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Lee
Magee		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: June 4, 1889 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1919   
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
1911 22 CHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 9 9
1912 23 CHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 9 10
1913 24 CHA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1914 25 CHA AL $ 3,421,429   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1915 26 BRO NL $ 3,421,429   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1916 27 CHA AL $ 3,421,429   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1917 28 CHA AL $ 3,840,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1918 29 CHA AL $ 3,840,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1919 30 CHA AL $ 5,690,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1920 31 CHA AL $ 5,690,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1921 32 BOS AL $ 5,690,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1922 33 BOS AL $ 5,690,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 9 10
1923 34 CHA AL $ 2,670,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1924 35 CHA AL $ 2,670,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7
1925 36 BRO NL $ 759,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,690,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
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
1911 22 BRO NL 77 298 35 89 10 8 2 36 15 9 23 33 .299 .348 .406 .754 39.5 6.6
  CHA AL 55 207 35 63 10 2 0 31 10 7 24 12 .304 .376 .372 .748 28.3 5.5
  TOT   132 505 70 152 20 10 2 67 25 16 47 45 .301 .360 .392 .752 67.9 12.1
1912 23 CHA AL 136 488 69 130 22 9 1 69 29 16 44 37 .266 .322 .355 .676 59.5 8.6
1913 24 CHA AL 138 533 79 171 19 12 3 74 36 15 41 21 .321 .372 .418 .791 78.5 18.4
1914 25 CHA AL 143 608 87 174 23 13 6 56 44 20 45 28 .286 .333 .396 .729 79.9 16.4
1915 26 CHA AL 16 64 6 18 2 0 1 5 3 2 6 1 .281 .343 .359 .702 7.0 1.7
  BRO NL 120 464 62 135 22 9 3 64 21 18 42 22 .291 .348 .397 .745 55.8 10.7
  TOT   136 528 68 153 24 9 4 69 24 20 48 23 .290 .348 .392 .740 62.8 12.4
1916 27 BRO NL 67 271 36 76 15 1 0 38 13 9 14 9 .280 .314 .343 .657 26.3 3.9
  CHA AL 80 308 35 84 6 5 1 35 14 10 29 13 .273 .335 .334 .670 33.3 6.1
  TOT   147 579 71 160 21 6 1 73 27 19 43 22 .276 .325 .339 .664 59.7 10.0
1917 28 CHA AL 144 565 94 177 22 10 5 79 40 22 54 21 .313 .371 .414 .786 79.9 20.2
1918 29 CHA AL 136 505 71 140 18 15 2 80 28 20 64 22 .277 .358 .384 .742 66.6 14.8
1919 30 CHA AL 127 485 72 141 24 6 3 63 22 17 47 18 .291 .353 .384 .736 61.9 13.7
1920 31 CHA AL 139 569 86 177 23 5 8 75 31 24 48 6 .311 .363 .411 .775 78.1 16.1
1921 32 CHA AL 82 316 39 84 14 3 2 31 9 7 17 2 .266 .304 .348 .653 28.6 2.4
  BOS AL 51 198 27 60 14 6 2 35 6 4 12 1 .303 .343 .465 .808 26.7 4.3
  TOT   133 514 66 144 28 9 4 66 15 11 29 3 .280 .319 .393 .712 55.3 6.7
1922 33 BOS AL 144 541 70 156 32 9 10 87 14 4 29 8 .288 .320 .436 .756 74.3 11.5
1923 34 BOS AL 38 135 15 39 5 5 1 11 6 2 9 9 .289 .331 .422 .753 18.4 2.8
  CHA AL 60 245 26 70 14 7 1 33 12 5 17 5 .286 .333 .412 .746 32.0 6.0
  TOT   98 380 41 109 19 12 2 44 18 7 26 14 .287 .333 .416 .748 50.3 8.8
1924 35 CHA AL 78 151 10 42 9 3 0 23 3 2 6 4 .278 .304 .377 .681 15.4 1.9
