Bill Lamar

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: March 21, 1897 in Rockville, MD us

Died: May 24, 1970 in Rockport, MA

Buried: Baltimore National Cemetery, Baltimore, MD

High School: Briarley Hall Military Academy (Poolesville, MD)

School: St. John's College (Annapolis, MD)

Debut: September 19, 1917 (Age 20-182d, 4,642nd in major league history)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 6, 1927 (Age 30-138d)
vs. SLB 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1918 season

Full Name: William Harmong Lamar

Nicknames: Good Time Bill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

2040

633

.310

303

RBI

245

OBP

.339

SLG

.417

OPS

.756

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-35 / in Starts: 15-19
Longest Hitting Streak	11 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	56 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 177 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	119 (55-44-20) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 177 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	110 (52-36-20)

Most Driven In
R Shannon	5
H Pennock	2
E Scott	1
F Gilhooley	1
W Schang	1
D Gainer	1
C Fewster	1
M McNally	1

Most Driven In By
B Ruth	4
H Hooper	3
D Gainer	3
O Vitt	2
W Schang	2
B Roth	1
D Pratt	0
R Shannon	0

1919 Batting Game Log

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1919 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	40	3 (2)	Apr 29	NYY		PHA	L,1-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.02	0.000	.06	0.00%	-0.30	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	41	5 (1)	May 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-3	8-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.500	.000	.500	3	2.72	0.060	7.56	0.10%	1.04	1B
3	42	9 (3)	May 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.500	.667	1.000	1.667	9	2.42	0.178	7.11	0.31%	0.87	PH
4	43	12 (2)	May 12	NYY		WSH	T,4-4	9-GF(15)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.500	.500	1.000	9	4.89	0.295	15.43	0.56%	0.64	PH RF
5	44	13	May 14	NYY	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.300	.250	.550	1	.87	-0.042	2.63	-0.08%	-0.35	RF
6	45	16 (2)	May 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.111	.273	.222	.495	9	.95	-0.023	4.05	-0.06%	-0.16	PH
7	46	21 (4)	May 25	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.100	.250	.200	.450	9	1.31	-0.032	4.65	-0.07%	-0.22	PH
8	47	23 (1)	May 27	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.091	.231	.182	.413	9	.87	-0.022	2.62	-0.04%	-0.22	PH
9	48	25 (1)	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.083	.214	.167	.381	9	2.13	-0.053	6.01	-0.09%	-0.22	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	49	28 (2)	Jun 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-5	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.077	.200	.154	.354	8	2.50	-0.084	7.98	-0.16%	-0.67	PH
11	50	36 (7)	Jun 10	NYY		DET	W,2-1	4-GF	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.188	.278	.250	.528	7	.77	0.057	3.59	0.16%	0.41	PH CF
				Player went from New York Yankees to Boston Red Sox
12	51	39	Jun 16	BOS		CLE	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.176	.263	.235	.498	9	3.27	-0.080	4.57	-0.07%	-0.21	PH
13	52	40	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.300	.333	.633	7	2.36	0.176	2.48	0.11%	0.86	PH
14	53	41	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.211	.286	.316	.602	7	1.63	0.047	1.53	0.03%	0.11	PH
15	54	42	Jun 18	BOS		SLB	L,2-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.200	.273	.300	.573	9	1.28	0.043	.70	0.01%	0.25	PH
16	55	44 (1)	Jun 20	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.190	.261	.286	.547	6	.92	-0.023	.42	-0.01%	-0.21	PH
17	56	45	Jun 21	BOS		SLB	T,3-3	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.182	.250	.273	.523	2	4.26	-0.104	2.27	-0.03%	-0.40	PH
18	57	53 (7)	Jun 28 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.174	.240	.261	.501	2	.36	-0.009	.23	0.00%	-0.15	PH
19	58	54	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.174	.240	.261	.501	4						RF
20	59	55	Jun 30 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.192	.276	.269	.545	4	1.12	0.071	.72	0.03%	0.54	RF
21	60	56	Jun 30 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.300	.333	.633	9	.40	0.024	.18	0.01%	0.21	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	61	57	Jul 1	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-7	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.222	.300	.333	.633	1						CF
23	62	58	Jul 2	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.226	.314	.323	.637	1	.71	-0.019	.12	0.00%	-0.55	CF
24	63	59	Jul 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.325	.361	.686	1	1.03	0.182	.30	0.03%	0.97	CF
25	64	60	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,9-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		1		.244	.311	.341	.653	1	.66	0.085	.19	0.01%	-0.06	CF
