Harry Coveleski

Full Name: Harry Frank Coveleski	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: September 10, 1907
Birthdate: April 23, 1886	Final Game: June 23, 1918
Birthplace: Shamokin, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: August 4, 1950
Deathplace: Shamokin, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Both/Left

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Born on April 23, 1886 in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, Harry Coveleski (Harry Frank Coveleski) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 9 year career. Coveleski broke into the bigs on September 10, 1907 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 2.74 ERA in 121.2 innings pitched in 1909, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Harry Coveleski's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1915, when he posted a 2.45 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 150 batters. However, others believe that it was 1916, when he posted a 1.97 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 108 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1907	PHI	N	4	0	1	0	.00	6	2	0	0	0	0	20	10	0	3	0	1
1908	PHI	N	6	5	4	1	1.24	22	7	6	5	2	0	43.2	29	0	12	0	2
1909	PHI	N	24	17	6	10	2.74	56	51	37	8	2	1	121.2	109	0	49	6	10
1910	CIN	N	7	4	1	1	5.26	27	41	23	2	0	0	39.1	35	1	42	2	4
1914	DET	A	44	36	22	12	2.49	124	109	84	23	5	2	303.1	251	4	100	6	12
1915	DET	A	50	38	22	13	2.45	150	123	85	20	1	4	312.2	271	2	87	5	20
1916	DET	A	44	39	21	11	1.97	108	105	71	22	3	2	324.1	278	6	63	5	11
1917	DET	A	16	11	4	6	2.61	15	39	20	2	0	0	69	70	0	14	1	2
1918	DET	A	3	1	0	1	3.86	3	9	6	1	0	0	14	17	0	6	0	0
Total	NL		41	26	12	12	2.64	111	101	66	15	4	1	224.2	183	1	106	8	17
Total	AL		157	125	69	43	2.34	400	385	266	68	9	8	1023.1	887	12	270	17	45
Total			198	151	81	55	2.39	511	486	332	83	13	9	1248	1070	13	376	25	62

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1907	PHI	N	P	4	0	6	1	0	.857
1908	PHI	N	P	6	3	15	0	0	1.000
1909	PHI	N	P	24	6	39	2	1	.957
1910	CIN	N	P	7	1	14	0	0	1.000
1914	DET	A	P	44	12	123	5	4	.964
1915	DET	A	P	50	16	109	11	5	.919
1916	DET	A	P	44	4	119	5	5	.961
1917	DET	A	P	16	3	30	4	1	.892
1918	DET	A	P	3	1	6	0	0	1.000
Total			P	198	46	461	28	16	.948

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH
1907	PHI	N	4	8	1	0	0	.000	.200	.000	0	0	2	0	0	0
1908	PHI	N	6	15	2	2	1	.133	.133	.267	0	1	0	0	0	2
1909	PHI	N	24	37	2	4	0	.108	.108	.108	0	0	0	0	0	3
1910	CIN	N	7	16	1	1	0	.063	.063	.125	1	0	0	4	0	1
1914	DET	A	44	95	6	23	12	.242	.287	.284	2	1	6	28	0	6
1915	DET	A	50	103	9	18	6	.175	.227	.194	2	0	7	29	0	8
1916	DET	A	44	118	7	25	7	.212	.218	.271	3	2	0	38	1	1
1917	DET	A	16	22	2	5	0	.227	.227	.227	0	0	0	5	0	1
1918	DET	A	3	4	0	1	2	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	2	0	0
Total	NL		41	76	6	7	1	.092	.115	.132	1	1	2	4	0	6
Total	AL		157	342	24	72	27	.211	.242	.249	7	3	13	102	1	16
Total			198	418	30	79	28	.189	.219	.227	8	4	15	106	1	22

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Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Frank Corridon to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Ad Brennan and Bob Ewing (January 20, 1910).

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