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Buddy Lewis
John Kelly Lewis
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 10, 1916 in Gastonia, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1935
Final Game: September 30, 1949
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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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1935 18 WSH AL 8 28 28 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .107 .107 .107 .214 -44 3 0 0 /5
1936 19 WSH AL 143 657 601 100 175 21 13 6 67 6 6 47 46 .291 .347 .399 .746 88 240 4 5 *5
1937 20 WSH AL 156 733 668 107 210 32 6 10 79 11 5 52 44 .314 .367 .425 .792 102 284 3 10 *5 MVP-16
1938 21 WSH AL 151 724 656 122 194 35 9 12 91 17 9 58 35 .296 .354 .431 .785 102 283 1 9 *5 AS,MVP-24
1939 22 WSH AL 140 629 536 87 171 23 16 10 75 10 9 72 27 .319 .402 .478 .879 131 256 7 2 19 *5
1940 23 WSH AL 148 679 600 101 190 38 10 6 63 15 10 74 36 .317 .393 .443 .836 122 266 10 1 4 *O5
1941 24 WSH AL 149 653 569 97 169 29 11 9 72 10 7 82 30 .297 .386 .434 .820 121 247 14 0 2 O5
1945 28 WSH AL 69 306 258 42 86 14 7 2 37 1 2 37 15 .333 .423 .465 .888 167 120 5 3 8 O
1946 29 WSH AL 150 656 582 82 170 28 13 7 45 5 3 59 26 .292 .359 .421 .780 123 245 10 2 13 *O
1947 30 WSH AL 140 568 506 67 132 15 4 6 48 6 6 51 27 .261 .330 .342 .672 89 173 17 1 10 *O AS
1949 32 WSH AL 95 304 257 25 63 14 4 3 28 2 2 41 12 .245 .355 .366 .721 93 94 6 3 3 O
11 Seasons 1349 5937 5261 830 1563 249 93 71 607 83 59 573 303 .297 .368 .420 .789 110 2211 69 20 83
162 Game Avg. 162 713 632 100 188 30 11 9 73 10 7 69 36 .297 .368 .420 .789 110 266 2 10

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1935 WSH AL 18 3B 6 17 5 11 1 1 .941 2.67 .947 2.93
1936 WSH AL 19 3B 139 481 152 297 32 24 .933 3.23 .947 3.02
1937 WSH AL 20 3B 156 468 146 293 29 32 .938 2.81 .946 3.07 MVP-16
1938 WSH AL 21 3B 151 537 161 329 47 32 .912 3.25 .943 3.07 AS,MVP-24
1939 WSH AL 22 3B 134 480 122 326 32 31 .933 3.34 .944 3.03
1940 WSH AL 23 OF 112 226 206 11 9 1 .960 1.94 .970 2.32 0-0-112
1940 WSH AL 23 3B 36 120 42 72 6 11 .950 3.17 .936 3.12
1941 WSH AL 24 OF 96 252 229 16 7 3 .972 2.55 .973 2.33 0-0-96
1941 WSH AL 24 3B 49 155 51 87 17 10 .890 2.82 .950 3.19
1945 WSH AL 28 OF 69 162 151 8 3 3 .981 2.30 .978 2.27 0-0-69
1946 WSH AL 29 OF 145 330 304 16 10 5 .970 2.21 .977 2.24 8-1-137
1947 WSH AL 30 OF 130 279 259 11 9 2 .968 2.08 .979 2.35 0-0-130 AS
1949 WSH AL 32 OF 67 143 136 4 3 1 .979 2.09 .980 2.27 0-0-67
7 Seasons 3B 671 2258 679 1415 164 141 .927 3.12 .945 3.06
6 Seasons OF 619 1392 1285 66 41 15 .971 2.18 .976 2.30 8-1-611
11 Seasons TOT 1290 3650 1964 1481 205 156 .944 2.67 .901 2.70 8-1-611

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 (893rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1940 AL--.317--10th
Career--.297--248th

Games Played s c a p y
1937 AL--156--2nd
1938 AL--151--7th
1941 AL--149--10th
1946 AL--150--6th

At Bats s c a p y
1937 AL--668--1st
1938 AL--656--2nd
1940 AL--600--7th
1946 AL--582--5th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1937 AL--733--3rd
1938 AL--724--2nd
1940 AL--679--6th
1946 AL--656--8th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1938 AL--122--6th

Hits s c a p y
1937 AL--210--4th
1938 AL--194--7th
1940 AL--190--9th
1941 AL--169--9th
1946 AL--170--5th

Total Bases s c a p y
1946 AL--245--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1938 AL--35--9th
1940 AL--38--10th

Triples s c a p y
1936 AL--13--5th
1938 AL--9--9th
1939 AL--16--1st
1940 AL--10--9th
1941 AL--11--4th
1945 AL--7--8th
1946 AL--13--2nd
Career--93--192nd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1938 AL--17--4th
1940 AL--15--4th

Singles s c a p y
1937 AL--162--1st
1938 AL--138--6th
1940 AL--136--7th
1941 AL--120--8th
1946 AL--122--6th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1939 AL--131--10th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1939 AL--26--10th
1945 AL--23--10th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1939 AL--2.4--10th
1940 AL--2.1--9th
1945 AL--2.4--10th

Times On Base s c a p y
1940 AL--265--6th
1941 AL--251--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1936 AL--4--10th
1945 AL--3--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1937 AL--10--9th
1939 AL--19--4th
1946 AL--13--4th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1947 AL--17--7th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1938 AL--9--4th
1939 AL--9--7th
1940 AL--10--1st
1941 AL--7--9th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1938 AL--14.1--4th
1941 AL--9.5--8th

AB per SO s c a p y
1939 AL--19.852--7th
1941 AL--18.967--9th
1946 AL--22.385--5th
1947 AL--18.741--8th
Career--17.360--160th

Outs Made s c a p y
1936 AL--437--10th
1937 AL--473--2nd
1938 AL--480--2nd
1946 AL--438--7th

Youngest s c a p y
1935 AL--born 1916-08-10--2nd
1936 AL--born 1916-08-10--4th
1937 AL--born 1916-08-10--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 41 (477), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (544), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (572), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. George Davis (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Freddie Lindstrom (956) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  4. Freddie Lindstrom (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Freddie Lindstrom (942) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Pete Rose (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Oyster Burns (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bob Elliott (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

April 13, 1950: Released by the Washington Senators.

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