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Bill Lamar

William Harmong Lamar (Good Time Bill)

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

Born: March 21, 1897 in Rockville, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1917
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees/RedSox/Robins 1917-1927

Final Game: August 6, 1927
Died: May 24, 1970 in Rockport, MA
Buried: Baltimore National Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
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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
1917 20 NYY AL 11 42 41 2 10 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 .244 .244 .244 .488 49 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 O8/79
1919 22 TOT AL 59 177 164 19 46 6 1 0 14 4 7 10 .280 .310 .329 .639 83 54 0 6 O8/793
1919 22 NYY AL 11 18 16 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 .188 .278 .250 .528 48 4 0 0 /O938
1919 22 BOS AL 48 159 148 18 43 5 1 0 14 3 5 9 .291 .314 .338 .652 87 50 0 6 O8/79
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/89
1921 24 BRO NL 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 73 1 0 0 /8O
1924 27 PHA AL 87 400 367 68 121 22 5 7 48 8 8 18 21 .330 .361 .474 .835 113 174 0 11 O7/8
1925 28 PHA AL 138 606 568 85 202 39 8 3 77 2 6 21 17 .356 .379 .468 .847 108 266 0 15 *7O
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 *7O
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 O7/8
9 Yrs 550 2203 2040 303 633 114 23 19 245 25 27 86 78 .310 .339 .417 .755 95 850 2 69
162 Game Avg. 162 649 601 89 186 34 7 6 72 7 25 23 .310 .339 .417 .755 95 250 1 20
PHA (4 yrs) 425 1818 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 79 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 2156 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 79 17 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 Awards
1917 20 NYY AL 11 42 -2 -0 0 0 -1 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.2 .466 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ O
1918 21 NYY AL 28 119 -5 -0 0 -1 -1 -7 -0.9 4 -3 -0.5 .467 .494 -0.4 -0.2 -2 $ O8/79
1919 22 NYY AL 11 18 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .489 .499 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ /O938
1919 22 BOS AL 48 159 -2 -0 0 -4 -1 -8 -0.8 5 -2 -0.3 .482 .495 0.1 -0.5 2 $ O8/79
1920 23 BRO NL 24 44 -1 0 0 -2 -0 -4 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .483 .498 0.0 -0.3 -0 $ O/89
1921 24 BRO NL 3 3 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /8O
1924 27 PHA AL 87 400 6 -1 0 0 -4 1 0.1 12 13 1.4 .501 .500 1.3 -0.3 13 $ O7/8
1925 28 PHA AL 138 606 6 -1 0 2 -6 1 0.1 19 20 2.0 .501 .501 1.8 -0.4 18 $ *7O
1926 29 PHA AL 116 457 -14 -1 0 0 -5 -19 -2.0 14 -5 -0.5 .483 .488 -0.5 -0.5 -5 $ *7O
1927 30 PHA AL 84 355 -5 -2 0 -2 -4 -12 -1.2 11 -1 -0.1 .486 .492 0.1 -0.5 1 $ O7/8
9 Seasons 550 2203 -19 -5 0 -7 -22 -53 -5.6 70 17 1.5 .490 .496 2.2 -2.9 24 $
PHA (4 yrs) 425 1818 -6 -5 0 0 -19 -30 -2.9 57 27 2.8 .493 .495 2.7 -1.8 27 $
NYY (3 yrs) 50 179 -9 -0 0 -1 -2 -12 -1.4 6 -6 -0.7 .472 .497 -0.6 -0.3 -5 $
BRO (2 yrs) 27 47 -1 0 0 -2 -0 -4 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .485 .499 0.0 -0.3 -0 $
BOS (1 yr) 48 159 -2 -0 0 -4 -1 -8 -0.8 5 -2 -0.3 .482 .495 0.1 -0.5 2 $

