Bill Lamar Stats

Bill Lamar was born on Sunday, March 21, 1897, in Rockville, Maryland. Lamar was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 19, 1917, with the New York Yankees. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Lamar baseball stats page.

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Bill Lamar



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Birth Name:   William Harmong Lamar
Nickname:   Good Time Bill
Born On:   03-21-1897  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Rockville, Maryland
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-24-1970 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Rockport, Massachusetts
Cemetery:   Baltimore National Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
High School:   Briarley Hall Military Academy (Poolesville, MD)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   09-19-1917 (Age 20)
Last Game:   08-06-1927
Draft:   Not Applicable

Bill Lamar

Bill Lamar Pitching Stats

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Bill Lamar Hitting Stats

1917 20 Yankees 11 41 2 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 - 0 - .244 .244 .244
1918 21 Yankees 28 110 12 25 3 0 0 0 2 6 - 2 3 - 0 - .227 .267 .255
1919 22 Yankees 11 16 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 1 0 0 0 - .188 .278 .250
1919 22 Red Sox 48 148 18 43 5 1 0 0 14 5 - 9 6 - 0 - .291 .314 .338
1920 23 Robins 24 44 5 12 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 - 0 - .273 .273 .364
1921 24 Robins 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - .333 .333 .333
1924 27 Athletics 87 367 68 121 22 5 7 0 48 18 - 21 11 - 0 - .330 .361 .474
1925 28 Athletics 138 568 85 202 39 8 3 0 77 21 - 17 15 - 0 - .356 .379 .468
1926 29 Athletics 116 419 62 119 17 6 5 0 50 18 - 15 19 - 1 - .284 .315 .389
1927 30 Athletics 84 324 48 97 23 3 4 0 47 16 - 10 14 - 1 - .299 .334 .426
9 Years 550 2,040 303 633 114 23 19 0 245 86 0 78 69 0 2 - .310 .339 .417

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Bill Lamar Fielding Stats

1917 Yankees CF 1 1 27 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1917 Yankees LF 10 10 270 24 2.4 24 23 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.40
1918 Yankees CF 19 17 399 149 7.8 143 141 2 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .960 9.68
1918 Yankees LF 8 6 123 118 14.8 116 115 1 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .983 25.46
1918 Yankees RF 2 2 72 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.75
1919 Yankees 1B 1 0 - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1919 Red Sox CF 28 27 708 164 5.9 158 152 6 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .963 6.03
1919 Yankees CF 1 0 - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1919 Red Sox LF 5 4 78 6 1.2 6 5 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.08
1919 Red Sox RF 3 2 51 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.12
1919 Yankees RF 2 1 27 3 1.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1920 Robins CF 6 2 51 8 1.3 8 7 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.24
1920 Robins RF 6 5 78 5 0.8 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.73
1921 Robins CF 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1924 Athletics CF 3 3 75 26 8.7 25 25 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .962 9.00
1924 Athletics LF 87 84 2,256 206 2.4 200 187 13 6 4 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.39
1925 Athletics LF 131 131 3,366 316 2.4 301 283 18 15 4 n/a n/a n/a .953 2.41
1926 Athletics LF 107 103 2,532 219 2.0 209 199 10 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .954 2.23
1927 Athletics CF 3 2 54 8 2.7 7 5 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 3.50
1927 Athletics LF 76 73 1,920 157 2.1 150 143 7 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.11
LF Totals 424 411 10,545 1,046 2.5 1,006 955 51 40 12 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.58
CF Totals 62 52 1,320 359 5.8 345 334 11 14 2 n/a n/a n/a .961 7.06
RF Totals 13 10 228 14 1.1 14 14 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.66
1B Totals 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
9 Years 500 473 12,093 1,420 2.8 1,366 1,304 62 54 14 n/a n/a n/a .962 3.05

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Bill Lamar Miscellaneous Stats

1917 Yankees 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 20.5 13.7 - - -
1918 Yankees 2 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 55.0 55.0 - - -
1919 Yankees 1 - - 8 0 n/a 0.0 16.0 0.0 - - -
1919 Red Sox 3 - - 12 0 n/a 0.0 16.4 10.6 - - -
1920 Robins 0 0 .000 10 2 n/a 0.0 44.0 11.0 - - -
1921 Robins 0 0 .000 3 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1924 Athletics 8 8 .500 0 0 n/a 52.4 17.5 7.6 - - -
1925 Athletics 2 6 .250 7 0 n/a 189.3 33.4 7.4 - - -
1926 Athletics 4 5 .444 9 0 n/a 83.8 27.9 8.4 - - -
1927 Athletics 4 8 .333 5 0 n/a 81.0 32.4 6.9 - - -
9 Years 25 27 .481 54 2 n/a 107.4 26.2 8.3 - - -

Bill Lamar

Bill Lamar Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1917 New York Yankees n/a $1,800.00 n/a -
1918 New York Yankees n/a $1,999.00 n/a -
1919 New York Yankees n/a $2,100.00 n/a -
1919 Boston Red Sox n/a "     "     n/a -
1920 Brooklyn Robins n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1921 Brooklyn Robins n/a Undetermined n/a -
1924 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $3,538.00 n/a -
1925 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $7,500.00 n/a -
1926 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $8,500.00 n/a -
1927 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $8,500.00 n/a -

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