seasons with the Tigers, Coveleski's earned run average was under three, and his 2.34 ERA with the Tigers is still the franchise's all-time career record. Legacy In a 1976 Esquire magazine article, sportswriter Harry Stein published an "All Time All-Star Argument Starter", consisting of five ethnic baseball teams. Harry Coveleski was the left-handed pitcher on Stein's Polish team. In the 2008–2009 comic book series and the 2017 film, I Kill Giants, protagonist Barbara Thorson's fantasy world features a war hammer named "Coveleski." Barbara explains that it is named after Harry Coveleski and his performance against the New York Giants. See also List of Major League Baseball career ERA leaders List of Major League Baseball career WHIP leaders List of Detroit Tigers team records References External links , or Retrosheet, or SABR Biography Project 1886 births 1950 deaths American people of Polish descent Baseball players from Pennsylvania Birmingham Barons players Chattanooga Lookouts players Cincinnati Reds players Detroit Tigers players Kane Mountaineers players Lancaster Red Roses players Little Rock Travelers players Major League Baseball pitchers Minor league baseball managers People from Shamokin, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Phillies players