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Buddy
Lewis		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 10, 1916 in Usa, NC, GASTONIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1938    1945    1946    1951    1953   
All-Star Selections 1937    1939    1941    1943    1945    1946    1947   
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
1935 18 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 7 8 7 5 6 5 8 8 8
1936 19 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 8 8
1937 20 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 8 8
1938 21 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 8 8
1939 22 NYA AL $ 3,078,571   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 8 8
1940 23 NYA AL $ 3,078,571   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 8 8
1941 24 NYA AL $ 3,121,429   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 9 8 5 6 6 8 8 8
1942 25 NYA AL $ 5,700,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 7 9 8 5 6 6 8 8 8
1943 26 NYA AL $ 5,700,000   9 9 8 3 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 8 8
1944 27 NYA AL $ 5,700,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 7 9 8 5 6 6 8 8 8
1945 28 CLE AL $ 5,700,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 6 8 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1946 29 CLE AL $ 6,500,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 8 7 5 6 5 8 8 8
1947 30 CLE AL $ 6,500,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 5 8 8 8
1948 31 CLE AL $ 6,500,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
1949 32 CLE AL $ 6,500,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 8 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
1950 33 CLE AL $ 6,500,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
1951 34 CLE AL $ 7,800,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 8
1952 35 NYA AL $ 7,800,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 4 5 4 7 7 7
1953 36 NYA AL $ 7,800,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 5 7 6 3 4 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 5 7 6 3 4 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,800,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 9 8 5 6 6 8 8 8
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
1935 18 NYA AL 49 160 26 50 11 2 2 27 2 2 20 7 .313 .387 .444 .830 27.0 5.2
    AAA   105 388 68 130 28 3 12 72 10 10 55 15 .335 .418 .515 .933 76.6  
1936 19 NYA AL 153 562 77 154 32 3 6 85 8 3 57 57 .274 .339 .374 .712 70.9 10.8
1937 20 NYA AL 148 572 89 191 48 8 10 94 6 2 55 51 .334 .394 .498 .892 101.9 24.4
1938 21 NYA AL 156 586 100 190 45 7 7 107 6 6 52 47 .324 .375 .461 .836 92.1 18.4
1939 22 NYA AL 153 540 86 167 37 4 8 99 0 1 61 51 .309 .377 .437 .814 81.9 16.9
1940 23 NYA AL 156 583 99 171 25 7 10 75 19 3 60 63 .293 .359 .412 .770 81.7 15.8
1941 24 NYA AL 151 589 81 181 38 9 5 60 24 10 49 52 .307 .360 .428 .788 84.7 14.9
1942 25 NYA AL 157 569 79 168 38 11 9 72 19 8 60 46 .295 .366 .448 .814 89.7 20.8
1943 26 NYA AL 144 529 84 162 33 3 8 84 17 7 68 45 .306 .385 .425 .810 83.9 16.9
1944 27 NYA AL 154 584 82 179 30 7 9 95 20 8 57 52 .307 .365 .428 .793 88.3 14.4
1945 28 CLE AL 156 621 105 198 31 8 21 82 1 0 61 53 .319 .383 .496 .879 110.4 27.2
1946 29 CLE AL 158 633 110 199 35 7 18 84 0 0 53 43 .314 .366 .477 .843 103.6 23.0
1947 30 CLE AL 155 549 96 172 30 6 15 79 0 0 67 52 .313 .387 .472 .859 89.9 16.8
1948 31 CLE AL 156 585 89 180 24 5 18 91 0 0 74 58 .308 .380 .458 .838 100.2 14.6
1949 32 CLE AL 157 585 101 188 32 9 25 88 0 1 60 40 .321 .383 .535 .918 108.5 18.4
1950 33 CLE AL 156 593 87 160 34 4 20 86 0 0 70 55 .270 .346 .442 .788 83.9 12.3
1951 34 CLE AL 156 592 90 159 26 9 19 88 0 0 53 70 .269 .326 .439 .765 82.0 10.3
1952 35 NYA AL 156 595 68 150 27 9 16 73 5 2 56 73 .252 .316 .408 .725 76.9 9.4
1953 36 NYA AL 154 587 88 142 29 4 17 47 4 2 51 77 .242 .302 .392 .694 68.5 7.5
19 Years Sim 2825 10614 1637 3161 605 122 243 1516 131 55 1084 992 .298 .362 .446 .808 1625.9 297.9
1 Years AAA 105 388 68 130 28 3 12 72 10 10 55 15 .335 .415 .515 .930 76.6  
162 Game Average 608 93 181 34 6 13 86 7 3 62 56 .298 .362 .446 .808 93.2  
Career Highs 158 633 110 199 48 11 25 107 24 10 74 77 .334 .394 .535 .918 110.4  
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   7405 1258 2349 448 92 181 1103 100 42 808 604 .317 .383 .476 .859 1286.8
vs LH   3209 379 812 157 30 62 413 31 13 276 388 .253 .311 .379 .689 380.2
Home 1410 5231 797 1560 327 62 110 733 61 30 518 480 .298 .361 .448 .808 813.9
Away 1415 5383 840 1601 278 60 133 783 70 25 566 512 .297 .363 .445 .808 853.0
RISP   2608 0 788 169 24 54 1138 0 0 377 259 .302 .382 .447 .830 448.4
Pinch Hitting   154 35 54 8 5 5 33 1 0 17 7 .351 .413 .565 .978 32.5
