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			.421	.421	.842	1.263	228
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	0			.077	.077	.077	.154	-54
1941	BBB	NAL	29	3B	26	101	93	22	31	3	1	1	11	2		5			2	1			.333	.380	.419	.799	135
1942	BBB/CAG	NAL	30	3B	28	106	99	13	24	2	2	1	17	2		6			1	0			.242	.292	.333	.626	89
1943	BBB/WES	MULT	31	LF	50	209	192	20	46	5	2	2	31	2	0	13	0		0	4			.240	.288	.318	.606	89
1944	BBB	NAL/WS	32	LF	33	120	113	12	26	5	1	0	14	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	0		.230	.263	.292	.555	74
1945	BBB/WES	EWA/NAL	33	LF	28	114	106	13	27	5	2	0	13	0	0	4	0		1	3	0		.255	.288	.340	.628	82
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			.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	155
11	7			LF	334	1354	1240	182	346	51	19	11	204	16	0	87	1	0	6	21	0	2	.279	.329	.377	.707	104
162 Game Average						657	601	88	168	25	9	5	99	8	0	42	18	0	3	10	0	162	.279	.329	.377	.707	104

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			.421	.421	.842	1.263	228
7	Birmingham Black Barons			3B	158	633	583	80	146	19	7	3	78	5	0	35	1	0	4	11	0		.250	.297	.322	.620	87
2	Chicago American Giants			2B	20	71	67	5	12	2	1	1	11	1		4			0	0			.179	.225	.284	.509	55
2	West All Stars			-	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	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			.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		.539	.344		0.0%	7.9%								0.0%	0.9%		.421	.120
1938	BBB	NAL	36		.142	.320		13.9%	7.6%								0.0%	0.7%		.032	.095
1939	CAG	NAL	13		.073	.314		0.0%	8.1%								0.0%	0.7%		.000	.095
1941	BBB	NAL	101		.380	.323		5.0%	7.7%								1.0%	0.6%		.086	.086
1942	BBB/CAG	NAL	106		.297	.312		5.7%				7.0%					0.9%	0.7%		.091	.090
1943	BBB/WES	MULT	209		.290	.312		6.2%			0.0%	7.6%					1.0%	0.4%		.078	.071
1944	BBB	NAL/WS	120		.266	.306		4.2%			0.8%	7.1%		5.00			0.0%	0.5%		.062	.069
1945	BBB/WES	EWA/NAL	114		.289	.324		3.5%			0.0%	7.3%					0.0%	0.6%		.085	.088
1946	BBB/CIC	NAL	74		.257	.326		9.5%				8.0%					0.0%	0.5%		.000	.078
1947	BEG	NN2	283		.373	.349		8.5%	9.1%								0.4%	1.0%		.087	.105
1948	BEG/EAS	MULT	279		.409	.329		6.5%			0.0%	8.7%					2.2%	0.7%		.167	.094
11	7		1354		.332	.326		6.4%	8.1%		3.3%	2.5%		1.00	11.42		0.8%	0.7%		.098	.089

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	St. Louis Stars II		19		.539	.344		0.0%	7.9%								0.0%	0.9%		.421	.120
7	Birmingham Black Barons		633		.295	.315		5.5%	7.4%		5.3%	4.6%		0.00	1.75		0.5%	0.5%		.072	.079
2	Chicago American Giants		71		.241	.310		5.6%	7.1%								1.4%	0.7%		.104	.090
2	West All Stars		4		.000	.429		0.0%	12.2%		0.0%	0.0%			0.00		0.0%	0.0%		.000	.085
1	Indianapolis Clowns		65		.251	.325		9.2%	7.9%								0.0%	0.5%		.000	.077
2	Baltimore Elite Giants		555		.393	.340		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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