Al Lakeman

Albert Wesley Lakeman (Moose)

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 31, 1918 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Withrow HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1942
Teams (by GP): Reds/Phillies/Tigers/Braves 1942-1954

Final Game: May 23, 1954
Died: May 25, 1976 in Spartanburg, SC
Buried: Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Inman, SC
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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	Pos	Awards
1938	19	CIN-min	D	103	353	353		97	21	6	1						.275	.275	.377	.652		133						UNC · KITL
1939	20	CIN-min	C	129	461	461		119	18	8	8						.258	.258	.384	.642		177						ERI · MATL
1940	21	CIN-min	B	102	338	338		106	24	7	9						.314	.314	.506	.820		171						CLM · SALL
1941	22	CIN-min	AA	70	215	199	16	57	12	3	1	24	1		16	33	.286	.340	.392	.731		78		0	0			INA · AA
1942	23	CIN-min	AA	56	171	153	19	33	7	3	5	27	3	0	17	22	.216	.294	.399	.693		61	5	0	1			SYR · IL
1942	23	CIN	NL	20	43	38	0	6	1	0	0	2	0		3	10	.158	.238	.184	.422	24	7	2	1	1		2
1943	24	CIN	NL	22	59	55	5	14	2	1	0	6	0		3	11	.255	.293	.327	.620	80	18	2	0	1		2
1944	25	CIN-min	AA	107	435	383	57	113	18	11	8	71	1	3	46	75	.295	.372	.462	.834		177	17	1	5			SYR · IL
1944	25	CIN	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1945	26	CIN	NL	76	277	258	22	66	9	4	8	31	0		17	45	.256	.304	.415	.719	100	107	7	1	1		2
1946	27	CIN	NL	23	32	30	0	4	0	0	0	4	0		2	7	.133	.188	.133	.321	-7	4	0	0	0		/2
1947	28	TOT	NL	57	191	184	11	29	3	0	6	19	0		5	40	.158	.184	.272	.456	22	50	2	1	1		32
1947	28	CIN	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1947	28	PHI	NL	55	189	182	11	29	3	0	6	19	0		5	39	.159	.186	.275	.461	24	50	2	1	1		32
1948	29	PHI-min	AAA	9	26	26	3	6	1	1	1	2	2				.231	.231	.462	.692		12						TTO · IL
1948	29	PHI	NL	32	73	68	2	11	2	0	1	4	0		5	22	.162	.219	.235	.454	25	16	1	0	0		2/1
1949	30	ATL-min	AAA	40	141	126	16	38	9	2	8	28	0		13	32	.302	.376	.595	.971		75	6	2	0			MLW · AA
1949	30	BSN	NL	3	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	27	1	1	0	0		/3

1950	31	ATL-min	AAA	107	402	363	52	86	21	4	19	73	0		35	115	.237	.309	.474	.783		172	5	3	1			MLW · AA
1951	32	CHW-min	AAA	60	187	163	10	37	5	2	2	19	0		22	33	.227	.323	.319	.642		52		1	1			SAC · PCL
1952	33	PHI-min	AAA	108	378	338	37	79	14	2	8	42	0		37	48	.234	.311	.358	.669		121		1	2			BLT · IL
1953	34	DET-PHI-min	AAA	66	231	205	23	66	17	5	6	33	0		25	43	.322	.396	.541	.937		111		0	1			BFL,BLT · IL
1954	35	DET-min	AAA	92	336	307	26	75	11	0	7	48	2		26	71	.244	.305	.349	.654		107		1	2	0		BFL · IL
1954	35	DET	AL	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1955	36	OAK-min	AAA	79	252	218	27	43	10	1	8	25	0		32	61	.197	.303	.362	.665		79		1	1	0		CLB · IL
1956	37	DET-min	D	36	111	111		29	8	1	2						.261	.261	.405	.667		45						PNC · ALFL
1957	38	DET-min	C	10	14	14		1	0	0	0						.071	.071	.071	.143		1						IDF · PION
9 Yrs				239	689	646	40	131	17	5	15	66	0	0	36	137	.203	.248	.314	.562	56	203	15	3	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	467	438	27	89	12	3	10	45	0		24	93	.203	.248	.314	.562	56	138	10	2	3

CIN (6 yrs)				144	414	384	27	90	12	5	8	43	0		25	75	.234	.285	.354	.639	80	136	11	2	3
PHI (2 yrs)				87	262	250	13	40	5	0	7	23	0		10	61	.160	.195	.264	.459	24	66	3	1	1
BSN (1 yr)				3	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	27	1	1	0	0
DET (1 yr)				5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				234	683	640	40	131	17	5	15	66	0		36	136	.205	.250	.317	.568	57	203	15	3	4
AL (1 yr)				5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0

