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Bill LeFebvre

Wilfred Henry LeFebvre (Lefty)

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 11, 1915 in Natick, RI
School: College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 1938
Teams (by GP): Senators/RedSox 1938-1944

Final Game: September 29, 1944
Died: January 19, 2007 in Largo, FL
Buried: Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Clearwater, FL
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Standard Pitching

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
1938 22 BOS AL 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 8 6 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 21 39 2.000 18.0 4.5 0.0 0.0
1939 23 BOS AL 1 1 .500 5.81 5 3 2 0 0 0 26.1 35 17 17 2 14 8 0 0 0 122 82 1.861 12.0 0.7 4.8 2.7 0.57
1943 27 WSH AL 2 0 1.000 4.45 6 3 3 1 0 0 32.1 33 18 16 3 16 10 0 0 0 140 73 1.515 9.2 0.8 4.5 2.8 0.63
1944 28 WSH AL 2 4 .333 4.52 24 4 16 2 0 3 69.2 86 48 35 3 21 18 1 0 1 310 73 1.536 11.1 0.4 2.7 2.3 0.86
4 Yrs 5 5 .500 5.03 36 10 22 3 0 3 132.1 162 89 74 10 51 36 2 0 1 593 72 1.610 11.0 0.7 3.5 2.4 0.71
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .500 5.03 53 15 33 4 0 4 196 239 132 109 15 75 53 3 0 1 877 72 1.610 11.0 0.7 3.5 2.4 0.71
WSH (2 yrs) 4 4 .500 4.50 30 7 19 3 0 3 102.0 119 66 51 6 37 28 1 0 1 450 73 1.529 10.5 0.5 3.3 2.5 0.76
BOS (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 6.82 6 3 3 0 0 0 30.1 43 23 23 4 14 8 1 0 0 143 71 1.879 12.8 1.2 4.2 2.4 0.57

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1938 22 BOS AL 4.0 1 0 6 13.50 4.67 0.01 0.00 106.0 4.94 -4 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .242 .498 $
1939 23 BOS AL 26.1 5 3 17 5.81 5.52 -0.12 0.00 93.3 5.26 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.1 2 .469 .499 $
1943 27 WSH AL 32.1 6 3 18 5.01 3.80 -0.08 0.00 96.7 3.74 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .416 .497 $
1944 28 WSH AL 69.2 24 4 48 6.20 4.17 -0.29 0.00 98.4 4.39 -14 -1.5 1.0 -0.0 -1.1 -10 .438 .491 $
4 Seasons 132.1 36 10 89 6.05 4.36 -0.19 0.00 97.2 4.42 -24 -2.4 1.0 -0.1 -1.5 -14 .433 .496 $
WSH (2 yrs) 102.0 30 7 66 5.82 4.05 -0.22 0.00 97.9 4.19 -19 -2.0 1.0 -0.1 -1.4 -12 .433 .494 $
BOS (2 yrs) 30.1 6 3 23 6.82 5.40 -0.10 0.00 95.0 5.21 -6 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -2 .431 .499 $

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1938 22 BOS AL 21 9.5% 0.0% 0.0% 86%
1939 23 BOS AL 122 1.6% 6.6% 11.5% 78%
1943 27 WSH AL 140 2.1% 7.1% 11.4% 2.9% 12% 79%
1944 28 WSH AL 310 1.0% 5.8% 6.8% 2.9% 11% 84%
4 Yrs 593 1.7% 6.1% 8.6% 2.2% 8% 82%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.0% 8.8% 2.9% 13% 79%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1938 22 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 8 6 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 21 39 2.000 18.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 39
1939 23 1 1 .500 6.82 6 3 3 0 0 0 30.1 43 23 23 4 14 8 1 0 0 143 71 1.879 12.8 1.2 4.2 2.4 0.57 71
1940 24 1 1 .500 6.82 6 3 3 0 0 0 30.1 43 23 23 4 14 8 1 0 0 143 71 1.879 12.8 1.2 4.2 2.4 0.57 71
1941 25 1 1 .500 6.82 6 3 3 0 0 0 30.1 43 23 23 4 14 8 1 0 0 143 71 1.879 12.8 1.2 4.2 2.4 0.57 71
1942 26 1 1 .500 6.82 6 3 3 0 0 0 30.1 43 23 23 4 14 8 1 0 0 143 71 1.879 12.8 1.2 4.2 2.4 0.57 71
1943 27 3 1 .750 5.60 12 6 6 1 0 0 62.2 76 41 39 7 30 18 1 0 0 283 72 1.691 10.9 1.0 4.3 2.6 0.60 72
1944 28 5 5 .500 5.03 36 10 22 3 0 3 132.1 162 89 74 10 51 36 2 0 1 593 72 1.610 11.0 0.7 3.5 2.4 0.71 72

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1938 22 0 0 6.43 7.0 0 6 5 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1939 23 1 2 .333 4.67 27.0 33 16 14 2 13 8 0 1.704 11.0 4.3 2.7 0.62 0.7 5
1943 27 1 2 .333 5.52 31.0 37 21 19 3 18 9 0 1.774 10.7 5.2 2.6 0.50 0.9 6
1944 28 2 5 .286 5.56 68.0 96 47 42 3 23 18 1 1.750 12.7 3.0 2.4 0.78 0.4 24
4 Yrs 4 9 .308 5.41 133.0 166 90 80 8 54 35 2 1.654 11.2 2.4 0.65 0.5 36

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1944 AL  3 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1944 AL  16 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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