Les Fusselman

Lester Leroy Fusselman

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 7, 1921 in Pryor, OK
School: Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1952
Team: Cardinals 1952-1953

Final Game: June 12, 1953
Died: May 21, 1970 in Cleveland, OH
Buried: Acacia Masonic Memorial Park, Cleveland, OH
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
1942	21	STL-min	B	117	442	442		134	19	5	5						.303	.303	.403	.706		178						CBS · SALL
1946	25	STL-min	A,AAA	37	92	92	0	23	5	1	0	0	0				.250	.250	.326	.576		30	0					CBS,ROC · SALL,IL
1947	26	STL-min	A	129	458	458		141	23	8	9						.308	.308	.452	.760		207						CBS · SALL
1948	27	STL-min	AA,AAA	93	268	257	18	62	15	5	3	15	1		11	20	.241	.272	.374	.646		96		0	0			HSN,DAL,ROC · TL,IL
1949	28	STL-min	AAA	97	368	332	34	93	13	6	7	57	2		32	40	.280	.343	.419	.762		139	12	0	4			CLB · AA
1950	29	STL-min	AA,AAA	96	290	286	4	76	17	6	3	2	0		4	5	.266	.276	.399	.674		114	3	0	0			HSN,CLB · TL,AA
1951	30	STL-min	AA	132	432	432		110	36	5	12						.255	.255	.444	.699		192						HSN · TL
1952	31	STL	NL	32	64	63	5	10	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	9	.159	.159	.254	.413	13	16	2	0	1		2
1953	32	STL-min	AAA	61	196	173	19	43	10	1	5	25	0		23	34	.249	.337	.405	.741		70		0	0			ROC · IL
1953	32	STL	NL	11	9	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	60	3	1	0	1		2
1954	33	ATL-min	AAA	61	164	145	16	35	7	0	5	14	1		18	24	.241	.323	.393	.716		57	8	0	0	1		TOL · AA
2 Yrs				43	73	71	6	12	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	9	.169	.169	.268	.437	18	19	3	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	275	267	23	45	15	0	4	11	0	0	0	34	.169	.169	.268	.437	18	72	11	0	8

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1952	31	STL	NL	32	64	-7	0	-1	0	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.6	.475	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$	2
1953	32	STL	NL	11	9	-1	-0	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	2
2 Seasons				43	73	-8	-0	0	1	-7	-0.8	3	-4	-0.5	.482	.498	-0.5	0.1	-5	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1952	31	STL	NL	64	56	3	1.4	97	.170	.159	.262	.159	.335	.254	.389	.413	.724	13	.125	-7.7	-0.8	.291	.095	.095	.0
1953	32	STL	NL	9	8	1	3.3	110	.250	.250	.274	.250	.345	.375	.427	.625	.773	60	.334	-0.4	-0.0	.429	.125	.125
2 Yrs				73	64	4	1.7	99	.180	.169	.263	.169	.336	.268	.394	.437	.729	18	.154	-8.1	-0.8	.306	.099	.099	.0
162 Game Avg.				275	241	15	1.7	99	.180	.169	.263	.169	.336	.268	.394	.437	.729	18	.154	-8.1	-0.8	.306	.099	.099

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1952	31	STL	NL	64	1.6%	14.1%	0.0%	6.3%	40%		7.0	63.0	21.0	0.50	83%
1953	32	STL	NL	9	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	11.1%	50%					1.25	89%
2 Yrs				73	1.4%	12.3%	0.0%	6.9%	42%		7.9	71.0	23.7	0.63	84%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.8%	9.2%	6.4%	28%	1.18	8.2	44.8	8.3	0.98	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1952	31	STL	NL	-7.7	-0.8	47	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.79	-0.4	-0.1	-1.6	-0.2	0.93	-3.1	2.51	2
1953	32	STL	NL	-0.4	-0.0	9	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.49	-0.1	-0.1	-1.8	-0.2	1.24	-1.1		0
2 Yrs				-8.1	-0.8	56	-0.7	0.5	-1.2	.90	-0.5	-0.3	-3.4	-0.3	0.98	-4.2	2.51	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	31	STL	NL	2	44%	21	1	0%	2	2	2	2	0
1953	32	STL	NL	0	50%	3	0	50%	0	0	2	1	1
2 Yrs				2	46%	24	1	17%	2	2	4	3	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1952	31	STL	NL	64	49%	10			2	0	0	0	2.51	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		6	2	33%	3	0	0%	26	2	8%	0	0		2	2	100%	0
1953	32	STL	NL	9	11%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	1	1	100%	12	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2 Yrs				73	43%	12			2	0	0	0	2.51	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	200%	10	3	30%	4	1	25%	38	2	5%	0	0		3	3	100%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			87%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1952	31	32	64	63	5	10	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	9	.159	.159	.254	.413	13	16	2	0	1
1953	32	43	73	71	6	12	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	9	.169	.169	.268	.437	18	19	3	0	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1952	31	33	67	66	6	11	3	1	4	9	.167	.167	.258	.424	3	32
1953	32	11	9	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	1	11
2 Yrs		44	76	74	7	13	4	1	4	9	.176	.176	.270	.446	4	43
162 Game Avg.		162	280	272	26	48	15	4	15	33	.176	.176	.270	.446	15	43

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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