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
1942	23	CIN	NL	20	43	-4	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.2	.482	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	2
1943	24	CIN	NL	22	59	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.494	.499	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
1944	25	CIN	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.467	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
1945	26	CIN	NL	76	277	-2	0	0	-2	2	-1	-0.1	8	7	0.7	.498	.499	0.9	0.1	9	$	2
1946	27	CIN	NL	23	32	-4	0	0	0	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.481	.497	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	/2
1947	28	CIN	NL	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.469	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
1947	28	PHI	NL	55	189	-20	0	0	-1	-1	-22	-2.2	7	-15	-1.6	.459	.486	-1.5	-0.1	-14	$	32
1948	29	PHI	NL	32	73	-7	0	-0	0	1	-6	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.479	.496	-0.4	0.1	-4	$	2/1
1949	30	BSN	NL	3	7	-0	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.479	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/3

1954	35	DET	AL	5	6	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.466	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	/2
9 Seasons				239	689	-41	1	-0	-3	4	-40	-4.3	22	-18	-2.0	.482	.497	-1.7	0.1	-15	$

CIN (6 yrs)				144	414	-12	0	0	-2	3	-10	-1.1	13	3	0.2	.492	.499	0.4	0.2	5	$
PHI (2 yrs)				87	262	-27	1	-0	-1	0	-28	-2.9	9	-18	-2.0	.467	.491	-1.9	-0.1	-18	$
BSN (1 yr)				3	7	-0	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.479	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$
DET (1 yr)				5	6	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.466	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$

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
1942	23	CIN	NL	43	35	2	1.5	87	.214	.158	.256	.238	.328	.184	.356	.422	.684	24	.160	-3.6	-0.4	.324	.105	.026
1943	24	CIN	NL	59	44	5	3.1	89	.318	.255	.264	.293	.332	.327	.358	.620	.690	80	.387	-1.6	-0.2	.488	.127	.073
1944	25	CIN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	91		.000	.263	.000	.330	.000	.370	.000	.700	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1945	26	CIN	NL	277	200	32	4.3	95	.283	.256	.271	.304	.340	.415	.374	.719	.714	100	.501	-1.7	-0.2	.628	.225	.159	.0
1946	27	CIN	NL	32	26	1	1.0	90	.174	.133	.259	.188	.334	.133	.363	.321	.697	-7	.076	-4.3	-0.4	.231	.067	.000
1947	28	TOT	NL	191	158	9	1.5	102	.167	.158	.268	.184	.342	.272	.397	.456	.740	22	.114	-21.4	-2.1	.357	.141	.114	.0
1947	28	CIN	NL	2	2	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.274	.000	.350	.000	.406	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1947	28	PHI	NL	189	156	9	1.5	102	.168	.159	.268	.186	.342	.275	.397	.461	.740	24	.116	-20.8	-2.1	.361	.143	.115	.0
1948	29	PHI	NL	73	58	4	1.8	99	.222	.162	.265	.219	.339	.235	.393	.454	.732	25	.164	-7.3	-0.7	.362	.147	.074	.0
1949	30	BSN	NL	7	6	0	0.0	100	.167	.167	.264	.286	.337	.167	.396	.452	.733	27	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.333	.167	.000

1954	35	DET	AL	6	6	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.264	.000	.340	.000	.386	.000	.726	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
9 Yrs				689	534	53	2.6	96	.235	.203	.267	.248	.339	.314	.380	.562	.719	56	.289	-42.4	-4.3	.457	.167	.111	.0
162 Game Avg.				467	362	36	2.6	96	.235	.203	.267	.248	.339	.314	.380	.562	.719	56	.289	-42.4	-4.3	.457	.167	.111

CIN (6 yrs)				414	308	40	3.5	93	.272	.234	.267	.285	.337	.354	.369	.639	.706	80	.419	-12.0	-1.3	.534	.185	.120	.0
PHI (2 yrs)				262	214	13	1.6	101	.181	.160	.267	.195	.342	.264	.396	.459	.738	24	.129	-28.1	-2.8	.362	.144	.104	.0
BSN (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	100	.167	.167	.264	.286	.337	.167	.396	.452	.733	27	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.333	.167	.000
DET (1 yr)				6	6	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.264	.000	.340	.000	.386	.000	.726	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

NL (8 yrs)				683	528	53	2.7	96	.237	.205	.267	.250	.339	.317	.380	.568	.719	57	.294	-40.8	-4.2	.462	.169	.113	.0
AL (1 yr)				6	6	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.264	.000	.340	.000	.386	.000	.726	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1942	23	CIN	NL	43	0.0%	23.3%	7.0%	2.3%	17%	3.33	3.8		19.0		65%
1943	24	CIN	NL	59	0.0%	18.6%	5.1%	5.1%	21%	3.67	5.0		9.2		75%
1944	25	CIN	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1945	26	CIN	NL	277	2.9%	16.3%	6.1%	7.6%	32%	2.65	5.7	32.3	8.3		74%
1946	27	CIN	NL	32	0.0%	21.9%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	3.50	4.3		7.5		72%
1947	28	TOT	NL	191	3.1%	20.9%	2.6%	4.7%	31%	8.00	4.6	30.7	9.7		72%
1947	28	CIN	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1947	28	PHI	NL	189	3.2%	20.6%	2.7%	4.8%	31%	7.80	4.7	30.3	9.6		72%
1948	29	PHI	NL	73	1.4%	30.1%	6.9%	4.1%	27%	4.40	3.1	68.0	17.0	0.62	62%
1949	30	BSN	NL	7	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	0.00				0.25	86%

