Friday Stuff
Retread Content Edition
Monday
This was the anniversary of shortstop Dick Lundy’s death in 1962. Other than amongst Negro Leagues historians and aficionados, Lundy isn’t talked about much, but he was an all-time great player. How great? Well, in his twelve known major league seasons, played mostly with the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants but also a few other squads, Lundy had the following 162-game averages:
197 hits, 56 extra-base hits, 117 runs scored, 125 RBI, 19 steals, 5.9 WAR, and a batting line of .331/.394/.477.
That’s, uh, good. Like really, really good. Like so good that in the history of baseball, only three shortstops have ever played at least 500 games and had a career batting average of at least .320, and a career on-base percentage of at least .380, and a career slugging percentage of at least .450.
Hall of Famer Honus Wagner.
Hall of Famer Willie Wells.
Dick Lundy.
