Ken Lehman
[edit] Biography
Born on June 10, 1928 in Seattle, Washington, Ken Lehman (Kenneth Karl Lehman) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 5 year career. Lehman broke into the bigs on September 5, 1952 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 2.52 ERA in 75 innings pitched in 1957, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ken Lehman's best season was 1957, when he posted a 2.52 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1952
| BRO
| N
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 5.28
| 7
| 11
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15.1
| 19
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| BRO
| N
| 25
| 4
| 2
| 3
| 5.66
| 29
| 35
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 49.1
| 65
| 11
| 23
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1957
| BRO
| N
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| 30
| 3
| 8
| 3
| 2.78
| 32
| 21
| 21
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 68
| 57
| 1
| 22
| 2
| 4
| 0
|
| 1957
| Total
|
| 33
| 3
| 8
| 3
| 2.52
| 35
| 21
| 21
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 75
| 64
| 1
| 23
| 2
| 4
| 0
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| 31
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 3.48
| 36
| 26
| 24
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 62
| 64
| 5
| 18
| 4
| 1
| 2
|
| 1961
| PHI
| N
| 41
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 4.26
| 27
| 32
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 63.1
| 61
| 6
| 25
| 8
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 73
| 9
| 4
| 6
| 4.67
| 66
| 78
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 135
| 152
| 18
| 55
| 10
| 3
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 61
| 4
| 10
| 4
| 3.12
| 68
| 47
| 45
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 130
| 121
| 6
| 40
| 6
| 5
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 134
| 13
| 14
| 10
| 3.91
| 134
| 125
| 115
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 265
| 273
| 24
| 95
| 16
| 8
| 3
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1952
| BRO
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| BRO
| N
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1957
| BRO
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 7.1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| P
| 30
| 3
| 67.2
| 6
| 8
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| .824
|
| 1957
| Total
|
| P
| 33
| 3
| 75
| 8
| 9
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| .850
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| P
| 31
| 1
| 62
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| PHI
| N
| P
| 41
| 2
| 63.1
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 134
| 6
| 200.1
| 21
| 51
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 5
| 1
| .947
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1952
| BRO
| N
| 4
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .333
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| BRO
| N
| 25
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 3
| .300
| .300
| .400
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| BRO
| N
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .500
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| 33
| 20
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .200
| .320
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1957
| Total
|
| 36
| 22
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .227
| .333
| .273
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| 31
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .071
| .071
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| PHI
| N
| 42
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 74
| 22
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 3
| .182
| .250
| .227
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 64
| 34
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .147
| .231
| .176
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 138
| 56
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 5
| .161
| .238
| .196
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1946).
- Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Baltimore Orioles for $30000 (June 14, 1957).
- Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from Baltimore Orioles (October 2, 1958).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Tony Curry to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Mel Roach (March 20, 1962).
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