MLB / Players

Billy Lauder

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 160 lb

BornFebruary 23, 1874 · New York, NY, USA

MLB debutJune 25, 1898

Final gameSeptember 26, 1903

Seasons5 (1898–1903)

Philadelphia Phillies 1898–1899; Philadelphia Athletics 1901; New York Giants 1902–1903

Percentile snapshot

1902 season — qualified batters

127

42.7

504

26.2

490

48.5

13.6

115

23.3

60.2

11.7

RBI

30.1

7.8

6.8

49.5

.235

12.6

OBP

.250

1.9

SLG

.280

8.7

OPS

.530

4.9

wRC+

59.0

4.9

OPS+

63.4

6.8

wOBA

.257

3.9

sWAR

-0.6

3.9

of 104 qualified 1902 batters (min 437 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

0.8

62.2

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1898	97	393	361	42	95	14	7	2	67	19	27	6	.263	.300	.357	.657	85.3	87.8	.316	0.7
1899	151	626	583	74	156	17	6	3	90	34	24	15	.268	.310	.333	.643	77.3	76.1	.310	0.5
1901	2	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-23.7	-31.8	.117	-0.1
1902	127	504	490	42	115	20	1	0	43	10	53	19	.235	.250	.280	.530	59.0	63.4	.257	-0.6
1903	108	427	395	52	111	13	0	0	53	14	34	19	.281	.307	.314	.621	75.3	76.1	.300	0.3

Career totals

485

1,958

1,837

211

478

RBI

253

138

.2602

OBP

.2911

SLG

.3185

OPS

.6096

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	TB
1903-04-29	PHI @ SF Gameday	5	1	4	1	2	5
1902-04-21	ATL @ SF Gameday	4	0	4	0	2	4
1903-05-08	PHI @ SF Gameday	4	1	3	1	2	4
1902-04-23	ATL @ SF Gameday	5	1	3	1	1	4
1902-05-29	SF @ ATL Gameday	4	0	3	1	0	4

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1901-04-26	MIN @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-27	MIN @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-29	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-30	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-05-01	BOS @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.