Close/Late   1138 178 342 67 12 26 171 0 0 166 104 .301 .388 .449 .837 196.7
Mar/Apr 458 1737 266 531 99 25 55 275 21 8 181 155 .306 .370 .486 .857 299.5
May 478 1820 286 543 92 26 46 255 20 14 193 172 .298 .366 .453 .819 291.2
June 452 1698 268 506 98 21 37 243 15 9 169 168 .298 .360 .446 .806 263.5
July 458 1698 263 497 100 17 29 206 26 8 161 165 .293 .353 .423 .776 248.5
August 497 1832 285 532 100 23 43 291 27 6 199 176 .290 .358 .441 .798 286.6
Sep/Oct 482 1829 269 552 116 10 33 246 22 10 181 156 .302 .364 .430 .794 277.6
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
1935 18 NYA AL 3B 40 36 312.0 22 78 7 9 .935 2.88   0.7
    2B 1 1 9.0 1 6 1 0 .875 7.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1936 19 NYA AL 3B 150 144 1253.7 84 310 30 26 .929 2.83   3.0
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1937 20 NYA AL 3B 143 140 1230.7 88 311 32 28 .926 2.92   2.4
    RF 3 0 3.3 1 0 1 0 .500 2.70   0.0
1938 21 NYA AL RF 142 141 1246.0 307 13 6 1 .982 2.31   4.3
    LF 6 2 30.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.37    
    3B 6 0 13.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 4.85   0.1
1939 22 NYA AL 3B 135 130 1153.3 72 327 35 21 .919 3.11   4.2
    RF 13 0 27.3 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.65   0.1
    LF 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1940 23 NYA AL RF 82 81 717.0 186 10 4 1 .980 2.46   2.9
    3B 65 60 536.0 34 156 18 11 .913 3.19   1.5
    LF 10 7 72.0 25 1 0 1 1.000 3.25    
1941 24 NYA AL 3B 64 63 552.0 38 148 8 17 .959 3.03   0.8
    RF 64 63 551.7 136 8 2 4 .986 2.35   2.6
    LF 23 18 176.3 48 4 0 0 1.000 2.65    
1942 25 NYA AL 3B 148 146 1300.0 88 340 34 36 .926 2.96   3.1
    RF 6 0 12.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1943 26 NYA AL 3B 125 124 1082.7 83 284 20 33 .948 3.05   5.4
    RF 16 14 128.0 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.04   0.4
    LF 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1944 27 NYA AL RF 132 132 1183.3 261 14 11 1 .962 2.09   3.7
    3B 17 17 152.0 11 30 1 4 .976 2.43   0.7
    LF 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1945 28 CLE AL RF 141 137 1212.7 299 9 6 3 .981 2.29   2.5
    LF 15 9 89.7 21 3 1 1 .960 2.41    
    3B 4 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
1946 29 CLE AL RF 150 145 1280.7 386 10 10 3 .975 2.78   4.9
    3B 5 0 14.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
    LF 3 0 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69    
1947 30 CLE AL RF 130 129 1147.0 284 11 8 3 .974 2.31   4.2
    3B 16 0 38.7 3 11 0 1 1.000 3.26   0.1
    LF 7 0 24.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.59    
1948 31 CLE AL RF 148 144 1287.0 293 16 11 3 .966 2.16   2.8
    3B 4 0 10.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    LF 3 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1949 32 CLE AL RF 144 142 1244.7 276 10 5 2 .983 2.07   2.6
    LF 4 2 22.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
    3B 5 0 12.7 0 2 1 0 .667 1.42   0.0
    CF 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1950 33 CLE AL RF 137 136 1204.0 276 19 12 2 .961 2.21   2.1
    LF 13 7 74.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.70    
    3B 3 1 12.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    SS 1 1 8.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1951 34 CLE AL RF 139 138 1227.3 274 9 1 0 .996 2.08   4.3
    LF 13 6 64.7 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.81    
    3B 2 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35   0.0
1952 35 NYA AL RF 150 149 1282.3 264 5 7 0 .975 1.89   2.9
    3B 7 0 10.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1953 36 NYA AL LF 131 130 1122.3 264 13 1 2 .996 2.22   1.8
    RF 19 15 139.0 34 2 3 0 .923 2.33    
    CF 1 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
    3B 2 0 4.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
  RF 1619 1567 13905.0 3319 137 87 23 .975 2.24   40.5
  3B 941 861 7700.6 530 2015 186 187 .932 2.97   22.3
  LF 238 181 1708.3 414 22 2 4 .995 2.30   1.8
  CF 2 1 12.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75    
  SS 2 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
  2B 2 1 10.0 1 6 1 0 .875 6.30   0.0
Career Totals   2804 2612 23345.9 4271 2182 276 214 .959 2.49   64.6
Career Highs   160 149 1340.3 388 340 35 36 .997 3.09    
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
1937 20 NYA AL 7 30 8 14 0 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 .467 .484 .633 1.117
1939 22 NYA AL 6 25 4 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .120 .154 .280 .434
1943 26 NYA AL 14 55 8 21 6 0 1 9 1 2 7 5 .382 .452 .545 .997
Career Post-Season Batting 27 110 20 38 7 1 3 19 2 2 9 7 .345 .395 .509 .904
