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Lyman
Lamb		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 150
 
Born: March 17, 1895 in Usa, NE, LINCOLN
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1920 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 3 3 9 9 9 2 2 2 7 7 7
1921 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10 2 2 2 6 6 6
1922 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10 2 2 2 6 6 6
1923 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 10 10 10 2 1 2 6 6 6
1924 29 BOS AL $ 1,221,429   5 5 5 3 3 3 10 10 10 1 1 1 6 5 6
1925 30 BOS AL $ 1,221,429   5 5 6 3 3 3 10 10 10 1 1 1 6 5 6
1927 32 WAS AL     5 5 5 3 2 3 10 10 10 1 1 1 6 5 5
1928 33 WAS AL     5 5 5 3 2 3 10 10 10 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 2 3 9 9 9 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,221,429   6 6 6 4 3 3 10 10 10 2 2 2 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1920 25 BOS AL 59 210 24 57 15 1 1 26 5 1 10 22 .271 .316 .367 .682 23.8 3.8
1921 26 BOS AL 108 367 47 97 25 8 8 61 10 3 9 47 .264 .281 .441 .723 42.0 4.4
1922 27 BOS AL 122 356 39 81 32 3 1 40 6 3 15 52 .228 .263 .343 .606 29.4 1.5
1923 28 BOS AL 138 431 50 129 53 5 2 70 9 2 14 41 .299 .321 .459 .780 60.5 10.2
1924 29 BOS AL 92 277 26 63 27 3 1 39 4 3 4 35 .227 .240 .357 .598 18.7 0.0
1925 30 AAA   71 108 14 34 7 2 4 25 2 0 10 9 .315 .373 .528 .901 20.0  
1926 31 AAA   53 74 11 18 4 0 3 13 2 0 5 12 .243 .291 .419 .710 9.4  
1927 32 A   131 575 119 191 78 1 19 126 15 0 33 46 .332 .368 .570 .939 108.1  
1928 33 A   121 481 63 146 64 1 7 89 9 2 20 34 .304 .331 .484 .816 69.8  
5 Years Sim 519 1641 186 427 152 20 13 236 34 12 52 197 .260 .286 .401 .687 174.4 19.8
2 Years AAA 124 182 25 52 11 2 7 38 4 0 15 21 .286 .337 .484 .820 29.4  
2 Years A 252 1056 182 337 142 2 26 215 24 2 53 80 .319 .354 .531 .885 177.9  
4 Years Minors 376 1238 207 389 153 4 33 253 28 2 68 101 .314 .351 .524 .875 207.4  
162 Game Average 512 58 133 47 6 4 73 10 3 16 61 .260 .286 .401 .687 54.5  
Career Highs 138 431 50 129 53 8 8 70 10 3 15 52 .299 .321 .459 .780 60.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1024 115 257 108 13 9 146 16 8 31 123 .251 .275 .408 .683 105.0
vs LH   617 71 170 44 7 4 90 18 4 21 74 .276 .304 .389 .693 68.4
Home 252 798 90 213 74 5 6 115 12 10 21 84 .267 .290 .395 .684 81.1
Away 267 843 96 214 78 15 7 121 22 2 31 113 .254 .282 .407 .689 92.3
RISP   506 0 125 40 5 3 202 0 0 19 65 .247 .274 .364 .637 46.7
Pinch Hitting   8 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .500 .875 1.2
Close/Late   140 8 33 8 3 0 10 0 0 3 14 .236 .257 .336 .593 10.6
Mar/Apr 52 179 17 31 19 1 0 26 5 0 6 22 .173 .202 .291 .493 9.0
May 104 320 41 74 31 2 5 31 5 2 10 40 .231 .258 .388 .646 29.6
June 110 359 32 90 37 1 1 54 6 1 10 45 .251 .275 .368 .642 33.0
July 100 324 42 103 34 6 3 61 7 6 10 31 .318 .333 .488 .821 46.6
August 76 226 26 59 10 2 3 23 7 2 8 34 .261 .301 .363 .664 22.9
Sep/Oct 77 233 28 70 21 8 1 41 4 1 8 25 .300 .321 .472 .793 32.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1920 25 BOS AL 2B 57 57 498.0 135 218 23 47 .939 6.38   1.3
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1921 26 BOS AL 2B 95 94 780.3 185 397 15 66 .975 6.71   3.9
    3B 7 6 50.0 4 9 1 3 .929 2.34   0.1
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1922 27 BOS AL 2B 86 81 672.7 179 294 17 56 .965 6.33   1.4
    LF 24 23 192.0 42 0 1 0 .977 1.97   0.5
    3B 10 2 29.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.61   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 .667 9.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1923 28 BOS AL 2B 128 122 1002.7 250 484 39 105 .950 6.59   3.5
    LF 3 3 26.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.69   0.0
    3B 4 1 20.7 3 9 0 1 1.000 5.23   0.3
    CF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1924 29 BOS AL 2B 87 81 675.0 183 274 19 49 .960 6.09   1.3
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 453 435 3628.7 932 1667 113 323 .958 6.45   11.4
  LF 30 26 221.0 44 0 1 0 .978 1.79   0.6
  3B 23 9 103.0 9 19 1 4 .966 2.45   0.4
  CF 3 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 .667 9.00   0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   511 471 3966.6 986 1687 116 327 .958 6.06   12.3
Career Highs   136 127 1057.3 255 493 39 106 .974 6.42    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
1922-9-32
1923-1-53
 Homeruns
1921-8-8
 Strikeouts
1922-7-52
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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  5. Duffy Lewis (928)
  6. Jimmy O'Connell (925)
  7. Harvey Hendrick (924)
  8. Bill Everitt (921)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 33rd overall pick, by New York (A) in 1920
Traded from New York (A) to Boston (A) on 3/20/1920 (Going to BOS: 2B Lyman Lamb. Going to NYA: LF Max Carey, RF Dutch Wetzel)
Had first career hit (double) on 4/19/1920, off Rube Kroh (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 6/24/1920, off Dave Brown (WAS)
Injured on 4/20/1921 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/16/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,221,429 through salary arbitration
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,221,429 through salary arbitration
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,221,429 through salary arbitration
6/1/1926: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (A)
Released by Boston (A) on 8/15/1926
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 3/13/1927 to a minor league contract
Injured on 3/21/1928 with a Broken Hand, out for 5 weeks
 
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