Buddy Lewis
[edit] Biography
Buddy Lewis (John Kelly Lewis) was born on August 10, 1916 in Gastonia, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on September 16, 1935 for the Washington Senators. In 1936, his rookie year, he hit .291 with 6 home runs and 67 RBI. Lewis played for the Washington Senators for his entire 11 year career.
Most people believe that Buddy Lewis's best season was 1938, when he hit for a .296 average and knocked in 91 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1935
| WAS
| A
| 8
| 28
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .107
| .107
| .107
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| WAS
| A
| 143
| 601
| 100
| 175
| 6
| 67
| .291
| .347
| .399
| 21
| 13
| 47
| 46
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| WAS
| A
| 156
| 668
| 107
| 210
| 10
| 79
| .314
| .367
| .425
| 32
| 6
| 52
| 44
| 3
| 10
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| WAS
| A
| 151
| 656
| 122
| 194
| 12
| 91
| .296
| .354
| .431
| 35
| 9
| 58
| 35
| 1
| 9
| 17
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| WAS
| A
| 140
| 536
| 87
| 171
| 10
| 75
| .319
| .402
| .478
| 23
| 16
| 72
| 27
| 2
| 19
| 10
| 0
| 7
|
| 1940
| WAS
| A
| 148
| 600
| 101
| 190
| 6
| 63
| .317
| .393
| .443
| 38
| 10
| 74
| 36
| 1
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 10
|
| 1941
| WAS
| A
| 149
| 569
| 97
| 169
| 9
| 72
| .297
| .386
| .434
| 29
| 11
| 82
| 30
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 14
|
| 1945
| WAS
| A
| 69
| 258
| 42
| 86
| 2
| 37
| .333
| .423
| .465
| 14
| 7
| 37
| 15
| 3
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 5
|
| 1946
| WAS
| A
| 150
| 582
| 82
| 170
| 7
| 45
| .292
| .359
| .421
| 28
| 13
| 59
| 26
| 2
| 13
| 5
| 0
| 10
|
| 1947
| WAS
| A
| 140
| 506
| 67
| 132
| 6
| 48
| .261
| .330
| .342
| 15
| 4
| 51
| 27
| 1
| 10
| 6
| 0
| 17
|
| 1949
| WAS
| A
| 95
| 257
| 25
| 63
| 3
| 28
| .245
| .355
| .366
| 14
| 4
| 41
| 12
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 1349
| 5261
| 830
| 1563
| 71
| 607
| .297
| .368
| .420
| 249
| 93
| 573
| 303
| 20
| 83
| 83
| 0
| 69
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1935
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1936
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 139
| 0
| 0
| 152
| 297
| 32
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1937
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 156
| 0
| 0
| 146
| 293
| 29
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1938
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 151
| 0
| 0
| 161
| 329
| 47
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .912
|
| 1939
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 134
| 0
| 0
| 122
| 326
| 32
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1940
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 112
| 0
| 0
| 206
| 11
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1940
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 72
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1941
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 96
| 0
| 0
| 229
| 16
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1941
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 51
| 87
| 17
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .890
|
| 1945
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 151
| 8
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1946
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 145
| 0
| 0
| 304
| 16
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1947
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 130
| 0
| 0
| 259
| 11
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1949
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 136
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 671
| 0
| 0
| 679
| 1415
| 164
| 141
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 619
| 0
| 0
| 1285
| 66
| 41
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
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