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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

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

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	LF-CF-RF
1917	NYY	AL	20	OF	11	27	26	1	0	0	1.000	2.45	.967	2.14	10-1-0
1918	NYY	AL	21	OF	27	69	58	3	8	2	.884	2.26	.965	2.17	8-17-2
1919	TOT	AL	22	OF	39	81	68	7	6	1	.926	1.92	.959	2.16	6-30-3
1919	NYY	AL	22	OF	3	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.33	.950	2.17	0-1-2
1919	NYY	AL	22	1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	1.000	10.40
1919	BOS	AL	22	OF	36	77	64	7	6	1	.922	1.97	.960	2.16	6-29-1
1920	BRO	NL	23	OF	12	13	12	1	0	0	1.000	1.08	.962	2.21	0-6-6
1921	BRO	NL	24	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.20	0-1-0
1924	PHA	AL	27	OF	87	206	187	13	6	4	.971	2.30	.970	2.27	87-0-0
1925	PHA	AL	28	OF	131	316	283	18	15	4	.953	2.30	.966	2.27	131-0-0
1926	PHA	AL	29	OF	107	219	199	10	10	2	.954	1.95	.966	2.23	107-0-0
1927	PHA	AL	30	OF	79	165	148	9	8	1	.952	1.99	.964	2.22	76-3-0
9 Seasons				OF	494	1096	981	62	53	14	.952	2.11	.966	2.23	425-58-11
1 Season				1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	1.000	10.40
9 Seasons				TOT	495	1097	982	62	53	14	.952	2.11	.918	2.25	425-58-11

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--33.412--8th 1926 AL--27.933--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 - 5 (1625), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 19 (805), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 16 (916), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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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

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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Uniforms

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Gray Ink	Batting - 5 (1625), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 19 (805), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 16 (916), Average HOFer ≈ 50