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Elden Auker
Elden Le Roy Auker (Submarine or Big Six)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 194 lb.
School Kansas State University

Debut August 10, 1933
Final Game September 20, 1942
Born September 21, 1910 in Norcatur, KS
Died August 4, 2006 in Vero Beach, FL

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1933 22 DET AL   3   3  15   6   2   1   7  0   55.0   63   34   32   3   25   17   2   0   251       0  5.24  4.32   83 1.600
 1934 23 DET AL  15   7  43  18  10   2  12  1  205.0  234  103   78   9   56   86   3   1   881       1  3.42  4.41  129 1.415
 1935 24 DET AL  18   7  36  25  13   2   6  0  195.0  213   86   83  13   61   63   9   2   841       0  3.83  4.19  109 1.405 MVP-22
 1936 25 DET AL  13  16  35  31  14   2   1  0  215.3  263  140  117  11   83   66   3   1   970       0  4.89  4.94  101 1.607
 1937 26 DET AL  17   9  39  32  19   1   6  1  252.7  250  127  109  13   97   73   6   2  1081       0  3.88  4.67  120 1.373
 1938 27 DET AL  11  10  27  24  12   1   3  0  160.7  184   97   94  14   56   46   5   1   717       0  5.27  5.03   96 1.494
 1939 28 BOS AL   9  10  31  25   6   1   4  0  151.0  183  108   90  13   61   43   1   0   697       0  5.36  4.71   88 1.616
 1940 29 SLB AL  16  11  38  35  20   2   0  0  263.7  299  129  116  17   96   78   3   0  1176       1  3.96  4.60  116 1.498 MVP-29
 1941 30 SLB AL  14  15  34  31  13   0   1  0  216.0  268  150  132  20   85   60   3   2   981       0  5.50  4.31   78 1.634 MVP-27
 1942 31 SLB AL  14  13  35  34  17   2   0  0  249.0  273  132  113  16   86   62   3   1  1093       1  4.08  3.69   90 1.442
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .563 130 101 333 261 126  14  40  2 1963.3 2230 1106  964 129  706  594  38  10  8688       3  4.42  4.47  101 1.495
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  11  38  29  14   1   4  0  224.7  255  126  110  14   80   68   4   1   994   0   0  4.42  4.47  101 1.495
 Career High     18  16  43  35  20   2  12  1  263.7  299  150  132  20   97   86   9   2  1176   0   1  3.42  5.03  129 1.373

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 22 DET AL  15   17    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .118  .118  .118  -38    2   1           0    
 1934 23 DET AL  43   74    3   11   2  0   0    8   0  0   4  28  .149  .192  .176   -5   13   7           0    
 1935 24 DET AL  36   74    8   16   3  2   0    8   0  0   2  17  .216  .237  .311   42   23   4           0     MVP-22
 1936 25 DET AL  35   78    7   24   1  2   0   15   0  0   7  24  .308  .372  .372   84   29   7           1    
 1937 26 DET AL  43   91   14   18   4  2   3   16   0  0   8  36  .198  .263  .385   60   35   6           0    
 1938 27 DET AL  27   57    6    5   0  0   0    2   1  0   4  24  .088  .161  .088  -38    5   3           1    
 1939 28 BOS AL  31   53    6   12   1  0   2    3   0  0   1  14  .226  .241  .358   49   19   3           0   0
 1940 29 SLB AL  38   89   11   19   2  1   1   10   0  0   9  29  .213  .286  .292   49   26   1           0   1 MVP-29
 1941 30 SLB AL  37   80    8   10   1  1   0    5   1  0   3  27  .125  .157  .163  -17   13   3           0   0 MVP-27
 1942 31 SLB AL  51   87    9   14   1  1   0    4   0  0   3  28  .161  .189  .195    8   17   6           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     356  700   73  131  15  9   6   72   2  0  41 232  .187  .234  .260   27  182  41   0   0   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        319   33   60   7  4   3   33   1  0  19 106  .187  .234  .260   27   83  19   0   0   1   1
 Career High     51   91   14   24   4  2   3   16   1  0   9  36                          35   7   0   0   1   1

