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Ken Lehman
Kenneth Karl Lehman

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 186 lb.

Debut September 5, 1952
Final Game September 30, 1961
Born June 10, 1928 in Seattle, WA

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1952 24 BRO NL   1   2   4   3   0   0   1  0   15.3   19   11    9   1    6    7   0   0    70       0  5.28  3.62   69 1.630
 1956 28 BRO NL   2   3  25   4   0   0   5  0   49.3   65   35   31  11   23   29   0   1   231   2   0  5.66  4.03   71 1.784
 1957 29 TOT      8   3  33   3   1   0  19  6   75.0   64   21   21   1   23   35   0   4   303   2   0  2.52  3.65  145 1.160
         BRO NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    7.0    7    0    0   0    1    3   0   0    28   0   0  0.00  4.15  inf 1.143
         BAL AL   8   3  30   3   1   0  18  6   68.0   57   21   21   1   22   32   0   4   275   2   0  2.78  3.60  129 1.162
 1958 30 BAL AL   2   1  31   1   1   0  16  0   62.0   64   26   24   5   18   36   2   1   263   4   0  3.48  3.58  103 1.323
 1961 33 PHI NL   1   1  41   2   0   0  18  1   63.3   61   32   30   6   25   27   1   2   269   8   0  4.26  4.07   96 1.358
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .583  14  10 134  13   2   0  59  7  265.0  273  125  115  24   95  134   3   8  1136  16   0  3.91  3.80   97 1.389
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   4  61   6   0   0  27  3  122.3  126   57   53  11   43   61   1   3   525   7   0  3.91  3.80   97 1.389
 Career High      8   3  41   4   1   0  19  6   75.0   65   35   31  11   25   36   2   4   303   8   0  2.52  4.07  145 1.160

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 24 BRO NL   4    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   0  .000  .333  .000   -1    0   0           0   0
 1956 28 BRO NL  25   10    0    3   1  0   0    3   0  0   0   0  .300  .300  .400   80    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1957 29 TOT     36   22    3    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   4   3  .227  .333  .273   72    6   0   1   0   0   1
         BRO NL   3    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500  .500  161    1   0   0   0   0   0
         BAL AL  33   20    3    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   4   3  .200  .320  .250   63    5   0   1   0   0   1
 1958 30 BAL AL  31   14    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .071  .071  .071  -59    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1961 33 PHI NL  42    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      138   56    5    9   2  0   0    5   0  0   6   7  .161  .238  .196   21   11   0   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         66    6   11   2  0   0    6   0  0   7   8  .161  .238  .196   21   13   0   1   0   0   1
 Career High     42   22    3    5   1  0   0    3   0  0   4   3                           6   0   1   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 24 BRO NL    6    4    0   0.0    98| .000  .263| .333  .336| .000  .391| .333  .727|  -1  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1956 28 BRO NL   10    7    1   3.8   110| .300  .274| .300  .342| .400  .433| .700  .775|  80  .429  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1957 29 TOT      27   19    3   4.3    95| .227  .257| .333  .327| .273  .389| .606  .716|  72  .486  -0.5  -0.1   0%
         BRO NL    2    1    1  27.2   110| .500  .279| .500  .344| .500  .432|1.000  .775| 161  .962   0.2   0.0   0%
         BAL AL   25   18    2   3.0    93| .200  .255| .320  .326| .250  .384| .570  .710|  63  .333  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1958 30 BAL AL   14   13    0   0.0    93| .071  .254| .071  .322| .071  .387| .142  .709| -59  .000  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1961 33 PHI NL    6    6    0   0.0   104| .000  .268| .000  .334| .000  .417| .000  .751|-100  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        63   49    4   2.2    98| .161  .261| .238  .330| .196  .399| .434  .729|  21  .218  -5.9  -0.6   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 24 BRO NL P 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.97 2.35 2.18 3 15.3 1956 28 BRO NL P 25 4 11 1 0 .938 .968 0.60 0.83 2.74 2.04 4 49.3 1957 29 TOT P 33 8 9 3 3 .850 .966 0.52 0.86 2.04 2.00 3 75.0 BRO NL P 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 0.83 3.70 2.10 0 7.3 BAL AL P 30 6 8 3 3 .824 .966 0.47 0.86 1.86 1.99 3 67.7 1958 30 BAL AL P 31 3 11 0 0 1.000 .966 0.45 0.82 2.03 1.95 1 62.0 1961 33 PHI NL P 41 6 16 0 1 1.000 .961 0.54 0.88 3.13 2.18 2 63.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1952 24 BRO NL P 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.97 2.35 2.18 3 15.3 1956 28 BRO NL P 25 4 11 1 0 .938 .968 0.60 0.83 2.74 2.04 4 49.3 1957 29 TOT P 33 8 9 3 3 .850 .966 0.52 0.86 2.04 2.00 3 75.0 BRO NL P 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 0.83 3.70 2.10 0 7.3 BAL AL P 30 6 8 3 3 .824 .966 0.47 0.86 1.86 1.99 3 67.7 1958 30 BAL AL P 31 3 11 0 0 1.000 .966 0.45 0.82 2.03 1.95 1 62.0 1961 33 PHI NL P 41 6 16 0 1 1.000 .961 0.54 0.88 3.13 2.18 2 63.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 134 21 51 4 4 .947 .964 0.54 0.85 2.45 2.05 13 265.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 134 21 51 4 4 .947 .964 0.54 0.85 2.45 2.05 13 265
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1952   WS    BRO NYY     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     2   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1952   WS    BRO NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     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.

Saves
1957 AL-6-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1831) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

June 14, 1957: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Brooklyn Dodgers for $30,000.

October 2, 1958: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Baltimore Orioles.

March 20, 1962: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Tony Curry to the Cleveland Indians for Mel Roach.


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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