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
1937-5-.334
1938-8-.324
1939-10-.309
1945-5-.319
1946-9-.314
1947-4-.313
1948-10-.308
1949-8-.321
 On-Base Pct
1937-10-.394
1939-10-.377
1947-10-.387
 Slugging Pct
1945-10-.496
1947-8-.472
1949-8-.535
 OPS
1937-10-.892
1945-8-.879
1947-6-.859
 XR
1937-10-101.9
1945-5-110.4
1946-9-103.6
CAR-15-1625.9
 Games
1938-4-156
1940-8-156
1942-4-157
1945-5-156
1946-3-158
1947-5-155
1948-6-156
1949-3-157
1950-3-156
1951-2-156
1952-3-156
CAR-5-2825
At-Bats
1940-8-583
1941-6-589
1944-10-584
1945-4-621
1946-1-633
1948-8-585
1949-10-585
1950-8-593
1952-9-595
1953-9-587
CAR-3-10614
 Runs
1945-9-105
1946-7-110
1947-10-96
CAR-14-1637
 Hits
1937-5-191
1938-6-190
1944-7-179
1945-3-198
1946-3-199
1947-7-172
1948-6-180
1949-5-188
CAR-2-3161
 Total Bases
1937-9-285
1945-4-308
1946-4-302
1947-8-259
1948-10-268
1949-7-313
CAR-12-4739
 Singles
1938-6-131
1940-9-129
1941-4-129
1944-5-133
1945-1-138
1946-2-139
1947-9-121
1948-5-133
1949-7-122
CAR-4-2191
 Doubles
1937-2-48
1938-5-45
1939-10-37
CAR-11-605
Triples
1937-7-8
1941-5-9
1942-1-11
1944-7-7
1945-3-8
1946-9-7
1947-9-6
1948-10-5
1949-3-9
1951-4-9
1952-1-9
CAR-6-122
 Homeruns
1945-10-21
1949-9-25
 RBIs
1938-4-107
1939-7-99
CAR-22-1516
 Stolen Bases
1936-4-8
1938-9-6
1940-3-19
1941-2-24
1942-5-19
1943-3-17
1944-4-20
 Caught Stealing
1936-10-3
1938-5-6
1941-3-10
1942-7-8
1943-5-7
1944-7-8
 Strikeouts
1952-8-73
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 142    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 60    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1935
Injured on 7/15/1935 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 3 days
Had first career hit (double) on 7/31/1935, off Tex Carleton (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/21/1935, off Walter Beall (NYG)
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 4/7/1937
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1937, hitting .560 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1937, hitting .536 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Injured on 8/3/1937 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1937, hitting .577 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1938
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,078,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Pittsburgh on 5/25/1939
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 5/27/1939
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,078,571 through salary arbitration
Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 5/31/1940
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,121,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
9/1/1941: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $5,700,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Cincinnati on 6/4/1943
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1943, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Injured on 9/7/1943 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Traded from New York (A) to Cleveland on 4/2/1945 (Going to CLE: LF Buddy Lewis. Going to NYA: 2B Alex Kampouris)
6/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $6,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1945, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1945
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1946, hitting .571 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1946, hitting .390 with 6 HR, 20 RBI
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 9/20/1946, off Dizzy Trout (NYG)
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1946
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1947, hitting .550 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1947, hitting .364 with 3 HR, 21 RBI
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 5/16/1948
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1948, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 16 RBI
7/31/1948: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $6,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 6/13/1949
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1949, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1949, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
7/31/1950: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $7,800,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1951
Traded from Cleveland to New York (A) on 2/1/1952 (Going to CLE: P Bob Kelly. Going to NYA: RF Buddy Lewis)
Injured on 3/9/1952 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Had 3000th career hit on 8/31/1952, off Joe Haynes (SEM)
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1953
 
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