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Lee Handley
Lee Elmer Handley (Jeep)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 31, 1913 in Clarion, IA
Schools: Bradley University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1936
Final Game: September 28, 1947
Died: April 8, 1970 in Pittsburgh, PA
Relatives: Brother of Gene Handley
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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 .762 110 31 2 0 1 4/5
1937 23 PIT NL 127 522 480 59 120 21 12 3 37 5 37 40 .250 .305 .363 .668 81 174 7 1 4 *4/5
1938 24 PIT NL 139 629 570 91 153 25 8 6 51 7 53 31 .268 .332 .372 .704 92 212 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 124 509 459 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 Seasons 968 3697 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 3305 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 .762 110 31 2 0 1

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1936 CIN NL 22 2B 16 94 42 45 7 6 .926 5.44 .965 5.30
1936 CIN NL 22 3B 7 21 7 13 1 2 .952 2.86 .948 2.51
1937 PIT NL 23 2B 126 706 296 375 35 67 .950 5.33 .959 5.33
1937 PIT NL 23 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70
1938 PIT NL 24 3B 136 446 119 304 23 26 .948 3.11 .945 2.87 MVP-29
1939 PIT NL 25 3B 100 281 83 180 18 14 .936 2.63 .942 2.79
1940 PIT NL 26 3B 80 241 84 139 18 12 .925 2.79 .949 2.82
1940 PIT NL 26 2B 2 10 5 4 1 3 .900 4.50 .970 5.15
1941 PIT NL 27 3B 114 393 125 247 21 19 .947 3.26 .949 3.16
1944 PIT NL 30 2B 19 75 39 32 4 7 .947 3.74 .964 5.04
1944 PIT NL 30 3B 11 23 6 17 0 0 1.000 2.09 .943 3.00
1944 PIT NL 30 SS 3 13 6 7 0 3 1.000 4.33 .954 4.87
1945 PIT NL 31 3B 79 283 85 183 15 13 .947 3.39 .941 2.97
1946 PIT NL 32 3B 102 359 107 237 15 13 .958 3.37 .952 2.84
1946 PIT NL 32 2B 3 13 9 2 2 0 .846 3.67 .977 5.10
1947 PHI NL 33 3B 83 237 87 144 6 8 .975 2.78 .946 2.80
1947 PHI NL 33 2B 3 6 4 1 1 0 .833 1.67 .983 5.20
1947 PHI NL 33 SS 1 8 2 4 2 0 .750 6.00 .975 4.70
10 Seasons 3B 713 2284 703 1464 117 107 .949 3.04 .946 2.90
6 Seasons 2B 169 904 395 459 50 83 .945 5.05 .961 5.29
2 Seasons SS 4 21 8 11 2 3 .905 4.75 .962 4.82
10 Seasons TOT 886 3209 1106 1934 169 193 .947 3.43 .898 3.36
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (1456th)

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--20.800--9th
Career--16.450--193rd

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 2 (678), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 10 (1377), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2132), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3121), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Buck Herzog (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Buck Herzog (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Buck Herzog (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Charlie Irwin (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Babe Pinelli (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Klondike Douglass (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Alan Bannister (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

November 29, 1936: Granted Free Agency.

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

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Name and misspellings: Lee Elmer Jeep Lee Handley

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