Ken Lehman

Kenneth Karl Lehman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 10, 1928 in Seattle, WA
High School: Kirkland HS (Kirland, WA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1952
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Phillies/Dodgers 1952-1961

Final Game: September 30, 1961
Died: December 4, 2010 in Sedro-Woolley, WA
Cremated
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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
1947	19	LAD-min	D,C	37	79	79		19	0	0	0						.241	.241	.241	.481		19							VDS,SNB · GAFL,CALL
1948	20	LAD-min	C	58	117	117		45	5	2	0						.385	.385	.462	.846		54							IDF · PION
1949	21	LAD-min	A	59	116	116		34	9	0	0						.293	.293	.371	.664		43							PBO · WL
1950	22	LAD-min	AAA	33	55	49	4	7	0	0	1	6	0		5	6	.143	.222	.204	.426		10		0	1				HOL · PCL
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952	24	LAD-min	AAA	5	8	8		3									.375	.375											STP · AA
1952	24	BRO	NL	4	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-1	0	0	0	0			/1

1953	25	LAD-min	AAA	31	72	69	5	17	5	0	0	12	0		2	4	.246	.268	.319	.586		22		0	1				MTL · IL
1954	26	LAD-min	AAA	36	83	76	5	14	0	2	1	8	0		5	8	.184	.235	.276	.511		21		0	2	0			MTL · IL
1955	27	LAD-min	AAA	38	106	96	9	26	2	1	2	9	0		10	10	.271	.340	.375	.715		36		0	0	0			MTL · IL
1956	28	BRO	NL	25	10	10	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	80	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	29	TOT	MLB	36	27	22	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.227	.333	.273	.606	72	6	1	0	0	1	0	1
1957	29	BRO	NL	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	161	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	29	BAL	AL	33	25	20	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.200	.320	.250	.570	63	5	1	0	0	1	0	1
1958	30	BAL	AL	31	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.071	.071	.071	.143	-59	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

1959	31	PHI-min	AAA	57	94	93	10	26	3	0	4	14	0		1	19	.280	.287	.441	.728		41		0	0	0	0		BFL · IL
1960	32	PHI-min	AAA	49	86	78	4	14	1	0	1	5	0	0	7	16	.179	.244	.231	.475		18		0	0	1			BFL · IL
1961	33	PHI	NL	42	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	34	CLE-PHI-min	AAA	35	50	43	6	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	10	.233	.327	.233	.559		10		0	1	0			JCK,BFL · IL
5 Yrs				138	63	56	5	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	6	7	.161	.238	.196	.435	21	11	1	0	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	74	66	6	11	2	0	0	6	0	0	7	8	.161	.238	.196	.435	21	13	1	0	0

BRO (3 yrs)				32	18	16	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	.250	.333	.313	.646	72	5	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (2 yrs)				64	39	34	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	6	.147	.231	.176	.407	17	6	1	0	0	1	0
PHI (1 yr)				42	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				74	24	22	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	.182	.250	.227	.477	28	5	0	0	0	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				64	39	34	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	6	.147	.231	.176	.407	17	6	1	0	0	1	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
1952	24	BRO	NL	4	6	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.511	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/1

1956	28	BRO	NL	25	10	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1957	29	BRO	NL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.521	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1957	29	BAL	AL	33	25	-0	0	-0	0	3	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	-0.0	3	$	1
1958	30	BAL	AL	31	14	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1

1961	33	PHI	NL	42	6	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
5 Seasons				138	63	-5	1	0	0	7	3	0.3	2	5	0.3	.502	.500	0.3	-0.1	5	$

BRO (3 yrs)				32	18	-1	1	0	0	2	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.507	.500	0.2	-0.0	3	$
BAL (2 yrs)				64	39	-3	0	0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.0	2	$
PHI (1 yr)				42	6	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1952	24	BRO	NL	6	4	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.264	.333	.337	.000	.392	.333	.730	-1	.000	-0.4	-0.1	.500	.500	.000

1956	28	BRO	NL	10	7	1	3.8	111	.300	.300	.274	.300	.342	.400	.433	.700	.776	80	.429	-0.3	-0.0	.571	.100	.100
1957	29	TOT	MLB	27	19	3	4.3	95	.250	.227	.257	.333	.327	.273	.389	.606	.716	72	.486	-0.5	-0.0	.556	.227	.045
1957	29	BRO	NL	2	1	1	27.2	111	.500	.500	.279	.500	.344	.500	.432	1.000	.776	161	.962	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1957	29	BAL	AL	25	18	2	3.0	93	.222	.200	.255	.320	.326	.250	.385	.570	.710	63	.333	-0.6	-0.1	.529	.250	.050
1958	30	BAL	AL	14	13	0	0.0	93	.091	.071	.254	.071	.322	.071	.387	.143	.709	-59	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.077	.000	.000

1961	33	PHI	NL	6	6	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.266	.000	.333	.000	.415	.000	.748	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				63	49	4	2.2	98	.180	.161	.261	.238	.330	.196	.399	.435	.729	21	.218	-5.9	-0.6	.354	.143	.036
162 Game Avg.				74	58	5	2.2	98	.180	.161	.261	.238	.330	.196	.399	.435	.729	21	.218	-5.9	-0.6	.354	.143	.036

