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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:07PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #888. Paul Dean… #889. Red Barrett… #890. Paul Assenmacher… #891. LUKE HAMLIN… #892. Art Houtteman… #893. Daisuke Matsuzaka… #894. Ed Willett… 

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 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 91 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 4 787 114 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 93 1.274 9.7 0.6 1.8 2.7 1.53
9 Seasons 73 76 .490 3.77 261 181 39 70 12 9 1405.0 1442 685 588 106 353 563 10 2 15 5943 104 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 2 914 104 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 84 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 93 1.274 9.7 0.6 1.8 2.7 1.53
NL (6 yrs) NL 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) AL 9 15 .375 4.24 52 31 9 10 2 1 282.0 311 153 133 27 92 98 3 0 6 1237 89 1.429 9.9 0.9 2.9 3.1 1.07

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 28 DET AL 16.2 3 11 11 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
1934 29 DET AL 75.1 5 48 50 1 1.0 2 0.0 $
1937 32 BRO NL 185.2 25 96 109 -4 1.0 13 2.0 $
1938 33 BRO NL 237.1 30 111 134 -2 1.0 23 3.0 $
1939 34 BRO NL 269.2 36 115 155 3 1.0 40 4.1 $ MVP-10
1940 35 BRO NL 182.1 25 77 103 -1 1.0 26 3.2 $
1941 36 BRO NL 136.0 20 75 74 4 1.0 -1 -0.4 $
1942 37 PIT NL 112.0 14 58 54 -1 1.0 -4 -0.2 $
1944 39 PHA AL 190.0 23 94 95 0 1.0 1 0.2 $
9 Seasons 1405.0 181 685 785 0 1.0 100 11.9 $
BRO (5 yrs) 1011.0 136 474 575 0 1.0 101 11.9 $
DET (2 yrs) 92.0 8 59 61 1 1.0 2 0.0 $
PIT (1 yr) 112.0 14 58 54 -1 1.0 -4 -0.2 $
PHA (1 yr) 190.0 23 94 95 0 1.0 1 0.2 $

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 28 DET AL 3 6 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 258 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 -50 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 -2 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 Seasons 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 -8 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: 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 28 DET AL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
1934 29 DET AL 29 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1937 32 BRO NL 68 -7 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1938 33 BRO NL 84 -12 0 0 0 0 7 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1939 34 BRO NL 110 -17 0 0 0 0 8 3 -6 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $ 1 MVP-10
1940 35 BRO NL 66 -11 0 0 0 0 5 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1
1941 36 BRO NL 46 -6 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1942 37 PIT NL 40 -3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1944 39 PHA AL 69 -2 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
9 Seasons 518 -61 0 0 0 0 38 14 -9 -1.2 -9 -0.9 -0.3 $
BRO (5 yrs) 374 -53 0 0 0 0 29 11 -13 -1.6 -13 -1.3 -0.3 $
DET (2 yrs) 35 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
PIT (1 yr) 40 -3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $
PHA (1 yr) 69 -2 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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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 28 P 3 16.2 3 1 0 2 0 .333 0.54 0.33 .960 2.27 2.27
1934 DET AL 29 P 20 75.1 16 4 12 0 0 1.000 1.91 0.80 .956 2.14 2.11
1937 BRO NL 32 P 39 185.2 39 7 26 6 1 .846 1.60 0.85 .958 2.39 2.36
1938 BRO NL 33 P 44 237.1 39 8 29 2 1 .949 1.40 0.84 .964 2.21 2.19
1939 BRO NL 34 P 40 269.2 47 13 33 1 1 .979 1.54 1.15 .960 2.19 2.16 MVP-10
1940 BRO NL 35 P 33 182.1 26 5 19 2 3 .923 1.18 0.73 .962 2.22 2.22
1941 BRO NL 36 P 30 136.0 27 9 18 0 2 1.000 1.79 0.90 .965 2.23 2.21
1942 PIT NL 37 P 23 112.0 21 4 15 2 0 .905 1.53 0.83 .968 2.35 2.35
1944 PHA AL 39 P 29 190.0 24 1 19 4 0 .833 0.95 0.69 .960 2.09 2.10
9 Seasons P 261 1405.0 242 52 171 19 8 .921 1.43 0.85 .962 2.22 2.22
9 Seasons TOT 261 1405.0 242 52 171 19 8 .921 1.43 0.85 .962 2.22 2.22
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.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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 Pitcherss c a p y
1938 NL  3.0 (8th)
1939 NL  4.1 (7th)

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 (182nd)

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)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1938 NL  44 (5th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1939 NL  13 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1937 NL  6 (1st)
1944 AL  4 (1st)

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

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 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 39 (638), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1017), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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