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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 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 28 DET AL 1 0 1.000 4.86 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.2 20 11 9 3 10 10 0 0 0 80 90 1.800 10.8 1.6 5.4 5.4 1.00
1934 29 DET AL 2 3 .400 5.38 20 5 7 1 0 1 75.1 87 48 45 11 44 30 0 0 2 348 82 1.739 10.4 1.3 5.3 3.6 0.68
1937 32 BRO NL 11 13 .458 3.59 39 25 8 11 1 1 185.2 183 96 74 4 48 93 0 0 4 787 113 1.244 8.9 0.2 2.3 4.5 1.94
1938 33 BRO NL 12 15 .444 3.68 44 30 9 10 3 6 237.1 243 111 97 14 65 97 2 0 2 997 107 1.298 9.2 0.5 2.5 3.7 1.49
1939 34 BRO NL 20 13 .606 3.64 40 36 2 19 2 0 269.2 255 115 109 27 54 88 0 0 2 1100 112 1.146 8.5 0.9 1.8 2.9 1.63 MVP-10
1940 35 BRO NL 9 8 .529 3.06 33 25 2 9 2 0 182.1 183 77 62 17 34 91 2 0 0 758 132 1.190 9.0 0.8 1.7 4.5 2.68
1941 36 BRO NL 8 8 .500 4.24 30 20 5 5 1 1 136.0 139 75 64 14 41 58 2 1 0 581 88 1.324 9.2 0.9 2.7 3.8 1.41
1942 37 PIT NL 4 4 .500 3.94 23 14 4 6 1 0 112.0 128 58 49 3 19 38 1 1 1 483 86 1.313 10.3 0.2 1.5 3.1 2.00
1944 39 PHA AL 6 12 .333 3.74 29 23 2 9 2 0 190.0 204 94 79 13 38 58 3 0 4 809 92 1.274 9.7 0.6 1.8 2.7 1.53
9 Yrs 73 76 .490 3.77 261 181 39 70 12 9 1405.0 1442 685 588 106 353 563 10 2 15 5943 103 1.278 9.2 0.7 2.3 3.6 1.59
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .490 3.77 40 28 6 11 2 1 216 222 105 90 16 54 87 2 0 2 914 103 1.278 9.2 0.7 2.3 3.6 1.59
BRO (5 yrs) 60 57 .513 3.61 186 136 26 54 9 8 1011.0 1003 474 406 76 242 427 6 1 8 4223 110 1.231 8.9 0.7 2.2 3.8 1.76
DET (2 yrs) 3 3 .500 5.28 23 8 7 1 0 1 92.0 107 59 54 14 54 40 0 0 2 428 83 1.750 10.5 1.4 5.3 3.9 0.74
PIT (1 yr) 4 4 .500 3.94 23 14 4 6 1 0 112.0 128 58 49 3 19 38 1 1 1 483 86 1.313 10.3 0.2 1.5 3.1 2.00
PHA (1 yr) 6 12 .333 3.74 29 23 2 9 2 0 190.0 204 94 79 13 38 58 3 0 4 809 92 1.274 9.7 0.6 1.8 2.7 1.53
NL (6 yrs) 64 61 .512 3.65 209 150 30 60 10 8 1123.0 1131 532 455 79 261 465 7 2 9 4706 108 1.240 9.1 0.6 2.1 3.7 1.78
AL (3 yrs) 9 15 .375 4.24 52 31 9 10 2 1 282.0 311 153 133 27 92 98 3 0 6 1237 88 1.429 9.9 0.9 2.9 3.1 1.07

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 28 DET AL 16.2 3 3 11 5.94 4.60 0.20 0.00 100.0 4.41 -3 -0.3 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .410 .498 $
1934 29 DET AL 75.1 20 5 48 5.73 5.14 0.15 0.00 98.6 4.91 -7 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 0.0 2 .468 .496 $
1937 32 BRO NL 185.2 39 25 96 4.65 4.77 -0.28 0.00 105.5 5.32 14 1.5 1.0 -0.1 2.9 32 .539 .509 $
1938 33 BRO NL 236.2 44 30 111 4.22 4.42 -0.11 0.00 105.2 4.76 15 1.7 1.0 -0.1 3.4 36 .538 .510 $
1939 34 BRO NL 269.2 40 36 115 3.84 4.55 0.16 0.00 104.3 4.58 24 2.6 1.0 -0.1 4.6 48 .565 .516 $ MVP-10
1940 35 BRO NL 182.1 33 25 77 3.80 4.44 -0.07 0.00 103.7 4.67 18 2.0 1.0 -0.1 3.6 38 .560 .512 $
1941 36 BRO NL 136.0 30 20 75 4.96 4.21 0.37 0.00 101.2 3.88 -16 -1.6 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -1 .445 .490 $
