Buddy Lewis

John Kelly Lewis Jr.

Positions: Third Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 10, 1916 in Gaston County, NC
High School: Lowell HS (Lowell, NC)
School: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1935
Team: Senators 1935-1949

Final Game: September 30, 1949
Died: February 18, 2011 in Gastonia, NC
Cremated
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1935	WSH	AL	18	3B	6	6	6		17	5	11	1	1	.941		2.67	.947		3.05
1936	WSH	AL	19	3B	139	139	136		481	152	297	32	24	.933		3.23	.946		3.13
1937	WSH	AL	20	3B	156	156	156		468	146	293	29	32	.938		2.81	.946		3.15	MVP-16
1938	WSH	AL	21	3B	151	151	151		537	161	329	47	32	.912		3.25	.941		3.14	AS,MVP-24
1939	WSH	AL	22	3B	134	134	132		480	122	326	32	31	.933		3.34	.943		3.15
1940	WSH	AL	23	OF	112	111	109		226	206	11	9	1	.960		1.94	.970		2.40
1940	WSH	AL	23	RF	112	111	109		225	205	11	9	1	.960		1.93	.970		2.09
1940	WSH	AL	23	3B	36	36	36		120	42	72	6	11	.950		3.17	.937		3.21
1941	WSH	AL	24	OF	96	94	94		252	229	16	7	3	.972		2.55	.973		2.41
1941	WSH	AL	24	RF	96	94	94		252	229	16	7	3	.972		2.55	.969		2.14
1941	WSH	AL	24	3B	49	49	47		155	51	87	17	10	.890		2.82	.947		3.28
1945	WSH	AL	28	OF	69	69	65		162	151	8	3	3	.981		2.30	.978		2.40
1945	WSH	AL	28	RF	69	69	65		162	151	8	3	3	.981		2.30	.974		2.15
1946	WSH	AL	29	OF	145	145	141		330	304	16	10	5	.970		2.21	.977		2.36
1946	WSH	AL	29	RF	137	137	134		315	290	16	9	5	.971		2.23	.972		2.10
1946	WSH	AL	29	LF	8	8	7		15	14	0	1	0	.933		1.75	.974		2.24
1946	WSH	AL	29	CF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.70
1947	WSH	AL	30	OF	130	129	125		279	259	11	9	2	.968		2.08	.979		2.47	AS
1947	WSH	AL	30	RF	130	129	125		279	259	11	9	2	.968		2.08	.977		2.11	AS
1949	WSH	AL	32	OF	67	62	53		143	136	4	3	1	.979		2.09	.980		2.44
1949	WSH	AL	32	RF	67	62	53		144	137	4	3	1	.979		2.10	.978		2.09
	7 Seasons			3B	671	671	664		2258	679	1415	164	141	.927		3.12	.944		3.16
	6 Seasons			OF	619	610	587		1392	1285	66	41	15	.971		2.18	.976		2.41
	6 Seasons			RF	611	602	580		1377	1271	66	40	15	.971		2.19	.973		2.11
	1 Season			LF	8	8	7		15	14	0	1	0	.933		1.75	.974		2.24
	1 Season			CF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.70
	11 Seasons			TOT	1290	1281	1251		3650	1964	1481	205	156	.944		2.67	.956		2.80
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos
1935	WSH	AL	18	3B
1936	WSH	AL	19	3B
1937	WSH	AL	20	3B
1938	WSH	AL	21	3B
1939	WSH	AL	22	3B
1940	WSH	AL	23	RF
1940	WSH	AL	23	3B
1941	WSH	AL	24	RF
1941	WSH	AL	24	3B
1945	WSH	AL	28	RF
1946	WSH	AL	29	RF
1946	WSH	AL	29	LF
1946	WSH	AL	29	CF
1947	WSH	AL	30	RF
1949	WSH	AL	32	RF
	7 Seasons			3B
	6 Seasons			RF
	1 Season			LF
	1 Season			CF
	11 Seasons			TOT

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1935	WSH	AL	18	8	6	8	6	6	0	0	0	0	1	1
1936	WSH	AL	19	143	139	143	139	139	0	0	0	0	2	2
1937	WSH	AL	20	156	156	156	156	156	0	0	0	0	0	0
1938	WSH	AL	21	151	151	151	151	151	0	0	0	0	0	0
1939	WSH	AL	22	140	134	140	134	134	0	0	0	0	6	0
1940	WSH	AL	23	148	147	148	148	36	0	0	112	112	0	0
1941	WSH	AL	24	149	143	149	144	49	0	0	96	96	5	0
1945	WSH	AL	28	69	69	69	69	0	0	0	69	69	0	0
1946	WSH	AL	29	150	145	150	145	0	8	1	137	145	5	0
1947	WSH	AL	30	140	129	140	130	0	0	0	130	130	11	0
1949	WSH	AL	32	95	62	95	67	0	0	0	67	67	31	0
	11 Seasons			1349	1281	1349	1289	671	8	1	611	619	61	3

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1949	WSH	AL	32	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	37	11	0	14	3	0	8	3	0	7	0	0	13	7	0	79	24	30.4%	53	0	0.0%	3	2271	59%	83%	29%	257	51%
	1 Season			3	0	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	37	11	0	14	3	0	8	3	0	7	0	0	13	7	0	79	24	30.4%	53	0	0.0%	3	2271	59%	83%	29%	257	51%
	MLB Averages																														43.5%			2.9%			61%	82%	31%		52%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1938 (3B) 1947 (RF)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1937 AL (16, 9%) 1938 AL (24, 1%) 0.10 Career Shares (916th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1936 AL 32 (5th) 1938 AL 47 (1st) 1939 AL 32 (5th)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1936 AL 139 (5th) 1937 AL 156 (1st) 1938 AL 151 (1st) 1939 AL 134 (5th)
Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1936 AL 152 (5th) 1937 AL 146 (4th) 1938 AL 161 (3rd)	Assists as 3B s c a p y 1936 AL 297 (3rd) 1937 AL 293 (3rd) 1938 AL 329 (1st) 1939 AL 326 (2nd)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1936 AL 32 (1st) 1937 AL 29 (2nd) 1938 AL 47 (1st) 1939 AL 32 (3rd)	Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1940 AL 112 (3rd) 1946 AL 137 (1st) 1947 AL 130 (1st)
Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1940 AL 205 (3rd) 1941 AL 229 (4th) 1946 AL 290 (1st) 1947 AL 259 (2nd)	Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1940 AL 11 (1st) 1941 AL 16 (1st) 1946 AL 16 (1st) 1947 AL 11 (1st) Career 66 (86th)	Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1940 AL 9 (2nd) 1941 AL 7 (4th) 1946 AL 9 (1st) 1947 AL 9 (1st) Career 40 (87th)	Def. Games as OF s c a p y 1946 AL 145 (4th)
Assists as OF s c a p y 1941 AL 16 (5th) 1946 AL 16 (1st) 1947 AL 11 (5th)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1946 AL 10 (3rd) 1947 AL 9 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1936 AL 3.23 (2nd) 1938 AL 3.25 (1st) 1939 AL 3.34 (2nd) Career 3.12 (58th)	Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1940 AL 1.93 (5th) 1941 AL 2.55 (1st) 1946 AL 2.23 (1st) 1947 AL 2.08 (3rd) Career 2.19 (14th)
Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1940 AL .960 (5th) 1946 AL .971 (4th)	Youngest s c a p y 1935 AL born 1916-08-10 (2nd) 1936 AL born 1916-08-10 (3rd) 1937 AL born 1916-08-10 (7th)

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