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Lee Handley	Nickname: Jeep   Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5' 7'' Weight: 165   Born: July 31, 1913 in Usa, IA, CLARION

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1936	22	BRK	NL					5	5	6	2	2	2	6	6	6	4	4	4	9	9	9
1937	23	BRK	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	2	2	2	6	6	6	4	4	4	10	9	9
1938	24	BRK	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	2	2	2	7	6	6	4	4	4	10	9	9
1939	25	BRK	NL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	1	1	1	7	6	6	4	4	4	10	10	10
1940	26	BRK	NL	$ 300,000				8	8	8	1	1	1	7	6	7	4	4	4	10	10	10
1941	27	BRK	NL	$ 1,542,857				8	8	8	2	2	2	7	7	7	5	4	5	10	10	10
1942	28	BRK	NL	$ 2,564,286				8	8	8	2	2	2	7	6	7	5	4	5	10	10	10
1943	29	BRK	NL	$ 3,590,000				7	7	7	3	3	3	6	6	6	5	4	5	10	9	10
1944	30	BRK	NL	$ 3,590,000				7	7	7	3	3	3	6	5	6	5	4	5	10	9	9
1945	31	BRK	NL	$ 3,590,000				6	6	7	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	5	9	9	9
1946	32	BRK	NL	$ 3,530,000				7	7	8	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	5	9	9	9
1947	33	BRK	NL	$ 3,530,000				7	7	8	2	2	2	5	5	5	4	4	4	9	9	9
1948	34	NYA	AL	$ 2,530,000				7	7	8	1	1	1	5	5	5	4	3	3	9	9	9
1949	35	NYA	AL	$ 2,530,000				6	6	7	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	9	8	9
1950	36	PIT	NL	$ 1,060,000				5	5	5	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	7	7	7
OOTP6 Min Ratings								5	5	5	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	7	7	7
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 3,590,000				8	8	8	3	3	3	7	7	7	5	4	5	10	10	10

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1936	22	AA		31	133	22	41	6	5	2	17	4	1	12	9	.308	.366	.474	.839	22.0
		A		106	389	47	109	12	4	5	59	14	2	73	18	.280	.394	.370	.764	63.8
1937	23	BRK	NL	89	243	21	64	8	2	4	23	6	6	17	13	.263	.309	.362	.671	25.8	3.4
		AA		26	105	11	25	5	1	1	12	3	1	11	5	.238	.310	.333	.644	11.4
1938	24	BRK	NL	143	476	66	135	23	3	1	60	5	5	39	21	.284	.337	.351	.688	51.3	8.3
1939	25	BRK	NL	140	497	51	157	22	10	4	77	13	13	37	20	.316	.360	.425	.784	69.4	12.1
1940	26	BRK	NL	136	430	46	123	13	5	3	49	18	9	22	13	.286	.320	.360	.681	46.6	6.3
1941	27	BRK	NL	150	573	74	182	22	9	3	70	7	6	30	15	.318	.350	.403	.753	74.8	13.7
1942	28	BRK	NL	151	599	80	166	27	6	6	54	34	12	38	18	.277	.320	.372	.692	69.2	11.5
1943	29	BRK	NL	150	549	86	174	19	12	10	71	27	12	38	16	.317	.360	.450	.810	83.9	16.7
1944	30	BRK	NL	153	530	68	132	21	5	5	56	24	11	41	26	.249	.302	.336	.638	54.6	6.3
1945	31	BRK	NL	156	538	85	158	18	6	5	52	23	13	42	27	.294	.344	.377	.722	67.9	12.2
1946	32	BRK	NL	142	517	72	139	17	3	6	66	21	12	41	33	.269	.317	.348	.666	60.9	8.0
1947	33	BRK	NL	152	532	47	146	15	4	5	50	16	15	42	30	.274	.328	.346	.673	57.7	6.7
1948	34	BRK	NL	68	239	36	65	4	1	0	31	0	0	21	17	.272	.330	.297	.627	23.9	2.2
		NYA	AL	7	26	1	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	.192	.250	.346	.596	1.9	0.0
		TOT		75	265	37	70	6	2	0	32	0	0	23	18	.264	.322	.302	.624	25.8	2.2
		AAA		56	216	20	79	8	1	3	20	7	3	17	10	.366	.412	.454	.866	37.5
1949	35	NYA	AL	139	506	57	130	15	3	5	36	11	7	36	37	.257	.306	.328	.634	47.5	2.4
1950	36	MIN	AL	53	74	5	15	5	0	0	8	2	1	7	5	.203	.272	.270	.542	4.9	0.0
		AAA		31	132	22	45	6	0	2	13	4	4	9	20	.341	.383	.432	.815	19.8
14 Years Sim				1829	6329	795	1791	231	70	57	704	207	122	453	292	.283	.330	.369	.698	740.3	109.7
2 Years AAA				87	348	42	124	14	1	5	33	11	7	26	30	.356	.399	.445	.845	57.4
2 Years AA				57	238	33	66	11	6	3	29	7	2	23	14	.277	.341	.412	.753	33.4
1 Years A				106	389	47	109	12	4	5	59	14	2	73	18	.280	.392	.370	.762	63.8
5 Years Minors				250	975	122	299	37	11	13	121	32	11	122	62	.307	.382	.407	.790	154.6
162 Game Average					560	70	158	20	6	5	62	18	10	40	25	.283	.330	.369	.698	65.6
Career Highs				156	599	86	182	27	12	10	77	34	15	42	37	.318	.360	.450	.810	83.9

