Les Lancaster
Lester Wayne Lancaster
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 21, 1962 in Dallas, TX
High School: Nimitz (Irving, TX)
Schools: University of Arkansas, Dallas Baptist University
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1987
Final Game: October 3, 1993
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1987 25 CHC NL 8 3 .727 4.90 27 18 4 0 0 0 132.1 138 76 72 14 51 5 78 1 8 7 578 87 1.428 9.4 1.0 3.5 5.3 1.53 RoY-6
1988 26 CHC NL 4 6 .400 3.78 44 3 15 1 0 5 85.2 89 42 36 4 34 7 36 1 3 3 371 96 1.436 9.4 0.4 3.6 3.8 1.06
1989 27 CHC NL 4 2 .667 1.36 42 0 15 0 0 8 72.2 60 12 11 2 15 1 56 0 1 2 288 278 1.032 7.4 0.2 1.9 6.9 3.73
1990 28 CHC NL 9 5 .643 4.62 55 6 26 1 1 6 109.0 121 57 56 11 40 8 65 1 0 7 479 89 1.477 10.0 0.9 3.3 5.4 1.63
1991 29 CHC NL 9 7 .563 3.52 64 11 21 1 0 3 156.0 150 68 61 13 49 7 102 4 2 2 653 110 1.276 8.7 0.8 2.8 5.9 2.08
1992 30 DET AL 3 4 .429 6.33 41 1 17 0 0 0 86.2 101 66 61 11 51 12 35 3 0 2 404 62 1.754 10.5 1.1 5.3 3.6 0.69
1993 31 STL NL 4 1 .800 2.93 50 0 12 0 0 0 61.1 56 24 20 5 21 5 36 1 0 5 259 135 1.255 8.2 0.7 3.1 5.3 1.71
7 Seasons 41 28 .594 4.05 323 39 110 3 1 22 703.2 715 345 317 60 261 45 408 11 14 28 3032 98 1.387 9.1 0.8 3.3 5.2 1.56
162 Game Avg. 8 5 .594 4.05 61 7 21 1 0 4 132 134 65 60 11 49 8 77 2 3 5 570 98 1.387 9.1 0.8 3.3 5.2 1.56
CHC (5 yrs) 34 23 .596 3.82 232 38 81 3 1 22 555.2 558 255 236 44 189 28 337 7 14 21 2369 104 1.344 9.0 0.7 3.1 5.5 1.78
STL (1 yr) 4 1 .800 2.93 50 0 12 0 0 0 61.1 56 24 20 5 21 5 36 1 0 5 259 135 1.255 8.2 0.7 3.1 5.3 1.71
DET (1 yr) 3 4 .429 6.33 41 1 17 0 0 0 86.2 101 66 61 11 51 12 35 3 0 2 404 62 1.754 10.5 1.1 5.3 3.6 0.69
NL (6 yrs) 38 24 .613 3.73 282 38 93 3 1 22 617.0 614 279 256 49 210 33 373 8 14 26 2628 106 1.335 9.0 0.7 3.1 5.4 1.78
AL (1 yr) 3 4 .429 6.33 41 1 17 0 0 0 86.2 101 66 61 11 51 12 35 3 0 2 404 62 1.754 10.5 1.1 5.3 3.6 0.69

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1989 27 CHC NL NLCS L SFG 1 1 .500 6.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 25 1.167 9.0 4.5 1.5 4.5 3.00
1 NLCS 1 1 .500 6.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 25 1.167 9.0 4.5 1.5 4.5 3.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 25 CHC NL 27 578 515 76 138 27 1 14 11 6 51 78 .268 .332 .406 .737 .289 209 6 1 5 6 5
1988 26 CHC NL 44 371 326 42 89 21 3 4 3 4 34 36 .273 .337 .393 .730 .290 128 8 1 3 7 7
1989 27 CHC NL 42 287 265 12 60 6 2 2 5 1 15 56 .226 .264 .287 .551 .275 76 6 0 3 4 1
1990 28 CHC NL 55 479 427 57 121 20 1 11 4 3 40 65 .283 .342 .412 .755 .309 176 7 1 6 5 8
1991 29 CHC NL 64 653 587 68 150 26 3 13 14 14 49 102 .256 .315 .376 .692 .288 221 6 4 9 4 7
1992 30 DET AL 41 404 344 66 101 21 0 11 3 3 51 35 .294 .386 .451 .836 .298 155 8 3 2 4 12
1993 31 STL NL 50 259 231 24 56 14 1 5 3 3 21 36 .242 .307 .377 .684 .267 87 3 1 5 1 5
7 Seasons 323 3031 2695 345 715 135 11 60 43 34 261 408 .265 .329 .390 .720 .290 1052 44 11 33 31 45
