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Bill Lamar
William Harmong Lamar (Good Time Bill)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 19, 1917
Final Game August 6, 1927
Born March 21, 1897 in Rockville, MD
Died May 24, 1970 in Rockport, MA

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1917 20 NYY AL  11   41    2   10   0  0   0    3   1      0   2  .244  .244  .244   48   10   1           0    
 1918 21 NYY AL  28  110   12   25   3  0   0    2   2      6   2  .227  .267  .255   56   28   3           0    
 1919 22 TOT AL  59  164   19   46   6  1   0   14   4      7  10  .280  .310  .329   83   54   6           0    
         NYY AL  11   16    1    3   1  0   0    0   1      2   1  .188  .278  .250   48    4   0           0    
         BOS AL  48  148   18   43   5  1   0   14   3      5   9  .291  .314  .338   87   50   6           0    
 1920 23 BRO NL  24   44    5   12   4  0   0    4   0  0   0   1  .273  .273  .364   79   16   0           0    
 1921 24 BRO NL   3    3    2    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   74    1   0           0    
 1924 27 PHA AL  87  367   68  121  22  5   7   48   8  8  18  21  .330  .361  .474  113  174  11           0    
 1925 28 PHA AL 138  568   85  202  39  8   3   77   2  6  21  17  .356  .379  .468  108  266  15           0    
 1926 29 PHA AL 116  419   62  119  17  6   5   50   4  5  18  15  .284  .315  .389   79  163  19           1    
 1927 30 PHA AL  84  324   48   97  23  3   4   47   4  8  16  10  .299  .334  .426   92  138  14           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      550 2040  303  633 114 23  19  245  25 27  86  78  .310  .339  .417   94  850  69   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        601   89  186  34  7   6   72   7  8  25  23  .310  .339  .417   94  250  20   0   0   1   0
 Career High    138  568   85  202  39  8   7   77   8  8  21  21  .356  .379  .474  113  266  19   0   0   1   0

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1917 20 NYY AL   42   32    2   1.7    80| .244  .256| .244  .327| .244  .331| .488  .658|  48  .219  -2.8  -0.3     
 1918 21 NYY AL  119   88    7   2.2    84| .227  .263| .267  .334| .255  .335| .522  .669|  56  .294  -6.2  -0.7     
 1919 22 TOT AL  177  124   17   3.7    91| .280  .270| .310  .335| .329  .363| .639  .697|  83  .455  -3.8  -0.4     
         NYY AL   18   13    1   2.1    96| .188  .277| .278  .344| .250  .373| .528  .716|  48  .225  -1.1  -0.1     
         BOS AL  159  111   16   3.9    90| .291  .269| .314  .334| .338  .361| .652  .695|  87  .478  -2.8  -0.3     
 1920 23 BRO NL   44   32    4   3.4    94| .273  .281| .273  .335| .364  .374| .637  .709|  79  .442  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1921 24 BRO NL    3    2    0   0.0   110| .333  .303| .333  .354| .333  .417| .666  .771|  74  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1924 27 PHA AL  396  265   61   6.1   113| .330  .299| .361  .369| .474  .411| .835  .780| 113  .603   5.1   0.5  50%
 1925 28 PHA AL  604  387   98   6.8   121| .356  .308| .379  .380| .468  .432| .847  .812| 108  .626   4.8   0.4  25%
 1926 29 PHA AL  457  324   50   4.1   115| .284  .297| .315  .370| .389  .417| .704  .787|  79  .440 -16.3  -1.6  44%
 1927 30 PHA AL  355  249   43   4.6   116| .299  .300| .334  .369| .426  .422| .760  .791|  92  .476  -5.5  -0.5  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2197 1503  282   5.0   112| .310  .296| .339  .366| .417  .409| .756  .775|  94  .529 -26.2  -2.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1917 20 NYY AL  OF   11     26    1    0    0 1.000  .968  2.45  2.14               10    1    0
 1918 21 NYY AL  OF   27     58    3    8    2  .884  .962  2.26  2.17                8   17    2
 1919 22 TOT AL  OF   39     68    7    6    1  .926  .958  1.92  2.16                6   30    3
         NYY AL  OF    3      4    0    0    0 1.000  .952  1.33  2.17                0    1    2
                 1B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00 10.40            
         BOS AL  OF   36     64    7    6    1  .922  .958  1.97  2.16                6   29    1
 1920 23 BRO NL  OF   12     12    1    0    0 1.000  .963  1.08  2.21                0    6    6
 1921 24 BRO NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                0    1    0
 1924 27 PHA AL  OF   87    187   13    6    4  .971  .970  2.30  2.27               87    0    0
 1925 28 PHA AL  OF  131    283   18   15    4  .953  .965  2.30  2.27              131    0    0
 1926 29 PHA AL  OF  107    199   10   10    2  .954  .966  1.95  2.23              107    0    0
 1927 30 PHA AL  OF   79    148    9    8    1  .952  .964  1.99  2.22               76    3    0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1919 22 NYY AL  1B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00 10.40            

 1917 20 NYY AL  OF   11     26    1    0    0 1.000  .968  2.45  2.14               10    1    0
 1918 21 NYY AL  OF   27     58    3    8    2  .884  .962  2.26  2.17                8   17    2
 1919 22 TOT AL  OF   39     68    7    6    1  .926  .958  1.92  2.16                6   30    3
         NYY AL  OF    3      4    0    0    0 1.000  .952  1.33  2.17                0    1    2
         BOS AL  OF   36     64    7    6    1  .922  .958  1.97  2.16                6   29    1
 1920 23 BRO NL  OF   12     12    1    0    0 1.000  .963  1.08  2.21                0    6    6
 1921 24 BRO NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                0    1    0
 1924 27 PHA AL  OF   87    187   13    6    4  .971  .970  2.30  2.27               87    0    0
 1925 28 PHA AL  OF  131    283   18   15    4  .953  .965  2.30  2.27              131    0    0
 1926 29 PHA AL  OF  107    199   10   10    2  .954  .966  1.95  2.23              107    0    0
 1927 30 PHA AL  OF   79    148    9    8    1  .952  .964  1.99  2.22               76    3    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF  494    981   62   53   14  .952  .965  2.11  2.23              425   58   11
                 1B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00 10.40            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       495    982   62   53   14  .952  .965  2.11  2.25

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1920   WS    BRO CLE     L   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

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.

Batting Average
1925 AL-.356-7

Hits
1925 AL-202-7

Total Bases
1925 AL-266-10

Doubles
1925 AL-39-7

Singles
1925 AL-152-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1925 AL-33.4-8
1926 AL-27.9-7

Youngest Player
1917 AL-20-3

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1423) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.0 (889) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 19.0 (796) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
June 13, 1919: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the New York Yankees.
March, 1920: Purchased by the Brooklyn Robins from the Boston Red Sox.
June 28, 1924: Traded by the Toledo (American Association) to the Philadelphia Athletics for Rollie Naylor and Paul Strand.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Bill Lamar's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Batting Average 1925 AL-.356-7	Hits 1925 AL-202-7	Total Bases 1925 AL-266-10	Doubles 1925 AL-39-7	Singles 1925 AL-152-6	At Bats per Strikeout 1925 AL-33.4-8 1926 AL-27.9-7
Youngest Player 1917 AL-20-3