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Les McCrabb

Lester William McCrabb (Buster)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 4, 1914 in Wakefield, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1939
Team: Athletics 1939-1950

Final Game: May 4, 1950
Died: October 8, 2008 in Lancaster, PA
Buried: Quarryville Cemetery, Quarryville, PA
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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
1939 24 PHA AL 5 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 /1
1940 25 PHA AL 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 32 1 0 0 0 /1
1941 26 PHA AL 26 57 56 2 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 13 .143 .143 .179 .321 -14 10 0 0 1 1
1942 27 PHA AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1950 35 PHA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
5 Yrs 38 77 74 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 20 .122 .122 .149 .270 -28 11 0 0 3
162 Game Avg. 162 328 315 9 38 9 0 0 21 0 4 0 85 .122 .122 .149 .270 -28 47 0 0 13

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
1939 24 PHA AL 5 15 -5 0 0 0 2 -3 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .440 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 $ /1
1940 25 PHA AL 4 4 -0 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .490 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1941 26 PHA AL 26 57 -9 0 0 0 6 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1942 27 PHA AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .478 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1950 35 PHA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
5 Seasons 38 77 -15 -0 0 0 8 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.6 .482 .499 -0.6 0.0 -5 $

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 PwrSpd
1939 24 PHA AL 15 15 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .283 .000 .357 .000 .418 .000 .775 -100 .000 -3.9 -0.4 .000 .000 .000
1940 25 PHA AL 4 4 0 0.0 108 .333 .250 .276 .250 .348 .250 .418 .500 .766 32 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .000 -.250 .000
1941 26 PHA AL 57 49 1 0.6 104 .186 .143 .272 .143 .348 .179 .401 .321 .749 -14 .019 -9.3 -0.9 .208 .036 .036
1942 27 PHA AL 1 1 0 0.0 94 .000 .264 .000 .339 .000 .370 .000 .709 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
5 Yrs 77 69 1 0.4 105 .167 .122 .274 .122 .350 .149 .404 .270 .754 -28 .010 -13.9 -1.4 .152 .014 .027
162 Game Avg. 328 294 4 0.4 105 .167 .122 .274 .122 .350 .149 .404 .270 .754 -28 .010 -13.9 -1.4 .152 .014 .027

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
1939 24 PHA AL 15 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.6 53%
1940 25 PHA AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 75%
1941 26 PHA AL 57 0.0% 22.8% 0.0% 3.5% 25% 4.3 11.2 75%
1942 27 PHA AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
5 Yrs 77 0.0% 26.0% 0.0% 2.6% 22% 3.7 14.8 70%
MLB Averages 1.4% 9.2% 9.3% 6.2% 27% 1.00 9.6 61.8 8.4 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1939 24 PHA AL -3.9 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 25 PHA AL -0.4 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 26 PHA AL -9.4 -0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 27 PHA AL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 35 PHA AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 Yrs -14.0 -1.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
1939 24 5 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2
1940 25 9 19 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 .059 .059 .059 .118 -69 1 0 0 2
1941 26 35 76 73 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 19 .123 .123 .151 .274 -28 11 0 0 3
1942 27 36 77 74 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 20 .122 .122 .149 .270 -28 11 0 0 3
1943 28 36 77 74 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 20 .122 .122 .149 .270 -28 11 0 0 3
1944 29 36 77 74 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 20 .122 .122 .149 .270 -28 11 0 0 3
1945 30 36 77 74 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 20 .122 .122 .149 .270 -28 11 0 0 3
1946 31 36 77 74 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 20 .122 .122 .149 .270 -28 11 0 0 3
1947 32 36 77 74 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 20 .122 .122 .149 .270 -28 11 0 0 3
1948 33 36 77 74 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 20 .122 .122 .149 .270 -28 11 0 0 3
1949 34 36 77 74 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 20 .122 .122 .149 .270 -28 11 0 0 3
1950 35 38 77 74 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 20 .122 .122 .149 .270 -28 11 0 0 3

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1939 24 5 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1940 25 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1941 26 27 58 57 1 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 14 .123 .123 .158 .281 1 26
1942 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
4 Yrs 37 79 76 1 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 21 .092 .092 .118 .211 1 36
162 Game Avg. 162 346 333 4 31 9 0 0 18 0 0 92 .092 .092 .118 .211 4 36

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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