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Buddy Lewis
John Kelly Lewis

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 16, 1935
Final Game September 30, 1949
Born August 10, 1916 in Gastonia, NC

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 18 WSH AL   8   28    0    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   5  .107  .107  .107  -44    3   0           0    
 1936 19 WSH AL 143  601  100  175  21 13   6   67   6  6  47  46  .291  .347  .399   88  240   5           4    
 1937 20 WSH AL 156  668  107  210  32  6  10   79  11  5  52  44  .314  .367  .425  102  284  10           3     MVP-16
 1938 21 WSH AL 151  656  122  194  35  9  12   91  17  9  58  35  .296  .354  .431  102  283   9           1     MVP-24,AS
 1939 22 WSH AL 140  536   87  171  23 16  10   75  10  9  72  27  .319  .402  .478  131  256  19           2   7
 1940 23 WSH AL 148  600  101  190  38 10   6   63  15 10  74  36  .317  .393  .443  122  266   4           1  10
 1941 24 WSH AL 149  569   97  169  29 11   9   72  10  7  82  30  .297  .386  .434  121  247   2           0  14
 1945 28 WSH AL  69  258   42   86  14  7   2   37   1  2  37  15  .333  .423  .465  167  120   8           3   5
 1946 29 WSH AL 150  582   82  170  28 13   7   45   5  3  59  26  .292  .359  .421  123  245  13           2  10
 1947 30 WSH AL 140  506   67  132  15  4   6   48   6  6  51  27  .261  .330  .342   89  173  10           1  17 AS
 1949 32 WSH AL  95  257   25   63  14  4   3   28   2  2  41  12  .245  .355  .366   93   94   3           3   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1349 5261  830 1563 249 93  71  607  83 59 573 303  .297  .368  .420  110 2211  83   0   0  20  69
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        632  100  188  30 11   9   73  10  7  69  36  .297  .368  .420  110  266  10   0   0   2   8
 Career High    156  668  122  210  38 16  12   91  17 10  82  46  .333  .423  .478  167  284  19   0   0   4  17
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1935 18 WSH AL   28   25    0   0.0   109| .107  .284| .107  .356| .107  .410| .214  .766| -44  .000  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1936 19 WSH AL  657  437   81   4.9   117| .291  .292| .347  .367| .399  .429| .746  .796|  88  .447 -13.1  -1.2  50%
 1937 20 WSH AL  733  473  104   5.8   113| .314  .285| .367  .359| .425  .424| .792  .784| 102  .546   2.4   0.2  68%
 1938 21 WSH AL  724  480   99   5.4   112| .296  .281| .354  .359| .431  .419| .785  .778| 102  .513   1.4   0.1  65%
 1939 22 WSH AL  629  400  101   6.7   107| .319  .277| .402  .351| .478  .410| .880  .762| 131  .625  26.0   2.4  52%
 1940 23 WSH AL  679  434  103   6.3   106| .317  .272| .393  .344| .443  .412| .836  .756| 122  .608  22.4   2.1  60%
 1941 24 WSH AL  653  423   95   6.0   102| .297  .269| .386  .345| .434  .397| .820  .742| 121  .607  19.3   1.9  58%
 1945 28 WSH AL  306  187   49   7.0    82| .333  .252| .423  .323| .465  .343| .888  .665| 167  .749  23.2   2.4  33%
 1946 29 WSH AL  656  438   87   5.3    91| .292  .256| .359  .330| .421  .369| .780  .699| 123  .610  17.5   1.8  62%
 1947 30 WSH AL  568  407   56   3.7    94| .261  .259| .330  .338| .342  .372| .672  .711|  89  .442  -7.5  -0.8  50%
 1949 32 WSH AL  304  205   33   4.3   105| .245  .268| .355  .360| .366  .390| .721  .750|  93  .469  -2.1  -0.2  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     5937 3909  808   5.5   104| .297  .273| .368  .349| .420  .401| .788  .750| 110  .557  83.4   8.1  58%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1935 18 WSH AL 3B 6 5 11 1 1 .941 .947 2.67 2.93 1936 19 WSH AL 3B 139 152 297 32 24 .933 .946 3.23 3.02 1937 20 WSH AL 3B 156 146 293 29 32 .938 .946 2.81 3.07 1938 21 WSH AL 3B 151 161 329 47 32 .912 .941 3.25 3.07 AS 1939 22 WSH AL 3B 134 122 326 32 31 .933 .943 3.34 3.03 1940 23 WSH AL OF 112 206 11 9 1 .960 .970 1.94 2.32 0 0 112 3B 36 42 72 6 11 .950 .937 3.17 3.12 1941 24 WSH AL OF 96 229 16 7 3 .972 .973 2.55 2.33 0 0 96 3B 49 51 87 17 10 .890 .947 2.82 3.19 1945 28 WSH AL OF 69 151 8 3 3 .981 .978 2.30 2.27 0 0 69 1946 29 WSH AL OF 145 304 16 10 5 .970 .977 2.21 2.24 8 1 137 1947 30 WSH AL OF 130 259 11 9 2 .968 .979 2.08 2.35 0 0 130 AS 1949 32 WSH AL OF 67 136 4 3 1 .979 .980 2.09 2.27 0 0 67
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1935 18 WSH AL 3B 6 5 11 1 1 .941 .947 2.67 2.93 1936 19 WSH AL 3B 139 152 297 32 24 .933 .946 3.23 3.02 1937 20 WSH AL 3B 156 146 293 29 32 .938 .946 2.81 3.07 1938 21 WSH AL 3B 151 161 329 47 32 .912 .941 3.25 3.07 1939 22 WSH AL 3B 134 122 326 32 31 .933 .943 3.34 3.03 1940 23 WSH AL 3B 36 42 72 6 11 .950 .937 3.17 3.12 1941 24 WSH AL 3B 49 51 87 17 10 .890 .947 2.82 3.19 1940 23 WSH AL OF 112 206 11 9 1 .960 .970 1.94 2.32 0 0 112 1941 24 WSH AL OF 96 229 16 7 3 .972 .973 2.55 2.33 0 0 96 1945 28 WSH AL OF 69 151 8 3 3 .981 .978 2.30 2.27 0 0 69 1946 29 WSH AL OF 145 304 16 10 5 .970 .977 2.21 2.24 8 1 137 1947 30 WSH AL OF 130 259 11 9 2 .968 .979 2.08 2.35 0 0 130 1949 32 WSH AL OF 67 136 4 3 1 .979 .980 2.09 2.27 0 0 67
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 671 679 1415 164 141 .927 .944 3.12 3.06 OF 619 1285 66 41 15 .971 .976 2.18 2.30 8 1 611 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1290 1964 1481 205 156 .944 .956 2.67 2.70
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1938   WSH AL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1947   WSH AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting RF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      2   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1938 (3B)
1947 (RF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1937-AL-16-0.09
1938-AL-24-0.01
Car-885-0.10 shares