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		3778	446	1045	133	40	29	426	111	63	238	177	.277	.318	.356	.674	419.0
vs LH		2551	349	746	98	30	28	278	96	59	215	115	.292	.346	.387	.733	335.3
Home	906	3039	386	888	106	38	27	331	92	67	226	155	.292	.340	.379	.719	378.7
Away	923	3290	409	903	125	32	30	373	115	55	227	137	.274	.320	.359	.679	375.6
RISP		1483	0	424	53	15	10	596	0	0	134	62	.286	.338	.362	.700	185.1
Pinch Hitting		102	15	33	3	1	0	19	2	0	8	3	.324	.369	.373	.742	14.2
Close/Late		700	87	198	24	3	5	59	0	0	43	32	.283	.323	.347	.670	77.0
Mar/Apr	300	1083	151	306	30	15	9	119	56	24	80	49	.283	.330	.363	.693	131.2
May	350	1195	143	324	40	9	12	127	38	21	97	67	.271	.324	.350	.673	136.4
June	307	1009	131	295	56	12	5	101	28	16	68	38	.292	.335	.387	.722	125.5
July	278	897	95	237	33	8	3	86	26	21	58	35	.264	.309	.329	.638	87.2
August	306	1088	138	340	36	12	13	141	33	19	65	48	.313	.349	.403	.753	146.8
Sep/Oct	288	1057	137	289	36	14	15	130	26	21	85	55	.273	.327	.377	.703	127.2

