Harry Coveleski

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: April 23, 1886 in Shamokin, PA us

Died: August 4, 1950 in Shamokin, PA

Buried: St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Shamokin, PA

Debut: September 10, 1907 (Age 21-140d, 2,968th in major league history)
vs. BRO 5.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 23, 1918 (Age 32-061d)
vs. SLB 9.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1908 season

Full Name: Harry Frank Coveleski

Nicknames: The Giant Killer

Pronunciation: \ko-va-LESS-kee\

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Relatives: Brother of Stan Coveleski

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.9

ERA

2.39

198

151

1248.0

511

WHIP

1.159

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	DET		CLE	L,1-5	GS	0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	5 (3)	Apr 18	DET		CHW	W,8-7	GS	0	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
3	10 (4)	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,8-4	GS	27	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
4	14 (3)	Apr 27	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	18 (3)	May 1	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5		28	6.2	0	5	2	7	1
6	22 (3)	May 7	DET	@	SLB	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	26 (3)	May 12	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
8	30 (3)	May 19	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	34 (3)	May 24	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
10	39 (4)	May 29 (2)	DET	@	SLB	T,3-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	45 (5)	Jun 2	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
12	49 (3)	Jun 7	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
13	52 (2)	Jun 10	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	0	2.1	0	3	0	3	0
14	55 (2)	Jun 14	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
15	58 (2)	Jun 18	DET	@	WSH	W,5-3	GF	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
16	59	Jun 19	DET	@	WSH	L,0-7	GS	0	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
17	61 (1)	Jun 22	DET		SLB	L,9-13	GF	0	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
18	64 (2)	Jun 26	DET		SLB	L,2-7	GS	0	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
19	66 (1)	Jun 28	DET		CLE	W,6-3	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	68 (1)	Jul 1	DET		CHW	L,3-5	GS	27	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
21	71 (2)	Jul 4	DET		CHW	W,8-7	GF	0	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
22	72	Jul 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,9-7	GS	0	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
23	75 (2)	Jul 9	DET		BOS	W,15-4	GS	0	7.0	2	1	1	4	0
24	78 (2)	Jul 12	DET		BOS	L,12-15	GS	0	0.1	0	0	2	2	0
25	79	Jul 13 (1)	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
26	83 (3)	Jul 18	DET		PHA	W,11-7	GS	0	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
27	86 (2)	Jul 21	DET		PHA	L,3-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	87	Jul 23	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	91 (3)	Jul 27	DET	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
30	94 (2)	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	W,7-6		8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	95	Jul 31	DET	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS	25	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	97 (1)	Aug 3	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
33	101 (3)	Aug 7 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	105 (3)	Aug 11	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	GS	0	7.0	0	2	1	3	0
35	108 (2)	Aug 16 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	113 (4)	Aug 19	DET		PHA	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
37	117 (3)	Aug 24	DET		BOS	L,1-3	GS	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	119 (1)	Aug 26	DET		BOS	W,7-6	GF	0	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	123 (3)	Aug 28 (2)	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	126 (2)	Sep 1	DET		CHW	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	130 (3)	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,2-1	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	132 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
43	134 (1)	Sep 8	DET	@	CHW	L,9-10	GS	19	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
44	136 (1)	Sep 10	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6		0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	140 (3)	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	143 (2)	Sep 18	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	45	11.1	1	6	0	7	0
47	146 (2)	Sep 22	DET	@	PHA	W,13-9	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	148 (1)	Sep 24	DET	@	WSH	L,4-11	GS	0	1.1	0	0	2	2	0
49	151 (2)	Sep 27	DET	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	156 (4)	Oct 3	DET		CLE	W,6-5	GS	0	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
							50gm		313.0	16	109	11	136	5