1954	35	DET	AL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%			6.0			0.25	83%
9 Yrs				689	2.2%	19.9%	5.2%	5.4%	28%	3.81	4.7	43.1	9.8	0.48	72%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.6%	9.4%	6.1%	27%	1.03	9.2	55.8	8.4	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1942	23	CIN	NL	-3.6	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	24	CIN	NL	-1.6	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	25	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	26	CIN	NL	-1.7	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	27	CIN	NL	-4.3	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	28	TOT	NL	-21.7	-2.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	28	CIN	NL	-0.6	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	28	PHI	NL	-21.1	-2.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	29	PHI	NL	-7.4	-0.8	39	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.87	-0.5	0.0	-5.0	-0.5	1.02	-5.6	1.47	5
1949	30	BSN	NL	-0.6	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.92	-0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.72	-0.8	1.46	1

1954	35	DET	AL	-1.7	-0.2	6	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.57	-0.1	0.0	-1.8	-0.2	1.07	-1.6	1.10	1
9 Yrs				-42.8	-4.4	52	-0.7	0.3	-1.0	.95	-0.7	-0.1	-7.1	-0.7	0.99	-7.9	1.42	7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	29	PHI	NL	0	0	7%	5	0		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	30	BSN	NL	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1954	35	DET	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				0	0	16%	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	29	PHI	NL	73	34%	11			5	1	0	0	1.47	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0%	8	1	13%	1	0	0%	28	1	4%	0	0		0	0		0
1949	30	BSN	NL	7	100%	1			1	0	0	0	1.46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1954	35	DET	AL	6	17%	0			1	0	0	0	1.10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
9 Yrs				86	41%	131			7	1	0	0	1.42	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	400%	11	15	136%	3	0	0%	35	1	3%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					50%																			196%			22%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1942	23	20	43	38	0	6	1	0	0	2		3	10	.158	.238	.184	.422	24	7	2	1	1
1943	24	42	102	93	5	20	3	1	0	8		6	21	.215	.270	.269	.539	57	25	4	1	2
1944	25	43	103	94	5	20	3	1	0	8		6	22	.213	.267	.266	.533	55	25	4	1	2
1945	26	119	380	352	27	86	12	5	8	39		23	67	.244	.294	.375	.669	89	132	11	2	3
1946	27	142	412	382	27	90	12	5	8	43		25	74	.236	.286	.356	.642	81	136	11	2	3
1947	28	199	603	566	38	119	15	5	14	62		30	114	.210	.254	.329	.582	62	186	13	3	4
1948	29	231	676	634	40	130	17	5	15	66		35	136	.205	.250	.319	.569	58	202	14	3	4
1949	30	234	683	640	40	131	17	5	15	66		36	136	.205	.250	.317	.568	57	203	15	3	4
1950	31	234	683	640	40	131	17	5	15	66		36	136	.205	.250	.317	.568	57	203	15	3	4
1951	32	234	683	640	40	131	17	5	15	66		36	136	.205	.250	.317	.568	57	203	15	3	4
1952	33	234	683	640	40	131	17	5	15	66		36	136	.205	.250	.317	.568	57	203	15	3	4
1953	34	234	683	640	40	131	17	5	15	66		36	136	.205	.250	.317	.568	57	203	15	3	4
1954	35	239	689	646	40	131	17	5	15	66	0	36	137	.203	.248	.314	.562	56	203	15	3	4	0

Neutralized Batting

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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
1942	23	21	47	41	0	7	1	0	0	3	0	4	11	.171	.261	.195	.456	2	20
1943	24	23	63	59	6	16	2	1	0	7	0	3	11	.271	.306	.339	.645	6	22
1944	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1945	26	79	291	271	23	70	10	4	8	33	0	18	47	.258	.307	.413	.720	34	76
1946	27	24	34	32	0	5	0	0	0	6	0	2	7	.156	.206	.156	.362	1	23
1947	28	60	199	192	11	30	3	0	6	20	0	5	42	.156	.182	.266	.447	9	57
1948	29	33	77	72	2	12	2	0	1	5	0	5	23	.167	.221	.236	.457	4	32
1949	30	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	3

1954	35	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
9 Yrs		249	725	680	42	140	18	5	15	74	0	38	143	.206	.251	.313	.564	56	239
162 Game Avg.		162	472	442	27	91	12	3	10	48	0	25	93	.206	.251	.313	.564	36	239

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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