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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 (Lowell, 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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:12AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #664. Randy Winn… #665. Bob Horner… #666. Kid Elberfeld… #667. BUDDY LEWIS… #668. Jim Northrup… #669. Jhonny Peralta… #670. Carlos Baerga… 

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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 .792 103 284 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 .879 132 256 7 2 19 *5
1940 23 WSH AL 148 679 600 101 190 38 10 6 63 15 10 74 36 .317 .393 .443 .836 123 266 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 .888 168 120 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 .789 111 2211 69 20 83
162 Game Avg. 162 713 632 100 188 30 11 9 73 10 7 69 36 .297 .368 .420 .789 111 266 2 10

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1935 18 WSH AL 28 -6 0 0 0 0 0 1 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ /5
1936 19 WSH AL 657 -12 1 0 0 8 3 19 19 2.1 11 1.0 1.1 $ *5
1937 20 WSH AL 733 2 1 0 0 -3 3 21 24 2.4 27 2.6 -0.2 $ *5 MVP-16
1938 21 WSH AL 724 -1 3 0 0 -2 3 20 23 2.3 25 2.4 -0.1 $ *5 AS,MVP-24
1939 22 WSH AL 629 25 -1 0 0 9 3 19 55 5.3 46 4.4 0.9 $ *5
1940 23 WSH AL 679 19 0 0 0 -4 -5 16 26 2.6 30 2.9 -0.3 $ *O5
1941 24 WSH AL 653 23 1 0 0 0 -4 16 36 3.6 36 3.6 0.0 $ O5
1945 28 WSH AL 306 24 1 0 0 3 -3 6 31 3.5 28 3.1 0.4 $ O
1946 29 WSH AL 656 16 2 0 0 -2 -7 16 25 2.8 27 3.0 -0.2 $ *O
1947 30 WSH AL 568 -8 0 0 0 -5 -6 15 -4 -0.5 1 0.1 -0.6 $ *O AS
1949 32 WSH AL 304 -5 -1 0 0 4 -3 8 3 0.3 -1 -0.1 0.4 $16,000 O
11 Seasons 5937 77 7 0 0 8 -16 157 233 23.9 225 22.5 1.4 $16,000

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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 17 5 11 1 1 .941 2.67 .947 3.05
1936 WSH AL 19 3B 139 481 152 297 32 24 .933 3.23 .946 3.13
1937 WSH AL 20 3B 156 468 146 293 29 32 .938 2.81 .946 3.15 MVP-16
1938 WSH AL 21 3B 151 537 161 329 47 32 .912 3.25 .941 3.14 AS,MVP-24
1939 WSH AL 22 3B 134 480 122 326 32 31 .933 3.34 .943 3.15
1940 WSH AL 23 OF 112 226 206 11 9 1 .960 1.94 .970 2.40
1940 WSH AL 23 3B 36 120 42 72 6 11 .950 3.17 .937 3.21
1940 WSH AL 23 RF 112 111 109 225 205 11 9 1 .960 1.93 .970 2.09
1941 WSH AL 24 OF 96 252 229 16 7 3 .972 2.55 .973 2.41
1941 WSH AL 24 3B 49 155 51 87 17 10 .890 2.82 .947 3.28
1941 WSH AL 24 RF 96 94 94 252 229 16 7 3 .972 2.55 .969 2.14
1945 WSH AL 28 OF 69 162 151 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 145 330 304 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 130 279 259 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 67 143 136 4 3 1 .979 2.09 .980 2.44
1949 WSH AL 32 RF 67 62 53 143 136 4 3 1 .979 2.09 .978 2.13
7 Seasons 3B 671 2258 679 1415 164 141 .927 3.12 .944 3.16
6 Seasons OF 619 1392 1285 66 41 15 .971 2.18 .976 2.41
6 Seasons RF 611 602 580 1376 1270 66 40 15 .971 2.19 .973 2.12
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 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
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1939 AL  5.3 (8th)
1945 AL  3.5 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1936 AL  1.1 (1st)
1939 AL  0.9 (3rd)

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 (194th)

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  132 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1939 AL  27 (10th)
1940 AL  23 (10th)
1945 AL  24 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1939 AL  2.5 (10th)
1940 AL  2.2 (10th)
1945 AL  2.5 (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  19.9 (7th)
1941 AL  19.0 (9th)
1946 AL  22.4 (5th)
1947 AL  18.7 (8th)
Career  17.4 (180th)

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

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)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  66 (84th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  40 (86th)

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 (13th)

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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (598), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 45 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (568), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (680), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Chick Stahl (927)
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  5. Tommy Holmes (918)
  6. Pete Fox (917)
  7. Dom DiMaggio (914)
  8. Mickey Rivers (909)
  9. Tony Gonzalez (908)
  10. George Wood (906)
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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
  3. Freddie Lindstrom (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Freddie Lindstrom (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Freddie Lindstrom (941) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. George Davis (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pete Rose (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Oyster Burns (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bob Elliott (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Sam West (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
194932Washington Senators$16,0003/9/49 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$16,000
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Name and misspellings: John John Kelly Buddy Jr. Kelly Lewis

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