Elmer Leifer

Elmer Edwin Leifer

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 23, 1893 in Clarington, OH
High School: Ewan HS (Ewan, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1921
Team: WhiteSox 1921

Final Game: September 26, 1921
Died: September 26, 1948 in Everett, WA
Buried: Pine City Cemetery, Pine City, WA
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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	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1917	24	BTE	B		233	233		82	10	2	1						.352	.352	.425	.777		99				BTE · NWES
1918	25	OLD	AA	28	110	110		26	5	2	1						.236	.236	.345	.582		38				OLD · PCL
1919	26	MJW,POR	C,AA	51	203	203		49	1	1	0						.241	.241	.044	.286		9				MJW,POR · WCAN,PCL
1920	27	MJW	B	100	399	399		130									.326	.326								MJW · WCAN
1921	28	MJW	B	85	318	318		104	22	10	2						.327	.327	.478	.805		152				MJW · WCAN
1921	28	CHW	AL	9	10	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.300	.300	.300	.600	55	3	0	0	/57O
1922	29	LRK	A	24	79	79		26	3	1	1						.329	.329	.430	.759		34				LRK · SOUA
1 Yr				9	10	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.300	.300	.300	.600	55	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	180	180	0	54	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	72	.300	.300	.300	.600	55	54	0	0

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	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1921	28	CHW	AL	9	10	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.491	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/57O
1 Season				9	10	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.491	.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
1921	28	CHW	AL	10	7	1	3.8	113	.500	.300	.297	.300	.363	.300	.417	.600	.780	55	.373	-0.7	-0.1	.429	.000	.000
1 Yr				10	7	1	3.8	113	.500	.300	.297	.300	.363	.300	.417	.600	.780	55	.373	-0.7	-0.1	.429	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				180	126	18	3.8	113	.500	.300	.297	.300	.363	.300	.417	.600	.780	55	.373	-0.7	-0.1	.429	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1921	28	CHW	AL	10	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5		10.0	60%
1 Yr				10	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5		10.0	60%
MLB Averages					1.0%	7.3%	7.2%	6.6%	25%	1.02	12.2	90.9	8.0	81%

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
1921	28	9	10	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.300	.300	.300	.600	55	3		0	0

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	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1921	28	9	10	10	3	1	4	.300	.300	.300	.600	1	9
1 Yr		9	10	10	3	1	4	.300	.300	.300	.600	1	9
162 Game Avg.		162	180	180	54	18	72	.300	.300	.300	.600	18	9

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