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Mike Piazza League
10-12-2123
Billy Lechner Third Base
Retired (2001, Age 40)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .273 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .798 Status Deceased (2041) Option Years 0  
H 2467 Age at Death 80 Date of Birth 09-19-1961
HR 408 Drafted Round 1, Pick 5
(1979)
Majors Svc Time 19 years
(72 games)
RBI 1576
SB 338
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 2
1B --- LF --- Arm WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 8
3B A+ (100%) RF (39.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 4
Notes: 1990 49 SB 7th highest all time.
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1981 Away 12 44 2 7 1 0 0 4 2 14 0 0 0 .377 .196 .182 .023 .159
1981 Home 9 33 3 8 3 1 0 1 2 8 0 0 2 .680 .286 .394 .152 .242
1983 Away 67 259 29 53 10 1 6 33 18 72 1 1 3 .581 .261 .320 .116 .205
1983 Home 62 236 23 68 8 2 6 40 14 63 3 0 6 .747 .332 .415 .127 .288
1984 Away 57 218 22 44 7 2 4 29 16 58 2 0 11 .567 .260 .307 .106 .202
1984 Home 62 237 23 55 9 3 4 27 10 52 1 0 6 .608 .262 .346 .114 .232
1985 Away 58 236 23 63 6 3 7 38 16 45 5 1 8 .719 .312 .407 .140 .267
1985 Home 55 196 28 53 7 0 10 38 18 48 5 1 5 .793 .333 .459 .189 .270
1986 Away 73 284 40 79 11 3 10 44 28 65 7 5 9 .790 .346 .444 .165 .278
1986 Home 73 260 36 75 12 1 12 45 23 60 4 3 10 .825 .344 .481 .192 .288
1987 Away 74 296 42 88 13 6 9 38 20 59 6 6 11 .815 .342 .473 .176 .297
1987 Home 72 269 43 74 9 4 10 39 26 63 3 3 8 .785 .336 .450 .175 .275
1988 Away 68 271 49 80 13 3 15 54 18 56 8 1 8 .868 .337 .531 .236 .295
1988 Home 69 253 41 65 13 2 12 51 29 70 5 3 10 .804 .338 .466 .209 .257
1989 Away 74 297 54 87 10 4 17 69 22 59 11 1 11 .872 .347 .525 .232 .293
1989 Home 72 272 41 74 11 2 19 61 21 42 12 5 9 .860 .323 .537 .265 .272
1990 Away 74 309 54 91 17 2 8 44 33 60 26 9 9 .804 .363 .440 .146 .294
1990 Home 72 289 55 89 9 6 20 80 29 49 23 8 4 .960 .372 .588 .280 .308
1991 Away 62 259 40 68 10 3 12 44 17 50 17 7 7 .768 .305 .463 .201 .263
1991 Home 65 262 45 88 18 0 13 53 18 51 28 8 11 .938 .385 .553 .218 .336
1992 Away 70 297 48 80 10 2 14 49 19 56 15 10 5 .777 .319 .458 .189 .269
1992 Home 76 296 57 92 13 5 19 81 26 61 18 10 6 .947 .366 .581 .270 .311
1993 Away 73 289 44 84 13 1 14 53 25 58 20 11 6 .834 .346 .488 .197 .291
1993 Home 73 275 52 74 10 1 23 66 28 57 9 7 4 .902 .339 .564 .295 .269
1994 Away 73 306 47 84 19 4 9 45 17 71 15 12 6 .763 .312 .451 .176 .275
1994 Home 73 286 59 97 13 0 22 59 22 56 19 7 10 1.001 .386 .615 .276 .339
1995 Away 73 276 43 73 9 1 18 46 27 59 8 5 1 .836 .336 .500 .236 .264
1995 Home 72 266 51 80 11 6 14 54 31 46 20 4 1 .921 .376 .545 .244 .301
1996 Away 62 236 39 66 9 3 11 42 23 54 7 3 0 .821 .338 .483 .203 .280
1996 Home 63 220 49 67 8 1 10 31 32 43 8 3 0 .879 .393 .486 .182 .305
1997 Away 68 203 27 50 8 1 9 27 18 51 6 2 4 .741 .312 .429 .182 .246
1997 Home 73 209 38 55 6 3 14 43 23 54 2 3 1 .859 .338 .522 .258 .263
1998 Away 71 261 30 60 12 0 5 36 16 69 7 2 2 .613 .280 .333 .103 .230
1998 Home 73 249 33 57 10 3 10 47 26 57 8 1 0 .713 .300 .414 .185 .229
1999 Away 71 198 25 40 7 3 7 17 14 46 4 1 0 .632 .258 .374 .172 .202
1999 Home 67 175 21 40 2 1 5 23 15 41 3 4 2 .625 .288 .337 .109 .229
2000 Away 39 75 10 19 1 0 3 7 5 16 1 1 0 .687 .300 .387 .133 .253
2000 Home 35 59 16 17 1 0 4 8 4 15 0 0 1 .837 .328 .508 .220 .288
