Bill Lamar
1917–1933 · bats L / throws R · ASB, Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics
550G
.310AVG
.339OBP
.417SLG
More career statistics
633H
19HR
245RBI
25SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 550 | 551 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,040 | 2,048 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 27 | 31 |
| Batting · Doubles | 114 | 117 |
| Batting · Hits | 633 | 634 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 78 | 76 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,197 | 2,207 |
| Batting · RBI | 245 | 248 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 25 | 26 |
| Batting · Walks | 86 | 89 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 550 | 2,197 | 2,040 | 305 | 633 | 114 | 23 | 19 | 245 | 86 | 78 | 25 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 850 | .310 | .339 | .417 | .756 |
Streaks
29longest hitting streak · 1925-05-30 to 1925-06-29
29longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1925-05-21 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1924-08-30 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1924-07-31 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 269 | 1055 | 308 | 9 | 124 | 46 | 38 | .315 | .336 | .410 |
| Away | 282 | 1152 | 326 | 10 | 124 | 43 | 38 | .304 | .320 | .423 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 42 | 179 | 57 | 4 | 29 | 5 | 7 | .341 | .346 | .521 |
| May | 85 | 330 | 89 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 13 | .290 | .312 | .420 |
| June | 75 | 286 | 97 | 3 | 36 | 9 | 8 | .365 | .371 | .477 |
| July | 142 | 581 | 151 | 7 | 63 | 31 | 18 | .283 | .313 | .403 |
| August | 106 | 440 | 125 | 1 | 39 | 18 | 10 | .306 | .325 | .364 |
| September | 91 | 359 | 103 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 20 | .308 | .320 | .395 |
| October | 10 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .469 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 81 | 336 | 87 | 2 | 41 | 11 | 8 | .277 | .292 | .366 |
| detroit-tigers | 77 | 313 | 85 | 4 | 33 | 10 | 5 | .293 | .304 | .390 |
| new-york-yankees | 76 | 313 | 96 | 3 | 37 | 6 | 17 | .324 | .326 | .426 |
| cleveland-guardians | 75 | 301 | 84 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 9 | .305 | .336 | .425 |
| chicago-white-sox | 74 | 308 | 92 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 17 | .324 | .344 | .426 |
| boston-red-sox | 64 | 265 | 81 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 9 | .335 | .366 | .450 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 62 | 269 | 78 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 9 | .316 | .338 | .466 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 14 | 51 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .347 | .373 | .388 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 |  New York Yankees | 11 | 41 | 10 | – | 3 | 1 | .244 | – | – |
| 1918 | New York Yankees | 28 | 110 | 25 | – | 4 | 2 | .227 | – | – |
| 1919 | Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees | 59 | 163 | 46 | – | 15 | 4 | .282 | – | – |
| 1920 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 24 | 44 | 12 | – | 4 | – | .273 | – | – |
| 1921 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1924 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 87 | 370 | 121 | 7 | 49 | 8 | .327 | – | – |
| 1925 | Philadelphia Athletics | 138 | 570 | 202 | 3 | 75 | 3 | .354 | – | – |
| 1926 | Philadelphia Athletics | 116 | 419 | 119 | 5 | 51 | 4 | .284 | – | – |
| 1927 | Philadelphia Athletics | 84 | 324 | 97 | 4 | 47 | 4 | .299 | – | – |
| 1933 | ASB | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |