Elden Auker
1933–1942 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns
356G
.187AVG
.234OBP
.260SLG
More career statistics
131H
6HR
72RBI
2SB
130–101W–L
1,963.1IP
594K
4.42ERA
261GS
2SV
6Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 232 | 233 |
| Batting · RBI | 72 | 71 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,686 | 8,685 |
| Pitching · p er | 964 | 968 |
| Pitching · p hr | 129 | 130 |
| Pitching · p k | 594 | 593 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,106 | 1,107 |
| Pitching · p w | 706 | 705 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 356 | 784 | 700 | 73 | 131 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 72 | 41 | 232 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 182 | .187 | .234 | .260 | .494 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,963.3 | 333 | 261 | 126 | 130 | 101 | 2 | 2,230 | 1,106 | 964 | 129 | 706 | 594 | 0 | 0 | 4.42 | 1.495 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1935-08-25 to 1935-09-07
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1938-05-24 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1937-06-08 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1941-06-08 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 177 | 364 | 56 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 108 | .175 | .203 | .250 |
| Away | 179 | 420 | 75 | 3 | 41 | 23 | 125 | .197 | .233 | .268 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 27 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 20 | .093 | .119 | .111 |
| May | 65 | 120 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 36 | .223 | .250 | .268 |
| June | 61 | 141 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 48 | .183 | .213 | .254 |
| July | 68 | 128 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 30 | .228 | .266 | .342 |
| August | 73 | 191 | 29 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 57 | .166 | .188 | .263 |
| September | 61 | 140 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 40 | .200 | .243 | .252 |
| October | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 56 | 144 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 46 | .177 | .215 | .231 |
| cleveland-guardians | 56 | 129 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 34 | .227 | .256 | .311 |
| chicago-white-sox | 50 | 121 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 33 | .135 | .174 | .192 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 49 | 77 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 23 | .169 | .169 | .239 |
| boston-red-sox | 47 | 105 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 26 | .244 | .276 | .302 |
| new-york-yankees | 46 | 78 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 27 | .153 | .192 | .250 |
| st-louis-browns | 32 | 91 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 28 | .210 | .253 | .346 |
| detroit-tigers | 20 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .162 | .179 | .162 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 |  Detroit Tigers | 15 | 17 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .118 | 55 | 17 |
| 1934 | Detroit Tigers | 43 | 74 | 11 | – | 8 | – | .149 | 205 | 86 |
| 1935 | Detroit Tigers | 36 | 74 | 16 | – | 8 | – | .216 | 195 | 63 |
| 1936 | Detroit Tigers | 35 | 78 | 24 | – | 15 | – | .308 | 215 | 66 |
| 1937 | Detroit Tigers | 43 | 91 | 18 | 3 | 16 | – | .198 | 252 | 73 |
| 1938 | Detroit Tigers | 27 | 57 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | .088 | 160 | 45 |
| 1939 |  Boston Red Sox | 31 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 3 | – | .226 | 151 | 43 |
| 1940 |  St. Louis Browns | 38 | 89 | 19 | 1 | 10 | – | .213 | 263 | 78 |
| 1941 | St. Louis Browns | 37 | 80 | 10 | – | 5 | 1 | .125 | 216 | 60 |
| 1942 | St. Louis Browns | 51 | 87 | 14 | – | 4 | – | .161 | 249 | 62 |