1925 36 BRO NL 38 57 8 13 3 0 0 7 1 0 1 4 .228 .241 .281 .522 2.6 0.0
15 Years Sim 1869 7008 962 2039 307 128 51 932 357 213 572 276 .291 .343 .393 .736 892.8 171.4
162 Game Average 607 83 176 26 11 4 80 30 18 49 23 .291 .343 .393 .736 77.4  
Career Highs 147 608 94 177 32 15 10 87 44 24 64 45 .321 .372 .436 .791 79.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4880 681 1410 217 95 40 681 251 143 439 224 .289 .346 .397 .742 657.2
vs LH   2128 281 629 90 33 11 251 106 70 133 52 .296 .337 .384 .722 260.5
Home 917 3388 461 1019 130 67 12 438 176 100 279 137 .301 .353 .389 .742 452.7
Away 952 3620 501 1020 177 61 39 494 181 113 293 139 .282 .334 .397 .731 465.0
RISP   1955 0 574 85 33 16 817 0 0 222 83 .294 .357 .395 .753 281.5
Pinch Hitting   45 3 13 1 1 0 4 1 0 4 2 .289 .347 .356 .702 5.7
Close/Late   818 112 268 31 13 6 113 0 1 85 21 .328 .390 .419 .809 129.3
Mar/Apr 201 759 104 224 41 13 2 88 34 24 69 35 .295 .352 .391 .743 100.5
May 345 1319 181 366 53 31 13 185 60 28 109 63 .277 .332 .394 .726 171.0
June 338 1220 179 353 55 20 10 151 77 35 97 41 .289 .342 .392 .734 161.2
July 346 1275 165 375 53 18 3 181 75 42 112 52 .294 .348 .371 .719 163.4
August 314 1171 163 341 53 16 15 157 56 38 99 47 .291 .347 .402 .749 156.8
Sep/Oct 325 1264 170 380 52 30 8 170 55 46 86 38 .301 .342 .408 .750 164.7
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
1911 22 BRO NL SS 67 66 591.9 106 254 16 46 .957 5.47   2.6
    2B 6 6 50.0 13 19 2 5 .941 5.76   0.2
    3B 2 2 15.1 0 2 1 0 .667 1.19   0.0
    LF 1 1 6.4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29   0.0
  CHA AL SS 48 48 426.7 76 183 11 33 .959 5.46   1.9
    2B 4 4 36.0 9 13 1 3 .957 5.50   0.1
    3B 1 1 10.9 0 2 1 0 .667 1.65   0.0
    LF 1 0 4.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.0
    CF 0 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.92   0.0
  TOT   SS 115 114 1018.6 182 437 27 79 .958 5.47   4.5
      2B 10 10 86.0 22 32 3 8 .947 5.65   0.3
      3B 3 3 26.0 0 4 2 0 .667 1.38   0.0
      LF 2 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.1
      CF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1912 23 CHA AL SS 134 132 1191.0 194 482 28 78 .960 5.11   3.8
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
1913 24 CHA AL SS 96 95 858.0 147 354 21 51 .960 5.26   3.8
    2B 40 40 359.0 101 151 6 38 .977 6.32   1.6
1914 25 CHA AL 2B 141 140 1262.0 324 585 25 90 .973 6.48   6.4
1915 26 CHA AL CF 6 6 57.3 15 1 1 0 .941 2.51   0.5
    LF 5 5 45.7 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.77   0.0
    2B 3 3 26.5 5 12 1 2 .944 5.77   0.1
    1B 2 2 16.9 23 2 0 1 1.000 13.31   0.0
  BRO NL CF 48 47 415.0 112 6 5 3 .959 2.56   2.5
    LF 38 38 330.9 59 4 2 3 .969 1.71   0.0
    2B 22 21 191.5 40 84 5 11 .961 5.83   0.4
    1B 14 14 122.1 167 14 3 10 .984 13.34   0.5
  TOT   CF 54 53 472.3 127 7 6 3 .957 2.55   3.1
      LF 43 43 376.6 67 5 2 3 .973 1.72   0.0
      2B 25 24 218.0 45 96 6 13 .959 5.82   0.5
      1B 16 16 139.0 190 16 3 11 .986 13.34   0.5
1916 27 BRO NL CF 30 30 267.6 65 0 3 0 .956 2.19   1.3
    SS 18 18 161.8 31 65 3 9 .970 5.34   0.9
    2B 12 12 109.0 33 50 2 11 .976 6.85   0.7
    3B 5 5 47.6 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.27   0.2
    LF 0 0 6.9 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.61   0.0
