Luke Hamlin
1933–1944 · bats L / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates
265G
.164AVG
.195OBP
.194SLG
More career statistics
76H
1HR
31RBI
0SB
73–76W–L
1,405.0IP
563K
3.77ERA
181GS
9SV
1Rare feat
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 · At bats | 463 | 462 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 115 | 116 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 518 | 517 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,943 | 5,942 |
| Pitching · p er | 588 | 583 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,215 | 4,213 |
| Pitching · p k | 563 | 564 |
| Pitching · p r | 685 | 684 |
| Pitching · p w | 353 | 352 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265 | 518 | 463 | 24 | 76 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 90 | .164 | .195 | .194 | .389 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,405.0 | 261 | 181 | 70 | 73 | 76 | 9 | 1,442 | 685 | 588 | 106 | 353 | 563 | 0 | 0 | 3.77 | 1.278 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1942-04-16 to 1942-05-10
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1944-09-04 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1939-09-02 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 26 | 10 innings pitched | 1937-09-06 | 1 in 150 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 136 | 255 | 44 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 52 | .194 | .204 | .229 |
| Away | 129 | 262 | 32 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 64 | .136 | .156 | .162 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 15 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | .100 | .133 | .100 |
| May | 43 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | .119 | .143 | .136 |
| June | 46 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | .072 | .108 | .087 |
| July | 51 | 122 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 29 | .152 | .164 | .152 |
| August | 60 | 105 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 21 | .245 | .257 | .287 |
| September | 47 | 98 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 19 | .215 | .204 | .280 |
| October | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | 1.500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 38 | 77 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | .141 | .143 | .141 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 34 | 75 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 16 | .194 | .200 | .250 |
| new-york-giants | 34 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 16 | .129 | .145 | .177 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 27 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | .127 | .145 | .145 |
| cincinnati-reds | 27 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .146 | .160 | .208 |
| boston-braves | 26 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .189 | .159 | .189 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 24 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | .065 | .081 | .065 |
| cleveland-guardians | 9 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .250 | .300 | .375 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 |  Detroit Tigers | 3 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | .400 | 16 | 10 |
| 1934 | Detroit Tigers | 20 | 25 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .240 | 75 | 30 |
| 1937 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 41 | 59 | 11 | – | 1 | – | .186 | 185 | 93 |
| 1938 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 44 | 78 | 11 | – | 4 | – | .141 | 236 | 97 |
| 1939 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 40 | 103 | 13 | 1 | 6 | – | .126 | 269 | 88 |
| 1940 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 35 | 58 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .086 | 182 | 91 |
| 1941 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 30 | 41 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .146 | 136 | 57 |
| 1942 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 23 | 37 | 9 | – | 7 | – | .243 | 112 | 38 |
| 1944 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 29 | 56 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .232 | 190 | 60 |