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Lee Handley

Lee Elmer Handley (Jeep)

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 13, 1913 in Clarion, IA
School: Bradley University (Peoria, IL)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1936
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Phillies/Reds 1936-1947

Final Game: September 28, 1947
Died: April 8, 1970 in Pittsburgh, PA
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Coraopolis, PA
Relatives: Brother of Gene Handley
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1936 22 CIN NL 24 86 78 10 24 1 0 2 8 3 7 16 .308 .365 .397 .762 111 31 2 0 1 4/5
1937 23 PIT NL 127 521 480 59 120 21 12 3 37 5 37 40 .250 .305 .363 .668 81 174 7 1 4 *4/5
1938 24 PIT NL 139 630 570 91 153 25 8 6 51 7 53 31 .268 .332 .372 .704 93 212 13 1 5 *5 MVP-29
1939 25 PIT NL 101 421 376 43 107 14 5 1 42 17 32 20 .285 .341 .356 .697 89 134 12 0 13 5
1940 26 PIT NL 98 335 302 50 85 7 4 1 19 7 27 16 .281 .340 .341 .681 89 103 2 0 6 5/4
1941 27 PIT NL 124 510 459 59 132 18 4 0 33 16 35 22 .288 .338 .344 .682 92 158 13 0 15 *5
1944 30 PIT NL 40 93 86 7 19 2 0 0 5 1 3 5 .221 .247 .244 .491 36 21 6 0 4 45/6
1945 31 PIT NL 98 340 312 39 93 16 2 1 32 7 20 16 .298 .340 .372 .712 95 116 5 0 8 5
1946 32 PIT NL 116 456 416 43 99 8 7 1 28 4 29 20 .238 .289 .298 .587 65 124 10 1 10 5/4
1947 33 PHI NL 101 306 277 17 70 10 3 0 42 1 24 18 .253 .312 .310 .623 69 86 9 0 5 5/46
10 Yrs 968 3698 3356 418 902 122 45 15 297 68 267 204 .269 .323 .345 .669 84 1159 79 3 71
162 Game Avg. 162 619 562 70 151 20 8 3 50 11 45 34 .269 .323 .345 .669 84 194 13 1 12
PIT (8 yrs) 843 3306 3001 391 808 111 42 13 247 64 236 170 .269 .323 .347 .670 85 1042 68 3 65
PHI (1 yr) 101 306 277 17 70 10 3 0 42 1 24 18 .253 .312 .310 .623 69 86 9 0 5
CIN (1 yr) 24 86 78 10 24 1 0 2 8 3 7 16 .308 .365 .397 .762 111 31 2 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1936 22 CIN NL 24 86 1 -0 0 -2 1 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.2 .499 .500 0.4 -0.1 4 $ 4/5
1937 23 PIT NL 127 521 -12 -0 0 -3 5 -11 -1.2 15 4 0.3 .491 .493 0.6 0.2 8 $ *4/5
1938 24 PIT NL 139 630 -4 -1 0 9 2 6 0.5 18 24 2.3 .505 .504 1.4 1.0 15 $ *5 MVP-29
1939 25 PIT NL 101 421 -5 1 0 -2 1 -5 -0.6 12 7 0.6 .495 .497 0.9 -0.2 9 $ 5
1940 26 PIT NL 98 335 -3 -0 0 -6 1 -9 -1.0 12 3 0.2 .491 .494 0.8 -0.6 9 $ 5/4
1941 27 PIT NL 124 510 -4 -0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 18 17 1.5 .499 .499 1.4 0.2 15 $ *5
1944 30 PIT NL 40 93 -7 -0 0 -1 1 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.5 .480 .495 -0.4 0.0 -3 $ 45/6
1945 31 PIT NL 98 340 -2 -0 0 3 0 0 0.1 10 11 1.1 .500 .500 0.8 0.3 8 $ 5
1946 32 PIT NL 116 456 -18 -0 0 3 0 -16 -1.8 16 0 -0.3 .484 .489 -0.6 0.3 -3 $ 5/4
1947 33 PHI NL 101 306 -11 0 0 -3 0 -14 -1.4 11 -3 -0.3 .486 .491 0.0 -0.2 0 $ 5/46
10 Seasons 968 3698 -66 -1 0 0 11 -56 -6.5 117 61 5.1 .494 .496 5.3 1.1 61 $
PIT (8 yrs) 843 3306 -56 -1 0 5 10 -42 -5.1 104 62 5.2 .495 .496 4.9 1.4 57 $
PHI (1 yr) 101 306 -11 0 0 -3 0 -14 -1.4 11 -3 -0.3 .486 .491 0.0 -0.2 0 $
CIN (1 yr) 24 86 1 -0 0 -2 1 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.2 .499 .500 0.4 -0.1 4 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1936 22 CIN NL 86 57 11 5.2 97 .367 .308 .277 .365 .335 .397 .388 .762 .723 111 .546 1.3 0.1 .732 .218 .090 2.4
1937 23 PIT NL 521 371 53 3.8 100 .268 .250 .279 .305 .340 .363 .395 .668 .736 81 .423 -13.7 -1.4 .591 .200 .113 3.8
1938 24 PIT NL 630 435 70 4.3 99 .276 .268 .275 .332 .339 .372 .391 .704 .730 93 .492 -5.5 -0.6 .635 .209 .104 6.5
1939 25 PIT NL 421 294 46 4.2 102 .299 .285 .278 .341 .343 .356 .397 .697 .740 89 .459 -5.7 -0.6 .651 .202 .072 1.9
1940 26 PIT NL 335 225 35 4.2 97 .295 .281 .271 .340 .335 .341 .389 .681 .724 89 .482 -4.4 -0.4 .626 .172 .060 1.8
1941 27 PIT NL 510 355 53 4.0 94 .302 .288 .266 .338 .336 .344 .375 .682 .711 92 .483 -4.8 -0.5 .615 .168 .057 .0
1944 30 PIT NL 93 77 5 1.7 97 .235 .221 .273 .247 .340 .244 .383 .491 .723 36 .166 -7.6 -0.8 .342 .070 .023 .0
1945 31 PIT NL 340 232 39 4.5 100 .312 .298 .278 .340 .348 .372 .384 .712 .732 95 .523 -2.8 -0.3 .638 .160 .074 1.8
1946 32 PIT NL 456 337 36 2.9 95 .248 .238 .266 .289 .342 .298 .372 .587 .714 65 .347 -21.4 -2.3 .483 .139 .060 1.6
1947 33 PHI NL 306 221 27 3.2 102 .270 .253 .268 .312 .342 .310 .397 .623 .740 69 .342 -11.8 -1.2 .514 .148 .058 .0
10 Yrs 3698 2604 375 3.8 98 .283 .269 .273 .323 .340 .345 .387 .669 .727 84 .443 -76.4 -7.8 .591 .176 .077 24.6
162 Game Avg. 619 436 63 3.8 98 .283 .269 .273 .323 .340 .345 .387 .669 .727 84 .443 -76.4 -7.8 .591 .176 .077 4
PIT (8 yrs) 3306 2326 337 3.9 98 .282 .269 .273 .323 .340 .347 .386 .670 .726 85 .450 -65.9 -6.8 .595 .178 .078 21.6
PHI (1 yr) 306 221 27 3.2 102 .270 .253 .268 .312 .342 .310 .397 .623 .740 69 .342 -11.8 -1.2 .514 .148 .058 .0
CIN (1 yr) 86 57 11 5.2 97 .367 .308 .277 .365 .335 .397 .388 .762 .723 111 .546 1.3 0.1 .732 .218 .090 2.4