26	65	61	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,9-6	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.283	.340	.370	.710	1	1.78	0.173	.73	0.04%	0.87	CF
27	66	62	Jul 5 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	CG	5	5	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.382	.412	.794	1	1.89	0.261	.61	0.05%	1.54	CF
28	67	63	Jul 5 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,6-8	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.321	.367	.393	.760	1	1.33	-0.176	.37	-0.03%	-1.08	CF
29	68	64	Jul 7 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.300	.344	.367	.710	1	.76	-0.085	.18	-0.01%	-0.85	CF
30	69	65	Jul 7 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.338	.349	.687	1	.66	0.026	.19	0.00%	0.55	CF
31	70	66	Jul 9	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.281	.333	.344	.677	9	.69	-0.017	.26	0.00%	-0.22	PH
32	71	67	Jul 10 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.279	.329	.338	.667	1	.68	-0.025	.15	0.00%	-0.21	CF
33	72	68	Jul 10 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.268	.316	.324	.640	3	1.06	-0.076	.19	-0.01%	-1.05	CF
34	73	69	Jul 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,12-4	CG	5	4	2	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.280	.333	.360	.693	1	.80	0.096	.13	0.01%	2.44	CF
35	74	70	Jul 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,9-14	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.275	.326	.350	.676	1	.79	-0.043	.20	-0.01%	-1.25	CF
36	75	71	Jul 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.262	.311	.333	.644	1	.53	-0.054	.09	-0.01%	-1.12	CF
37	76	72	Jul 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.261	.309	.330	.638	1	.87	-0.032	.10	0.00%	-0.29	CF
38	77	73	Jul 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.247	.293	.312	.605	1	1.34	-0.183	.08	-0.01%	-1.24	CF
39	78	74	Jul 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.260	.311	.333	.644	6	.53	0.031	.03	0.00%	0.64	CF
40	79	75	Jul 18	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1		.267	.315	.337	.651	1	1.24	-0.035	.06	0.00%	0.02	CF
41	80	76	Jul 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.267	.313	.333	.646	1	1.09	-0.029	.05	0.00%	-0.27	CF
42	81	78 (1)	Jul 21	BOS	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.275	.319	.339	.658	9	1.47	0.005	.04	0.00%	0.10	LF
43	82	81 (2)	Jul 24	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.273	.316	.336	.653	2	2.43	-0.059	.04	0.00%	-0.21	PH
44	83	82	Jul 25	BOS		NYY	W,8-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.265	.308	.327	.636	9	1.82	0.086	.05	0.00%	0.25	LF
45	84	83	Jul 26	BOS		NYY	L,5-8	2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.263	.306	.325	.630	9	.65	-0.016	.02	0.00%	-0.14	PH
46	85	86 (2)	Jul 30 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.261	.303	.322	.625	6	.78	-0.019	.01	0.00%	-0.21	PH
47	86	87	Jul 30 (2)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.261	.302	.319	.621	5	.65	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.32	LF
48	87	88	Jul 31	BOS		DET	W,2-1	10-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.258	.299	.317	.616	6	4.26	-0.104	.02	0.00%	-0.40	PH LF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
49	88	128 (39)	Sep 17 (1)	BOS		DET	L,6-7	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.264	.303	.320	.623	3	.88	0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.31	CF
50	89	129	Sep 17 (2)	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.264	.301	.326	.627	3	1.29	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.62	CF
51	90	130	Sep 18	BOS		DET	L,2-8	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		1		.263	.300	.331	.631	3	1.76	0.142	.00	0.00%	0.87	CF
52	91	131	Sep 19	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.265	.301	.331	.632	3	2.01	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.17	RF
53	92	132	Sep 20 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.268	.303	.333	.637	9	.28	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.03	LF
54	93	133	Sep 20 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.270	.309	.333	.642	3	1.28	0.065	.00	0.00%	0.36	CF
55	94	134	Sep 24 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.269	.307	.331	.638	3	.45	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.67	CF
56	95	135	Sep 24 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG(13)	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.272	.308	.331	.639	3	1.45	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.25	CF
57	96	136	Sep 27 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				0		.277	.313	.335	.648	3						CF
58	97	137	Sep 27 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.277	.311	.333	.645	3						CF
59	98	138	Sep 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.282	.316	.337	.653	3	1.60	-0.030	.00	0.00%	0.04	CF
							22-35		177	163	19	46	7	1	0	15	8	0	11	0	3		2		4		.282	.316	.337	.653		1.25	0.516	.86	0.79%	-0.93

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