .195 .344 .194 .393 .390 .737 6 .076 -62.0 -6.4 .273 .067 .030
BRO (5 yrs) 374 327 9 0.7 103 .176 .136 .281 .158 .346 .168 .400 .326 .746 -12 .036 -54.7 -5.6 .219 .056 .032 .0
DET (2 yrs) 35 27 3 3.0 111 .364 .258 .287 .258 .361 .355 .414 .613 .774 57 .280 -2.3 -0.2 .478 .097 .097
PIT (1 yr) 40 31 2 1.7 89 .346 .243 .259 .243 .332 .243 .360 .486 .692 41 .192 -3.0 -0.3 .321 .000 .000
PHA (1 yr) 69 47 4 2.3 89 .295 .232 .264 .338 .331 .232 .361 .571 .692 67 .263 -2.0 -0.2 .512 .161 .000
NL (6 yrs) 414 358 11 0.8 102 .192 .146 .279 .166 .345 .176 .396 .342 .741 -7 .045 -57.7 -5.9 .228 .051 .029 .0
AL (3 yrs) 104 74 7 2.5 97 .318 .241 .272 .313 .340 .276 .380 .588 .720 64 .273 -4.2 -0.4 .500 .138 .034

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1933 28 DET AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 33.3% 100% 5.0 67%
1934 29 DET AL 29 0.0% 27.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.3 13.0 62%
1937 32 BRO NL 68 0.0% 23.5% 4.4% 0.0% 0% 5.33 3.7 59.0 63%
1938 33 BRO NL 84 0.0% 19.1% 2.4% 2.4% 18% 8.00 4.9 19.5 74%
1939 34 BRO NL 110 0.9% 19.1% 0.9% 3.6% 31% 21.00 4.9 103.0 17.2 74%
1940 35 BRO NL 66 0.0% 27.3% 0.0% 1.5% 20% 3.2 19.3 61%
1941 36 BRO NL 46 0.0% 26.1% 4.4% 2.2% 17% 6.00 3.4 20.5 63%
1942 37 PIT NL 40 0.0% 27.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.4 5.3 65%
1944 39 PHA AL 69 0.0% 17.4% 13.0% 0.0% 0% 1.33 4.7 9.3 64%
9 Yrs 518 0.2% 22.2% 3.3% 1.9% 13% 6.76 4.0 463.0 14.9 67%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.8% 8.6% 6.5% 27% 1.02 10.2 66.9 8.1 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1933 28 3 6 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 259 5 0 1
1934 29 23 35 31 2 8 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 .258 .258 .355 .613 57 11 0 4
1935 30 23 35 31 2 8 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 .258 .258 .355 .613 57 11 0 4
1936 31 23 35 31 2 8 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 .258 .258 .355 .613 57 11 0 4
1937 32 64 103 90 6 19 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 25 .211 .245 .244 .489 31 22 2 1 9
1938 33 108 187 168 9 30 2 2 0 7 0 0 5 41 .179 .207 .214 .421 13 36 5 1 13
1939 34 148 297 271 13 43 5 2 1 13 0 0 6 62 .159 .180 .203 .383 2 55 7 1 19
1940 35 183 363 329 14 48 6 2 1 16 0 0 6 80 .146 .164 .185 .349 -7 61 7 1 27
1941 36 213 409 370 17 54 7 2 1 18 0 0 8 92 .146 .166 .184 .350 -6 68 8 1 30
1942 37 236 449 407 19 63 7 2 1 25 0 0 8 103 .155 .173 .189 .362 -2 77 8 1 33
1943 38 236 449 407 19 63 7 2 1 25 0 0 8 103 .155 .173 .189 .362 -2 77 8 1 33
1944 39 265 518 463 24 76 7 2 1 31 0 0 17 115 .164 .195 .194 .390 6 90 8 1 37

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1933 28 3 6 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 2 3
1934 29 21 29 26 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 .192 .192 .192 .385 1 20
1937 32 43 69 60 3 10 0 0 0 1 0 3 17 .167 .219 .167 .385 2 41
1938 33 47 88 82 3 11 1 1 0 4 0 2 17 .134 .155 .171 .325 2 44
1939 34 42 114 107 3 12 3 0 1 5 0 1 22 .112 .120 .168 .289 2 40
1940 35 37 69 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 35
1941 36 31 46 41 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 12 .122 .163 .146 .309 1 30
1942 37 24 42 39 2 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 12 .231 .231 .231 .462 2 23
1944 39 30 74 60 6 15 0 0 0 7 0 10 13 .250 .357 .250 .607 5 29
9 Yrs 278 537 481 21 69 6 2 1 28 0 18 121 .143 .176 .170 .346 17 265
162 Game Avg. 162 313 280 12 40 3 1 1 16 0 10 71 .143 .176 .170 .346 10 265

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1939 NL (10, 10%)
0.10 Career Shares (916th)

Oldest s c a p y
1942 NL  born 1904-07-03 (8th)
1944 AL  born 1904-07-03 (10th)

                           

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