Lester Lockett - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Lester Lockett

Lester Lockett
(Buck)

Born: March 25, 1912 in Princeton, IN
Died: October 4, 2005 in Chicago, IL
(93 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'10"

Wt: 185

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Biographical
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Notes:

• Buried: Oak Woods Cemetery (Chicago, IL)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1937	SL2	NAL	25	2B	6	19	19	2	8	2	3	0	8	1	0	0			0	0			.421	.421	.842	1.263	226
1938	BBB	NAL	26	SS	9	36	31	3	1	1	0	0	2	0		5			0	0			.032	.167	.065	.231	-31
1939	CAG	NAL	27	2B	4	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0				0			.077	.077	.077	.154	-54
1941	BBB	NAL	29	3B	26	101	93	22	31	3	1	1	11	2		5			2	1		0	.333	.380	.419	.799	139
1942	BBB/CAG	NAL	30	3B	22	89	82	10	20	1	1	0	13	2		7				0			.244	.303	.280	.584	83
1943	BBB/WES	MULT	31	LF	48	200	184	18	42	5	2	1	27	1		12	0		0	4	0	0	.228	.276	.293	.569	79
1944	BBB	NAL/WS	32	LF	33	120	113	12	26	5	1	0	14	0		5			0	2	0		.230	.263	.292	.555	78
1945	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	33	LF	27	110	102	13	26	5	2	0	12	0	0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	.255	.290	.343	.633	84
1946	BBB/CIC	NAL	34	LF	19	74	64	15	14	0	0	0	4	0		7			0	3			.219	.296	.219	.515	53
1947	BEG	NN2	35	3B	67	283	253	41	81	13	3	1	45	5		24			2	4		0	.320	.384	.407	.791	113
1948	BEG/EAS	MULT	36	LF	64	279	257	41	87	15	5	6	58	4	0	18	0	0	0	4		2	.339	.382	.506	.888	154
11	7			LF	325	1324	1211	177	337	50	18	9	195	15	0	87	0	0	5	21	0	2	.278	.329	.372	.701	103
162 Game Average						660	604	88	168	25	9	4	97	11	0	43	0	0	3	10	0	3	.278	.329	.372	.701	103

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	St. Louis Stars II			2B	6	19	19	2	8	2	3	0	8	1	0	0			0	0			.421	.421	.842	1.263	226
7	Birmingham Black Barons			3B	155	620	571	77	141	19	7	2	75	4		35		0	3	11	0	0	.247	.294	.315	.609	86
2	Chicago American Giants			2B	14	54	50	3	8	1	0	0	5	1		4				0			.160	.222	.180	.402	28
2	West All Stars			-	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1	Indianapolis Clowns			LF	17	65	57	13	12	0	0	0	3	0		6			0	2			.211	.286	.211	.496	48
2	Baltimore Elite Giants			LF	129	555	504	82	167	28	8	7	102	9		41			2	8		0	.331	.384	.460	.844	134
1	East All Stars			-	2	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	.167	.286	.167	.452	90

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1937	SL2	NAL	19		.540	.346		0.0%	8.1%								0.0%	0.9%		.421	.119
1938	BBB	NAL	36		.142	.319		13.9%	7.6%								0.0%	0.7%		.032	.095
1939	CAG	NAL	13		.073	.314		0.0%	8.9%								0.0%	0.8%		.000	.094
1941	BBB	NAL	101		.381	.319		5.0%	7.7%								1.0%	0.5%		.086	.084
1942	BBB/CAG	NAL	89		.287	.304		7.9%				7.0%					0.0%	0.7%		.037	.077
1943	BBB/WES	MULT	200		.273	.309		6.0%			0.0%	7.5%					0.5%	0.4%		.065	.071
1944	BBB	NAL/WS	120		.266	.301		4.2%				6.9%					0.0%	0.5%		.062	.068
1945	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	110		.290	.322		3.6%			0.0%	7.1%					0.0%	0.6%		.088	.088
1946	BBB/CIC	NAL	74		.257	.327		9.5%				8.0%					0.0%	0.5%		.000	.077
1947	BEG	NN2	283		.373	.349		8.5%	9.1%								0.4%	1.0%		.087	.105
1948	BEG/EAS	MULT	279		.409	.330		6.5%			0.0%	8.7%					2.2%	0.7%		.167	.094
11	7		1324		.330	.325		6.6%	8.0%		0.0%	1.1%			19.07		0.7%	0.7%		.093	.088

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	St. Louis Stars II		19		.540	.346		0.0%	8.1%								0.0%	0.9%		.421	.119
7	Birmingham Black Barons		620		.291	.311		5.6%	7.3%								0.3%	0.5%		.068	.077
2	Chicago American Giants		54		.204	.303		7.4%	7.4%								0.0%	0.7%		.020	.081
2	West All Stars		4		.000	.435		0.0%	12.0%		0.0%	0.0%			0.00		0.0%	0.0%		.000	.083
1	Indianapolis Clowns		65		.251	.326		9.2%	8.0%								0.0%	0.5%		.000	.077
2	Baltimore Elite Giants		555		.393	.341		7.4%	8.9%								1.3%	0.9%		.129	.100
1	East All Stars		7		.236	.229		14.3%	7.8%		0.0%	3.4%			2.25		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.056

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