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 22 DET AL   18   16    0   0.0   108| .118  .283| .118  .355| .118  .408| .236  .763| -38  .000  -3.5  -0.3   0%
 1934 23 DET AL   85   70    3   1.1   112| .149  .288| .192  .362| .176  .415| .368  .777|  -5  .062 -11.9  -1.1   0%
 1935 24 DET AL   80   62    5   2.2   109| .216  .284| .237  .356| .311  .410| .548  .766|  42  .176  -6.8  -0.6   0%
 1936 25 DET AL   93   61   11   4.8   121| .308  .299| .372  .374| .372  .439| .744  .813|  84  .434  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1937 26 DET AL  105   79    9   3.0   119| .198  .292| .263  .368| .385  .435| .648  .803|  60  .265  -6.6  -0.6   0%
 1938 27 DET AL   65   55    1   0.5   124| .088  .299| .161  .379| .088  .445| .249  .824| -38  .012 -13.0  -1.2 100%
 1939 28 BOS AL   57   44    5   3.0   117| .226  .291| .241  .367| .358  .431| .599  .798|  49  .278  -4.6  -0.4   0%
 1940 29 SLB AL   99   72    7   2.6   113| .213  .282| .286  .355| .292  .427| .578  .782|  49  .232  -7.1  -0.7   0%
 1941 30 SLB AL   86   73    2   0.7   109| .125  .279| .157  .356| .163  .411| .320  .768| -17  .032 -14.1  -1.4 100%
 1942 31 SLB AL   96   80    3   1.0    95| .161  .267| .189  .341| .195  .373| .384  .715|   8  .071 -11.2  -1.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      784  612   46   2.0   113| .187  .286| .234  .361| .260  .419| .494  .780|  27  .158 -80.9  -7.7 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1933 22 DET AL   P   15      1    9    0    0 1.000  .962  0.67  1.18  1.64  2.27    6   55.0
 1934 23 DET AL   P   43      9   53    2    3  .969  .955  1.44  1.11  2.72  2.14   18  205.0
 1935 24 DET AL   P   36      5   44    0    4 1.000  .950  1.36  1.12  2.26  2.15   25  195.0
 1936 25 DET AL   P   35     10   60    4    7  .946  .956  2.00  1.04  2.93  1.99   31  215.3
 1937 26 DET AL   P   39     15   72    3    4  .967  .954  2.23  1.09  3.10  2.05   32  252.7
 1938 27 DET AL   P   27     12   41    1    1  .981  .952  1.96  1.12  2.97  2.11   24  160.7
 1939 28 BOS AL   P   31      9   35    4    2  .917  .950  1.42  0.98  2.62  1.92   25  151.0
 1940 29 SLB AL   P   38     27   51    4    4  .951  .956  2.05  1.05  2.66  2.04   35  263.7
 1941 30 SLB AL   P   34     14   43    0    6 1.000  .960  1.68  1.16  2.38  2.14   31  216.0
 1942 31 SLB AL   P   35     18   52    2    7  .972  .958  2.00  1.30  2.53  2.31   34  249.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1933 22 DET AL   P   15      1    9    0    0 1.000  .962  0.67  1.18  1.64  2.27    6   55.0
 1934 23 DET AL   P   43      9   53    2    3  .969  .955  1.44  1.11  2.72  2.14   18  205.0
 1935 24 DET AL   P   36      5   44    0    4 1.000  .950  1.36  1.12  2.26  2.15   25  195.0
 1936 25 DET AL   P   35     10   60    4    7  .946  .956  2.00  1.04  2.93  1.99   31  215.3
 1937 26 DET AL   P   39     15   72    3    4  .967  .954  2.23  1.09  3.10  2.05   32  252.7
 1938 27 DET AL   P   27     12   41    1    1  .981  .952  1.96  1.12  2.97  2.11   24  160.7
 1939 28 BOS AL   P   31      9   35    4    2  .917  .950  1.42  0.98  2.62  1.92   25  151.0
 1940 29 SLB AL   P   38     27   51    4    4  .951  .956  2.05  1.05  2.66  2.04   35  263.7
 1941 30 SLB AL   P   34     14   43    0    6 1.000  .960  1.68  1.16  2.38  2.14   31  216.0
 1942 31 SLB AL   P   35     18   52    2    7  .972  .958  2.00  1.30  2.53  2.31   34  249.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 333    120  460   20   38  .967  .955  1.74  1.11  2.66  2.11  261 1963.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       333    120  460   20   38  .967  .955  1.74  1.11  2.66  2.11  261   1963

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1934   WS    DET STL     L   2   2   5.56  1  1  0  1  11.1  16   7   5   2 
 1935   WS    DET CHC     W   1   1   3.00  0  0  0  0   6     6   2   2   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   3   3   4.67  1  1  0  1  17.1  22   9   7   3 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1934   WS    DET STL     L   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
 1935   WS    DET CHC     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   3   6   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1935-AL-22-0.02
1940-AL-29-0.00
1941-AL-27-0.00
Car-1327-0.02 shares