Batting Average
1940 AL-.317-10

Games
1937 AL-156-2
1938 AL-151-7
1941 AL-149-10
1946 AL-150-6

At Bats
1937 AL-668-1
1938 AL-656-2
1940 AL-600-7
1946 AL-582-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1937 AL-733-3
1938 AL-724-2
1940 AL-679-6
1946 AL-656-8

Runs
1938 AL-122-6

Hits
1937 AL-210-4
1938 AL-194-7
1940 AL-190-9
1941 AL-169-9
1946 AL-170-5

Total Bases
1946 AL-245-10

Doubles
1938 AL-35-9
1940 AL-38-10

Triples
1936 AL-13-5
1938 AL-9-9
1939 AL-16-1
1940 AL-10-9
1941 AL-11-4
1945 AL-7-8
1946 AL-13-2

Stolen Bases
1938 AL-17-4
1940 AL-15-4

Singles
1937 AL-162-1
1938 AL-138-6
1940 AL-136-7
1941 AL-120-8
1946 AL-122-6

Adjusted OPS+
1939 AL-131-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1939 AL-26-10
1945 AL-23-10

Batting Wins
1939 AL-2.4-10
1940 AL-2.1-9
1945 AL-2.4-10

Times on Base
1940 AL-265-6
1941 AL-251-10

Hit By Pitch
1936 AL-4-10
1945 AL-3-10

Sac. Hits
1937 AL-10-9
1939 AL-19-4
1946 AL-13-4

Grounded into Double Plays
1947 AL-17-7

Caught Stealing
1938 AL-9-4
1939 AL-9-7
1940 AL-10-1
1941 AL-7-9

Power/Speed Number
1938 AL-14.1-4
1941 AL-9.5-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1939 AL-19.9-7
1941 AL-19.0-8
1946 AL-22.4-5
1947 AL-18.7-8

Outs
1936 AL-437-10
1937 AL-473-2
1938 AL-480-2
1946 AL-438-7

Youngest Player
1935 AL-18-2
1936 AL-19-4
1937 AL-20-8

         

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (590) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 45 (543) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 21.6 (558) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 33.5 (539) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

April 13, 1950: Released by the Washington Senators.


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