Luke Hamlin
[edit] Biography
Born on July 3, 1904 in Ferris Center, Michigan, Luke Hamlin (Lewis Dennison Hamlin) played for the Detroit Tigers, Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 9 year career. Hamlin broke into the bigs on September 18, 1933 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 5.38 ERA in 75.1 innings pitched in 1934, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Luke Hamlin's best season was 1939, when he posted a 3.64 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 88 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1933
| DET
| A
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 4.86
| 10
| 11
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16.2
| 20
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1934
| DET
| A
| 20
| 5
| 2
| 3
| 5.38
| 30
| 48
| 45
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 75.1
| 87
| 11
| 44
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1937
| BRO
| N
| 39
| 25
| 11
| 13
| 3.59
| 93
| 96
| 74
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 185.2
| 183
| 4
| 48
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| 1938
| BRO
| N
| 44
| 30
| 12
| 15
| 3.68
| 97
| 111
| 97
| 10
| 3
| 6
| 237.1
| 243
| 14
| 65
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1939
| BRO
| N
| 40
| 36
| 20
| 13
| 3.64
| 88
| 115
| 109
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 269.2
| 255
| 27
| 54
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1940
| BRO
| N
| 33
| 25
| 9
| 8
| 3.06
| 91
| 77
| 62
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 182.1
| 183
| 17
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1941
| BRO
| N
| 30
| 20
| 8
| 8
| 4.24
| 58
| 75
| 64
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 136
| 139
| 14
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1942
| PIT
| N
| 23
| 14
| 4
| 4
| 3.94
| 38
| 58
| 49
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 112
| 128
| 3
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1944
| PHI
| A
| 29
| 23
| 6
| 12
| 3.74
| 58
| 94
| 79
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 190
| 204
| 13
| 38
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 209
| 150
| 64
| 61
| 3.65
| 465
| 532
| 455
| 60
| 10
| 8
| 1123
| 1131
| 79
| 261
| 0
| 9
| 7
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 52
| 31
| 9
| 15
| 4.24
| 98
| 153
| 133
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 282
| 311
| 27
| 92
| 0
| 6
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 261
| 181
| 73
| 76
| 3.77
| 563
| 685
| 588
| 70
| 12
| 9
| 1405
| 1442
| 106
| 353
| 0
| 15
| 10
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1933
| DET
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .333
|
| 1934
| DET
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1937
| BRO
| N
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 26
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .846
|
| 1938
| BRO
| N
| P
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 29
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1939
| BRO
| N
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 33
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1940
| BRO
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 19
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1941
| BRO
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| PIT
| N
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .905
|
| 1944
| PHI
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 19
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 261
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 171
| 19
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .921
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1933
| DET
| A
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .400
| .400
| 1.000
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1934
| DET
| A
| 20
| 26
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .231
| .231
| .231
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| BRO
| N
| 41
| 59
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 1
| .186
| .238
| .186
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 16
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1938
| BRO
| N
| 44
| 78
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 4
| .141
| .162
| .179
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1939
| BRO
| N
| 40
| 103
| 4
| 13
| 1
| 6
| .126
| .135
| .184
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 21
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1940
| BRO
| N
| 35
| 58
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .086
| .086
| .103
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| BRO
| N
| 30
| 41
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .146
| .186
| .171
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1942
| PIT
| N
| 23
| 37
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 7
| .243
| .243
| .243
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1944
| PHI
| A
| 29
| 56
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 6
| .232
| .338
| .232
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 12
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 213
| 376
| 17
| 55
| 1
| 23
| .146
| .166
| .176
| 6
| 1
| 8
| 94
| 1
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 8
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 52
| 87
| 7
| 21
| 0
| 8
| .241
| .313
| .276
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 21
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 265
| 463
| 24
| 76
| 1
| 31
| .164
| .195
| .194
| 7
| 2
| 17
| 115
| 1
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 8
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Brooklyn Dodgers from Cleveland Indians in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 29, 1936).
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Pete Coscarart, Babe Phelps and Jimmy Wasdell to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Arky Vaughan (December 12, 1941).
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