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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 H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1981 LHP 9 18 6 2 1 0 4 1 5 .924 .368 .556 .222 .333
1981 RHP 20 59 9 2 0 0 1 3 17 .380 .194 .186 .034 .153
1983 LHP 60 117 29 6 0 2 11 11 28 .668 .318 .350 .103 .248
1983 RHP 121 378 92 12 3 10 62 21 107 .657 .287 .370 .127 .243
1984 LHP 46 87 17 2 0 1 7 6 19 .500 .247 .253 .057 .195
1984 RHP 113 368 82 14 5 7 49 20 91 .609 .264 .345 .122 .223
1985 LHP 60 122 37 3 1 7 28 9 26 .865 .348 .516 .213 .303
1985 RHP 99 310 79 10 2 10 48 25 67 .708 .312 .397 .142 .255
1986 LHP 77 157 49 6 2 11 41 14 34 .952 .366 .586 .274 .312
1986 RHP 140 387 105 17 2 11 48 37 91 .747 .336 .411 .140 .271
1987 LHP 73 144 48 9 0 7 25 15 25 .938 .396 .542 .208 .333
1987 RHP 140 421 114 13 10 12 52 31 97 .753 .319 .435 .164 .271
1988 LHP 65 138 36 9 1 5 29 10 32 .758 .309 .449 .188 .261
1988 RHP 128 386 109 17 4 22 76 37 94 .865 .347 .518 .236 .282
1989 LHP 54 117 34 5 2 8 33 10 16 .929 .357 .573 .282 .291
1989 RHP 144 452 127 16 4 28 97 33 85 .850 .330 .520 .239 .281
1990 LHP 59 130 45 7 2 8 30 13 24 1.025 .410 .615 .269 .346
1990 RHP 135 468 135 19 6 20 94 49 85 .839 .356 .483 .194 .288
1991 LHP 46 87 28 1 2 6 19 8 11 .957 .371 .586 .264 .322
1991 RHP 122 434 128 27 1 19 78 27 90 .833 .340 .493 .198 .295
1992 LHP 57 109 33 7 1 3 26 7 19 .818 .350 .468 .165 .303
1992 RHP 138 484 139 16 6 30 104 38 98 .872 .341 .531 .244 .287
1993 LHP 52 106 32 3 1 7 22 10 20 .903 .355 .547 .245 .302
1993 RHP 137 458 126 20 1 30 97 43 95 .859 .339 .520 .245 .275
1994 LHP 53 114 36 10 0 4 17 7 20 .858 .350 .509 .193 .316
1994 RHP 138 478 145 22 4 27 87 32 107 .883 .348 .536 .232 .303
1995 LHP 53 95 32 2 0 6 17 8 15 .942 .394 .547 .211 .337
1995 RHP 136 447 121 18 7 26 83 50 90 .864 .347 .517 .246 .271
1996 LHP 38 59 16 3 0 3 14 11 12 .860 .386 .475 .203 .271
1996 RHP 122 397 117 14 4 18 59 44 85 .848 .362 .486 .191 .295
1997 LHP 28 54 17 1 0 3 9 10 9 .922 .422 .500 .185 .315
1997 RHP 129 358 88 13 4 20 61 31 96 .782 .310 .472 .226 .246
1998 LHP 43 81 24 3 2 3 16 4 15 .827 .333 .494 .198 .296
1998 RHP 136 429 93 19 1 12 67 38 111 .631 .281 .350 .133 .217
1999 LHP 29 55 13 2 0 1 2 7 11 .650 .323 .327 .091 .236
1999 RHP 125 318 67 7 4 11 38 22 76 .625 .263 .362 .151 .211
2000 LHP 19 28 7 0 0 2 2 1 6 .740 .276 .464 .214 .250
2000 RHP 58 106 29 2 0 5 13 8 25 .756 .322 .434 .160 .274
2001 LHP 9 8 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1.181 .556 .625 .125 .500
2001 RHP 27 61 19 3 1 3 10 3 14 .879 .338 .541 .230 .311
Total LHP 930 1826 543 82 15 87 352 163 348 .857 .355 .502 .204 .297
Total RHP 2308 7199 1924 281 69 321 1224 592 1621 .783 .324 .459 .192 .267
Total 2476 9025 2467 363 84 408 1576 755 1969 .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.