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Les Lancaster

Lester Wayne Lancaster

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 21, 1962 in Dallas, TX
High School: Nimitz HS (Irving, TX)
Schools: University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR), Dallas Baptist University (Dallas, TX)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1987 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals/Tigers 1987-1993

Final Game: October 3, 1993 (Age 31)
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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	IBB	Pos	Awards
1985	23	CHC-min	Rk	20	29	24	5	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	3	.167	.259	.375	.634		9		0	2	0	0		WYV · APPY
1986	24	CHC-min	AA,A	28	25	23	1	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	9	.217	.217	.391	.609		9		0	2	0	0		PFD,WSM · EL,CARL
1987	25	CHC-min	AAA	15	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400		1		0	0	0	0		IWA · AA
1987	25	CHC	NL	27	51	49	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	19	.082	.100	.102	.202	-47	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	RoY-6
1988	26	CHC	NL	44	23	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.050	.050	.050	.100	-72	1	0	0	3	0	0	1
1989	27	CHC-min	AAA	17	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		IWA · AA
1989	27	CHC	NL	42	11	11	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.182	.182	.273	.455	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	28	CHC-min	AAA	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	0	0		IWA · AA
1990	28	CHC	NL	55	24	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	.050	.174	.050	.224	-37	1	0	0	1	0	0	1/7
1991	29	CHC	NL	64	34	28	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	.179	.179	.250	.429	18	7	0	0	6	0	0	1
1992	30	DET	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	31	STL	NL	50	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-40	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	32	TOR-min	AAA	65	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	1	0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
1995	33	CLE-min	AAA	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BFL · AA
1996	34	OAX	AAA																										OAX · MEX
7 Yrs				323	148	132	6	13	4	0	0	5	0	0	5	64	.098	.131	.129	.260	-29	17	0	0	11	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	74	66	3	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	32	.098	.131	.129	.260	-29	9	0	0	6	0	0

CHC (5 yrs)				232	143	128	6	13	4	0	0	5	0	0	4	62	.102	.129	.133	.262	-29	17	0	0	11	0	0
STL (1 yr)				50	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-40	0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				282	148	132	6	13	4	0	0	5	0	0	5	64	.098	.131	.129	.260	-29	17	0	0	11	0	0
AL (1 yr)				41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1987	25	CHC	NL	27	51	-11	-0	0	0	7	-3	-0.3	2	-2	-0.3	.487	.498	-0.4	0.0	-2	$62,500	1	RoY-6
1988	26	CHC	NL	44	23	-5	0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$90,000	1
1989	27	CHC	NL	42	11	-1	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$120,000	1
1990	28	CHC	NL	55	24	-4	0	0	0	3	-0	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.1	0	$300,000	1/7
1991	29	CHC	NL	64	34	-4	-0	0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$550,000	1
1992	30	DET	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
1993	31	STL	NL	50	5	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$350,000	1
7 Seasons				323	148	-25	0	0	0	21	-4	-0.4	5	1	-0.4	.499	.500	-0.5	0.2	1	$1,472,500

CHC (5 yrs)				232	143	-24	0	0	0	20	-4	-0.5	5	0	-0.5	.498	.499	-0.5	0.1	1	$1,122,500
STL (1 yr)				50	5	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$350,000
DET (1 yr)				41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0

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
1987	25	CHC	NL	51	46	1	0.6	108	.133	.082	.273	.100	.343	.102	.425	.202	.767	-47	.021	-10.6	-1.1	.133	.041	.020
1988	26	CHC	NL	23	22	0	0.0	94	.125	.050	.262	.050	.326	.050	.384	.100	.711	-72	.000	-4.6	-0.5	.053	.000	.000
1989	27	CHC	NL	11	9	1	3.0	97	.500	.182	.263	.182	.331	.273	.391	.455	.723	25	.365	-1.1	-0.1	.333	.091	.091
1990	28	CHC	NL	24	20	0	0.0	104	.111	.050	.273	.174	.341	.050	.411	.224	.752	-37	.000	-4.0	-0.4	.211	.150	.000
1991	29	CHC	NL	34	29	1	0.9	97	.333	.179	.262	.179	.330	.250	.393	.429	.723	18	.060	-3.2	-0.3	.304	.071	.071

1993	31	STL	NL	5	4	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.268	.200	.332	.000	.408	.200	.740	-40	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
7 Yrs				148	130	3	0.6	102	.191	.098	.268	.131	.336	.129	.406	.260	.743	-29	.027	-24.3	-2.5	.185	.068	.030
162 Game Avg.				74	65	2	0.6	102	.191	.098	.268	.131	.336	.129	.406	.260	.743	-29	.027	-24.3	-2.5	.185	.068	.030

CHC (5 yrs)				143	126	3	0.6	102	.197	.102	.268	.129	.336	.133	.406	.262	.743	-29	.029	-23.5	-2.4	.183	.063	.031
STL (1 yr)				5	4	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.268	.200	.332	.000	.408	.200	.740	-40		-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1989	27	CHC	NL	NLCS	SFG	L	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1987	25	CHC	NL	51	0.0%	37.3%	2.0%	2.0%	25%	19.00	2.6		24.5		0.80	59%
1988	26	CHC	NL	23	0.0%	52.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.7			0.75	1.50	35%	9%	0.0%	75%
1989	27	CHC	NL	11	0.0%	63.6%	0.0%	9.1%	50%		1.6		11.0	0.50	1.00	36%	50%	0.0%	0%
1990	28	CHC	NL	24	0.0%	45.8%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	3.67	1.8			0.80	1.25	38%	30%	0.0%	40%
1991	29	CHC	NL	34	0.0%	38.2%	0.0%	5.9%	40%		2.2		14.0	0.75	1.50	44%	19%	0.0%	38%