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1936 22 CIN NL 86 2.3% 18.6% 8.1% 3.5% 13% 2.29 4.9 39.0 9.8 70%
1937 23 PIT NL 521 0.6% 7.7% 7.1% 6.9% 30% 1.08 12.0 160.0 13.0 84%
1938 24 PIT NL 630 1.0% 4.9% 8.4% 6.2% 26% 0.58 18.4 95.0 11.2 85%
1939 25 PIT NL 421 0.2% 4.8% 7.6% 4.8% 19% 0.63 18.8 376.0 9.0 84%
1940 26 PIT NL 335 0.3% 4.8% 8.1% 3.6% 14% 0.59 18.9 302.0 15.9 85%
1941 27 PIT NL 510 0.0% 4.3% 6.9% 4.3% 17% 0.63 20.9 13.9 86%
1944 30 PIT NL 93 0.0% 5.4% 3.2% 2.2% 11% 1.67 17.2 17.2 87%
1945 31 PIT NL 340 0.3% 4.7% 5.9% 5.6% 20% 0.80 19.5 312.0 9.8 87%
1946 32 PIT NL 456 0.2% 4.4% 6.4% 3.5% 16% 0.69 20.8 416.0 14.9 87%
1947 33 PHI NL 306 0.0% 5.9% 7.8% 4.3% 19% 0.75 15.4 6.6 85%
10 Yrs 3698 0.4% 5.5% 7.2% 4.9% 20% 0.76 16.5 223.7 11.3 85%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.1% 8.9% 6.3% 27% 1.02 9.8 66.4 8.3 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1936 22 24 86 78 10 24 1 0 2 8 3 7 16 .308 .365 .397 .762 111 31 2 0 1
1937 23 151 607 558 69 144 22 12 5 45 8 44 56 .258 .313 .367 .681 85 205 9 1 5
1938 24 290 1237 1128 160 297 47 20 11 96 15 97 87 .263 .323 .370 .692 89 417 22 2 10
1939 25 391 1658 1504 203 404 61 25 12 138 32 129 107 .269 .327 .366 .694 89 551 34 2 23
1940 26 489 1993 1806 253 489 68 29 13 157 39 156 123 .271 .329 .362 .692 89 654 36 2 29
1941 27 613 2503 2265 312 621 86 33 13 190 55 191 145 .274 .331 .358 .690 90 812 49 2 44
1942 28 613 2503 2265 312 621 86 33 13 190 55 191 145 .274 .331 .358 .690 90 812 49 2 44
1943 29 613 2503 2265 312 621 86 33 13 190 55 191 145 .274 .331 .358 .690 90 812 49 2 44
1944 30 653 2596 2351 319 640 88 33 13 195 56 194 150 .272 .328 .354 .683 88 833 55 2 48
1945 31 751 2936 2663 358 733 104 35 14 227 63 214 166 .275 .330 .356 .686 89 949 60 2 56
1946 32 867 3392 3079 401 832 112 42 15 255 67 243 186 .270 .324 .348 .673 86 1073 70 3 66
1947 33 968 3698 3356 418 902 122 45 15 297 68 267 204 .269 .323 .345 .669 84 1159 79 3 71

