Dick Lundy Notable

b. July 10, 1898 · Brooklyn Royal Giants 1916, Hilldale Club 1918–1919, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 1918, 1920–1921, New York Bacharach Giants 1922, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 1923–1928, Baltimore Black Sox 1929–1932, Philadelphia Stars 1933, Pittsburgh Crawfords 1933, Newark Dodgers 1934–1935, New York Cubans 1935, New York Black Yankees 1935, Newark Eagles 1937

Dick Lundy played for 11 clubs across 22 seasons as a shortstop, opening with the Brooklyn Royal Giants in 1916 and closing with the Newark Eagles in 1937. His longest stay was with the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants, from 1923 to 1928.

He batted .327 with 952 hits across 792 games, scoring 540 runs. He finished with 49 home runs, 161 doubles, 50 triples and 106 stolen bases. He went 0 and 0 with a 0.00 earned run average, pitching 0 innings in 1 game.

He led the league in hits once, in 1924, with 91. He led the league in runs batted in once, in 1927, with 76. He played 744 games at shortstop, with 1,924 assists and 290 errors. He turned 235 double plays.

He was selected to two consecutive All-Star teams, from 1933 to 1934.

He was born in Jacksonville, FL, USA on July 10, 1898, and died on January 5, 1962. He batted both ways and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Negro Leagues East-West Classic	2	1933, 1934

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1916*	BRG	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1918*	AC/HIL	16	60	8	21	4	3	0	11	4	0	1	.350
1919*	HIL	19	71	11	24	2	3	0	6	5	0	2	.338
1920*	AC	31	108	19	40	5	2	3	19	13	1	11	.370
1921*	AC	44	169	31	56	5	5	3	32	7	2	10	.331
1922*	NYB	3	11	4	4	1	1	0	4	1	0	3	.364
1923	ACB	50	185	41	59	7	3	3	33	11	1	4	.319
1924	ACB	68	264	58	91	9	4	8	53	28	1	19	.345
1925	ACB	71	259	53	71	12	2	5	48	36	0	6	.274
1926	ACB	54	198	41	70	17	4	2	43	22	1	3	.354
1927	ACB	86	332	60	111	20	6	9	76	34	0	9	.334
1928	ACB	54	201	33	68	17	3	3	49	20	2	8	.338
1929	BBS	70	262	53	92	16	6	4	59	20	0	9	.351
1930*	BBS	41	145	29	51	10	0	4	34	12	0	3	.352
1931*	BBS	54	196	23	52	6	3	2	23	13	1	6	.265
1932	BBS	46	161	27	61	15	0	1	31	11	0	9	.379
1933	PC/PS	30	106	15	24	3	1	1	17	10	1	1	.226
1934	ND	15	42	5	12	2	1	0	7	4	1	1	.286
1935	NBY/ND/NYC	26	96	17	30	8	1	1	16	9	0	0	.313
1937	NE	13	39	12	15	2	2	0	6	7	0	1	.385
Major leagues	—	583	2145	415	704	128	33	37	438	212	7	70	.328
All seasons	—	792	2909	540	952	161	50	49	567	267	11	106	.327

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1928	ACB	0	0	1	0	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0.00
Career	—	0	0	1	0	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0.00

Seasons outside MLB's recognized major leagues appear in All seasons, but not in Major leagues or the leaderboards. For Dick Lundy, that is 1916–1931. Why totals can differ.

On this day & linked events

1898

Born July 10, 1898

Jacksonville, FL, USA

1962