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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Notes:

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

Batting

Glossary

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	PS/BBB	NN2/NAL	29	3B	25	90	87	16	23	3	0	0	13	2		3				0			.264	.289	.299	.588	78
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	23	84	79	6	18	4	0	0	12	1		4			0	1	0		.228	.265	.278	.544	77
1945	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	33	LF	25	101	94	12	25	5	2	0	12	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	.266	.296	.362	.658	92
1946	CIC/BBB	NAL	34	LF	19	74	64	15	14	0	0	0	4	0		7		0	0	3			.219	.296	.219	.515	53
1947	BEG	NN2	35	3B	66	278	248	38	78	12	3	1	45	5		24			2	4			.315	.380	.399	.779	111
1948	BEG/EAS	MULT	36	LF	63	273	249	40	86	15	5	5	55	4	0	20	0	0	0	4	0	2	.345	.394	.506	.900	158
11	8			LF	310	1257	1150	160	316	48	16	7	192	16	0	85	0	0	3	19	0	2	.275	.326	.363	.689	101
162 Game Average						657	601	84	165	25	8	4	100	9	0	44	0	0	2	10	0	81	.275	.326	.363	.689	101

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	135	541	500	64	121	18	5	1	72	5		31		0	1	9	0		.242	.288	.304	.592	83
2	Chicago American Giants			2B	14	54	50	3	8	1	0	0	5	1		4				0			.160	.222	.180	.402	28
1	Philadelphia Stars			SS	7	23	23	0	3	0	0	0	3	0		0				0			.130	.130	.130	.261	-26
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	127	544	491	78	163	27	8	6	99	9		43			2	8			.332	.388	.456	.844	135
1	East All Stars			-	2	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	89

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1937	SL2	NAL	19	.540	.347	0.0%	8.1%					0.0%	0.9%	.421	.120
1938	BBB	NAL	36	.142	.320	13.9%	7.6%					0.0%	0.7%	.032	.094
1939	CAG	NAL	13	.073	.314	0.0%	8.9%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.094
1941	PS/BBB	NN2/NAL	90	.283	.311	3.3%			8.2%			0.0%	0.6%	.034	.086
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	84	.263	.296	4.8%			6.9%			0.0%	0.5%	.051	.066
1945	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	101	.298	.319	3.0%		0.0%	7.0%			0.0%	0.6%	.096	.088
1946	CIC/BBB	NAL	74	.257	.326	9.5%			8.1%			0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
1947	BEG	NN2	278	.368	.347	8.6%	9.1%					0.4%	1.0%	.085	.105
1948	BEG/EAS	MULT	273	.416	.330	7.3%		0.0%	8.8%			1.8%	0.7%	.161	.095
11	8		1257	.325	.324	6.8%	8.1%	0.0%	2.2%		2.25	0.6%	0.7%	.088	.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	.347	0.0%	8.1%					0.0%	0.9%	.421	.120
7	Birmingham Black Barons		541	.283	.308	5.7%	7.3%					0.2%	0.5%	.062	.076
2	Chicago American Giants		54	.204	.303	7.4%	7.4%					0.0%	0.7%	.020	.081
1	Philadelphia Stars		23	.123	.328	0.0%	8.4%					0.0%	1.2%	.000	.106
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	.325	9.2%	8.0%					0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
2	Baltimore Elite Giants		544	.393	.340	7.9%	8.9%					1.1%	0.9%	.124	.100
1	East All Stars		7	.236	.229	14.3%	7.8%	0.0%	3.4%		2.25	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.057

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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