    1B 0 0 2.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.67   0.0
  CHA AL CF 36 36 316.7 77 0 4 0 .951 2.19   0.9
    SS 21 21 191.5 36 78 4 11 .966 5.36   1.0
    2B 15 15 129.0 39 60 2 13 .980 6.91   0.2
    3B 7 7 56.4 3 12 0 1 1.000 2.39   0.3
    LF 1 1 8.1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.33   0.0
    1B 1 0 3.3 3 1 0 0 1.000 10.91   0.0
  TOT   CF 66 66 584.3 142 0 7 0 .953 2.19   2.3
      SS 39 39 353.3 67 143 7 20 .968 5.35   2.0
      2B 27 27 238.0 72 110 4 24 .978 6.88   0.9
      3B 12 12 104.0 5 22 0 1 1.000 2.34   0.5
      LF 1 1 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
      1B 1 0 6.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1917 28 CHA AL 2B 142 142 1297.3 347 636 29 106 .971 6.82   6.4
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
1918 29 CHA AL 2B 136 136 1223.0 303 571 38 101 .958 6.43   3.5
1919 30 CHA AL 2B 124 122 1100.7 306 522 34 101 .961 6.77   3.3
    1B 1 0 4.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1920 31 CHA AL 2B 135 133 1201.3 313 565 25 101 .972 6.58   3.9
    LF 3 3 27.0 6 0 1 0 .857 2.00   0.1
    CF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1921 32 CHA AL 2B 68 67 588.9 149 297 12 58 .974 6.82   2.0
    3B 10 10 83.5 6 25 2 1 .939 3.34   0.6
    LF 4 4 34.2 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.1
  BOS AL 2B 42 41 370.5 93 187 8 37 .972 6.80   1.9
    3B 7 6 52.5 3 15 1 1 .947 3.09   0.2
    LF 2 2 21.5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.0
  TOT   2B 110 108 959.4 242 484 20 95 .973 6.81   3.9
      3B 17 16 136.0 9 40 3 2 .942 3.24   0.8
      LF 6 6 55.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.78   0.1
1922 33 BOS AL 2B 70 70 610.3 150 275 17 48 .962 6.27   1.2
    SS 56 54 484.3 99 223 9 42 .973 5.98   2.9
    3B 15 15 126.0 7 23 3 2 .909 2.14   0.2
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1923 34 BOS AL 2B 31 30 241.3 61 109 6 21 .966 6.34   0.8
    SS 7 7 54.2 13 23 2 5 .947 5.98   0.2
    3B 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CHA AL 2B 48 48 438.3 112 197 11 38 .966 6.34   1.0
    SS 11 11 98.5 24 43 3 8 .957 6.12   0.7
    3B 1 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 79 78 679.6 173 306 17 59 .966 6.34   1.8
      SS 18 18 152.7 37 66 5 13 .954 6.07   0.9
      3B 1 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1924 35 CHA AL 1B 24 20 186.0 244 15 0 19 1.000 12.53   0.4
    2B 15 10 91.3 24 29 2 5 .964 5.22   0.2
    CF 1 1 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    SS 2 0 3.7 1 0 1 0 .500 2.46   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1925 36 BRO NL LF 14 4 56.3 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.56   0.3
    SS 8 4 43.3 5 22 1 6 .964 5.61   0.2
    CF 5 5 34.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.91    
    2B 7 0 13.0 5 9 0 5 1.000 9.69   0.1
  2B 1061 1040 9339.0 2427 4371 226 794 .968 6.55   34.2
  SS 469 456 4106.9 732 1727 99 289 .961 5.39   18.0
  CF 129 125 1104.6 285 7 13 3 .957 2.38   5.4
  LF 71 58 545.0 109 5 3 3 .974 1.88   0.6
  3B 50 47 404.4 22 91 8 5 .934 2.51   1.5
  1B 43 36 336.0 449 32 3 30 .994 12.88   0.9
Career Totals   1823 1762 15835.9 4024 6233 352 1124 .967 5.83   60.5
Career Highs   146 145 1300.6 429 636 38 106 .991 9.73    
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.
