Buddy Lewis

Positions: Third Baseman and Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: August 10, 1916 in Gaston County, NC us

Died: February 18, 2011 in Gastonia, NC

Buried: Cremated

High School: Lowell HS (Lowell, NC)

School: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)

Debut: September 16, 1935 (Age 19-037d, 7,924th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1949 (Age 33-051d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1936 season

Full Name: John Kelly Lewis

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.3

5261

1563

.297

830

RBI

607

OBP

.368

SLG

.420

OPS

.789

OPS+

111

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 71 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 9 tying, 25 go ahead

1 Tm
WSH	71

Platoon
vs RHP	55
vs LHP	16

Home/Road
Away	54
Home	17

Outs
1	28
2	23
0	20

7 Opps
NYY	14
SLB	13
CLE	11
DET	11
PHA	9
CHW	9
BOS	4

57 Pitchers
Harry Eisenstat	3
Red Ruffing	3
Bill Beckmann	2
Eddie Lopat	2
Thornton Lee	2
John Whitehead	2
Stubby Overmire	2
Bobo Newsom	2
Johnny Allen	2
Roxie Lawson	2
George Caster	2
Jack Kramer	2
Kemp Wicker	1
Hal White	1
Bob Feller	1
Fred Hutchinson	1
Ted Olson	1
Yank Terry	1
Bob Harris	1
Lefty Gomez	1
Ivy Andrews	1
Bubba Harris	1
Vic Raschi	1
Buck Ross	1
Monty Stratton	1
Joe Dobson	1
Red Evans	1
Al Williams	1
Joe Page	1
Randy Gumpert	1
Marv Breuer	1
Earl Whitehill	1
Fred Sanford	1
Howard Mills	1
Johnny Babich	1
Dizzy Trout	1
Ted Lyons	1
Steve Gromek	1
Willis Hudlin	1
Monte Pearson	1
Charlie Wagner	1
Vern Kennedy	1
Bill Cox	1
Les Mueller	1
Red Embree	1
Emil Bildilli	1
Cliff Fannin	1
Les McCrabb	1
Elden Auker	1
Joe Vance	1
Johnny Marcum	1
Tommy Byrne	1
Joe Berry	1
Bill Bevens	1
George Coffman	1
Allie Reynolds	1
Tommy Bridges	1

9 Parks
GriffithStad (WAS)	17
Yankee Stad (NYC)	11
Tiger Stad (DET)	11
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	8
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	6
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	6
League Pk II (CLE)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3

Where Hit
9	50
89	4
8	1

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	67
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	40
1--	11
-2-	10
12-	4
1-3	3
--3	2
-23	1

110 RBI
RISP	20
0 on	40
1 on	23
2 on	8
Any on	31

Inning
1	15
2	3
3	9
4	8
5	8
6	6
7	5
8	6
9	10
Extra	1

1-3	27
4-6	22
7-end	22

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	2
+2	2
+1	6
Tied	23
-1	10
-2	4
-3	5
-4..	11

