Buddy Lewis

Third Base

1935—1949

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Third Base RANK
#65

Player Detail

John Kelly
GIVEN NAME
Lewis
SURNAME
August 10, 1916, in Gaston County, NC
BORN
February 18, 2011, in Gastonia, NC, USA
DIED
1935—1949
Playing Career
Played from 18-32
PLAYING AGE
Washington Senators
Teams Played For
Third Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Washington Senators
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
2
UNIFORM NUMBER
#2 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-1 / 175
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 16, 1935
Major League Debut
September 30, 1949
FINAL GAME

Related Content

WHO IS Buddy Lewis?

Came to Senators as John Lewis in 1930s, made friends with second baseman Buddy Myer, and became Buddy Lewis after that. One of only six players to collect 1,000 hits before their 25th birthday. The others are Ty Cobb, Mel Ott, Al Kaline, Freddie Lindstrom, and Robin Yount.
When he was a teenage prospect with the Senators, Lewis latched onto veteran infielder Buddy Myer as a mentor. As a result, his teammates also started to call him “Buddy,” and the name stuck.
  • Buddy Lewis Scouting Report

50

HITTING

50

POWER

50

RUNNING

30

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1349
1563
71
607
.297
2 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
26.4
57.0

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.789
.739
106.7

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.297
.368
.420

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Harlond Clift
Ken Keltner

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.293
.366
.386

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Rick Ferrell
Joe Kuhel
Buddy Myer
Cecil Travis
Eddie Yost
John Stone
Sam West
Carl Reynolds
Bobo Newsom
Early Wynn
Ossie Bluege

Buddy Lewis Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Lewis
532
158
84
25
9
7
61
58
31
8
223
218
.297
.368
.420
789
AVG 3B
531
146
74
25
6
8
58
47
7
207
207
.275
.349
.390
.739

Buddy Lewis Rankings

AT Third Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
65
74
75
75
66
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Third Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
75
77
57
92
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Buddy Lewis PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
28.3
24.6
21.5
12.9
3.39
70.0
44.1
31.5
21.6
5.03
BLUE = Buddy Lewis
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
176.2
144.3
105.6
67.2
21.1
347.8
200.2
143.2
95.5
25.6
BLUE = Buddy Lewis
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B