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Les McCrabb
Lester William McCrabb (Buster)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 7, 1939
Final Game May 4, 1950
Born November 4, 1914 in Wakefield, PA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1939 24 PHA AL   1   2   5   4   2   0   1  0   35.7   42   20   16   4   10   11   1   0   160       0  4.04  4.71  117 1.458
 1940 25 PHA AL   0   0   4   0   0   0   3  0   11.7   19   13    9   2    2    4   1   0    58       0  6.94  4.42   64 1.800
 1941 26 PHA AL   9  13  26  23  11   1   3  2  157.3  188  105   96  16   49   40   1   0   706       0  5.49  4.19   76 1.506
 1942 27 PHA AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    4.0   14   14   14   2    2    0   1   1    29       0 31.50  3.77   12 4.000
 1950 35 PHA AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    1.3    7    4    4   0    0    2   1   0    12       0 27.00  4.53   17 5.250
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .400  10  15  38  27  13   1   8  2  210.0  270  156  139  24   63   57   5   1   965       0  5.96  4.28   72 1.586
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  15  39  28  13   1   8  2  219.7  282  163  145  25   65   59   5   1  1009   0   0  5.96  4.28   72 1.586
 Career High      9  13  26  23  11   1   3  2  157.3  188  105   96  16   49   40   1   1   706   0   0  5.49  4.19   76 1.506

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1939 24 PHA AL   5   13    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2           0   0
 1940 25 PHA AL   4    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  1   0   1  .250  .250  .250   31    1   0           0   0
 1941 26 PHA AL  26   56    2    8   2  0   0    5   0  0   0  13  .143  .143  .179  -15   10   1           0   0
 1942 27 PHA AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       38   74    2    9   2  0   0    5   0  1   0  20  .122  .122  .149  -29   11   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        315    9   38   9  0   0   21   0  4   0  85  .122  .122  .149  -29   47  13   0   0   0   0
 Career High     26   56    2    8   2  0   0    5   0  1   0  13                          10   2   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1939 24 PHA AL   15   15    0   0.0   112| .000  .284| .000  .359| .000  .420| .000  .778|-100  .000  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1940 25 PHA AL    4    4    0   0.0   109| .250  .277| .250  .350| .250  .420| .500  .769|  31  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1941 26 PHA AL   57   49    1   0.6   105| .143  .273| .143  .349| .179  .402| .322  .752| -15  .019  -9.4  -0.9   0%
 1942 27 PHA AL    1    1    0   0.0    94| .000  .264| .000  .339| .000  .370| .000  .709|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        77   69    1   0.4   106| .122  .275| .122  .351| .149  .406| .271  .757| -29  .010 -14.0  -1.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1939 24 PHA AL P 5 1 6 0 0 1.000 .946 1.40 0.98 1.76 1.92 4 35.7 1940 25 PHA AL P 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.05 3.08 2.08 0 11.7 1941 26 PHA AL P 26 9 24 4 1 .892 .959 1.27 1.16 1.89 2.14 23 157.3 1942 27 PHA AL P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.30 4.50 2.25 0 4.0 1950 35 PHA AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.95 0.00 2.08 0 1.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 24 PHA AL P 5 1 6 0 0 1.000 .946 1.40 0.98 1.76 1.92 4 35.7 1940 25 PHA AL P 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.05 3.08 2.08 0 11.7 1941 26 PHA AL P 26 9 24 4 1 .892 .959 1.27 1.16 1.89 2.14 23 157.3 1942 27 PHA AL P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.30 4.50 2.25 0 4.0 1950 35 PHA AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.95 0.00 2.08 0 1.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 38 10 36 4 1 .920 .956 1.21 1.12 1.97 2.10 27 210.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 38 10 36 4 1 .920 .956 1.21 1.12 1.97 2.10 27 210
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1941 AL-2.80-6

Home Runs Allow.
1941 AL-16-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2420) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1938 Season: Obtained by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Wilkes-Barre (Eastern) as part of a minor league working agreement.


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