1942 37 PIT NL 112.0 23 14 58 4.66 3.61 -0.15 0.00 99.8 3.76 -10 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .450 .493 $
1944 39 PHA AL 190.0 29 23 94 4.45 4.15 0.02 0.00 100.1 4.14 -7 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 0.2 5 .474 .495 $
9 Seasons 1404.1 261 181 685 4.39 4.41 0.00 0.00 102.9 4.54 28 3.3 1.0 -0.7 13.9 158 .513 .502 $
BRO (5 yrs) 1010.1 186 136 474 4.22 4.49 0.00 0.00 104.2 4.68 55 6.1 1.0 -0.5 14.1 153 .533 .508 $
DET (2 yrs) 92.0 23 8 59 5.77 5.04 0.16 0.00 98.8 4.82 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 1 .461 .497 $
PIT (1 yr) 112.0 23 14 58 4.66 3.61 -0.15 0.00 99.8 3.76 -10 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .450 .493 $
PHA (1 yr) 190.0 29 23 94 4.45 4.15 0.02 0.00 100.1 4.14 -7 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 0.2 5 .474 .495 $

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 28 DET AL 80 3.8% 12.5% 12.5% 69%
1934 29 DET AL 348 3.2% 8.6% 12.6% 3.7% 15% 75%
1937 32 BRO NL 787 0.5% 11.8% 6.1% 3.2% 14% 80%
1938 33 BRO NL 998 1.4% 9.7% 6.5% 3.2% 13% 81%
1939 34 BRO NL 1100 2.5% 8.0% 4.9% 5.0% 22% 83%
1940 35 BRO NL 758 2.2% 12.0% 4.5% 4.0% 16% 80%
1941 36 BRO NL 581 2.4% 10.0% 7.1% 3.4% 14% 79%
1942 37 PIT NL 481 0.6% 7.9% 4.0% 2.9% 11% 86%
1944 39 PHA AL 809 1.6% 7.2% 4.7% 3.6% 14% 84%
9 Yrs 5942 1.8% 9.5% 5.9% 3.7% 15% 81%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.8% 8.6% 3.0% 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 28 1 0 1.000 4.86 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.2 20 11 9 3 10 10 0 0 0 80 90 1.800 10.8 1.6 5.4 5.4 1.00 90
1934 29 3 3 .500 5.28 23 8 7 1 0 1 92.0 107 59 54 14 54 40 0 0 2 428 83 1.750 10.5 1.4 5.3 3.9 0.74 83
1935 30 3 3 .500 5.28 23 8 7 1 0 1 92.0 107 59 54 14 54 40 0 0 2 428 83 1.750 10.5 1.4 5.3 3.9 0.74 83
1936 31 3 3 .500 5.28 23 8 7 1 0 1 92.0 107 59 54 14 54 40 0 0 2 428 83 1.750 10.5 1.4 5.3 3.9 0.74 83
1937 32 14 16 .467 4.15 62 33 15 12 1 2 277.2 290 155 128 18 102 133 0 0 6 1215 100 1.412 9.4 0.6 3.3 4.3 1.30 100
1938 33 26 31 .456 3.93 106 63 24 22 4 8 515.0 533 266 225 32 167 230 2 0 8 2212 103 1.359 9.3 0.6 2.9 4.0 1.38 103
1939 34 46 44 .511 3.83 146 99 26 41 6 8 784.2 788 381 334 59 221 318 2 0 10 3312 106 1.286 9.0 0.7 2.5 3.6 1.44 106
1940 35 55 52 .514 3.69 179 124 28 50 8 8 967.0 971 458 396 76 255 409 4 0 10 4070 110 1.268 9.0 0.7 2.4 3.8 1.60 110
1941 36 63 60 .512 3.75 209 144 33 55 9 9 1103.0 1110 533 460 90 296 467 6 1 10 4651 107 1.275 9.1 0.7 2.4 3.8 1.58 107
1942 37 67 64 .511 3.77 232 158 37 61 10 9 1215.0 1238 591 509 93 315 505 7 2 11 5134 105 1.278 9.2 0.7 2.3 3.7 1.60 105
1943 38 67 64 .511 3.77 232 158 37 61 10 9 1215.0 1238 591 509 93 315 505 7 2 11 5134 105 1.278 9.2 0.7 2.3 3.7 1.60 105
1944 39 73 76 .490 3.77 261 181 39 70 12 9 1405.0 1442 685 588 106 353 563 10 2 15 5943 103 1.278 9.2 0.7 2.3 3.6 1.59 103

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 28 1 1 .500 4.00 18.0 20 9 8 3 10 11 0 1.667 10.0 5.0 5.5 1.10 1.5 3