162 Game Avg. 61 569 506 65 134 25 2 11 8 6 49 77 .265 .329 .390 .720 .290 198 8 2 6 6 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1987 25 CHC NL 27 18 7 3 8 3 0 7 11 .389 3 3 0 0 8 44% 46 68 19 21 12 4 6 4.8 5.8 6.2
1988 26 CHC NL 44 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 2 1 0 3 100% 54 60 46 18 5 1 0 5.4 5.4 7.3 106 0 2 0 1 129
1990 28 CHC NL 55 6 3 1 2 2 0 4 2 .667 1 1 1 1 2 33% 50 61 10 21 7 2 0 4.3 3.8 5.3 78 2 3 0 0 94
1991 29 CHC NL 64 11 5 3 3 1 1 6 5 .545 1 1 1 0 5 45% 49 64 35 28 11 6 2 5.0 4.6 6.6 100 2 3 5 1 124
1992 30 DET AL 41 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 24 24 24 17 5 0 0 0.0 0.0 4.7 89 0 1 0 0 89
5 Seasons 231 39 16 8 15 6 1 18 21 .462 5 7 3 1 18 46% 48 68 10 105 40 13 8 4.7 5.1 6.2 95 4 9 5 2 129
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1987 25 CHC NL 27 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 40% 7 0.960 2 2 4 0 0 9 5 4 8 1 8 0 6.9
1988 26 CHC NL 44 41 15 3 6 8 5 3 63% 17 8 27 11 41% 7 1.142 20 9 11 21 7 13 15 26 21 10 25 8 4.7 27
1989 27 CHC NL 42 42 15 4 2 11 8 3 73% 19 7 39 12 31% 7 1.501 27 6 9 24 10 8 23 19 27 12 27 11 5.2 25
1990 28 CHC NL 55 49 26 6 4 11 6 5 55% 16 5 46 18 39% 8 1.273 22 13 12 19 6 24 25 24 24 12 28 12 4.7 27
1991 29 CHC NL 64 53 21 4 4 6 3 3 50% 10 4 44 18 41% 8 1.030 18 17 18 14 8 31 22 31 34 12 37 14 4.7 24
1992 30 DET AL 41 40 17 3 3 3 0 3 0% 4 1 38 24 63% 7 0.650 7 11 20 8 4 28 21 19 25 5 25 5 6.2 34
1993 31 STL NL 50 50 12 4 1 0 0 0 6 5 49 19 39% 5 0.785 14 14 20 12 9 29 27 23 20 13 23 17 3.7 19
7 Seasons 323 284 110 25 20 39 22 17 56% 72 30 253 106 42% 1.042 110 72 94 98 44 142 138 146 159 65 173 67 4.9 26

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1987 25 CHC NL 578 52% 2.4% 13.5% 8.8% 7.3% 30% 0.81 74% 102 6 6%
1988 26 CHC NL 371 48% 1.1% 9.7% 9.2% 7.6% 32% 0.74 0.90 79% 21% 4.8% 50% 68 8 12%
1989 27 CHC NL 288 51% 0.7% 19.5% 5.2% 3.5% 17% 0.79 1.01 74% 14% 2.0% 15% 65 6 9%
1990 28 CHC NL 479 54% 2.3% 13.6% 8.4% 6.7% 26% 0.80 1.11 74% 22% 6.2% 12% 94 7 7%
1991 29 CHC NL 653 54% 2.0% 15.6% 7.5% 6.4% 28% 0.73 0.97 73% 25% 5.3% 13% 119 6 5%
1992 30 DET AL 404 38% 2.7% 8.7% 12.6% 7.9% 32% 0.64 0.81 75% 23% 6.8% 15% 98 8 8%
1993 31 STL NL 259 42% 1.9% 13.9% 8.1% 7.7% 36% 0.63 0.80 74% 21% 5.5% 24% 50 3 6%
7 Seasons 3032 49% 2.0% 13.5% 8.6% 6.8% 29% 0.72 0.91 75% 22% 5.4% 20% 596 44 7%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 26 CHC NL 371 1413 3.81 877 62% 24% 12% 30% 34% 76% 5% 47% 85% 57% 6% 21 10 19% 70 40 3 19% 5 5 0 0 0
1989 27 CHC NL 288 1039 3.61 681 66% 31% 12% 25% 32% 69% 1% 45% 83% 60% 3% 9 4 20% 57 39 0 45% 10 4 0 0 2
1990 28 CHC NL 454 1656 3.65 1035 63% 27% 11% 27% 34% 73% 3% 45% 84% 59% 4% 20 8 16% 74 43 4 38% 11 8 25 0 3
1991 29 CHC NL 653 2369 3.63 1471 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 3% 46% 82% 54% 5% 32 15 17% 112 58 4 23% 17 10 0 0 0
1992 30 DET AL 404 1451 3.59 864 60% 27% 11% 26% 36% 73% 8% 44% 86% 52% 8% 33 17 17% 70 36 6 26% 9 4 0 0 0