Ahead	18
Tied	23
Behind	30

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	43
RF	28

OrderPos
2nd	54
3rd	15
4th	2

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1936-05-14	WSH	@	CHW	Red Evans	behind 11-12	t 9	0	---	1	2	5	0.304	50%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1936-05-24	WSH	@	BOS	Johnny Marcum	tied 2-2	t 5	0	12-	3	2	5
3	3	3	1	1936-07-01 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	Buck Ross	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.087	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1936-08-10	WSH	@	NYY	Red Ruffing	ahead 3-1	t 2	2	-23	3	2	5	0.169	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Millies Scores; J. DeShong Scores
5	5	5	1	1936-09-20 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	Red Ruffing	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---	1	2	5	0.140	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	2	1936-09-20 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	Red Ruffing	ahead 5-1	t 9	2	---	1	2	5	0.014	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1937-04-29	WSH		NYY	Monte Pearson	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.094	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	2	1	1937-05-21	WSH		CLE	Earl Whitehill	behind 0-4	b 4	0	---	1	2	5	0.073	23%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	3	1	1937-06-02	WSH	@	DET	George Coffman	ahead 5-0	t 4	1	---	1	2	5	0.036	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	4	1	1937-06-05	WSH	@	CLE	Willis Hudlin	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.091	57%		Home Run (CF-RF)
11	11	5	1	1937-06-11	WSH	@	CHW	John Whitehead	behind 6-14	t 9	0	1--	2	2	5	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Almada Scores
12	12	6	1	1937-08-24	WSH	@	SLB	Emil Bildilli	behind 1-4	t 3	1	1--	2	2	5	0.144	37%		Home Run; M. Almada Scores
13	13	7	1	1937-08-29 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	Johnny Allen	behind 2-11	t 9	2	-2-	2	2	5
14	14	8	1	1937-09-07 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	Ted Olson	ahead 8-5	t 8	0	---	1	2	5	0.041	95%		Inside-the-park Home Run (CF-RF)
15	15	9	1	1937-09-11	WSH	@	NYY	Kemp Wicker	tied 3-3	t 5	0	---	1	2	5	0.124	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	10	1	1937-10-02 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	Randy Gumpert	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	5	0.139	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Case Scores
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1938-04-18	WSH		PHA	Al Williams	ahead 5-4	b 4	2	1-3	3	2	5	0.211	89%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep CF-RF); B. Myer Scores; M. Almada Scores
18	18	2	1	1938-04-28	WSH	@	PHA	George Caster	tied 1-1	t 3	1	12-	3	2	5	0.222	76%		Home Run; R. Ferrell Scores; W. Ferrell Scores
19	19	3	1	1938-05-10	WSH		SLB	Bobo Newsom	behind 0-4	b 3	2	---	1	2	5	0.066	21%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	4	1	1938-05-16	WSH	@	DET	Vern Kennedy	behind 0-5	t 6	1	1--	2	2	5	0.073	14%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Wright Scores
21	21	5	1	1938-05-26	WSH	@	SLB	Bobo Newsom	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.089	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	6	1	1938-06-17 (2)	WSH	@	DET	Roxie Lawson	behind 2-4	t 9	1	---	1	3	5	0.063	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	7	1	1938-07-22	WSH		SLB	Howard Mills	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.095	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	8	1	1938-07-29	WSH	@	CLE	Johnny Allen	behind 2-12	t 8	1	---	1	2	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	9	1	1938-08-07 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	Monty Stratton	behind 3-14	t 9	1	---	1	2	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	10	1	1938-08-10	WSH	@	NYY	Joe Vance	tied 6-6	t 4	0	1--	2	2	5	0.167	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Case Scores
27	27	11	1	1938-08-24	WSH		SLB	Bill Cox	behind 0-2	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.091	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	12	1	1938-09-28	WSH	@	NYY	Ivy Andrews	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	2	5	0.110	50%		Home Run
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1939-06-01	WSH	@	CHW	John Whitehead	ahead 6-1	t 6	0	---	1	3	5	0.025	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
30	30	2	1	1939-06-02	WSH	@	CHW	Thornton Lee	ahead 3-2	t 4	2	1--	2	3	5	0.184	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Estalella Scores
31	31	3	1	1939-06-04 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	Jack Kramer	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	--3	2	3	5	0.160	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Case Scores
32	32	4	1	1939-06-07 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	Joe Dobson	behind 3-7	t 7	1	---	1	3	5	0.042	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	5	1	1939-06-10 (2)	WSH	@	DET	Harry Eisenstat	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	3	5	0.133	65%		Home Run; B. Estalella Scores
34	34	6	1	1939-07-02 (1)	WSH		PHA	Bill Beckmann	behind 2-3	b 9	2	-2-	2	3	5	0.851	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Prichard Scores