BRO (3 yrs)				18	12	2	4.5	107	.250	.250	.272	.333	.341	.313	.423	.646	.764	72	.509	-0.6	-0.1	.583	.188	.063
BAL (2 yrs)				39	31	2	1.7	93	.172	.147	.255	.231	.324	.176	.386	.407	.710	17	.157	-3.6	-0.4	.333	.147	.029
PHI (1 yr)				6	6	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.266	.000	.333	.000	.415	.000	.748	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

NL (4 yrs)				24	18	2	3.0	106	.190	.182	.271	.250	.339	.227	.421	.477	.760	28	.323	-2.3	-0.2	.389	.136	.045
AL (2 yrs)				39	31	2	1.7	93	.172	.147	.255	.231	.324	.176	.386	.407	.710	17	.157	-3.6	-0.4	.333	.147	.029

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
1952	24	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	GO/AO	IP%
1952	24	BRO	NL	6	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%		0.00					67%

1956	28	BRO	NL	10	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	10.0%	33%				3.3	6.00	100%
1957	29	TOT	MLB	27	0.0%	11.1%	14.8%	3.7%	20%	0.75	7.3		11.0	0.88	74%
1957	29	BRO	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
1957	29	BAL	AL	25	0.0%	12.0%	16.0%	4.0%	25%	0.75	6.7		10.0	0.75	72%
1958	30	BAL	AL	14	0.0%	21.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.7			1.50	79%

1961	33	PHI	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%			6.0			3.00	83%
5 Yrs				63	0.0%	11.1%	9.5%	3.2%	22%	1.17	8.0		11.2	1.86	79%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.2%	9.1%	6.6%	29%	1.35	7.3	39.2	8.3	1.00	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1952	24	BRO	NL	-0.4	-0.1	6	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.77	-0.1	0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.96	-0.5		0

1956	28	BRO	NL	-0.3	-0.0	10	0.1	0.3	-0.1	1.07	-0.0	0.2	1.1	0.1	0.93	-0.1		0
1957	29	TOT	MLB	-0.5	-0.0	27	-0.2	0.7	-0.9	1.38	-0.0	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.96	0.3	1.75	3
1957	29	BRO	NL	0.2	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.41	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.50	0.2		0
1957	29	BAL	AL	-0.6	-0.1	25	-0.2	0.6	-0.8	1.46	-0.0	-0.1	-0.9	-0.1	1.00	0.1	1.75	3
1958	30	BAL	AL	-3.0	-0.3	14	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.70	-0.3	-0.0	-2.7	-0.3	0.84	-3.1		0

1961	33	PHI	NL	-1.7	-0.2	6	0.1	0.2	-0.1	1.39	-0.1	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.81	-0.7	2.17	1
5 Yrs				-5.9	-0.6	63	-0.1	1.3	-1.4	1.12	-0.4	0.3	-2.3	-0.3	0.92	-4.1	1.85	4

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
1952	24	BRO	NL	0	0	50%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1956	28	BRO	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	29	TOT	MLB	1	0	33%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1957	29	BRO	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	29	BAL	AL	1	0	38%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1958	30	BAL	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1961	33	PHI	NL	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				2	0	33%	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	60%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2

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
1952	24	BRO	NL	6	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1956	28	BRO	NL	10	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	7	3	43%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1957	29	TOT	MLB	27	96%	5			3	0	0	0	1.75	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	5	2	40%	14	2	14%	2	1	50%	2	2	100%	0
1957	29	BRO	NL	2	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1957	29	BAL	AL	25	96%	4			3	0	0	0	1.75	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	5	2	40%	14	2	14%	2	1	50%	2	2	100%	0
1958	30	BAL	AL	14	86%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1961	33	PHI	NL	6	67%	0			1	0	0	0	2.17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				63	92%	9			4	0	0	0	1.85	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	1	13%	9	2	22%	33	6	18%	3	1	33%	3	3	100%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			79%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SF	IBB
1952	24	4	6	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-1	0	0
1953	25	4	6	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-1	0	0
1954	26	4	6	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-1	0	0
1955	27	4	6	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-1	0	0
1956	28	29	16	14	1	3	1	3	2	0	.214	.313	.286	.598	60	4	0	0	0
1957	29	65	43	36	4	8	2	5	6	3	.222	.326	.278	.603	67	10	1	1	0
1958	30	96	57	50	4	9	2	5	6	6	.180	.263	.220	.483	35	11	1	1	0
1959	31	96	57	50	4	9	2	5	6	6	.180	.263	.220	.483	35	11	1	1	0
1960	32	96	57	50	4	9	2	5	6	6	.180	.263	.220	.483	35	11	1	1	0
1961	33	138	63	56	5	9	2	5	6	7	.161	.238	.196	.435	21	11	1	1	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
1952	24	4	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	4

1956	28	26	10	10	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	1	25
1957	29	38	28	23	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	4	3	.217	.321	.261	.582	2	36
1958	30	32	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31

1961	33	44	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	42
5 Yrs		144	65	58	5	8	2	0	0	5	0	6	7	.138	.215	.172	.388	3	138
162 Game Avg.		162	73	65	6	9	2	0	0	6	0	7	8	.138	.215	.172	.388	3	138

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