Buddy Lewis

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For other persons named John Lewis, see John Lewis (disambiguation).

John Kelly (Buddy) Lewis (born August 10, 1916 in Gastonia, North Carolina) is a former third baseman/right fielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career with the Washington Senators (1935-41, 1945-47, 1949). He batted left handed and threw right handed.

In an eleven-season career, Lewis posted a .297 batting average (1563-for-5261) with 73 home runs, 607 RBI, 830 runs, 249 doubles, 93 triples, and 83 stolen bases in 1349 games played.

[edit] Best seasons

• 1937 - .314, 107 runs, 210 hits, 32 doubles, 79 RBI
• 1938 - .296, 122 runs, 194 hits, 12 HR, 91 RBI, 35 doubles, 17 stolen bases
• 1939 - .319, 171 hits, 87 runs, 75 RBI, and double digits in doubles (23), triples (16), HR (10) and stolen bases (10)
• 1940 - .317, 101 runs, 190 hits, 38 doubles, 10 triples, 15 stolen bases

[edit] Highlights

• Twice American League All-Star (1938, third baseman – 1947, outfielder)
• Led AL in singles (1937, 162)
• Led AL in at bats (1937, 668)
• Led AL in triples (1939, 16)
• Four times hit over .300 and scored 100 or more runs
• In the Army Air Force, flew more than 350 missions and received honors for his service in World War II from 1942-44

[edit] External links

• The Baseball Page - biography
• Baseball Library - profile
• Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
• Matt's Pen & Paper Heroes - baseball card