Lee Handley
1936–1947 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates
968G
.269AVG
.323OBP
.345SLG
More career statistics
902H
15HR
297RBI
68SB
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 · Strikeouts | 204 | 203 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,697 | 3,698 |
| Batting · Runs | 418 | 419 |
| Batting · RBI | 297 | 295 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 68 | 71 |
| Batting · Walks | 267 | 268 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 968 | 3,697 | 3,356 | 418 | 902 | 122 | 45 | 15 | 297 | 267 | 204 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1,159 | .269 | .323 | .345 | .668 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1937-06-20 to 1937-07-09
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1946-08-22 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1938-09-10 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1936-05-18 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 480 | 1806 | 464 | 1 | 151 | 140 | 78 | .285 | .334 | .360 |
| Away | 488 | 1892 | 438 | 14 | 144 | 128 | 125 | .253 | .299 | .332 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 43 | 150 | 41 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 12 | .285 | .307 | .333 |
| May | 191 | 778 | 204 | 6 | 69 | 58 | 51 | .289 | .337 | .386 |
| June | 194 | 818 | 198 | 3 | 55 | 66 | 51 | .269 | .323 | .330 |
| July | 211 | 784 | 198 | 1 | 59 | 53 | 35 | .278 | .320 | .351 |
| August | 179 | 674 | 150 | 4 | 65 | 49 | 28 | .244 | .295 | .331 |
| September | 145 | 475 | 109 | 1 | 36 | 36 | 25 | .255 | .305 | .330 |
| October | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .111 | .158 | .111 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 148 | 597 | 129 | 1 | 49 | 36 | 33 | .233 | .276 | .295 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 140 | 541 | 117 | 1 | 37 | 47 | 28 | .241 | .303 | .303 |
| new-york-giants | 137 | 533 | 144 | 5 | 49 | 30 | 29 | .296 | .326 | .391 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 136 | 493 | 123 | 3 | 32 | 34 | 33 | .276 | .318 | .364 |
| boston-braves | 132 | 480 | 125 | 1 | 43 | 28 | 23 | .282 | .319 | .363 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 131 | 524 | 135 | 4 | 48 | 50 | 31 | .290 | .353 | .373 |
| cincinnati-reds | 127 | 490 | 117 | 0 | 28 | 40 | 19 | .265 | .320 | .336 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 17 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | .324 | .375 | .378 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Cincinnati Reds | 24 | 78 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 3 | .308 | – | – |
| 1937 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 127 | 480 | 120 | 3 | 38 | 6 | .250 | – | – |
| 1938 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 139 | 570 | 153 | 6 | 52 | 7 | .268 | – | – |
| 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 101 | 376 | 107 | 1 | 40 | 18 | .285 | – | – |
| 1940 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 98 | 302 | 85 | 1 | 19 | 7 | .281 | – | – |
| 1941 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 124 | 459 | 132 | – | 33 | 17 | .288 | – | – |
| 1944 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 40 | 86 | 19 | – | 5 | 1 | .221 | – | – |
| 1945 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 98 | 312 | 93 | 1 | 31 | 7 | .298 | – | – |
| 1946 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 116 | 416 | 99 | 1 | 27 | 4 | .238 | – | – |
| 1947 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 101 | 277 | 70 | – | 42 | 1 | .253 | – | – |