Elden Auker

Full Name: Elden LeRoy Auker	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/194	First Game: August 10, 1933
Birthdate: September 21, 1910	Final Game: September 20, 1942
Birthplace: Norcatur, Kansas	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: August 4, 2006
Deathplace: Vero Beach, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 21, 1910 in Norcatur, Kansas, Elden Auker (Elden LeRoy Auker) played for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 10 year career. Auker broke into the bigs on August 10, 1933 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 5.24 ERA in 55 innings pitched in 1933, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Elden Auker's best season was 1934, when he posted a 3.42 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 86 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1933	DET	A	15	6	3	3	5.24	17	34	32	2	1	0	55	63	3	25	0	2
1934	DET	A	43	18	15	7	3.42	86	103	78	10	2	1	205	234	9	56	1	3
1935	DET	A	36	25	18	7	3.83	63	86	83	13	2	0	195	213	13	61	2	9
1936	DET	A	35	31	13	16	4.89	66	140	117	14	2	0	215.1	263	11	83	1	3
1937	DET	A	39	32	17	9	3.88	73	127	109	19	1	1	252.2	250	13	97	2	6
1938	DET	A	27	24	11	10	5.27	46	97	94	12	1	0	160.2	184	14	56	1	5
1939	BOS	A	31	25	9	10	5.36	43	108	90	6	1	0	151	183	13	61	0	1
1940	STL	A	38	35	16	11	3.96	78	129	116	20	2	0	263.2	299	17	96	0	3
1941	STL	A	34	31	14	15	5.50	60	150	132	13	0	0	216	268	20	85	2	3
1942	STL	A	35	34	14	13	4.08	62	132	113	17	2	0	249	273	16	86	1	3
Total			333	261	130	101	4.42	594	1106	964	126	14	2	1963.1	2230	129	706	10	38

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1933	DET	A	P	15	1	9	0	0	1.000
1934	DET	A	P	43	9	53	2	3	.969
1935	DET	A	P	36	5	44	0	4	1.000
1936	DET	A	P	35	10	60	4	7	.946
1937	DET	A	P	39	15	72	3	4	.967
1938	DET	A	P	27	12	41	1	1	.981
1939	BOS	A	P	31	9	35	4	2	.917
1940	STL	A	P	38	27	51	4	4	.951
1941	STL	A	P	34	14	43	0	6	1.000
1942	STL	A	P	35	18	52	2	7	.972
Total			P	333	120	460	20	38	.967

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1933	DET	A	15	17	1	2	0	1	.118	.118	.118	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0
1934	DET	A	43	74	3	11	0	8	.149	.192	.176	2	0	4	28	0	7	0	0
1935	DET	A	36	74	8	16	0	8	.216	.237	.311	3	2	2	17	0	4	0	0
1936	DET	A	35	78	7	24	0	15	.308	.372	.372	1	2	7	24	1	7	0	0
1937	DET	A	43	91	14	18	3	16	.198	.263	.385	4	2	8	36	0	6	0	0
1938	DET	A	27	57	6	5	0	2	.088	.161	.088	0	0	4	24	1	3	1	0
1939	BOS	A	31	53	6	12	2	3	.226	.241	.358	1	0	1	14	0	3	0	0
1940	STL	A	38	89	11	19	1	10	.213	.286	.292	2	1	9	29	0	1	0	1
1941	STL	A	37	80	8	10	0	5	.125	.157	.162	1	1	3	27	0	3	1	0
1942	STL	A	51	87	9	14	0	4	.161	.189	.195	1	1	3	28	0	6	0	1
Total			356	700	73	131	6	72	.187	.234	.260	15	9	41	232	2	41	2	2

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Detroit Tigers with Jake Wade and Chet Morgan to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Pinky Higgins and Archie McKain (December 15, 1938).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to St. Louis Browns (February 8, 1940).

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