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1936 22 25 89 81 10 25 1 0 2 8 3 7 17 .309 .364 .395 .759 11 24
1937 23 134 548 504 61 125 22 12 3 38 5 39 42 .248 .303 .357 .660 55 127
1938 24 147 666 604 96 162 26 8 6 54 7 56 33 .268 .331 .368 .699 74 139
1939 25 106 444 396 46 113 15 5 1 45 18 34 21 .285 .342 .356 .698 48 101
1940 26 103 354 319 54 91 7 4 1 21 7 29 17 .285 .345 .342 .687 38 98
1941 27 129 534 481 64 141 19 4 0 36 17 37 23 .293 .344 .349 .693 58 124
1944 30 42 96 89 7 19 2 0 0 5 1 3 5 .213 .239 .236 .475 5 40
1945 31 102 352 324 39 95 16 2 1 32 7 20 17 .293 .334 .364 .698 40 98
1946 32 121 483 440 49 109 9 8 1 32 4 32 21 .248 .300 .311 .612 41 116
1947 33 106 319 289 18 73 10 3 0 44 1 25 19 .253 .312 .308 .620 28 101
10 Yrs 1015 3885 3527 444 953 127 46 15 315 70 282 215 .270 .325 .345 .670 398 968
162 Game Avg. 162 620 563 71 152 20 7 2 50 11 45 34 .270 .325 .345 .670 64 968

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1938 NL (29, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1938 NL  1.0 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1938 NL  570 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1938 NL  91 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1937 NL  12 (3rd)
1946 NL  7 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1939 NL  17 (1st)
1941 NL  16 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
1938 NL  114 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1941 NL  15 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1938 NL  6.5 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1946 NL  20.8 (9th)
Career  16.5 (224th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1938 NL  435 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 10 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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