Bill Lamar
[edit] Biography
Bill Lamar (William Harmong Lamar) was born on March 21, 1897 in Rockville, Maryland. He made his Major League debut on September 19, 1917 for the New York Yankees. In 1919, his rookie year, he hit .280 with 0 home runs and 14 RBI. Lamar played for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Robins and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 9 year career.
Most people believe that Bill Lamar's best season was 1925, when he hit for a .356 average and knocked in 77 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1917
| NY
| A
| 11
| 41
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 3
| .244
| .244
| .244
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| NY
| A
| 28
| 110
| 12
| 25
| 0
| 2
| .227
| .267
| .255
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| NY
| A
| 11
| 16
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .188
| .278
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| BOS
| A
| 48
| 148
| 18
| 43
| 0
| 14
| .291
| .314
| .338
| 5
| 1
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| TOT
| A
| 59
| 164
| 19
| 46
| 0
| 14
| .280
| .310
| .329
| 6
| 1
| 7
| 10
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| BRO
| N
| 24
| 44
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 4
| .273
| .273
| .364
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| BRO
| N
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| PHI
| A
| 87
| 367
| 68
| 121
| 7
| 48
| .330
| .361
| .474
| 22
| 5
| 18
| 21
| 0
| 11
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| PHI
| A
| 138
| 568
| 85
| 202
| 3
| 77
| .356
| .379
| .468
| 39
| 8
| 21
| 17
| 0
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| PHI
| A
| 116
| 419
| 62
| 119
| 5
| 50
| .284
| .315
| .389
| 17
| 6
| 18
| 15
| 1
| 19
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| PHI
| A
| 84
| 324
| 48
| 97
| 4
| 47
| .299
| .334
| .426
| 23
| 3
| 16
| 10
| 1
| 14
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 27
| 47
| 7
| 13
| 0
| 4
| .277
| .277
| .362
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 523
| 1993
| 296
| 620
| 19
| 241
| .311
| .340
| .418
| 110
| 23
| 86
| 77
| 2
| 69
| 25
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 550
| 2040
| 303
| 633
| 19
| 245
| .310
| .339
| .417
| 114
| 23
| 86
| 78
| 2
| 69
| 25
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1917
| NY
| A
| OF
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1918
| NY
| A
| OF
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 58
| 3
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .884
|
| 1919
| NY
| A
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1919
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1919
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 64
| 7
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .922
|
| 1919
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 68
| 7
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1919
| TOT
| A
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1919
| TOT
| A
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1920
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1921
| BRO
| N
| CF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1921
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1924
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 87
| 0
| 0
| 187
| 13
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1925
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 131
| 0
| 0
| 283
| 18
| 15
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1926
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 107
| 0
| 0
| 199
| 10
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1927
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 148
| 9
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 494
| 0
| 0
| 981
| 62
| 53
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by New York Yankees to Boston Red Sox (June 13, 1919).
- Sold by Boston Red Sox to Brooklyn Robins (March, 1920).
- Traded by Toledo (American Association) to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Rollie Naylor and Paul Strand (June 28, 1924).
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