Lee Magee
[edit] Biography
Lee Magee (Leo Christopher Magee) was born on June 4, 1889 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on July 4, 1911 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1912, his rookie year, he hit .290 with 0 home runs and 40 RBI. Magee played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Tip-Tops, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Robins over the course of his 9 year career.
Most people believe that Lee Magee's best season was 1915, when he stole 34 bases and hit for a .323 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1911
| STL
| N
| 26
| 69
| 9
| 18
| 0
| 8
| .261
| .338
| .304
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| STL
| N
| 128
| 458
| 60
| 133
| 0
| 40
| .290
| .347
| .354
| 13
| 8
| 39
| 29
| 1
| 25
| 16
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| STL
| N
| 137
| 531
| 54
| 142
| 2
| 31
| .267
| .314
| .330
| 13
| 7
| 34
| 30
| 2
| 22
| 23
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| STL
| N
| 142
| 529
| 59
| 150
| 2
| 40
| .284
| .337
| .353
| 23
| 4
| 42
| 24
| 1
| 35
| 36
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| BRO
| F
| 121
| 452
| 87
| 146
| 4
| 49
| .323
| .356
| .436
| 19
| 10
| 22
| 19
| 1
| 19
| 34
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| NY
| A
| 131
| 510
| 57
| 131
| 3
| 45
| .257
| .324
| .325
| 18
| 4
| 50
| 31
| 1
| 20
| 29
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| 36
| 112
| 11
| 19
| 0
| 4
| .170
| .212
| .179
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| NY
| A
| 51
| 173
| 17
| 38
| 0
| 8
| .220
| .278
| .254
| 4
| 1
| 13
| 18
| 1
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| TOT
| A
| 87
| 285
| 28
| 57
| 0
| 12
| .200
| .252
| .225
| 5
| 1
| 19
| 24
| 1
| 20
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| CIN
| N
| 119
| 459
| 61
| 133
| 0
| 28
| .290
| .331
| .394
| 22
| 13
| 28
| 19
| 0
| 27
| 19
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| CHI
| N
| 79
| 267
| 36
| 78
| 1
| 17
| .292
| .339
| .378
| 12
| 4
| 18
| 16
| 1
| 13
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| BRO
| N
| 45
| 181
| 16
| 43
| 0
| 7
| .238
| .262
| .298
| 7
| 2
| 5
| 8
| 1
| 13
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| TOT
| N
| 124
| 448
| 52
| 121
| 1
| 24
| .270
| .309
| .346
| 19
| 6
| 23
| 24
| 2
| 26
| 19
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 676
| 2494
| 295
| 697
| 5
| 171
| .279
| .328
| .353
| 91
| 39
| 174
| 134
| 6
| 135
| 117
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 121
| 452
| 87
| 146
| 4
| 49
| .323
| .356
| .436
| 19
| 10
| 22
| 19
| 1
| 19
| 34
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 218
| 795
| 85
| 188
| 3
| 57
| .236
| .299
| .289
| 23
| 5
| 69
| 55
| 2
| 40
| 35
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1015
| 3741
| 467
| 1031
| 12
| 277
| .276
| .325
| .350
| 133
| 54
| 265
| 208
| 9
| 194
| 186
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1911
| STL
| N
| SS
| 3
| 2
| 19
| 3
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1911
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 18
| 14
| 115
| 42
| 35
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1912
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 48
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1912
| STL
| N
| OF
| 85
| 0
| 0
| 198
| 18
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1912
| STL
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1912
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 79
| 8
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| 1913
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 49
| 56
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1913
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 72
| 8
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1913
| STL
| N
| OF
| 108
| 0
| 0
| 250
| 21
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1913
| STL
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1914
| STL
| N
| OF
| 102
| 0
| 0
| 210
| 14
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1914
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 412
| 28
| 1
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .998
|
| 1914
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1915
| BRO
| F
| 2B
| 115
| 0
| 0
| 271
| 321
| 40
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .937
|
| 1915
| BRO
| F
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1916
| NY
| A
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1916
| NY
| A
| OF
| 128
| 0
| 0
| 301
| 17
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 23
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 47
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1917
| NY
| A
| OF
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 84
| 6
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1917
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 84
| 6
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1918
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 114
| 0
| 0
| 275
| 361
| 29
| 73
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1918
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1919
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 46
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1919
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 16
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1919
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 80
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1919
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1919
| BRO
| N
| 2B
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 74
| 124
| 13
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1919
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1919
| TOT
| N
| 2B
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 87
| 143
| 15
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1919
| TOT
| N
| 3B
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 30
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 593
| 44
| 2
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .997
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 519
| 0
| 0
| 1123
| 83
| 38
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 349
| 14
| 115
| 802
| 1036
| 98
| 154
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 19
| 2
| 19
| 33
| 57
| 11
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .891
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 46
| 80
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Brooklyn Tip-Tops to New York Yankees for $22500 (January 14, 1916).
- Traded by New York Yankees to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Armando Marsans (July 15, 1917).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns to Cincinnati Reds as part of 3-team trade in which New York Yankees sent Tim Hendryx to St. Louis Browns (March 18, 1918); and Cincinnati Reds sent Tommy Clarke to New York Yankees (April 25, 1918).
- Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Brooklyn Robins (April 18, 1919).
- Traded by Brooklyn Robins to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Pete Kilduff (June 2, 1919).
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