1993	31	STL	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	20.0%	0.0%		2.00	2.0					40%	0%
7 Yrs				148	0.0%	43.2%	3.4%	2.7%	31%	12.80	2.1		26.4	0.79	1.17	46%	21%	0.0%	42%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.75	6.0	41.4	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.3%	21%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1987	25	CHC	NL	-10.6	-1.1	51	-0.9	0.1	-1.0	.81	-1.1	-0.1	-12.3	-1.2	0.93	-12.2	0
1988	26	CHC	NL	-4.6	-0.5	24	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.67	-0.4	-0.1	-4.4	-0.5	0.97	-4.5	0
1989	27	CHC	NL	-1.1	-0.1	12	0.2	0.5	-0.2	1.02	-0.0	0.2	-1.5	-0.2	1.01	-0.5	0
1990	28	CHC	NL	-4.0	-0.4	24	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.86	-0.4	0.0	-4.4	-0.4	0.85	-4.5	0
1991	29	CHC	NL	-3.2	-0.3	34	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.84	-0.2	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.88	-2.3	0
1992	30	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1993	31	STL	NL	-0.8	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.69	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.67	-0.7	0
7 Yrs				-24.3	-2.5	150	-1.6	1.0	-2.7	.81	-2.2	0.2	-24.5	-2.4	0.91	-24.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1987	25	CHC	NL	0	0	40%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1988	26	CHC	NL	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	27	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	28	CHC	NL	0	0	25%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1991	29	CHC	NL	0	0	40%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2

1993	31	STL	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				0	0	33%	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	44%	5	5	0	1	0	1	3	0	3

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1987	25	CHC	NL	51	6%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	6	0	0%	9	1	11%	34	2	6%	5	2	40%	1	0	0%	0
1988	26	CHC	NL	23	35%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	5	0	0%	6	2	33%	13	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1989	27	CHC	NL	11	27%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	3	0	0%	8	1	13%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1990	28	CHC	NL	24	54%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	5	1	20%	14	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0
1991	29	CHC	NL	34	38%	5	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	5	0	0%	8	4	50%	18	3	17%	2	2	100%	2	2	100%	0

1993	31	STL	NL	5	20%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
7 Yrs				148	28%	13	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	11	73%	20	0	0%	32	8	25%	88	6	7%	11	4	36%	6	3	50%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	26	CHC	NL	23	79	3.43	61	77%	21%	46%	15%	18%	79%	0%	61%	42%	43%	4%	1	0	9%	2	0	4%	1	0	17%	0	0	0
1989	27	CHC	NL	11	37	3.36	30	81%	17%	40%	30%	13%	83%	0%	68%	52%	64%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	14%	0	0	0
1990	28	CHC	NL	23	94	4.09	62	66%	6%	39%	39%	16%	94%	0%	62%	59%	74%	4%	1	0	13%	3	1	4%	1	0	9%	1	0	0
1991	29	CHC	NL	34	114	3.35	82	72%	12%	38%	24%	26%	88%	0%	63%	57%	56%	0%	0	0	3%	1	1	0%	0	0	23%	0	0	0

1993	31	STL	NL	5	19	3.80	11	58%	45%	18%	18%	18%	55%	0%	32%	67%	40%	20%	1	0	40%	2	0	20%	1	0	100%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				96	343	3.57	246	72%	15%	39%	26%	20%	85%	0%	61%	54%	57%	3%	3	0	8%	8	2	3%	3	0	20%	1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.63		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1987	25	27	51	49	2	4	1	2	1	19	.082	.100	.102	.202	-47	5	1
1988	26	71	74	69	3	5	1	2	1	31	.072	.086	.087	.173	-54	6	4
1989	27	113	85	80	3	7	2	3	1	38	.088	.099	.113	.211	-43	9	4
1990	28	168	109	100	4	8	2	3	4	49	.080	.115	.100	.215	-41	10	5
1991	29	232	143	128	6	13	4	5	4	62	.102	.129	.133	.262	-29	17	11
1992	30	273	143	128	6	13	4	5	4	62	.102	.129	.133	.262	-29	17	11
1993	31	323	148	132	6	13	4	5	5	64	.098	.131	.129	.260	-29	17	11

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1987	25	27	51	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	.000	.020	.000	.020	0	27
1988	26	44	23	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	44
1989	27	42	12	12	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	7	.250	.250	.417	.667	1	42
1990	28	55	24	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	.000	.130	.000	.130	0	55
1991	29	64	33	27	2	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	13	.148	.148	.222	.370	1	64

1993	31	50	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	50
6 Yrs		282	148	132	2	7	4	0	0	4	0	5	64	.053	.088	.083	.171	2	282
162 Game Avg.		162	85	76	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	3	37	.053	.088	.083	.171	1	282

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