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Lee Handley
Lee Elmer Handley (Jeep)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 160 lb.
School Bradley University

Debut April 15, 1936
Final Game September 28, 1947
Born July 31, 1913 in Clarion, IA
Died April 8, 1970 in Pittsburgh, PA

Brother of Gene Handley

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1936 22 CIN NL  24   78   10   24   1  0   2    8   3      7  16  .308  .365  .397  110   31   1           0   2
 1937 23 PIT NL 127  480   59  120  21 12   3   37   5     37  40  .250  .305  .363   81  174   4           1   7
 1938 24 PIT NL 139  570   91  153  25  8   6   51   7     53  31  .268  .332  .372   92  212   5           1  13 MVP-29
 1939 25 PIT NL 101  376   43  107  14  5   1   42  17     32  20  .285  .341  .356   89  134  13           0  12
 1940 26 PIT NL  98  302   50   85   7  4   1   19   7     27  16  .281  .340  .341   89  103   6           0   2
 1941 27 PIT NL 124  459   59  132  18  4   0   33  16     35  22  .288  .338  .344   92  158  15           0  13
 1944 30 PIT NL  40   86    7   19   2  0   0    5   1      3   5  .221  .247  .244   36   21   4           0   6
 1945 31 PIT NL  98  312   39   93  16  2   1   32   7     20  16  .298  .340  .372   95  116   8           0   5
 1946 32 PIT NL 116  416   43   99   8  7   1   28   4     29  20  .238  .289  .298   65  124  10           1  10
 1947 33 PHI NL 101  277   17   70  10  3   0   42   1     24  18  .253  .312  .310   69   86   5           0   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     968 3356  418  902 122 45  15  297  68  0 267 204  .269  .323  .345   84 1159  71   0   0   3  79
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        562   70  151  20  8   3   50  11  0  45  34  .269  .323  .345   84  194  12   0   0   1  13
 Career High    139  570   91  153  25 12   6   51  17  0  53  40  .298  .341  .372   95  212  15   0   0   1  13
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1936 22 CIN NL   86   57   11   5.2    98| .308  .278| .365  .337| .397  .390| .762  .726| 110  .546   1.2   0.1     
 1937 23 PIT NL  522  371   53   3.8   101| .250  .280| .305  .342| .363  .397| .668  .739|  81  .423 -14.3  -1.4     
 1938 24 PIT NL  629  435   70   4.3   100| .268  .276| .332  .340| .372  .393| .704  .733|  92  .492  -6.2  -0.6     
 1939 25 PIT NL  421  294   46   4.2   102| .285  .278| .341  .343| .356  .397| .697  .740|  89  .459  -5.7  -0.6     
 1940 26 PIT NL  335  225   35   4.2    97| .281  .270| .340  .335| .341  .389| .681  .724|  89  .481  -4.4  -0.4     
 1941 27 PIT NL  509  355   53   4.0    94| .288  .266| .338  .336| .344  .375| .682  .711|  92  .483  -4.8  -0.5     
 1944 30 PIT NL   93   77    5   1.7    97| .221  .273| .247  .340| .244  .383| .491  .723|  36  .166  -7.6  -0.8     
 1945 31 PIT NL  340  232   39   4.5   100| .298  .278| .340  .348| .372  .384| .712  .732|  95  .523  -2.8  -0.3     
 1946 32 PIT NL  456  337   36   2.9    94| .238  .265| .289  .340| .298  .371| .587  .711|  65  .347 -20.8  -2.2     
 1947 33 PHI NL  306  221   27   3.2   102| .253  .269| .312  .344| .310  .399| .622  .743|  69  .342 -12.2  -1.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     3697 2604  375   3.8    99| .269  .273| .323  .341| .345  .388| .668  .728|  84  .443 -77.5  -7.9     

* 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 ------+
1936 22 CIN NL 2B 16 42 45 7 6 .926 .963 5.44 5.30 3B 7 7 13 1 2 .952 .948 2.86 2.51 1937 23 PIT NL 2B 126 296 375 35 67 .950 .959 5.33 5.33 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 1938 24 PIT NL 3B 136 119 304 23 26 .948 .945 3.11 2.87 1939 25 PIT NL 3B 100 83 180 18 14 .936 .942 2.63 2.79 1940 26 PIT NL 3B 80 84 139 18 12 .925 .948 2.79 2.82 2B 2 5 4 1 3 .900 .968 4.50 5.15 1941 27 PIT NL 3B 114 125 247 21 19 .947 .949 3.26 3.16 1944 30 PIT NL 2B 19 39 32 4 7 .947 .963 3.74 5.04 3B 11 6 17 0 0 1.000 .947 2.09 3.00 SS 3 6 7 0 3 1.000 .956 4.33 4.87 1945 31 PIT NL 3B 79 85 183 15 13 .947 .941 3.39 2.97 1946 32 PIT NL 3B 102 107 237 15 13 .958 .952 3.37 2.84 2B 3 9 2 2 0 .846 .973 3.67 5.10 1947 33 PHI NL 3B 83 87 144 6 8 .975 .947 2.78 2.80 2B 3 4 1 1 0 .833 .980 1.67 5.20 SS 1 2 4 2 0 .750 .968 6.00 4.70
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1936 22 CIN NL 2B 16 42 45 7 6 .926 .963 5.44 5.30 1937 23 PIT NL 2B 126 296 375 35 67 .950 .959 5.33 5.33 1940 26 PIT NL 2B 2 5 4 1 3 .900 .968 4.50 5.15 1944 30 PIT NL 2B 19 39 32 4 7 .947 .963 3.74 5.04 1946 32 PIT NL 2B 3 9 2 2 0 .846 .973 3.67 5.10 1947 33 PHI NL 2B 3 4 1 1 0 .833 .980 1.67 5.20 1936 22 CIN NL 3B 7 7 13 1 2 .952 .948 2.86 2.51 1937 23 PIT NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 1938 24 PIT NL 3B 136 119 304 23 26 .948 .945 3.11 2.87 1939 25 PIT NL 3B 100 83 180 18 14 .936 .942 2.63 2.79 1940 26 PIT NL 3B 80 84 139 18 12 .925 .948 2.79 2.82 1941 27 PIT NL 3B 114 125 247 21 19 .947 .949 3.26 3.16 1944 30 PIT NL 3B 11 6 17 0 0 1.000 .947 2.09 3.00 1945 31 PIT NL 3B 79 85 183 15 13 .947 .941 3.39 2.97 1946 32 PIT NL 3B 102 107 237 15 13 .958 .952 3.37 2.84 1947 33 PHI NL 3B 83 87 144 6 8 .975 .947 2.78 2.80 1944 30 PIT NL SS 3 6 7 0 3 1.000 .956 4.33 4.87 1947 33 PHI NL SS 1 2 4 2 0 .750 .968 6.00 4.70
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 713 703 1464 117 107 .949 .947 3.04 2.90 2B 169 395 459 50 83 .945 .960 5.05 5.29 SS 4 8 11 2 3 .905 .960 4.75 4.83 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 886 1106 1934 169 193 .947 .950 3.43 3.36
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1938-NL-29-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

At Bats
1938 NL-570-8

Runs
1938 NL-91-7

Triples
1937 NL-12-3
1946 NL-7-10

Stolen Bases
1939 NL-17-1
1941 NL-16-3

Singles
1938 NL-114-9

Sac. Hits
1941 NL-15-3

Power/Speed Number
1938 NL-6.5-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1946 NL-20.8-9

Outs
1938 NL-435-6

   

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 10 (1361) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3105) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.0 (2064) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

November 29, 1936: Granted Free Agency.

December 2, 1936: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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