Lee Meadows
[edit] Biography
Born on July 12, 1894 in Oxford, North Carolina, Lee Meadows (Henry Lee Meadows) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 15 year career. Meadows broke into the bigs on April 19, 1915 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 2.99 ERA in 244 innings pitched in 1915, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Lee Meadows's best season was 1927, when he posted a 3.40 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 84 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1915
| STL
| N
| 39
| 26
| 13
| 11
| 2.99
| 104
| 112
| 81
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 244
| 232
| 5
| 88
| 0
| 7
| 5
|
| 1916
| STL
| N
| 51
| 36
| 12
| 23
| 2.58
| 120
| 117
| 83
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 289
| 261
| 3
| 119
| 0
| 11
| 14
|
| 1917
| STL
| N
| 43
| 37
| 15
| 9
| 3.08
| 100
| 99
| 91
| 18
| 4
| 2
| 265.2
| 253
| 5
| 90
| 0
| 4
| 4
|
| 1918
| STL
| N
| 30
| 23
| 8
| 14
| 3.59
| 49
| 91
| 66
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 165.1
| 176
| 1
| 56
| 0
| 1
| 10
|
| 1919
| STL
| N
| 22
| 12
| 4
| 10
| 3.03
| 28
| 44
| 31
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 92
| 100
| 3
| 30
| 0
| 5
| 2
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| 18
| 17
| 8
| 10
| 2.33
| 88
| 55
| 41
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 158.1
| 128
| 2
| 49
| 0
| 2
| 7
|
| 1919
| TOT
| N
| 40
| 29
| 12
| 20
| 2.59
| 116
| 99
| 72
| 18
| 4
| 0
| 250.1
| 228
| 5
| 79
| 0
| 7
| 9
|
| 1920
| PHI
| N
| 35
| 33
| 16
| 14
| 2.84
| 95
| 104
| 78
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 247
| 249
| 5
| 90
| 0
| 3
| 8
|
| 1921
| PHI
| N
| 28
| 27
| 11
| 16
| 4.31
| 52
| 118
| 93
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 194.1
| 226
| 10
| 62
| 0
| 10
| 4
|
| 1922
| PHI
| N
| 33
| 33
| 12
| 18
| 4.03
| 62
| 127
| 106
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 237
| 264
| 8
| 71
| 2
| 5
| 11
|
| 1923
| PIT
| N
| 31
| 25
| 16
| 10
| 3.01
| 66
| 97
| 76
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 227
| 250
| 3
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1923
| PHI
| N
| 8
| 5
| 1
| 3
| 13.27
| 10
| 32
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 19.2
| 40
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1923
| TOT
| N
| 39
| 30
| 17
| 13
| 3.83
| 76
| 129
| 105
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 246.2
| 290
| 3
| 59
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1924
| PIT
| N
| 36
| 30
| 13
| 12
| 3.26
| 61
| 99
| 83
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 229.1
| 240
| 7
| 51
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1925
| PIT
| N
| 35
| 31
| 19
| 10
| 3.67
| 87
| 128
| 104
| 20
| 1
| 1
| 255.1
| 272
| 11
| 67
| 0
| 5
| 8
|
| 1926
| PIT
| N
| 36
| 31
| 20
| 9
| 3.97
| 54
| 125
| 100
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 226.2
| 254
| 10
| 52
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| 1927
| PIT
| N
| 40
| 38
| 19
| 10
| 3.40
| 84
| 131
| 113
| 25
| 2
| 0
| 299.1
| 315
| 11
| 66
| 0
| 1
| 8
|
| 1928
| PIT
| N
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 8.10
| 3
| 11
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 18
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| PIT
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.50
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 490
| 406
| 188
| 180
| 3.37
| 1063
| 1491
| 1185
| 219
| 25
| 7
| 3160.2
| 3280
| 84
| 956
| 2
| 60
| 90
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1915
| STL
| N
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 53
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1916
| STL
| N
| P
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 83
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .937
|
| 1917
| STL
| N
| P
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 66
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1918
| STL
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 41
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .922
|
| 1919
| STL
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 40
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 41
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .868
|
| 1919
| TOT
| N
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 81
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1920
| PHI
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 70
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .920
|
| 1921
| PHI
| N
| P
| 28
| 27
| 194.1
| 9
| 69
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1922
| PHI
| N
| P
| 33
| 33
| 237
| 8
| 71
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 8
| 4
| .988
|
| 1923
| PIT
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 59
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1923
| PHI
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1923
| TOT
| N
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 64
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1924
| PIT
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 55
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| 1925
| PIT
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 62
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1926
| PIT
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 69
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1927
| PIT
| N
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 64
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
| 1928
| PIT
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1929
| PIT
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 490
| 60
| 431.1
| 84
| 850
| 52
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 8
| 4
| .947
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1915
| STL
| N
| 39
| 83
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 4
| .096
| .167
| .096
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 31
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| STL
| N
| 51
| 95
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 4
| .158
| .158
| .232
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 32
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| STL
| N
| 43
| 89
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .101
| .111
| .112
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 32
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| STL
| N
| 31
| 55
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .127
| .158
| .182
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| STL
| N
| 22
| 29
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .103
| .133
| .138
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| PHI
| N
| 21
| 51
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .118
| .151
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| TOT
| N
| 43
| 80
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 1
| .112
| .145
| .125
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 19
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| PHI
| N
| 39
| 82
| 3
| 14
| 0
| 4
| .171
| .200
| .195
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| PHI
| N
| 28
| 62
| 9
| 13
| 3
| 8
| .210
| .258
| .371
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 18
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1922
| PHI
| N
| 33
| 86
| 8
| 27
| 0
| 5
| .314
| .330
| .360
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 25
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1923
| PIT
| N
| 31
| 88
| 10
| 22
| 0
| 11
| .250
| .267
| .352
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| PHI
| N
| 8
| 10
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 6
| .400
| .400
| .800
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| TOT
| N
| 39
| 98
| 11
| 26
| 1
| 17
| .265
| .280
| .398
| 4
| 3
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| PIT
| N
| 36
| 82
| 5
| 16
| 0
| 3
| .195
| .195
| .280
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| PIT
| N
| 35
| 97
| 10
| 17
| 1
| 7
| .175
| .238
| .237
| 3
| 0
| 7
| 21
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| PIT
| N
| 36
| 88
| 11
| 20
| 0
| 9
| .227
| .261
| .227
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| PIT
| N
| 40
| 115
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 6
| .157
| .185
| .174
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 20
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| PIT
| N
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .500
| .500
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| PIT
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 498
| 1117
| 80
| 201
| 5
| 75
| .180
| .208
| .230
| 21
| 10
| 34
| 272
| 6
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Gene Paulette to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Elmer Jacobs, Frank Woodward and Doug Baird (July 14, 1919).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Johnny Rawlings to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Whitey Glazner, Cotton Tierney and $50000 (May 22, 1923).
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