Bill Lamar

{{Short description|American baseball player (1897–1970)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bill Lamar

|image=Lamar newspaper photo.jpg

|position=Left fielder

|birth_date={{Birth date|1897|3|21}}

|birth_place=Rockville, Maryland, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1970|5|24|1897|3|21}}

|death_place=Rockport, Massachusetts, U.S.

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= September 19

|debutyear= 1917

|debutteam= New York Yankees

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 6

|finalyear=1927

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.310

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=19

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=245

|teams=

• New York Yankees ({{mlby|1917}}–{{mlby|1919}})
• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1919}})
• Brooklyn Robins ({{mlby|1920}}–{{mlby|1921}})
• Philadelphia Athletics ({{mlby|1924}}–{{mlby|1927}})

}}

William Harmong Lamar [Good Time Bill] (March 21, 1897 – May 24, 1970) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1917 through 1927 for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Robins, and Philadelphia Athletics. Listed at {{height|ft=6|in=1}}, 185 lb., Lamar batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Rockville, Maryland.

In a nine-season career, Lamar was a .310 hitter (633-for-2040) with 19 home runs and 245 RBI in 550 games, including 303 runs, 114 doubles, 23 triples, 25 stolen bases, and a 1.10 walk-to-strikeout ratio (86-to-78).

Lamar died in Rockport, Massachusetts at age 73.