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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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
1915	18	-min	D	77	302	302		92	13	4	1						.305	.305	.384	.689		116			FDK · BLRI
1916	19	-min	AA	125	492	492		152	19	5	2						.309	.309	.380	.689		187			BLT · IL
1917	20	-min	AA	106	411	411		119	19	6	0						.290	.290	.365	.655		150			BLT · IL
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	-min	AA	36	128	128		37	3	4	1						.289	.289	.398	.688		51			TOL · AA
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	-min	AA	44	179	179		66	9	4	3						.369	.369	.514	.883		92			ROC · IL
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	-min	AA	89	361	361		114	17	7	4						.316	.316	.435	.751		157			LOU · AA
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	-min	AA	74	247	247		86	16	3	6						.348	.348	.510	.858		126			TOL · AA
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	-min	AA	65	269	269		96	12	8	2						.357	.357	.483	.840		130			TOL · AA
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	O7/8
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	*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
1928	31	-min	AA	85	328	328		89	16	1	7						.271	.271	.390	.662		128			NWK · IL
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

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
1917	20	NYY	AL	42	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	O
1918	21	NYY	AL	119	-5	0	0	0	-1	-1	4	-3	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$	O
1919	22	NYY	AL	18	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/O938
1919	22	BOS	AL	159	-1	0	0	0	-4	-1	5	-1	-0.1	3	0.3	-0.4	$	O8/79
1920	23	BRO	NL	44	-1	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$	O/89
1921	24	BRO	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/8O

1924	27	PHA	AL	396	5	1	0	0	0	-4	12	14	1.4	14	1.4	0.0	$	O7/8
1925	28	PHA	AL	604	2	-1	0	0	2	-6	19	16	1.6	14	1.3	0.3	$	*7O
1926	29	PHA	AL	457	-14	1	0	0	0	-5	15	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	*7O
1927	30	PHA	AL	355	-6	-2	0	0	-2	-4	11	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$	O7/8
9 Seasons				2197	-23	-1	0	0	-7	-22	69	16	1.4	23	2.2	-0.8	$

PHA (4 yrs)				1812	-13	-1	0	0	0	-19	57	24	2.4	24	2.3	0.1	$
NYY (3 yrs)				179	-8	0	0	0	-1	-2	6	-5	-0.7	-4	-0.4	-0.3	$
BRO (2 yrs)				47	-1	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$
BOS (1 yr)				159	-1	0	0	0	-4	-1	5	-1	-0.1	3	0.3	-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
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

Standard Fielding

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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
1917	NYY	AL	20	OF	11				27	26	1	0	0	1.000		2.45	.967		2.22	10-1-0
1918	NYY	AL	21	OF	27				69	58	3	8	2	.884		2.26	.962		2.26	8-17-2
1919	TOT	AL	22	OF	39	34	33		81	68	7	6	1	.926		1.92	.958		2.26
1919	TOT	AL	22	CF	29	27	27		65	53	6	6	1	.908		2.03	.961		2.64
1919	TOT	AL	22	RF	5	3	3		7	7	0	0	0	1.000		1.40	.950		1.94
1919	NYY	AL	22	OF	3	1	1		4	4	0	0	0	1.000		1.33	.958		2.27
1919	NYY	AL	22	RF	2	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		1.50	.950		1.95
1919	NYY	AL	22	1B	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.990		10.70
1919	NYY	AL	22	CF	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.960		2.60
1919	BOS	AL	22	OF	36	33	32		77	64	7	6	1	.922		1.97	.958		2.26
1919	BOS	AL	22	CF	28	27	27		64	52	6	6	1	.906		2.07	.961		2.64
1919	BOS	AL	22	LF	5	4	3		6	5	1	0	0	1.000		1.20	.962		2.20
1919	BOS	AL	22	RF	3	2	2		4	4	0	0	0	1.000		1.33	.950		1.93
1920	BRO	NL	23	OF	12	7	5		13	12	1	0	0	1.000		1.08	.964		2.34
1920	BRO	NL	23	CF	6	2	2		8	7	1	0	0	1.000		1.33	.962		2.75
1920	BRO	NL	23	RF	6	5	3		5	5	0	0	0	1.000		0.83	.960		2.08
1921	BRO	NL	24	CF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.80
1921	BRO	NL	24	OF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.40
1924	PHA	AL	27	OF	87	87	87		206	187	13	6	4	.971		2.30	.970		2.39
1924	PHA	AL	27	LF	84	84	84		197	179	13	5	3	.975		2.29	.964		2.34
1924	PHA	AL	27	CF	3	3	3		6	5	0	1	0	.833		1.67	.975		2.80
1925	PHA	AL	28	LF	131	131	125		316	283	18	15	3	.953		2.30	.958		2.33
1925	PHA	AL	28	OF	131	131	125		316	283	18	15	4	.953		2.30	.965		2.43
1926	PHA	AL	29	LF	107	103	95		219	199	10	10	2	.954		1.95	.965		2.30
1926	PHA	AL	29	OF	107	103	95		219	199	10	10	2	.954		1.95	.966		2.34
1927	PHA	AL	30	OF	79	75	74		165	148	9	8	1	.952		1.99	.964		2.35
1927	PHA	AL	30	LF	76	73	72		157	143	7	7	1	.955		1.97	.967		2.38
1927	PHA	AL	30	CF	3	2	2		8	5	2	1	0	.875		2.33	.966		2.70
	9 Seasons			OF	494	437	419		1096	981	62	53	14	.952		2.11	.965		2.36	421-60-13
	5 Seasons (incomplete)			LF	403	395	379		895	809	49	37	9	.959		2.13	.963		2.33
	5 Seasons (incomplete)			CF	42	34	34		87	70	9	8	1	.908		1.88	.963		2.67
	2 Seasons (incomplete)			RF	11	8	6		12	12	0	0	0	1.000		1.09	.954		2.02
	1 Season			1B	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.990		10.70
	9 Seasons			TOT	495	437	419		1097	982	62	53	14	.952		2.11	.965		2.38	421-60-13
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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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)	Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y Career 37 (87th)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1925 AL 18 (4th)
Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1925 AL 15 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1924 AL 2.29 (5th) 1925 AL 2.30 (5th)	Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y 1924 AL .975 (2nd) 1926 AL .954 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1917 AL born 1897-03-21 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 9 (1457), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 19 (834), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 16 (994), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Sam Rice (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Transactions

August 14, 1917: Purchased by the New York Yankees from Baltimore (International).
June 13, 1919: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the New York Yankees.
March, 1920: Purchased by the Brooklyn Robins from the Boston Red Sox.
June 28, 1924: Traded by Toledo (American Association) to the Philadelphia Athletics for Rollie Naylor and Paul Strand.

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