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Billy Lush

William Lucas Lush

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 10, 1873 in Bridgeport, CT (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1895
Teams (by GP): Naps/Beaneaters/Tigers/Senators 1895-1904

Final Game: October 8, 1904
Died: August 28, 1951 in Hawthorne, NY
Relatives: Brother of Ernie Lush
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1895 WHS NL 21 OF 5 13 9 0 4 0 .692 1.80 .917 2.18 4-0-1
1896 WHS NL 22 OF 91 182 142 19 21 4 .885 1.77 .933 2.16 10-14-68
1896 WHS NL 22 2B 3 9 3 4 2 0 .778 2.33 .940 5.53
1897 WHS NL 23 OF 3 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .937 2.10 0-0-3
1901 BSN NL 27 OF 7 25 22 2 1 1 .960 3.43 .942 2.06 0-7-0
1902 BSN NL 28 OF 116 289 251 24 14 5 .952 2.37 .945 1.97 10-104-2
1902 BSN NL 28 3B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .915 3.50
1903 DET AL 29 OF 101 252 227 17 8 4 .968 2.42 .952 1.95 89-0-12
1903 DET AL 29 3B 12 34 15 17 2 0 .941 2.67 .922 3.15
1903 DET AL 29 2B 3 14 9 3 2 1 .857 4.00 .943 5.10
1903 DET AL 29 SS 3 15 6 6 3 1 .800 4.00 .913 5.27
1904 CLE AL 30 OF 138 292 269 11 12 4 .959 2.03 .954 1.86 125-13-0
7 Seasons OF 461 1059 925 74 60 18 .943 2.17 .947 1.97 238-138-86
2 Seasons 3B 13 36 15 19 2 0 .944 2.62 .922 3.18
2 Seasons 2B 6 23 12 7 4 1 .826 3.17 .942 5.32
1 Season SS 3 15 6 6 3 1 .800 4.00 .913 5.27
7 Seasons TOT 483 1133 958 106 69 20 .939 2.20 .945 2.07 238-138-86
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 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

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1895 WHS NL 21 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 0
1896 WHS NL 22 97 97 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 14 68 91 0
1897 WHS NL 23 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
1901 BSN NL 27 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0
1902 BSN NL 28 120 120 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 104 2 116 0
1903 DET AL 29 119 119 0 0 0 3 12 3 89 0 12 101 0
1904 CLE AL 30 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 13 0 138 0
7 Seasons 489 489 0 0 0 6 13 3 238 138 86 461 0
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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as OF s c a p y
1902 NL  24 (2nd)
1903 AL  17 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1902 NL  2.37 (3rd)
1903 AL  2.42 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1903 AL  .968 (4th)

             

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