Luke Hamlin

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Full Name: Lewis Dennison Hamlin	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/168	First Game: September 18, 1933
Birthdate: July 3, 1904	Final Game: September 26, 1944
Birthplace: Ferris Center, Michigan	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: February 18, 1978
Deathplace: Clare, Michigan
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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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.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
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

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
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

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
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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