2001 Away 24 38 4 10 0 0 0 2 3 9 0 1 0 .573 .310 .263 .000 .263
2001 Home 17 31 6 13 4 1 3 8 1 6 1 0 0 1.341 .438 .903 .484 .419
Total Away 1243 4652 672 1226 186 42 178 721 357 1027 166 79 101 .754 .318 .436 .173 .264
Total Home 1233 4373 720 1241 177 42 230 855 398 942 172 70 96 .845 .344 .501 .217 .284
Total 2476 9025 1392 2467 363 84 408 1576 755 1969 338 149 197 .798 .330 .468 .194 .273
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2001-11-01Billy Lechner has retired from the New York Rotties
1996-04-15Billy Lechner of the New York Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1995-04-01Trade #1228531 has been completed between the New York Rotties and the Tampa Bay Black Sox. The Tampa Bay Black Sox receive Doug Kading, Ossie Wilson, Ray Graves, Draft Pick 1997 Round 1 NYA (Randy Bross) from the New York Rotties in exchange for Billy Lechner, Mike Macfarlane.
1994-05-05The Tampa Bay Black Sox have placed Billy Lechner on the trade block.
1994-04-01The Tampa Bay Black Sox have removed Billy Lechner from the trade block.
1993-07-20The Tampa Bay Black Sox have placed Billy Lechner on the trade block.
1991-05-19Billy Lechner of the Tampa Bay Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1988-05-14Billy Lechner of the Tampa Bay Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1985-07-27Billy Lechner of the Tampa Bay Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 41 days.
1984-06-17Billy Lechner of the Tampa Bay Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1983-07-07Billy Lechner of the Tampa Bay Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1982-10-05The Tampa Bay Black Sox have promoted Steve Coffin to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Black Sox have promoted Billy Lechner to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Black Sox have designated Marty Suero for assignment. The Tampa Bay Black Sox have designated March Lowery for assignment.
1981-09-30The Tampa Bay Black Sox have promoted Blake Jasper to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Black Sox have sent Billy Lechner to the minors.
1981-08-31Billy Lechner of the Tampa Bay Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1981-08-29The Tampa Bay Black Sox have promoted Billy Lechner to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Black Sox have promoted Charlie Bettinger to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Black Sox have promoted Moses Wilson to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Black Sox have designated Ed Crowell for assignment. The Tampa Bay Black Sox have designated Dewey Peterson for assignment. The Tampa Bay Black Sox have sent Wes Munger to the minors.
1979-04-14The Tampa Bay Black Sox have renamed Enrique Myers to Billy Lechner.
1978-05-12A trade has been completed between the Washington Crooks and the Tampa Bay Black Sox. The Tampa Bay Black Sox receive Draft Pick 1979 Round 1 TB (Billy Lechner) from the Washington Crooks in exchange for Draft Pick 1979 Round 5 TB (Don Pointer). Protest This Trade.
1978-05-06A trade has been completed between the Tampa Bay Black Sox and the Washington Crooks. The Washington Crooks receive Rob Thomas, Scott Freeze, Draft Pick 1979 Round 1 TB (Billy Lechner) from the Tampa Bay Black Sox in exchange for Jose Pinto, Steve Pieh, Draft Pick 1979 Round 1 WAS (Danny Brodd). Protest This Trade.