ERA
1934 AL-3.42-5
1937 AL-3.88-8

Wins
1934 AL-15-8
1935 AL-18-6
1937 AL-17-4
1940 AL-16-5
1941 AL-14-8
1942 AL-14-8

Won-Loss %
1934 AL-.682-6
1935 AL-.720-1
1937 AL-.654-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1934 AL-1.415-10
1937 AL-1.373-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1937 AL-8.91-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1934 AL-2.46-2
1935 AL-2.82-8

Games
1934 AL-43-7
1937 AL-39-6
1940 AL-38-8
1942 AL-35-8

Innings
1937 AL-252.7-7
1940 AL-263.7-5
1941 AL-216.0-9
1942 AL-249.0-3

Games Started
1936 AL-31-8
1937 AL-32-6
1940 AL-35-2
1941 AL-31-7
1942 AL-34-2

Comp. Games
1937 AL-19-6
1940 AL-20-4
1942 AL-17-7

Shutouts
1934 AL-2-8
1935 AL-2-9
1936 AL-2-8
1940 AL-2-9

Home Runs Allow.
1941 AL-20-2
1942 AL-16-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1937 AL-97-10
1940 AL-96-6
1942 AL-86-9

Hits Allowed
1937 AL-250-8
1940 AL-299-2
1941 AL-268-3
1942 AL-273-1

SO to Walk
1934 AL-1.54-3

Losses
1936 AL-16-3
1941 AL-15-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1940 AL-116-5
1941 AL-132-1
1942 AL-113-4

Hit Batsmen
1934 AL-3-10
1935 AL-9-2
1937 AL-6-2
1938 AL-5-7
1940 AL-3-10

Batters Faced
1937 AL-1081-6
1940 AL-1176-3
1941 AL-981-9
1942 AL-1093-3

Adjusted ERA+
1934 AL-129-7
1937 AL-120-8

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 78 (305) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (801) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 22.0 (555) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
December 15, 1938: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Chet Morgan and Jake Wade to the Boston Red Sox for Pinky Higgins and Archie McKain.
February 8, 1940: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Boston Red Sox.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1935-AL-22-0.02 1940-AL-29-0.00 1941-AL-27-0.00 Car-1327-0.02 shares	ERA 1934 AL-3.42-5 1937 AL-3.88-8	Wins 1934 AL-15-8 1935 AL-18-6 1937 AL-17-4 1940 AL-16-5 1941 AL-14-8 1942 AL-14-8	Won-Loss % 1934 AL-.682-6 1935 AL-.720-1 1937 AL-.654-9	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1934 AL-1.415-10 1937 AL-1.373-9	Hits Allowed/9IP 1937 AL-8.91-10
Bases on Balls/9IP 1934 AL-2.46-2 1935 AL-2.82-8	Games 1934 AL-43-7 1937 AL-39-6 1940 AL-38-8 1942 AL-35-8	Innings 1937 AL-252.7-7 1940 AL-263.7-5 1941 AL-216.0-9 1942 AL-249.0-3	Games Started 1936 AL-31-8 1937 AL-32-6 1940 AL-35-2 1941 AL-31-7 1942 AL-34-2	Comp. Games 1937 AL-19-6 1940 AL-20-4 1942 AL-17-7	Shutouts 1934 AL-2-8 1935 AL-2-9 1936 AL-2-8 1940 AL-2-9
Home Runs Allow. 1941 AL-20-2 1942 AL-16-3	Bases On Balls Allow. 1937 AL-97-10 1940 AL-96-6 1942 AL-86-9	Hits Allowed 1937 AL-250-8 1940 AL-299-2 1941 AL-268-3 1942 AL-273-1	SO to Walk 1934 AL-1.54-3	Losses 1936 AL-16-3 1941 AL-15-5	Earned Runs Allow. 1940 AL-116-5 1941 AL-132-1 1942 AL-113-4
Hit Batsmen 1934 AL-3-10 1935 AL-9-2 1937 AL-6-2 1938 AL-5-7 1940 AL-3-10	Batters Faced 1937 AL-1081-6 1940 AL-1176-3 1941 AL-981-9 1942 AL-1093-3	Adjusted ERA+ 1934 AL-129-7 1937 AL-120-8