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1937	23	BRK	NL	SS	66	53	486.0	83	223	8	40	.975	5.67					2.1
				3B	16	8	88.7	9	24	2	1	.943	3.35					0.3
				2B	3	0	8.3	2	1	1	1	.750	3.24					0.0
1938	24	BRK	NL	SS	108	94	864.3	138	353	16	69	.968	5.11					4.9
				3B	22	21	192.0	17	57	2	4	.974	3.47					1.3
				2B	6	0	16.0	2	7	0	0	1.000	5.06					0.1
1939	25	BRK	NL	3B	84	81	703.3	50	192	14	13	.945	3.10					3.5
				SS	48	42	392.0	59	165	8	32	.966	5.14					2.0
				2B	1	0	3.0	2	2	0	0	1.000	12.00					0.0
1940	26	BRK	NL	SS	85	73	647.0	93	290	9	41	.977	5.33					4.1
				2B	23	18	167.0	42	89	9	19	.936	7.06					0.7
				3B	15	8	78.0	6	19	2	1	.926	2.88					0.2
1941	27	BRK	NL	SS	115	109	952.3	165	420	17	74	.972	5.53					7.2
				2B	33	33	290.3	88	145	12	36	.951	7.22					1.0
1942	28	BRK	NL	SS	146	143	1232.7	180	599	12	106	.985	5.69					8.5
				2B	2	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
1943	29	BRK	NL	SS	144	142	1269.7	189	588	21	99	.974	5.51					9.0
				2B	5	0	8.7	2	5	0	1	1.000	7.27					0.1
1944	30	BRK	NL	SS	148	147	1272.0	193	650	12	121	.986	5.96					11.0
				2B	4	0	5.0	2	1	1	1	.750	5.40					0.0
1945	31	BRK	NL	SS	154	150	1274.0	185	588	18	105	.977	5.46					7.4
				2B	2	0	3.0	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1946	32	BRK	NL	2B	89	89	748.7	185	371	9	76	.984	6.68					5.5
				SS	51	51	433.0	77	236	9	49	.972	6.51					2.8
				3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1947	33	BRK	NL	2B	148	145	1224.0	308	541	31	113	.965	6.24					6.2
				SS	1	0	4.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.25					0.0
1948	34	BRK	NL	2B	59	53	468.9	104	184	8	38	.973	5.53					1.8
				3B	5	5	49.7	4	15	0	0	1.000	3.44					0.4
		NYA	AL	2B	6	5	49.7	11	20	1	4	.969	5.61					0.1
				3B	1	1	5.3	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.40					0.0
		TOT		2B	65	58	518.6	115	204	9	42	.973	5.54					1.9
				3B	6	6	55.0	4	17	0	0	1.000	3.44					0.4
1949	35	NYA	AL	3B	89	83	726.0	35	186	11	21	.953	2.74					2.8
				SS	41	35	315.0	63	137	6	36	.971	5.71					1.7
				2B	4	3	24.0	7	13	0	0	1.000	7.50					0.2
				RF	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
1950	36	MIN	AL	2B	32	8	110.7	32	49	0	13	1.000	6.59					0.7
				3B	13	9	83.0	4	25	2	0	.935	3.14					0.3
				SS	1107	1039	9142.0	1425	4250	136	772	.977	5.59					60.7
				2B	417	354	3129.2	788	1428	73	302	.968	6.37					16.3
				3B	246	216	1928.0	125	520	33	40	.951	3.01					8.7
				RF	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
Career Totals					1771	1609	14200.2	2339	6198	242	1114	.972	5.41					85.8
Career Highs					156	150	1278.3	308	651	31	125	.985	6.61

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1943	29	BRK	NL	7	28	4	8	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	.286	.310	.357	.667
1944	30	BRK	NL	5	16	1	5	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	.313	.353	.500	.853
1945	31	BRK	NL	9	37	7	13	2	0	1	8	2	1	3	1	.351	.400	.486	.886
1946	32	BRK	NL	5	19	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	.158	.304	.158	.462
Career Post-Season Batting				26	100	14	29	2	1	2	10	4	3	9	5	.290	.349	.390	.739

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 1939-10-.316 1941-7-.318 1943-10-.317 Games 1945-4-156 At-Bats 1941-7-573 1942-4-599 Hits 1941-4-182 1943-9-174 Singles 1941-1-148 1943-8-133 1945-3-129 1947-9-122 Triples 1939-1-10 1941-2-9 1943-1-12 1945-8-6 Stolen Bases 1937-9-6 1939-4-13 1940-3-18 1941-9-7 1942-2-34 1943-3-27 1944-4-24 1945-4-23 1946-5-21 1947-8-16 Caught Stealing 1937-4-6 1938-5-5 1939-1-13 1940-3-9 1941-6-6 1942-2-12 1943-4-12 1944-1-11 1945-1-13 1946-3-12 1947-2-15 1949-7-7 CAR-49-122

Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 45    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1936

Had first career hit on 5/3/1937, off Larry French (BOS)

Hit first career homerun on 6/14/1937, off Red Peery (SEM)

Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1940, hitting .478 with 1 HR, 4 RBI

2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration

2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration

Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (N) on 4/23/1942

7/1/1942: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $3,590,000 per year, for 3 years

Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against St. Louis on 9/26/1942

Injured on 9/14/1944 with a Sore Back, out for one week

7/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $3,530,000 per year, for 2 years

Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1945

9/1/1947: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $2,530,000 per year, for 2 years

Traded from Brooklyn to New York (A) on 7/1/1948 (Going to NYA: 2B Lee Handley, P Fred Sanford. Going to BRK: P Adrian Zabala, P Al Papai)

Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/8/1950 to a 2-year deal worth $1,060,000 per year

Traded from Minnesota to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1950 (Going to PIT: 3B Lee Handley, P Jack Banta. Going to MIN: P Al Javery)

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