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Billy DeMars
William Lester DeMars (Kid)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 160 lb.

Debut May 18, 1948
Final Game September 28, 1951
Born August 26, 1925 in Brooklyn, NY

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 22 PHA AL  18   29    3    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   5   3  .172  .294  .172   26    5   1           0   0
 1950 24 SLB AL  61  178   25   44   5  1   0   13   0  1  22  13  .247  .330  .287   56   51   4           0   6
 1951 25 SLB AL   1    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .250  .400  .250   76    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       80  211   29   50   5  1   0   14   0  1  28  16  .237  .326  .270   53   57   5   0   0   0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        427   59  101  10  2   0   28   0  2  57  32  .237  .326  .270   53  115  10   0   0   0  12
 Career High     61  178   25   44   5  1   0   13   0  1  22  13                          51   4   0   0   0   6
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 22 PHA AL   35   25    1   1.1   105| .172  .273| .294  .358| .172  .394| .466  .753|  26  .065  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1950 24 SLB AL  204  145   17   3.1   117| .247  .283| .330  .371| .287  .425| .617  .796|  56  .299 -11.8  -1.1   0%
 1951 25 SLB AL    5    3    0   0.0   105| .250  .271| .400  .353| .250  .397| .650  .750|  76  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       244  173   18   2.8   115| .237  .282| .326  .369| .270  .420| .596  .789|  53  .259 -14.8  -1.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1948 22 PHA AL SS 9 16 22 3 7 .927 .964 4.22 4.84 2B 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 5.40 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.90 1950 24 SLB AL SS 54 113 123 17 32 .933 .961 4.37 4.74 3B 5 5 6 2 0 .846 .957 2.20 3.04 1951 25 SLB AL SS 1 1 4 0 1 1.000 .962 5.00 4.70
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 22 PHA AL 2B 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 5.40 1948 22 PHA AL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.90 1950 24 SLB AL 3B 5 5 6 2 0 .846 .957 2.20 3.04 1948 22 PHA AL SS 9 16 22 3 7 .927 .964 4.22 4.84 1950 24 SLB AL SS 54 113 123 17 32 .933 .961 4.37 4.74 1951 25 SLB AL SS 1 1 4 0 1 1.000 .962 5.00 4.70
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 64 130 149 20 40 .933 .961 4.36 4.75 3B 6 5 7 2 0 .857 .960 2.00 3.02 2B 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 5.40 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 71 137 158 22 41 .931 .962 4.15 4.62
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

Before 1943 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

November 10, 1947: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1947 rule 5 draft.

December 13, 1949: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Ray Ippolito (minors), Ray Coleman, Frankie Gustine, and $100,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Bob Dillinger and Paul Lehner.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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