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Luke Hamlin
Lewis Dennison Hamlin (Hot Potato)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 168 lb.

Born: July 3, 1904 in Ferris Center, MI (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1933
Final Game: September 26, 1944
Died: February 18, 1978 in Clare, MI
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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 89 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 4 787 112 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 2 997 106 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 111 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 0 758 131 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 87 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 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 109 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 93 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 107 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 89 1.429 9.9 0.9 2.9 3.1 1.07
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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 -16 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 65 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 65 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 63 24 0 0 8
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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 28 P 3 3 1 0 2 0 .333 0.33 1.000 1.17
1934 DET AL 29 P 20 16 4 12 0 0 1.000 0.80 .956 1.11
1937 BRO NL 32 P 39 39 7 26 6 1 .846 0.85 .964 1.20
1938 BRO NL 33 P 44 39 8 29 2 1 .949 0.84 .964 1.13
1939 BRO NL 34 P 40 47 13 33 1 1 .979 1.15 .960 1.09 MVP-10
1940 BRO NL 35 P 33 26 5 19 2 3 .923 0.73 .965 1.10
1941 BRO NL 36 P 30 27 9 18 0 2 1.000 0.90 .963 1.09
1942 PIT NL 37 P 23 21 4 15 2 0 .905 0.83 .971 1.17
1944 PHA AL 39 P 29 24 1 19 4 0 .833 0.69 .967 1.14
9 Seasons P 261 242 52 171 19 8 .921 0.85 .964 1.13
9 Seasons TOT 261 242 52 171 19 8 .921 0.85 .886 1.13

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 (893rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1940 NL--3.060--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--178th

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--.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--1100--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1940 NL--131--5th

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 (822), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 39 (639), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1138), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (981), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

September 29, 1936: Drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Cleveland Indians in the 1936 rule 5 draft.

December 12, 1941: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Pete Coscarart, Babe Phelps and Jimmy Wasdell to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Arky Vaughan.

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Name and misspellings: Hot Lewis Dennison Luke Potato Hamlin

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