35	35	7	1	1939-08-04	WSH		CHW	Thornton Lee	behind 1-4	b 5	2	1--	2	2	5	0.193	36%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Case Scores
36	36	8	1	1939-08-22	WSH	@	CLE	Bob Feller	tied 0-0	t 3	2	12-	3	2	5	0.264	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Giuliani Scores; K. Chase Scores
37	37	9	1	1939-09-16	WSH		SLB	Roxie Lawson	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	1	2	5
38	38	10	1	1939-09-19	WSH		CLE	Harry Eisenstat	behind 0-2	b 1	0	1--	2	2	5	0.153	55%		Home Run; E. Leip Scores
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1940-05-18	WSH	@	CLE	Harry Eisenstat	behind 1-2	t 8	1	-2-	2	2	5	0.403	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Case Scores
40	40	2	1	1940-05-22	WSH	@	SLB	Jack Kramer	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	-2-	2	2	5	0.144	76%		Home Run; K. Chase Scores/unER
41	41	3	1	1940-05-28 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	Marv Breuer	behind 0-3	t 4	0	---	1	2	5	0.084	28%		Home Run
42	42	4	1	1940-06-09	WSH		CHW	Ted Lyons	behind 0-3	b 9	0	1--	2	2	5	0.116	21%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Case Scores
43	43	5	1	1940-07-31	WSH	@	SLB	Elden Auker	ahead 6-1	t 3	2	-2-	2	2	9	0.060	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Case Scores
44	44	6	1	1940-08-17	WSH	@	BOS	Yank Terry	behind 3-5	t 5	2	---	1	2	9	0.102	32%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1941-04-16	WSH	@	BOS	Charlie Wagner	tied 1-1	t 5	1	---	1	4	5	0.139	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	2	1	1941-05-30 (2)	WSH		PHA	Johnny Babich	tied 2-2	b 5	1	-2-	2	2	9
47	47	3	1	1941-06-03	WSH	@	SLB	Bob Harris	behind 5-12	t 6	1	1--	2	2	9
48	48	4	1	1941-06-08	WSH	@	DET	Dizzy Trout	behind 2-3	t 6	0	---	1	2	9
49	49	5	1	1941-06-19	WSH		SLB	George Caster	ahead 11-0	b 7	2	---	1	3	9	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	6	1	1941-08-12	WSH	@	PHA	Les McCrabb	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	3	9	0.151	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Cramer Scores
51	51	7	2	1941-08-12	WSH	@	PHA	Bill Beckmann	ahead 4-2	t 2	2	1-3	3	3	9	0.181	88%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Fly Ball); J. Bloodworth Scores; D. Cramer Scores
52	52	8	1	1941-08-21 (2)	WSH	@	DET	Les Mueller	ahead 7-0	t 8	2	1--	2	3	9	0.005	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Cramer Scores
53	53	9	1	1941-08-31	WSH		NYY	Lefty Gomez	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	0.104	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1945	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1945-08-17	WSH	@	DET	Stubby Overmire	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	3	9	0.132	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
55	55	2	1	1945-08-25 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	Bill Bevens	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9	0.109	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	1946-05-14	WSH	@	DET	Tommy Bridges	ahead 6-0	t 5	2	1-3	3	2	9	0.027	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Evans Scores; G. Torres Scores
57	57	2	1	1946-06-05	WSH		CLE	Steve Gromek	ahead 3-0	b 7	2	---	1	2	9
58	58	3	1	1946-06-09 (2)	WSH		CHW	Eddie Lopat	behind 0-5	b 7	1	---	1	2	9
59	59	4	1	1946-06-16	WSH	@	DET	Fred Hutchinson	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	9	0.102	58%		Home Run
60	60	5	1	1946-07-29 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	Joe Berry	tied 1-1	t 10	0	---	1	2	9	0.356	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	6	1	1946-09-07	WSH	@	NYY	Joe Page	behind 3-6	t 7	2	---	1	2	9	0.057	12%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	7	1	1946-09-15	WSH	@	DET	Hal White	ahead 14-4	t 9	2	---	1	2	9	0.000	100%		Home Run
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1947-05-27	WSH		NYY	Allie Reynolds	behind 0-4	b 3	1	--3	2	2	9	0.110	28%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Yost Scores
64	64	2	1	1947-06-03	WSH	@	CLE	Red Embree	behind 2-3	t 5	0	---	1	2	9	0.151	50%		Home Run
65	65	3	1	1947-06-06	WSH	@	CHW	Eddie Lopat	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	12-	3	2	9	0.205	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Evans Scores; S. Hudson Scores
66	66	4	1	1947-07-13 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	Fred Sanford	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	9
67	67	5	1	1947-07-13 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	Cliff Fannin	behind 1-2	t 8	1	---	1	2	9	0.263	45%		Home Run (CF-RF)
68	68	6	1	1947-07-16 (2)	WSH	@	DET	Stubby Overmire	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-2-	2	2	9
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1949-04-21	WSH	@	NYY	Tommy Byrne	behind 0-1	t 6	1	---	1	3	9	0.160	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	2	1	1949-04-30	WSH	@	PHA	Bubba Harris	ahead 2-1	t 9	2	-2-	2	2	9	0.135	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Evans Scores
71	71	3	1	1949-08-17	WSH	@	NYY	Vic Raschi	tied 2-2	t 8	0	---	1	4	9	0.241	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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