Batting Average
1913-2-.321
1917-9-.313
 On-Base Pct
1913-10-.372
1920-10-.363
 Slugging Pct
1915-9-.397
 OPS
1913-9-.791
 XR
1914-4-79.9
1917-10-79.9
CAR-44-892.8
 Games
1917-9-144
CAR-36-1869
At-Bats
1914-1-608
1917-7-565
1920-5-569
CAR-33-7008
 Runs
1914-4-87
1917-5-94
1919-10-72
1920-9-86
CAR-43-962
 Hits
1913-6-171
1914-3-174
1917-3-177
1920-4-177
CAR-33-2039
 Total Bases
1914-2-241
1917-4-234
1920-9-234
CAR-33-2755
 Singles
1913-4-137
1914-4-132
1917-2-140
1920-4-141
CAR-36-1553
 Doubles
1922-9-32
CAR-38-307
Triples
1914-6-13
1917-10-10
1918-2-15
1919-10-6
1923-4-12
CAR-31-128
 Homeruns
1914-7-6
1920-4-8
1922-3-10
 RBIs
1917-7-79
1918-4-80
1920-10-75
1922-8-87
CAR-36-932
 Stolen Bases
1914-9-44
1923-10-18
 Caught Stealing
1914-10-20
1915-10-18
1917-7-22
1920-5-24
CAR-32-213
 Walks
1918-10-64
1919-7-47
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 82    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1911
Had first career hit on 4/12/1911, off Ed Taylor (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/7/1911, off Bugs Raymond (SLN)
Traded from Brooklyn to Chicago (A) on 7/31/1911 (Going to BRO: SS Joe Tinker. Going to CHA: 2B Lee Magee, LF Steve Evans)
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1913, hitting .387 with 1 HR, 22 RBI
Hit for the cycle against New York (A) on 9/18/1913
2/8/1914: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/8/1914, hitting .407 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
2/13/1915: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Chicago (A) to Brooklyn on 5/1/1915 (Going to BRO: 1B Lee Magee, P Lefty Leifield. Going to CHA: CF Armando Marsans, LF Irish Meusel)
Injured on 7/19/1915 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
2/13/1916: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
6/16/1916: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $3,840,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Brooklyn to Chicago (A) on 7/1/1916 (Going to BRO: P Bob Groom, RF Ty Cobb. Going to CHA: P Ray Caldwell, RF Al Bridwell, CF Lee Magee)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/16/1917, hitting .524 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
6/16/1918: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $5,690,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 1919
Won Player of the Week award on 5/30/1920, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/23/1921, hitting .474 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Chicago (A) to Boston (A) on 7/31/1921 (Going to CHA: P Trade P Bait. Going to BOS: 2B Lee Magee)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against St. Louis (A) on 8/1/1921
7/16/1922: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $2,670,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Boston (A) to Chicago (A) on 6/1/1923 (Going to CHA: 2B Lee Magee. Going to BOS: P Harry Heitmann)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/16/1923, hitting .467 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Injured on 8/16/1923 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
Had 2000th career hit on 5/9/1924, off Tiny Osborne (SLA)
7/1/1924: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $759,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Chicago (A) to Brooklyn on 2/14/1925 (Going to BRO: C Mike Gonzalez, 2B Lee Magee, P Ike Kamp. Going to CHA: C Louis Santop)
Released by Brooklyn on 4/13/1926
 
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