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Bill Lamar
William Harmong Lamar (Good Time Bill)

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 21, 1897 in Rockville, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1917
Final Game: August 6, 1927
Died: May 24, 1970 in Rockport, MA
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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	HBP	SH	Pos
1917	20	NYY	AL	11	42	41	2	10	0	0	0	3	1		0	2	.244	.244	.244	.488	48	10	0	1	O
1918	21	NYY	AL	28	119	110	12	25	3	0	0	2	2		6	2	.227	.267	.255	.522	56	28	0	3	O
1919	22	TOT	AL	59	177	164	19	46	6	1	0	14	4		7	10	.280	.310	.329	.639	83	54	0	6	O/3
1919	22	NYY	AL	11	18	16	1	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	.188	.278	.250	.528	48	4	0	0	/O3
1919	22	BOS	AL	48	159	148	18	43	5	1	0	14	3		5	9	.291	.314	.338	.652	87	50	0	6	O
1920	23	BRO	NL	24	44	44	5	12	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.364	.636	79	16	0	0	O
1921	24	BRO	NL	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	74	1	0	0	/O

1924	27	PHA	AL	87	396	367	68	121	22	5	7	48	8	8	18	21	.330	.361	.474	.835	113	174	0	11	O
1925	28	PHA	AL	138	604	568	85	202	39	8	3	77	2	6	21	17	.356	.379	.468	.847	108	266	0	15	*O
1926	29	PHA	AL	116	457	419	62	119	17	6	5	50	4	5	18	15	.284	.315	.389	.704	79	163	1	19	*O
1927	30	PHA	AL	84	355	324	48	97	23	3	4	47	4	8	16	10	.299	.334	.426	.760	92	138	1	14	O
9 Seasons				550	2197	2040	303	633	114	23	19	245	25	27	86	78	.310	.339	.417	.755	94	850	2	69
162 Game Avg.				162	647	601	89	186	34	7	6	72	7		25	23	.310	.339	.417	.755	94	250	1	20

PHA (4 yrs)				425	1812	1678	263	539	101	22	19	222	18	27	73	63	.321	.350	.442	.792	99	741	2	59
NYY (3 yrs)				50	179	167	15	38	4	0	0	5	4		8	5	.228	.263	.251	.514	53	42	0	4
BRO (2 yrs)				27	47	47	7	13	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	.277	.277	.362	.638	78	17	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				48	159	148	18	43	5	1	0	14	3		5	9	.291	.314	.338	.652	87	50	0	6

AL (7 yrs)				523	2150	1993	296	620	110	23	19	241	25	27	86	77	.311	.340	.418	.758	95	833	2	69
NL (2 yrs)				27	47	47	7	13	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	.277	.277	.362	.638	78	17	0	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1917	20	NYY	AL	42	32	2	1.7	80	.256	.244	.256	.244	.327	.244	.331	.488	.658	48	.219	-2.8	-0.3	.355	.024	.000	.0
1918	21	NYY	AL	119	88	7	2.2	84	.231	.227	.263	.267	.334	.255	.335	.522	.669	56	.294	-6.2	-0.7	.424	.100	.027	.0
1919	22	TOT	AL	177	124	17	3.7	91	.299	.280	.270	.310	.335	.329	.363	.639	.697	83	.455	-3.8	-0.4	.551	.116	.049	.0
1919	22	NYY	AL	18	13	1	2.1	96	.200	.188	.277	.278	.344	.250	.373	.528	.716	48	.225	-1.1	-0.1	.538	.250	.063	.0
1919	22	BOS	AL	159	111	16	3.9	90	.309	.291	.269	.314	.334	.338	.361	.652	.695	87	.478	-2.8	-0.3	.552	.101	.047	.0
1920	23	BRO	NL	44	32	4	3.4	94	.279	.273	.281	.273	.335	.364	.374	.636	.709	79	.442	-1.3	-0.1	.500	.091	.091
1921	24	BRO	NL	3	2	0	0.0	110	.333	.333	.303	.333	.354	.333	.417	.667	.771	74	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

1924	27	PHA	AL	396	265	61	6.1	113	.336	.330	.299	.361	.369	.474	.411	.835	.780	113	.603	5.1	0.5	.756	.193	.144	7.5
1925	28	PHA	AL	604	387	98	6.8	121	.363	.356	.308	.379	.380	.468	.432	.847	.812	108	.626	4.8	0.4	.761	.143	.113	2.4
1926	29	PHA	AL	457	324	50	4.1	115	.286	.284	.297	.315	.370	.389	.417	.704	.787	79	.440	-16.3	-1.6	.593	.146	.105	4.4
1927	30	PHA	AL	355	249	43	4.6	116	.300	.299	.300	.334	.369	.426	.422	.760	.791	92	.476	-5.5	-0.5	.643	.164	.127	4.0
9 Seasons				2197	1503	282	5.0	112	.316	.310	.296	.339	.366	.417	.409	.755	.775	94	.529	-26.2	-2.8	.653	.148	.106	21.6
162 Game Avg.				647	443	83	5.0	112	.316	.310	.296	.339	.366	.417	.409	.755	.775	94	.529	-26.2	-2.8	.653	.148	.106	6

