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Bill Lamar

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Full Name: William Harmong Lamar Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185 First Game: September 19, 1917
Birthdate: March 21, 1897 Final Game: August 6, 1927
Birthplace: Rockville, Maryland MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: May 24, 1970
Deathplace: Rockport, Massachusetts
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
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

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
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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