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Les Nunamaker
Leslie Grant Nunamaker

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 28, 1911
Final Game September 5, 1922
Born January 25, 1889 in Aurora, NE
Died November 14, 1938 in Hastings, NE

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1911 22 BOS AL  62  183   18   47   4  3   0   19   1     12      .257  .303  .311   72   57  12           0    
 1912 23 BOS AL  35  103   15   26   5  2   0    6   2      6      .252  .313  .340   83   35   3           3    
 1913 24 BOS AL  29   65    9   14   5  2   0    9   2      8   8  .215  .311  .354   92   23   2           1    
 1914 25 TOT AL  92  262   19   69  10  3   2   29  11  9  23  34  .263  .328  .347  103   91   3           2    
         BOS AL   5    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   0  .200  .333  .200   61    1   0           0    
         NYY AL  87  257   19   68  10  3   2   29  11  9  22  34  .265  .327  .350  104   90   3           2    
 1915 26 NYY AL  87  249   24   56   6  3   0   17   3  2  23  24  .225  .293  .273   69   68   4           1    
 1916 27 NYY AL  91  260   25   77  14  7   0   28   4     34  21  .296  .380  .404  133  105   1           1    
 1917 28 NYY AL 104  310   22   81   9  2   0   33   5     21  25  .261  .310  .303   86   94   6           1    
 1918 29 SLB AL  85  274   22   71   9  2   0   22   6     28  16  .259  .339  .307   97   84   8           5    
 1919 30 CLE AL  26   56    6   14   1  1   0    7   0      2   6  .250  .276  .304   59   17   1           0    
 1920 31 CLE AL  34   54   10   18   3  3   0   14   1  0   4   5  .333  .379  .500  129   27   1           0    
 1921 32 CLE AL  46  131   16   47   7  2   0   25   1  1  11   8  .359  .408  .443  115   58   6           0    
 1922 33 CLE AL  25   43    8   13   2  0   0    7   0  0   4   3  .302  .362  .349   85   15   2           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     716 1990  194  533  75 30   2  216  36 12 176 150  .268  .332  .339   95  674  49   0   0  14   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        450   44  121  17  7   0   49   8  3  40  34  .268  .332  .339   95  152  11   0   0   3   0
 Career High    104  310   25   81  14  7   2   33  11  9  34  34  .296  .380  .404  133  105  12   0   0   5   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1911 22 BOS AL  207  148   17   3.1    95| .257  .280| .303  .346| .311  .368| .614  .714|  72  .368  -7.4  -0.8     
 1912 23 BOS AL  115   80   10   3.3    95| .252  .278| .313  .348| .340  .366| .653  .714|  83  .424  -2.6  -0.3     
 1913 24 BOS AL   76   53    7   3.5    89| .215  .268| .311  .340| .354  .352| .665  .692|  92  .487  -0.6  -0.1     
 1914 25 TOT AL  290  205   28   3.7    82| .263  .256| .328  .330| .347  .336| .675  .665| 103  .551   0.6   0.1  55%
         BOS AL    6    4    0   0.0    82| .200  .256| .333  .330| .200  .336| .533  .665|  61  .000  -0.2   0.0     
         NYY AL  284  201   28   3.7    82| .265  .256| .327  .330| .350  .336| .677  .665| 104  .560   0.8   0.1  55%
 1915 26 NYY AL  277  199   20   2.7    83| .225  .255| .293  .333| .273  .335| .566  .668|  69  .392  -9.7  -1.1  60%
 1916 27 NYY AL  296  184   40   5.9    84| .296  .259| .380  .333| .404  .338| .784  .672| 133  .727  11.2   1.3     
 1917 28 NYY AL  338  235   29   3.3    80| .261  .256| .310  .327| .303  .331| .613  .658|  86  .493  -5.6  -0.6     
 1918 29 SLB AL  315  211   28   3.6    80| .259  .257| .339  .328| .307  .328| .646  .655|  97  .514  -0.1   0.0     
 1919 30 CLE AL   59   43    5   3.1   100| .250  .283| .276  .350| .304  .381| .580  .731|  59  .382  -3.5  -0.4     
 1920 31 CLE AL   59   37   10   7.2   109| .333  .295| .379  .360| .500  .405| .879  .765| 129  .698   1.9   0.2 100%
