Harry Coveleski

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: April 23, 1886 in Shamokin, PA us

Died: August 4, 1950 in Shamokin, PA

Buried: St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Shamokin, PA

Debut: September 10, 1907 (Age 21-140d, 2,968th in major league history)
vs. BRO 5.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 23, 1918 (Age 32-061d)
vs. SLB 9.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1908 season

Full Name: Harry Frank Coveleski

Nicknames: The Giant Killer

Pronunciation: \ko-va-LESS-kee\

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Relatives: Brother of Stan Coveleski

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.9

ERA

2.39

198

151

1248.0

511

WHIP

1.159

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 17	DET		SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
2	6 (2)	Apr 21	DET		CLE	W,7-4	GF	0	8.0	0	8	0	8	0
3	10 (3)	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	14 (3)	Apr 30	DET		CHW	W,5-4	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	16 (1)	May 2	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS	26	6.0	0	6	1	7	1
6	19 (2)	May 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
7	24 (4)	May 12	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
8	27 (2)	May 16	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
9	31 (3)	May 21	DET	@	PHA	W,6-4	GS	16	2.2	1	2	0	3	0
10	32	May 22	DET	@	PHA	L,6-9		11	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
11	38 (5)	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	43 (4)	Jun 3	DET		SLB	L,1-7	GS	0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	47 (3)	Jun 7	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
14	52 (4)	Jun 12	DET		BOS	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	56 (3)	Jun 16	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
16	59 (2)	Jun 19	DET		WSH	W,3-2	GF	0	1.2	0	2	0	2	0
17	60	Jun 20	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
18	64 (3)	Jun 24	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS	32	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
19	67 (2)	Jun 27	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
20	68	Jun 28	DET		CLE	W,6-4	GS	0	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	72 (3)	Jul 3	DET		CLE	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	78 (5)	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	80 (1)	Jul 10	DET	@	PHA	T,8-8	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	84 (3)	Jul 15	DET	@	WSH	T,3-3	GS	0	5.0	0	5	0	5	0
25	86 (1)	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	L,2-8	GS	0	7.0	1	1	1	3	0
26	89 (2)	Jul 21	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	90	Jul 22 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
28	94 (3)	Jul 26	DET		PHA	L,6-8	GS	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
29	98 (3)	Jul 30	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	0	5	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	102 (3)	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
31	105 (2)	Aug 7	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	8	0	8	0
32	107 (1)	Aug 9	DET		BOS	L,6-8		0	1.2	0	2	0	2	0
33	108	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	112 (3)	Aug 18 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
35	117 (4)	Aug 24 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	123 (5)	Aug 29	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	128 (4)	Sep 4	DET		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	131 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	DET		CHW	L,7-8	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	137 (5)	Sep 14	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	141 (3)	Sep 18	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
41	146 (4)	Sep 22 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-5	GS	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
42	151 (4)	Sep 27	DET		WSH	L,2-6	GF	0	3.0	1	3	0	4	0
43	152	Sep 28	DET		WSH	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
44	156 (3)	Oct 3	DET		CLE	W,6-5	GS	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							44gm		303.0	12	123	5	140	4