Elden Auker
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: September 21, 1910 Norcatur , United States 
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| Died on: August 4th, 2006 Vero Beach , United States
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| Suggested: Right | Threw: Right |
| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| August 10, 1933 with the Detroit Tigers | |
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| September 20, 1942 with the St. Louis Browns | |
| MLB statistics (until end of career) |
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| Win-loss | 130-101 |
| Earned Run Average | 4.42 |
| Strikeouts | 594 |
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Elden Le Roy Auker (born September 21, 1910 in Norcatur , Kansas , † August 4, 2006 in Vero Beach , Florida ) was an American baseball player. He was pitcher in the Major League , known for its submarine-throwing style .
Auker grew up in Kansas and attended Kansas State College in Manhattan , where he enjoyed success in several sports (baseball, football , basketball ). In football he was the quarterback star of his team and was offered a professional contract by the Chicago Bears , which he declined to play for the Detroit Tigers professional baseball.
During his ten-year major league career, Auker played for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Browns . In 1935 he won the World Series with Detroit and set some records. Before the 1939 season, Auker was sold by Detroit for Pinky Higgins and Archie McKain to the Red Sox, where he met the young Ted Williams , with whom a lifelong friendship developed. At the end of his professional career, Auker played three seasons with the Browns (1940-42). In the 1941 season he met the superior Joe DiMaggio , who was now responsible for records, several times .
In 1943 Auker gave up playing baseball and still took part in the fighting in World War II .
In 2001 Auker published his memoir entitled Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms .
bibliography
- Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms . Benchmark Pr. 2001. ISBN 978-1-892-04925-4 .
Web links
- Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
- Elden Auker in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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| SURNAME | Auker, Elden |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Auker, Elden Le Roy (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norcatur , Kansas |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 4, 2006 |
| Place of death | Vero Beach , Florida |