Ken Lehman
Kenneth Karl Lehman
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 186 lb.

Born: June 10, 1928 in Seattle, WA
High School: Kirkland (Kirkland, WA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1952
Final Game: September 30, 1961
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1952 24 BRO NL 1 2 .333 5.28 4 3 1 0 0 0 15.1 19 11 9 1 6 7 0 0 0 70 69 1.630 11.2 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.17
1956 28 BRO NL 2 3 .400 5.66 25 4 5 0 0 0 49.1 65 35 31 11 23 2 29 0 0 1 231 71 1.784 11.9 2.0 4.2 5.3 1.26
1957 29 TOT MLB 8 3 .727 2.52 33 3 19 1 0 6 75.0 64 21 21 1 23 2 35 0 0 4 303 143 1.160 7.7 0.1 2.8 4.2 1.52
1957 29 BRO NL 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 28 1.143 9.0 0.0 1.3 3.9 3.00
1957 29 BAL AL 8 3 .727 2.78 30 3 18 1 0 6 68.0 57 21 21 1 22 2 32 0 0 4 275 128 1.162 7.5 0.1 2.9 4.2 1.45
1958 30 BAL AL 2 1 .667 3.48 31 1 16 1 0 0 62.0 64 26 24 5 18 4 36 2 0 1 263 103 1.323 9.3 0.7 2.6 5.2 2.00
1961 33 PHI NL 1 1 .500 4.26 41 2 18 0 0 1 63.1 61 32 30 6 25 8 27 1 0 2 269 96 1.358 8.7 0.9 3.6 3.8 1.08
5 Seasons 14 10 .583 3.91 134 13 59 2 0 7 265.0 273 125 115 24 95 16 134 3 0 8 1136 97 1.389 9.3 0.8 3.2 4.6 1.41
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .583 3.91 62 6 27 1 0 3 123 126 58 53 11 44 62 1 0 4 525 97 1.389 9.3 0.8 3.2 4.6 1.41
BRO (3 yrs) 3 5 .375 5.02 32 7 7 0 0 0 71.2 91 46 40 12 30 2 39 0 0 1 329 79 1.688 11.4 1.5 3.8 4.9 1.30
BAL (2 yrs) 10 4 .714 3.12 61 4 34 2 0 6 130.0 121 47 45 6 40 6 68 2 0 5 538 115 1.238 8.4 0.4 2.8 4.7 1.70
PHI (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.26 41 2 18 0 0 1 63.1 61 32 30 6 25 8 27 1 0 2 269 96 1.358 8.7 0.9 3.6 3.8 1.08
NL (4 yrs) 4 6 .400 4.67 73 9 25 0 0 1 135.0 152 78 70 18 55 10 66 1 0 3 598 86 1.533 10.1 1.2 3.7 4.4 1.20
AL (2 yrs) 10 4 .714 3.12 61 4 34 2 0 6 130.0 121 47 45 6 40 6 68 2 0 5 538 115 1.238 8.4 0.4 2.8 4.7 1.70

