Lucius Hampton Notable

b. January 1, 1897 · Columbus Buckeyes 1921, Indianapolis ABCs 1922, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 1923, Hilldale Club 1923, Washington Potomacs 1924, Wilmington Potomacs 1925, Detroit Stars 1925–1927

Lucius Hampton played for seven clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Columbus Buckeyes in 1921 and closing with the Detroit Stars in 1927.

He went 49 and 43 with a 4.17 earned run average, pitching 768 innings in 124 games. He struck out 243, completed 62 of his 91 starts and threw 4 shutouts. Across 201 games he batted .305, with 153 hits and 93 runs. He finished with 21 home runs, 23 doubles and 8 stolen bases.

He was born in Albany, GA, USA on January 1, 1897. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1921	COB	13	41	6	13	3	1	0	6	0	0	0	.317
1922	ABC	47	128	30	44	9	3	5	27	7	3	2	.344
1923	ACB/HIL	19	42	8	13	2	1	2	7	0	0	1	.310
1924	WP	35	91	17	29	3	0	4	19	5	0	3	.319
1925	DS/WMP	42	106	17	27	3	3	4	19	13	0	1	.255
1926	DS	33	67	9	20	2	0	4	16	6	0	1	.299
1927	DS	12	26	6	7	1	1	2	6	1	0	0	.269
Career	—	201	501	93	153	23	9	21	100	32	3	8	.305

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1921	COB	6	4	12	9	0	83.1	90	36	30	24	3.89
1922	ABC	11	5	19	16	1	138.2	123	41	27	35	2.66
1923	ACB/HIL	6	5	17	12	0	93.1	109	36	17	33	3.47
1924	WP	6	8	16	13	0	98.1	120	52	23	27	4.76
1925	DS/WMP	7	8	24	15	1	141.0	149	72	39	50	4.60
1926	DS	11	11	25	21	2	158.0	175	86	33	53	4.90
1927	DS	2	2	11	5	0	55.1	72	33	19	21	5.37
Career	—	49	43	124	91	4	768.0	838	356	188	243	4.17

On this day & linked events

1897

Born January 1, 1897

Albany, GA, USA