 1921 32 CLE AL  148   91   24   7.1   116| .359  .302| .408  .368| .443  .424| .851  .792| 115  .647   3.3   0.3  50%
 1922 33 CLE AL   49   32    5   4.2   111| .302  .294| .362  .359| .349  .413| .711  .772|  85  .442  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     2229 1518  223   4.0    88| .268  .266| .332  .337| .339  .350| .671  .687|  95  .530 -13.3  -1.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1911 22 BOS AL C 59 309 79 11 8 .972 .965 6.58 5.89 14 1912 23 BOS AL C 35 166 33 6 3 .971 .961 5.69 5.85 6 1913 24 BOS AL C 27 147 23 4 1 .977 .967 6.30 5.59 2 1914 25 TOT AL C 73 305 130 13 12 .971 .967 5.96 5.70 7 TOT AL 1B 6 24 1 2 1 .926 .984 4.17 10.13 BOS AL C 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 1.67 5.70 0 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 10.10 NYY AL C 70 304 126 13 12 .971 .967 6.14 5.70 7 1B 5 20 1 2 1 .913 .986 4.20 10.14 1915 26 NYY AL C 77 324 99 16 9 .964 .965 5.49 5.46 5 1B 2 26 1 0 0 1.000 .985 13.50 10.25 1916 27 NYY AL C 79 353 102 8 13 .983 .974 5.76 5.21 5 1917 28 NYY AL C 91 372 113 12 12 .976 .971 5.33 4.98 10 1918 29 SLB AL C 81 315 108 9 10 .979 .970 5.22 4.96 8 1B 1 5 0 2 0 .714 .980 5.00 10.90 OF 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 2.20 0 0 1 1919 30 CLE AL C 16 39 12 4 0 .927 .973 3.19 4.96 1 1920 31 CLE AL C 17 42 10 2 1 .963 .974 3.06 4.58 0 1B 6 27 3 2 0 .938 .990 5.00 10.40 1921 32 CLE AL C 46 166 31 6 3 .970 .971 4.28 4.33 4 1922 33 CLE AL C 13 39 5 3 0 .936 .978 3.38 4.24 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1914 25 TOT AL 1B 6 24 1 2 1 .926 .984 4.17 10.13 BOS AL 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 10.10 NYY AL 1B 5 20 1 2 1 .913 .986 4.20 10.14 1915 26 NYY AL 1B 2 26 1 0 0 1.000 .985 13.50 10.25 1918 29 SLB AL 1B 1 5 0 2 0 .714 .980 5.00 10.90 1920 31 CLE AL 1B 6 27 3 2 0 .938 .990 5.00 10.40 1911 22 BOS AL C 59 309 79 11 8 .972 .965 6.58 5.89 14 1912 23 BOS AL C 35 166 33 6 3 .971 .961 5.69 5.85 6 1913 24 BOS AL C 27 147 23 4 1 .977 .967 6.30 5.59 2 1914 25 TOT AL C 73 305 130 13 12 .971 .967 5.96 5.70 7 BOS AL C 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 1.67 5.70 0 NYY AL C 70 304 126 13 12 .971 .967 6.14 5.70 7 1915 26 NYY AL C 77 324 99 16 9 .964 .965 5.49 5.46 5 1916 27 NYY AL C 79 353 102 8 13 .983 .974 5.76 5.21 5 1917 28 NYY AL C 91 372 113 12 12 .976 .971 5.33 4.98 10 1918 29 SLB AL C 81 315 108 9 10 .979 .970 5.22 4.96 8 1919 30 CLE AL C 16 39 12 4 0 .927 .973 3.19 4.96 1 1920 31 CLE AL C 17 42 10 2 1 .963 .974 3.06 4.58 0 1921 32 CLE AL C 46 166 31 6 3 .970 .971 4.28 4.33 4 1922 33 CLE AL C 13 39 5 3 0 .936 .978 3.38 4.24 0 1918 29 SLB AL OF 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 2.20 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 614 2577 745 94 72 .972 .969 5.41 5.24 62 1B 15 82 5 6 1 .935 .986 5.80 10.31 OF 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 2.20 0 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 630 2661 750 101 73 .971 .969 5.41 5.36
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1920   WS    CLE BRO     W   2   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Hit By Pitch
1918 AL-5-8

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3081) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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 

May 13, 1914: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Boston Red Sox.

January 22, 1918: Traded by the New York Yankees with Nick Cullop, Joe Gedeon, Fritz Maisel, Urban Shocker, and $15,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Eddie Plank and Del Pratt.

February 11, 1919: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Cleveland Indians for Josh Billings.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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