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1952 24 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1956 28 BRO NL 25 231 200 35 65 12 3 11 5 2 23 29 .325 .389 .580 .969 .331 116 2 0 5 3 2
1957 29 BAL AL 30 275 246 21 57 15 0 1 0 3 22 32 .232 .294 .305 .599 .262 75 8 0 6 1 2
1957 29 BRO NL 3 28 27 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .259 .286 .407 .693 .292 11 0 0 0 0 0
1957 29 TOT MLB 33 303 273 21 64 19 0 1 0 3 23 35 .234 .293 .315 .608 .265 86 8 0 6 1 2
1958 30 BAL AL 31 264 232 26 64 14 3 5 0 1 18 36 .276 .324 .427 .751 .298 99 5 2 5 7 4
1961 33 PHI NL 41 269 235 32 61 16 1 6 2 1 25 27 .260 .331 .413 .744 .270 97 7 1 6 2 8
4 Seasons 130 1067 940 114 254 61 7 23 7 7 89 127 .270 .331 .423 .755 .288 398 22 3 22 13 16
162 Game Avg. 63 518 457 55 123 30 3 11 3 3 43 62 .270 .331 .423 .755 .288 193 11 1 11 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1956 28 BRO NL 25 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 0 0% 46 48 44 17 6 3 1 2.8 3.5 4.8
1957 29 TOT MLB 33 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 1 33% 79 22 13 5 2 0 2.0 1.4 6.7
1957 29 BAL AL 30 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 1 33% 49 79 22 11 5 2 0 2.0 1.4 6.7
1958 30 BAL AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 63 63 63 8 2 1 0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1961 33 PHI NL 41 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42 43 41 3 2 1 0 3.3 0.0 3.0
4 Seasons 127 10 1 6 3 1 2 2 8 .200 0 1 2 0 2 20% 48 79 22 39 15 7 1 2.4 1.8 5.4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1956 28 BRO NL 25 21 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 16 7 44% 7 0.684 4 5 12 2 1 18 9 12 9 8 11 3 4.3
1957 29 TOT MLB 33 30 19 7 1 8 6 2 75% 9 0 26 7 27% 1.167 13 7 10 10 6 14 18 12 17 5 18 4 5.5
1957 29 BRO NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 2 0.439 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 7.3
1957 29 BAL AL 30 27 18 7 1 8 6 2 75% 9 0 22 4 18% 8 1.241 13 6 8 10 6 11 16 11 16 5 16 4 5.3
1958 30 BAL AL 31 30 16 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 7 44% 7 0.586 3 11 16 4 2 24 11 19 15 6 15 4 5.3
1961 33 PHI NL 41 39 18 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 29 12 41% 8 0.386 4 6 27 1 2 36 16 23 19 9 19 6 4.4
4 Seasons 130 120 58 12 2 9 7 2 78% 13 2 87 33 38% 0.722 24 29 65 17 11 92 54 66 60 28 63 17 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1952 24 BRO NL
1956 28 BRO NL 231 70% 4.8% 12.6% 10.0% 11.3% 40% 1.23 71% 55 2 4%
1957 29 TOT MLB 303 75% 0.3% 11.6% 7.6% 6.6% 31% 0.97 79% 70 8 11%
1957 29 BRO NL 28 57% 0.0% 10.7% 3.6% 14.3% 57% 1.00 86% 2 0 0%
1957 29 BAL AL 275 77% 0.4% 11.6% 8.0% 5.8% 28% 0.96 78% 68 8 12%
1958 30 BAL AL 264 64% 1.9% 13.6% 6.8% 8.3% 34% 1.27 75% 45 5 11%
1961 33 PHI NL 269 62% 2.2% 10.0% 9.3% 8.6% 38% 1.17 76% 48 7 15%
5 Seasons 1067 68% 2.3% 12.6% 8.9% 8.5% 33% 1.14 75% 218 22 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1952 24 BRO NL 19 1 0
1956 28 BRO NL 231 65 11 0 2 10 1 3 8 16 11 0 69% 3 1 0 93 5 2 71% 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1957 29 TOT MLB 303 64 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 21 9 5 43% 4 4 0 121 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1957 29 BRO NL 28 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 29 BAL AL 275 57 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 18 7 5 39% 4 4 0 113 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1958 30 BAL AL 264 64 5 0 7 3 2 3 2 26 15 1 58% 3 1 1 91 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 0
1961 33 PHI NL 269 61 6 0 14 5 1 2 4 17 8 2 47% 3 2 1 101 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
5 Seasons 1067 273 24 0 31 19 4 9 14 80 43 8 54% 13 8 2 406 7 7 50% 5 6 2 1 0 0 4 0 25 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1952 24 1 2 .333 5.28 4 3 1 0 0 0 15.1 19 11 9 1 6 7 0 0 0 70 69 1.630 11.2 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.17 69
1953 25 1 2 .333 5.28 4 3 1 0 0 0 15.1 19 11 9 1 6 7 0 0 0 70 69 1.630 11.2 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.17 69
1954 26 1 2 .333 5.28 4 3 1 0 0 0 15.1 19 11 9 1 6 7 0 0 0 70 69 1.630 11.2 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.17 69
1955 27 1 2 .333 5.28 4 3 1 0 0 0 15.1 19 11 9 1 6 7 0 0 0 70 69 1.630 11.2 0.6 3.5 4.1 1.17 69
1956 28 3 5 .375 5.57 29 7 6 0 0 0 64.2 84 46 40 12 29 2 36 0 0 1 301 71 1.747 11.7 1.7 4.0 5.0 1.24 71
1957 29 11 8 .579 3.93 62 10 25 1 0 6 139.2 148 67 61 13 52 4 71 0 0 5 604 96 1.432 9.5 0.8 3.4 4.6 1.37 96
1958 30 13 9 .591 3.79 93 11 41 2 0 6 201.2 212 93 85 18 70 8 107 2 0 6 867 98 1.398 9.5 0.8 3.1 4.8 1.53 98
1959 31 13 9 .591 3.79 93 11 41 2 0 6 201.2 212 93 85 18 70 8 107 2 0 6 867 98 1.398 9.5 0.8 3.1 4.8 1.53 98
1960 32 13 9 .591 3.79 93 11 41 2 0 6 201.2 212 93 85 18 70 8 107 2 0 6 867 98 1.398 9.5 0.8 3.1 4.8 1.53 98
1961 33 14 10 .583 3.91 134 13 59 2 0 7 265.0 273 125 115 24 95 16 134 3 0 8 1136 97 1.389 9.3 0.8 3.2 4.6 1.41 97

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1952 24 0 1 .000 5.62 16.0 20 11 10 1 6 7 0 1.625 11.3 3.4 3.9 1.17 0.6 4
1956 28 2 3 .400 5.76 50.0 68 36 32 12 24 29 0 1.840 12.2 4.3 5.2 1.21 2.2 25
1957 29 5 3 .625 2.88 75.0 70 27 24 1 25 35 0 1.267 8.4 3.0 4.2 1.40 0.1 33
1958 30 3 3 .500 4.13 61.0 71 31 28 6 20 35 2 1.492 10.5 3.0 5.2 1.75 0.9 31
1961 33 3 4 .429 4.22 64.0 63 33 30 6 26 27 1 1.391 8.9 3.7 3.8 1.04 0.8 41
5 Seasons 13 14 .481 4.20 266.0 292 138 124 26 101 133 3 1.477 9.9 4.5 1.32 0.9 134

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1957 AL  6 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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