Elden LeRoy "Submarine" Auker (September 21, 1910 – August 4, 2006) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Browns between 1933 and 1942.

[1] In football, Auker starred at quarterback, was named second team All-American by Grantland Rice and was offered a $6,000 contract by the Chicago Bears.

[2] During his ten-year Major League career, Auker played with the Tigers, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Browns.

"[3] Before the 1939 season, Auker was traded by Detroit to the Red Sox for Pinky Higgins and Archie McKain.

Auker spoke at the ceremony and told the crowd: "Never forget us, for we live on by those that carry on the Tiger tradition and who so proudly wear the olde English D."[5] In 2001, Auker published his memoirs, entitled Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms, written with Tom Keegan.

He died due to congestive heart failure, at age 95, in his home in Vero Beach, Florida.