1993 31 STL NL 229 821 3.59 516 63% 25% 12% 27% 34% 74% 6% 46% 82% 59% 5% 11 7 21% 49 31 6 36% 9 0 30 0 5
6 Seasons 2399 8749 3.65 5444 62% 26% 12% 27% 34% 74% 4% 46% 83% 56% 5% 126 61 18% 432 247 23 31% 61 31 55 0 10
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1987 25 CHC NL 578 138 14 0 11 6 8 7 7 31 18 2 58% 9 7 1 210 11 6 65% 11 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 26 0
1988 26 CHC NL 371 89 14 3 4 0 10 2 2 3 1 26 19 2 73% 5 3 1 142 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 20 0
1989 27 CHC NL 288 60 6 1 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 17 10 3 59% 1 2 0 119 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1990 28 CHC NL 479 121 8 1 11 1 23 7 4 6 5 36 19 5 53% 3 7 1 190 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
1991 29 CHC NL 653 150 55 0 13 2 15 7 6 8 5 34 16 5 47% 5 2 1 227 14 14 50% 12 13 2 0 0 1 1 0 12 0
1992 30 DET AL 404 101 35 0 11 3 24 9 2 4 7 42 22 5 52% 6 2 2 169 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1993 31 STL NL 259 56 7 1 5 0 11 4 1 4 1 14 9 1 64% 4 5 3 104 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
7 Seasons 3032 715 125 6 60 6 102 37 23 33 27 200 113 23 57% 33 28 9 1161 43 34 56% 41 33 2 0 0 1 7 1 109 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1987 25 8 3 .727 4.90 27 18 4 0 0 0 132.1 138 76 72 14 51 5 78 1 8 7 578 87 1.428 9.4 1.0 3.5 5.3 1.53 87
1988 26 12 9 .571 4.46 71 21 19 1 0 5 218.0 227 118 108 18 85 12 114 2 11 10 949 90 1.431 9.4 0.7 3.5 4.7 1.34 90
1989 27 16 11 .593 3.68 113 21 34 1 0 13 290.2 287 130 119 20 100 13 170 2 12 12 1237 107 1.331 8.9 0.6 3.1 5.3 1.70 107
1990 28 25 16 .610 3.94 168 27 60 2 1 19 399.2 408 187 175 31 140 21 235 3 12 19 1716 101 1.371 9.2 0.7 3.2 5.3 1.68 101
1991 29 34 23 .596 3.82 232 38 81 3 1 22 555.2 558 255 236 44 189 28 337 7 14 21 2369 104 1.344 9.0 0.7 3.1 5.5 1.78 104
1992 30 37 27 .578 4.16 273 39 98 3 1 22 642.1 659 321 297 55 240 40 372 10 14 23 2773 95 1.400 9.2 0.8 3.4 5.2 1.55 95
1993 31 41 28 .594 4.05 323 39 110 3 1 22 703.2 715 345 317 60 261 45 408 11 14 28 3032 98 1.387 9.1 0.8 3.3 5.2 1.56 98

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1987 25 6 8 .429 4.60 131.0 135 74 67 14 50 77 1 1.412 9.3 3.4 5.3 1.54 1.0 27
1988 26 4 5 .444 4.33 81.0 92 43 39 4 35 34 1 1.568 10.2 3.9 3.8 0.97 0.4 44
1989 27 6 1 .857 1.39 71.0 60 12 11 2 15 55 0 1.056 7.6 1.9 7.0 3.67 0.3 42
1990 28 5 6 .455 4.67 106.0 120 61 55 11 40 63 1 1.509 10.2 3.4 5.3 1.58 0.9 55
1991 29 8 8 .500 3.81 149.0 152 70 63 13 50 97 4 1.356 9.2 3.0 5.9 1.94 0.8 64
1992 30 2 6 .250 7.54 80.0 106 74 67 12 54 32 3 2.000 11.9 6.1 3.6 0.59 1.4 41
1993 31 4 2 .667 3.00 60.0 57 22 20 5 21 35 1 1.300 8.6 3.2 5.3 1.67 0.8 50
7 Seasons 35 36 .493 4.27 678.0 722 356 322 61 265 393 11 1.456 9.6 5.2 1.48 0.8 323

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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