PHA (4 yrs)				1812	1225	252	5.5	117	.326	.321	.302	.350	.373	.442	.422	.792	.795	99	.551	-12.0	-1.2	.692	.159	.120	18.5
NYY (3 yrs)				179	133	10	2.0	84	.235	.228	.263	.263	.334	.251	.338	.514	.671	53	.268	-10.1	-1.2	.419	.096	.024	.0
BRO (2 yrs)				47	34	4	3.2	95	.283	.277	.283	.277	.337	.362	.376	.638	.713	78	.409	-1.4	-0.2	.500	.085	.085
BOS (1 yr)				159	111	16	3.9	90	.309	.291	.269	.314	.334	.338	.361	.652	.695	87	.478	-2.8	-0.3	.552	.101	.047	.0

AL (7 yrs)				2150	1469	278	5.1	112	.317	.311	.296	.340	.367	.418	.410	.758	.777	95	.531	-24.8	-2.7	.656	.149	.107	21.6
NL (2 yrs)				47	34	4	3.2	95	.283	.277	.283	.277	.337	.362	.376	.638	.713	78	.409	-1.4	-0.2	.500	.085	.085

Postseason Batting

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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
1920	23	BRO	NL	WS	CLE	L	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1917	20	11	42	41	2	10	0	0	0	3	1		0	2	.244	.244	.244	.488	48	10	0	1
1918	21	39	161	151	14	35	3	0	0	5	3		6	4	.232	.261	.252	.513	54	38	0	4
1919	22	98	338	315	33	81	9	1	0	19	7		13	14	.257	.287	.292	.579	70	92	0	10
1920	23	122	382	359	38	93	13	1	0	23	7	0	13	15	.259	.285	.301	.586	71	108	0	10
1921	24	125	385	362	40	94	13	1	0	23	7	0	13	15	.260	.285	.301	.586	71	109	0	10
1922	25	125	385	362	40	94	13	1	0	23	7	0	13	15	.260	.285	.301	.586	71	109	0	10
1923	26	125	385	362	40	94	13	1	0	23	7	0	13	15	.260	.285	.301	.586	71	109	0	10
1924	27	212	781	729	108	215	35	6	7	71	15	8	31	36	.295	.324	.388	.712	94	283	0	21
1925	28	350	1385	1297	193	417	74	14	10	148	17	14	52	53	.322	.348	.423	.771	100	549	0	36
1926	29	466	1842	1716	255	536	91	20	15	198	21	19	70	68	.312	.340	.415	.755	95	712	1	55
1927	30	550	2197	2040	303	633	114	23	19	245	25	27	86	78	.310	.339	.417	.755	94	850	2	69

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1917	20	11	43	43	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	11
1918	21	36	151	143	18	35	4	0	0	3	3	8	3	.245	.285	.273	.557	11	28
1919	22	68	203	194	25	57	7	1	0	18	5	9	12	.294	.325	.340	.665	22	59
1920	23	25	46	46	6	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	24
1921	24	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3

1924	27	92	391	374	62	115	21	5	7	44	8	17	22	.307	.338	.447	.784	56	87
1925	28	145	586	567	71	182	35	7	3	64	2	19	18	.321	.343	.423	.766	82	138
1926	29	122	449	431	58	115	16	6	5	46	4	17	16	.267	.296	.367	.663	46	116
1927	30	88	342	326	43	89	21	3	4	42	4	15	10	.273	.307	.393	.700	39	84
9 Seasons		590	2214	2127	286	593	104	22	19	226	27	85	84	.279	.307	.375	.682	264	550
162 Game Avg.		162	608	584	79	163	29	6	5	62	7	23	23	.279	.307	.375	.682	72	550

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y 1925 AL .356 (7th)	Hits s c a p y 1925 AL 202 (7th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1925 AL 266 (10th)	Doubles s c a p y 1925 AL 39 (7th)
Singles s c a p y 1925 AL 152 (6th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1925 AL 33.4 (8th) 1926 AL 27.9 (7th)	Youngest s c a p y 1917 AL born 1897-03-21 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 19 (810), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 16 (1022), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Harry Walker (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Wingo (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Baby Doll Jacobson (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sam Rice (954) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Gray Ink	Batting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 19 (810), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 16 (1022), Average HOFer ≈ 50