1934 29 3 5 .375 4.85 78.0 87 47 42 11 44 31 0 1.679 10.0 5.1 3.6 0.70 1.3 20
1937 32 12 9 .571 3.38 197.0 188 82 74 4 49 99 0 1.203 8.6 2.2 4.5 2.02 0.2 39
1938 33 15 12 .556 3.65 244.0 253 110 99 15 68 100 2 1.316 9.3 2.5 3.7 1.47 0.6 44
1939 34 17 14 .548 3.55 279.0 263 122 110 28 56 91 0 1.143 8.5 1.8 2.9 1.63 0.9 40
1940 35 14 7 .667 2.92 191.0 188 69 62 17 35 95 2 1.168 8.9 1.6 4.5 2.71 0.8 33
1941 36 7 8 .467 4.47 137.0 146 76 68 15 43 59 2 1.380 9.6 2.8 3.9 1.37 1.0 30
1942 37 5 7 .417 4.42 116.0 142 63 57 3 21 39 1 1.405 11.0 1.6 3.0 1.86 0.2 23
1944 39 10 11 .476 4.13 194.0 221 99 89 14 41 59 3 1.351 10.3 1.9 2.7 1.44 0.6 29
9 Yrs 84 74 .532 3.77 1454.0 1508 677 609 110 367 584 10 1.290 9.3 3.6 1.59 0.7 261

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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1938 NL  3.4 (5th)
1939 NL  4.6 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1940 NL  3.06 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1939 NL  20 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1939 NL  .606 (10th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1937 NL  1.244 (9th)
1939 NL  1.146 (3rd)
1940 NL  1.190 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 NL  8.511 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 NL  1.802 (4th)
1940 NL  1.678 (3rd)
1944 AL  1.800 (5th)
Career  2.261 (183rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 NL  4.492 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1938 NL  44 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1938 NL  6 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1939 NL  269.7 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1939 NL  88 (10th)
1940 NL  91 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1939 NL  36 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1939 NL  19 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1938 NL  3 (5th)
1939 NL  2 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1938 NL  14 (9th)
1939 NL  27 (1st)
1940 NL  17 (5th)
1941 NL  14 (7th)
1944 AL  13 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1938 NL  243 (10th)
1939 NL  255 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1937 NL  1.938 (8th)
1938 NL  1.492 (9th)
1939 NL  1.630 (7th)
1940 NL  2.677 (1st)
1944 AL  1.526 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1937 NL  0.194 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1938 NL  15 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1938 NL  97 (10th)
1939 NL  109 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1939 NL  1,100 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1940 NL  132 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1939 NL  17 (9th)
1940 NL  17 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1939 NL  1.7 (9th)
1940 NL  1.7 (8th)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 39 (642), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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