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Lee King

Edward Lee King

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 26, 1892 in Hundred, WV (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1916
Teams (by GP): Giants/Pirates/Phillies 1916-1922

Final Game: October 1, 1922
Died: September 16, 1967 in Shinnston, WV
Buried: Shinnston Masonic Cemetery, Shinnston, WV
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Standard Batting

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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
1916 23 PIT NL 8 18 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .111 .111 .111 .222 -32 2 0 0 /O
1917 24 PIT NL 111 408 381 32 95 14 5 1 35 8 15 58 .249 .281 .320 .602 82 122 2 10 O
1918 25 PIT NL 36 127 112 9 26 3 2 1 11 3 11 15 .232 .301 .321 .622 87 36 0 4 O
1919 26 NYG NL 21 21 20 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 .100 .143 .150 .293 -12 3 0 0 /O978
1920 27 NYG NL 93 291 261 32 72 11 4 7 42 3 7 21 38 .276 .335 .429 .764 118 112 2 7 O8/9
1921 28 TOT NL 103 339 310 42 79 23 6 4 39 1 6 21 43 .255 .306 .406 .713 83 126 2 6 O789/3
1921 28 NYG NL 39 110 94 17 21 4 2 0 7 0 2 13 6 .223 .324 .309 .633 67 29 1 2 O89/3
1921 28 PHI NL 64 229 216 25 58 19 4 4 32 1 4 8 37 .269 .298 .449 .747 90 97 1 4 O7/98
1922 29 TOT NL 39 102 87 14 18 8 1 2 15 1 0 13 8 .207 .310 .391 .701 76 34 0 2 O7/839
1922 29 PHI NL 19 62 53 8 12 5 1 2 13 0 0 8 6 .226 .328 .472 .800 98 25 0 1 O7/8
1922 29 NYG NL 20 40 34 6 6 3 0 0 2 1 0 5 2 .176 .282 .265 .547 41 9 0 1 /3O98
7 Seasons 411 1306 1189 134 294 60 18 15 144 16 13 82 175 .247 .299 .366 .665 87 435 6 29
162 Game Avg. 162 515 469 53 116 24 7 6 57 6 32 69 .247 .299 .366 .665 87 171 2 11
NYG (4 yrs) 173 462 409 60 101 19 6 7 52 4 9 40 52 .247 .319 .374 .693 92 153 3 10
PIT (3 yrs) 155 553 511 41 123 17 7 2 47 11 0 26 80 .241 .280 .313 .593 79 160 2 14
PHI (2 yrs) 83 291 269 33 70 24 5 6 45 1 4 16 43 .260 .304 .454 .758 91 122 1 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1916 23 PIT NL 18 -3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -4 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $ /O
1917 24 PIT NL 408 -11 -1 0 0 4 -5 11 -2 -0.4 -6 -0.8 0.4 $ O
1918 25 PIT NL 127 -2 0 0 0 -2 -2 4 -2 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ O
1919 26 NYG NL 21 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ /O978
1920 27 NYG NL 291 6 -2 0 0 -7 -2 9 4 0.4 11 1.2 -0.8 $ O8/9
1921 28 NYG NL 110 -3 0 0 0 -3 -1 3 -4 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ O89/3
1921 28 PHI NL 229 -7 -1 0 0 -4 -3 7 -8 -0.8 -4 -0.4 -0.4 $ O7/98
1922 29 PHI NL 62 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ O7/8
1922 29 NYG NL 40 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /3O98
7 Seasons 1306 -27 -4 0 0 -15 -14 39 -21 -2.6 -6 -0.7 -1.9 $
NYG (4 yrs) 462 -3 -2 0 0 -11 -3 14 -5 -0.6 6 0.7 -1.3 $
PIT (3 yrs) 553 -16 -1 0 0 0 -7 16 -8 -1.2 -8 -1.0 -0.2 $
PHI (2 yrs) 291 -8 -1 0 0 -4 -4 9 -8 -0.8 -4 -0.4 -0.4 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1922 29 NYG NL WS NYY W 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1916 PIT NL 23 OF 8 7 4 1 2 0 .714 0.63 .967 2.15 2-0-4
1917 PIT NL 24 OF 102 221 198 16 7 6 .968 2.10 .963 2.20 7-0-95
1918 PIT NL 25 OF 36 55 50 0 5 0 .909 1.39 .962 2.26 32-0-4
1919 NYG NL 26 OF 7 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.29 .963 2.26
1919 NYG NL 26 RF 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 .960 2.00
1919 NYG NL 26 LF 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .960 2.20
1919 NYG NL 26 CF 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .970 2.60
1920 NYG NL 27 OF 84 66 58 184 167 8 9 1 .951 2.08 .964 2.34
1920 NYG NL 27 CF 79 66 58 183 167 7 9 1 .951 2.20 .963 2.75
1920 NYG NL 27 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1921 TOT NL 28 OF 92 79 70 198 167 14 17 0 .914 1.97 .965 2.40
1921 TOT NL 28 CF 25 19 15 48 42 3 3 0 .938 1.80 .967 2.78
1921 TOT NL 28 RF 14 6 5 19 13 3 3 0 .842 1.14 .964 2.09
1921 NYG NL 28 OF 35 24 19 63 52 6 5 0 .921 1.66 .965 2.40
1921 NYG NL 28 CF 24 19 15 48 42 3 3 0 .938 1.88 .967 2.78
1921 NYG NL 28 RF 12 5 4 15 10 3 2 0 .867 1.08 .964 2.08
1921 NYG NL 28 1B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .990 10.80
1921 PHI NL 28 OF 57 55 51 135 115 8 12 0 .911 2.16 .965 2.40
1921 PHI NL 28 LF 55 54 50 131 112 8 11 0 .916 2.18 .963 2.35
1921 PHI NL 28 RF 2 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50 .965 2.10
1921 PHI NL 28 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1922 TOT NL 29 OF 20 15 14 51 48 1 2 1 .961 2.45 .962 2.40
1922 TOT NL 29 CF 6 3 2 11 10 0 1 0 .909 1.67 .970 2.82
1922 PHI NL 29 OF 15 12 11 37 34 1 2 1 .946 2.33 .962 2.40
1922 PHI NL 29 LF 11 9 9 27 25 1 1 1 .963 2.36 .958 2.22
1922 PHI NL 29 CF 4 3 2 10 9 0 1 0 .900 2.25 .970 2.82
1922 NYG NL 29 1B 5 5 5 56 54 2 0 2 1.000 11.20 .990 10.68
1922 NYG NL 29 OF 5 3 3 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.80 .962 2.40
1922 NYG NL 29 RF 4 3 3 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.25 .955 2.17
1922 NYG NL 29 CF 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .970 2.80
7 Seasons OF 349 161 142 719 636 40 43 8 .940 1.94 .964 2.30 109-111-126
4 Seasons CF 111 88 75 243 219 10 14 1 .942 2.06 .964 2.76
3 Seasons (incomplete) LF 68 63 59 159 138 9 12 1 .925 2.16 .962 2.32
4 Seasons (incomplete) RF 23 10 8 33 27 3 3 0 .909 1.30 .961 2.09
2 Seasons 1B 6 5 5 57 54 3 0 2 1.000 9.50 .990 10.70
7 Seasons TOT 355 166 147 776 690 43 43 10 .945 2.06 .966 2.45 109-111-126
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1920 NL  7 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1917 NL  58 (10th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1921 NL  17 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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