Lee
Handley
 
Nickname: Jeep
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 165
 
Born: July 31, 1913 in Usa, IA, CLARION
 
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
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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  5. Pete Rose (907)
  6. Bud Harrelson (907)
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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)