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Billy Lush
William Lucas Lush

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 3, 1895
Final Game October 8, 1904
Born November 10, 1873 in Bridgeport, CT
Died August 28, 1951 in Hawthorne, NY

Brother of Ernie Lush

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1895 21 WHS NL   5   18    2    6   0  0   0    2   0      2   1  .333  .400  .333   91    6   0           0    
 1896 22 WHS NL  97  352   74   87   9 11   4   45  28     66  49  .247  .369  .369   95  130   5           2    
 1897 23 WHS NL   3   12    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      2      .000  .143  .000  -60    0   0           0    
 1901 27 BSN NL   7   27    2    5   1  1   0    3   0      3      .185  .267  .296   57    8   0           0    
 1902 28 BSN NL 120  413   68   92   8  1   2   19  30     76      .223  .346  .262   87  108  11           2    
 1903 29 DET AL 119  423   71  116  18 14   1   33  14     70      .274  .379  .390  135  165  34           1    
 1904 30 CLE AL 138  477   76  123  13  8   1   50  12     72      .258  .359  .325  118  155  25           3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      489 1722  294  429  49 35   8  152  84  0 291  50  .249  .360  .332  107  572  75   0   0   8   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        570   97  142  16 12   3   50  28  0  96  17  .249  .360  .332  107  189  25   0   0   3   0
 Career High    138  477   76  123  18 14   4   50  30  0  76  49  .274  .379  .390  135  165  34   0   0   3   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1895 21 WHS NL   20   12    2   4.3   111| .333  .301| .400  .367| .333  .406| .733  .774|  91  .419  -0.1   0.0     
 1896 22 WHS NL  425  270   48   4.6   107| .247  .297| .369  .362| .369  .397| .738  .759|  95  .480  -1.1  -0.1     
 1897 23 WHS NL   14   12    0   0.0   107| .000  .297| .143  .361| .000  .395| .143  .756| -60  .000  -2.8  -0.3     
 1901 27 BSN NL   30   22    2   2.4    95| .185  .286| .267  .342| .296  .373| .563  .715|  57  .289  -1.6  -0.2     
 1902 28 BSN NL  502  332   37   3.0    79| .223  .268| .346  .323| .262  .329| .608  .652|  87  .432  -1.5  -0.2     
 1903 29 DET AL  528  341   62   4.8    79| .274  .258| .379  .307| .390  .349| .769  .657| 135  .633  21.5   2.4     
 1904 30 CLE AL  577  379   55   3.8    72| .258  .250| .359  .302| .325  .329| .684  .631| 118  .588  13.6   1.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2096 1368  206   4.0    84| .249  .267| .360  .323| .332  .350| .692  .672| 107  .531  27.9   3.2     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1895 21 WHS NL OF 5 9 0 4 0 .692 .918 1.80 2.14 4 0 1 1896 22 WHS NL OF 91 142 19 21 4 .885 .933 1.77 2.12 10 14 68 2B 3 3 4 2 0 .778 .933 2.33 5.40 1897 23 WHS NL OF 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 .938 2.00 2.07 0 0 3 1901 27 BSN NL OF 7 22 2 1 1 .960 .941 3.43 2.03 0 7 0 1902 28 BSN NL OF 116 251 24 14 5 .952 .945 2.37 1.93 10 104 2 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 3.50 1903 29 DET AL OF 101 227 17 8 4 .968 .952 2.42 1.92 89 0 12 3B 12 15 17 2 0 .941 .922 2.67 3.11 2B 3 9 3 2 1 .857 .945 4.00 5.03 SS 3 6 6 3 1 .800 .916 4.00 5.20 1904 30 CLE AL OF 138 269 11 12 4 .959 .954 2.03 1.84 125 13 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1896 22 WHS NL 2B 3 3 4 2 0 .778 .933 2.33 5.40 1903 29 DET AL 2B 3 9 3 2 1 .857 .945 4.00 5.03 1902 28 BSN NL 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 3.50 1903 29 DET AL 3B 12 15 17 2 0 .941 .922 2.67 3.11 1895 21 WHS NL OF 5 9 0 4 0 .692 .918 1.80 2.14 4 0 1 1896 22 WHS NL OF 91 142 19 21 4 .885 .933 1.77 2.12 10 14 68 1897 23 WHS NL OF 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 .938 2.00 2.07 0 0 3 1901 27 BSN NL OF 7 22 2 1 1 .960 .941 3.43 2.03 0 7 0 1902 28 BSN NL OF 116 251 24 14 5 .952 .945 2.37 1.93 10 104 2 1903 29 DET AL OF 101 227 17 8 4 .968 .952 2.42 1.92 89 0 12 1904 30 CLE AL OF 138 269 11 12 4 .959 .954 2.03 1.84 125 13 0 1903 29 DET AL SS 3 6 6 3 1 .800 .916 4.00 5.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 461 925 74 60 18 .943 .947 2.17 1.94 238 138 86 3B 13 15 19 2 0 .944 .921 2.62 3.14 2B 6 12 7 4 1 .826 .941 3.17 5.22 SS 3 6 6 3 1 .800 .916 4.00 5.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 483 958 106 69 20 .939 .946 2.20 2.04
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.

On-base %
1903 AL-.379-4
1904 AL-.359-7

Triples
1903 AL-14-8

Bases on Balls
1896 NL-66-9
1902 NL-76-2
1903 AL-70-2
1904 AL-72-4

Strikeouts
1896 NL-49-3

Stolen Bases
1902 NL-30-6

Sac. Hits
1903 AL-34-1
1904 AL-25-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 11 (1309) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2074) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1903 Season: Jumped from the Boston Beaneaters to the Detroit Tigers.

January, 1904: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Cleveland Naps for Jesse Stovall and Ed Killian.


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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