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Name Team Age
Billy Lechner Retired (2001, Age 40) Died (2041, Age 80)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 5
(1979)		 3B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Mike Piazza League 0 19 years (72 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A  B 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+ B- B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B  D 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C  A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B- 0 9/19/1961
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 3 8
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (---)
C  (39.0 %) C  (38.5 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1981 TB 21 77 5 15 4 1 0 5 4 22 0 0 2 .507 .235 .273 .195
1983 TB 129 495 52 121 18 3 12 73 32 135 4 1 9 .660 .295 .366 .244
1984 TB 119 455 45 99 16 5 8 56 26 110 3 0 17 .588 .261 .327 .218
1985 TB 113 432 51 116 13 3 17 76 34 93 10 2 13 .753 .322 .431 .269
1986 TB 146 544 76 154 23 4 22 89 51 125 11 8 19 .806 .345 .461 .283
1987 TB 146 565 85 162 22 10 19 77 46 122 9 9 19 .801 .339 .462 .287
1988 TB 137 524 90 145 26 5 27 105 47 126 13 4 18 .837 .337 .500 .277
1989 TB 146 569 95 161 21 6 36 130 43 101 23 6 20 .866 .335 .531 .283
1990 TB 146 598 109 180 26 8 28 124 62 109 49 17 13 .879 .367 .512 .301
1991 TB 127 521 85 156 28 3 25 97 35 101 45 15 18 .854 .345 .509 .299
1992 TB 146 593 105 172 23 7 33 130 45 117 33 20 11 .862 .343 .519 .290
1993 TB 146 564 96 158 23 2 37 119 53 115 29 18 10 .867 .342 .525 .280
1994 TB 146 592 106 181 32 4 31 104 39 127 34 19 16 .878 .348 .530 .306
1995 NYA 145 542 94 153 20 7 32 100 58 105 28 9 2 .878 .355 .522 .282
1996 NYA 125 456 88 133 17 4 21 73 55 97 15 6 0 .850 .365 .485 .292
1997 NYA 141 412 65 105 14 4 23 70 41 105 8 5 5 .801 .325 .476 .255
1998 NYA 144 510 63 117 22 3 15 83 42 126 15 3 2 .662 .290 .373 .229
1999 NYA 138 373 46 80 9 4 12 40 29 87 7 5 2 .629 .272 .357 .214
2000 NYA 74 134 26 36 2 0 7 15 9 31 1 1 1 .753 .312 .440 .269
2001 NYA 41 69 10 23 4 1 3 10 4 15 1 1 0 .916 .365 .551 .333
Total 2476 9025 1392 2467 363 84 408 1576 755 1969 338 149 197 .798 .330 .468 .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.