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.

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
2	7 (5)	Apr 18	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
3	8	Apr 20	DET		CHW	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
4	11 (2)	Apr 24	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	13 (1)	Apr 28	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS	0	6.0	0	6	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	17 (3)	May 2	DET		CLE	L,1-6	GS	0	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
7	18	May 4	DET		SLB	L,6-7	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	20 (1)	May 7	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
9	24 (3)	May 11	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS	22	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
10	27 (2)	May 15	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS	0	6.0	0	2	1	3	0
11	30 (2)	May 19	DET	@	NYY	T,2-2	CG	0	16.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	35 (4)	May 27	DET		SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
13	40 (4)	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	W,9-8	GS	41	8.1	0	4	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	45 (4)	Jun 5	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	47 (1)	Jun 9	DET		BOS	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	48	Jun 11	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
17	51 (2)	Jun 14	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	57 (5)	Jun 21	DET		CLE	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	60 (2)	Jun 25 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-8	GS	0	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	62 (1)	Jun 26	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	66 (3)	Jun 29	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS	24	5.0	0	0	2	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	69 (2)	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	0	11.2	0	2	0	2	0
23	74 (4)	Jul 7	DET	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
24	78 (3)	Jul 12	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	83 (4)	Jul 17 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS	28	7.0	0	2	1	3	0
26	88 (4)	Jul 20	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	13.0	1	8	0	9	1
27	92 (3)	Jul 24	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	56	13.0	0	6	0	6	0
28	97 (4)	Jul 29 (1)	DET		BOS	W,10-8	GS	0	4.1	0	3	0	3	0
29	100 (2)	Jul 31	DET		BOS	L,0-6	GS	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	103 (2)	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
31	107 (3)	Aug 7	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
32	111 (3)	Aug 11	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
33	113 (1)	Aug 13	DET	@	CHW	W,9-4	GF	0	4.0	0	3	0	3	1
34	115 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,11-6	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	118 (2)	Aug 19	DET	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	39	10.0	0	5	0	5	0
36	122 (3)	Aug 24	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	125 (2)	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	129 (3)	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
39	131 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	DET		CLE	W,7-5		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
40	133 (1)	Sep 6	DET		SLB	W,4-3	GS	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	136 (2)	Sep 9	DET		SLB	W,12-8	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
42	140 (3)	Sep 13	DET		NYY	W,4-1	GS	26	7.1	0	3	0	3	0
43	144 (3)	Sep 17	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	0	3	1	4	0
44	148 (3)	Sep 21	DET		BOS	L,2-10	GS	15	2.1	0	2	0	2	0
							44gm		324.0	4	119	5	128	5