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
1917 20 NYY AL 42 32 2 1.7 80 .256 .244 .255 .244 .326 .244 .330 .488 .656 49 .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 .271 .310 .336 .329 .364 .639 .700 83 .455 -4.0 -0.4 .551 .116 .049 .0
1919 22 NYY AL 18 13 1 2.1 95 .200 .188 .276 .278 .342 .250 .371 .528 .714 48 .225 -1.0 -0.1 .538 .250 .063 .0
1919 22 BOS AL 159 111 16 3.9 91 .309 .291 .270 .314 .335 .338 .363 .652 .699 87 .478 -3.0 -0.3 .552 .101 .047 .0
1920 23 BRO NL 44 32 4 3.4 93 .279 .273 .280 .273 .334 .364 .372 .636 .706 79 .442 -1.2 -0.1 .500 .091 .091
1921 24 BRO NL 3 2 0 0.0 111 .333 .333 .304 .333 .355 .333 .419 .667 .774 73 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1924 27 PHA AL 400 265 61 6.1 113 .336 .330 .299 .361 .369 .474 .411 .835 .780 113 .604 5.1 0.5 .756 .193 .144 7.5
1925 28 PHA AL 606 387 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 4.1 114 .286 .284 .296 .315 .368 .389 .415 .704 .783 79 .440 -15.8 -1.5 .593 .146 .105 4.4
1927 30 PHA AL 355 249 43 4.6 115 .300 .299 .299 .334 .368 .426 .420 .760 .788 92 .476 -5.1 -0.5 .643 .164 .127 4.0
9 Yrs 2203 1503 282 5.0 111 .316 .310 .296 .339 .366 .417 .409 .755 .774 95 .529 -25.3 -2.7 .653 .148 .106 21.6
162 Game Avg. 649 443 83 5.0 111 .316 .310 .296 .339 .366 .417 .409 .755 .774 95 .529 -25.3 -2.7 .653 .148 .106 6
PHA (4 yrs) 1818 1225 252 5.5 116 .326 .321 .302 .350 .372 .442 .421 .792 .793 99 .551 -11.0 -1.1 .692 .159 .120 18.5
NYY (3 yrs) 179 133 10 2.0 84 .235 .228 .262 .263 .333 .251 .337 .514 .670 53 .269 -10.0 -1.2 .419 .096 .024 .0
BRO (2 yrs) 47 34 4 3.2 94 .283 .277 .282 .277 .335 .362 .375 .638 .711 79 .409 -1.3 -0.1 .500 .085 .085
BOS (1 yr) 159 111 16 3.9 91 .309 .291 .270 .314 .335 .338 .363 .652 .699 87 .478 -3.0 -0.3 .552 .101 .047 .0
AL (7 yrs) 2156 1469 278 5.1 112 .317 .311 .296 .340 .366 .418 .410 .758 .776 95 .531 -24.0 -2.6 .656 .149 .107 21.6
NL (2 yrs) 47 34 4 3.2 94 .283 .277 .282 .277 .335 .362 .375 .638 .711 79 .409 -1.3 -0.1 .500 .085 .085

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
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

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
1918 21 NYY AL 119 0.0% 1.7% 5.0% 2.5% 12% 0.33 55.0 55.0 91%
1919 22 TOT AL 177 0.0% 5.7% 4.0% 4.0% 15% 1.43 16.4 11.7 87%
1919 22 NYY AL 18 0.0% 5.6% 11.1% 5.6% 33% 0.50 16.0 83%
1919 22 BOS AL 159 0.0% 5.7% 3.1% 3.8% 14% 1.80 16.4 10.6 87%
1920 23 BRO NL 44 0.0% 2.3% 0.0% 9.1% 33% 44.0 11.0 98%
1921 24 BRO NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1924 27 PHA AL 400 1.8% 5.3% 4.5% 8.5% 28% 1.17 17.5 52.4 7.6 85%
1925 28 PHA AL 606 0.5% 2.8% 3.5% 8.3% 25% 0.81 33.4 189.3 7.4 90%
1926 29 PHA AL 457 1.1% 3.3% 3.9% 6.1% 24% 0.83 27.9 83.8 8.4 87%
1927 30 PHA AL 355 1.1% 2.8% 4.5% 8.5% 31% 0.63 32.4 81.0 6.9 87%
9 Yrs 2161 0.9% 3.6% 4.0% 7.2% 25% 0.91 26.2 107.4 8.3 90%
MLB Averages 0.9% 8.3% 8.4% 6.7% 25% 0.99 11.8 106.5 8.5 88%

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
1917 20 11 42 41 2 10 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 .244 .244 .244 .488 49 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 69 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 27 212 785 729 108 215 35 6 7 71 15 8 31 36 .295 .324 .388 .712 94 283 0 21
1925 28 350 1391 1297 193 417 74 14 10 148 17 14 52 53 .322 .348 .423 .771 100 549 0 36
1926 29 466 1848 1716 255 536 91 20 15 198 21 19 70 68 .312 .340 .415 .755 95 712 1 55
1927 30 550 2203 2040 303 633 114 23 19 245 25 27 86 78 .310 .339 .417 .755 95 850 2 69

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
1917 20 11 45 44 3 12 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 3 11
1918 21 36 155 143 18 35 4 0 0 3 3 8 3 .245 .285 .273 .557 11 28
1919 22 68 210 194 25 57 7 1 0 18 5 9 12 .294 .325 .340 .665 22 59
1920 23 25 48 48 6 14 5 0 0 5 0 0 1 .292 .292 .396 .687 5 24
1921 24 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1924 27 92 405 376 63 117 21 5 7 44 8 17 22 .311 .341 .449 .790 58 87
1925 28 145 605 570 71 185 36 7 3 64 2 19 18 .325 .346 .428 .774 84 138
1926 29 122 471 432 57 116 17 6 5 46 4 18 16 .269 .299 .370 .670 47 116
1927 30 88 360 329 43 92 22 3 4 42 4 15 10 .280 .313 .401 .714 41 84
9 Yrs 590 2302 2139 286 628 112 22 19 226 27 86 84 .294 .322 .393 .715 271 550
162 Game Avg. 162 632 587 79 172 31 6 5 62 7 24 23 .294 .322 .393 .715 74 550

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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (837), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (993), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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