Brian Lesher
Brian Herbert Lesher
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 5, 1971 in Wilrijk, Belgium
High School: Newark (Newark, DE)
School: University of Delaware
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 25th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 1996
Final Game: September 28, 2002
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1996 OAK AL 25 OF 25 19 182.1 42 40 1 1 0 .976 -1.5 -9.9 -1.5 -0.8 -0.7 0 2.02 1.64 .983 2.37 2.02
1996 OAK AL 25 LF 14 10 98.2 21 19 1 1 0 .952 -0.8 -9.7 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 1.82 1.43 .981 2.18 1.75
1996 OAK AL 25 RF 14 9 83.2 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -10.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 2.37 1.57 .977 2.17 1.72
1996 OAK AL 25 1B 1 1 8.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 6.75 6.00 1.000 9.22 7.90
1997 OAK AL 26 OF 32 29 264.1 72 66 3 3 1 .958 -4.4 -20.0 -3.4 -2.2 -1.2 -1 2.35 2.16 .982 2.32 2.02
1997 OAK AL 26 LF 31 26 243.1 66 61 2 3 0 .955 -4.4 -21.7 -3.4 -1.9 -1.5 -1 2.33 2.03 .979 2.06 1.71
1997 OAK AL 26 1B 3 2 20.0 23 21 2 0 3 1.000 -0.6 -36.0 -0.6 -0.9 0.3 0 10.35 7.67 .991 9.32 8.03
1997 OAK AL 26 DH 3
1997 OAK AL 26 RF 3 3 21.0 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0 2.57 2.00 .983 2.19 1.80
1998 OAK AL 27 LF 4 2 16.0 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 1.2 90.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 1 3.38 1.50 .983 2.08 1.75
1998 OAK AL 27 OF 4 2 16.0 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 1.2 90.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 1 3.38 1.50 .983 2.31 2.02
1998 OAK AL 27 1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.4 -480.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 9.00 8.30
2000 SEA AL 29 1B 4 0 9.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 66.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 5.00 1.25 1.000 9.40 8.18
2000 SEA AL 29 DH 1
2002 TOR AL 31 1B 12 4 42.0 38 34 4 0 1 1.000 0.9 25.7 0.9 0.1 0.7 0 8.14 3.17 .992 9.32 8.02
2002 TOR AL 31 OF 5 3 34.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 24.7 0.7 1.2 -0.4 0 2.91 2.20 .982 2.36 2.04
2002 TOR AL 31 DH 3
2002 TOR AL 31 LF 3 2 26.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 50.8 1.1 1.4 -0.3 0 3.81 3.67 .982 2.15 1.73
2002 TOR AL 31 RF 2 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -60.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.14 1.80
4 Seasons OF 66 53 496.2 131 121 6 4 2 .969 -4.0 -9.7 -4.0 -1.8 -2.1 0 2.30 1.92 .982 2.34 2.02
4 Seasons LF 52 40 384.0 104 95 5 4 1 .962 -2.9 -9.1 -2.9 -1.3 -1.6 0 2.34 1.92 .980 2.10 1.72
5 Seasons 1B 21 7 80.0 73 65 7 1 4 .986 -0.1 -1.5 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 0 8.10 3.43 .993 9.32 8.06
3 Seasons RF 19 13 112.2 28 26 2 0 1 1.000 -1.1 -11.7 -1.1 -0.5 -0.5 0 2.24 1.47 .979 2.17 1.74
3 Seasons DH 7
5 Seasons TOT 92 60 576.2 205 186 14 5 6 .976 -4.1 -8.5 -4.1 -2.1 -2.0 0 0 3.12 2.17 .960 3.11 3.17
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1996 OAK AL 25 26 20 26 26 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 0 14 25 0 5 0
1997 OAK AL 26 46 32 46 35 0 0 3 0 0 0 31 0 3 32 1 9 4
1998 OAK AL 27 7 2 7 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 2
2000 SEA AL 29 5 0 5 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
2002 TOR AL 31 24 9 24 17 0 0 12 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 2 6 2
5 Seasons 108 63 108 87 0 0 21 0 0 0 52 0 19 66 3 25 9
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1996 OAK AL 25 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 11 73.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 418 48% 77% 39% 44 45%
1997 OAK AL 26 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 20 17 0 12 4 0 11 7 2 5 0 0 6 6 0 54 34 63.0% 18 2 3.7% 0 1140 48% 76% 41% 146 43%
1998 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 1 2 66.7% 0 61 51% 85% 51% 8 75%
2002 TOR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 5 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 134 56% 75% 44% 21 52%
4 Seasons 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 33 27 0 15 6 0 16 9 4 5 0 0 8 8 0 77 50 64.9% 23 4 5.2% 0 1753 49% 76% 41% 219 46%
MLB Averages 61.2% 2.5% 56% 74% 38% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1996 OAK AL 25 31 45% 77% 19% 1 100% 0 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 OAK AL 26 99 46% 70% 33% 4 100% 0 23 1 20 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1998 OAK AL 27 8 50% 75% 13% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 SEA AL 29 35 69% 66% 23% 3 100% 0 4 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 TOR AL 31 177 44% 74% 25% 10 100% 0 38 2 36 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 350 47% 72% 27% 19 95% 0 71 5 64 2 9 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 82%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1996 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 1 398 46% 77% 37% 50 44%
1997 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 100 54% 74% 38% 13 38%
2002 TOR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 33 52% 82% 36% 1 0%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 3 1 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 16 7 43.8% 9 0 0.0% 2 531 48% 77% 37% 64 42%
MLB Averages 46.4% 2.4% 56% 74% 38% 51%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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