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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1937	22	LXG	D	17	2	.895	3.29	32						216.0	228	101	79		55							1.310	9.5		2.3			LXG · NCSL
1938	23	GRV	B	8	10	.444	4.13	28						146.0	157	93	67		36							1.322	9.7		2.2			GRV · SALL
1939	24	OAK-min	A	12	11	.522	2.97	28	23					215.0	207	94	71		66							1.270	8.7		2.8			WPT · EL
1939	24	PHA	AL	1	2	.333	4.04	5	4	1	2	0	0	35.2	42	20	16	4	10	11	1	0	0	160	117	1.458	10.6	1.0	2.5	2.8	1.10
1940	25	OAK-min	AA	9	11	.450	4.58	35	22					175.0	207	108	89		53							1.486	10.6		2.7			TTO · IL
1940	25	PHA	AL	0	0		6.94	4	0	3	0	0	0	11.2	19	13	9	2	2	4	1	0	0	58	66	1.800	14.7	1.5	1.5	3.1	2.00
1941	26	PHA	AL	9	13	.409	5.49	26	23	3	11	1	2	157.1	188	105	96	16	49	40	3	0	2	708	76	1.506	10.8	0.9	2.8	2.3	0.82
1942	27	LAD-min	AA	8	11	.421	3.28	37	19		7	2		148.0	157	75	54		46	49	1	0	1			1.372	9.5		2.8	3.0	1.07	MTL · IL
1942	27	PHA	AL	0	0		31.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	14	14	14	2	2	0	1	0	1	29	13	4.000	31.5	4.5	4.5	0.0	0.00

1943	28	LNC	B	9	4	.692	4.58	14						110.0	133	62	56		30							1.482	10.9		2.5			LNC · ISLG
1944	29	OAK-min	B	11	3	.786	4.60	18						131.0	169	76	67		25							1.481	11.6		1.7			LNC · ISLG
1945	30	OAK-min	B,AA	15	4	.789	2.87	26	10		8	0		179.0	172	70	57		49	28	5	0	0			1.235	8.6		2.5	1.4	0.57	LNC,TTO · ISLG,IL
1946	31	CHC-OAK-min	AA,AAA	9	12	.429	2.44	29	16					151.0	184	54	41		45	16						1.517	11.0		2.7	1.0	0.36	TUL,TTO · TL,IL
1947	32	OAK-min	B	10	11	.476	5.45	24						190.0	267	130	115		59							1.716	12.6		2.8			LNC · ISLG
1950	35	PHA	AL	0	0		27.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	7	4	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	21	5.250	47.3	0.0	0.0	13.5
5 Yrs				10	15	.400	5.96	38	27	8	13	1	2	210.0	270	156	139	24	63	57	6	0	4	966	72	1.586	11.6	1.0	2.7	2.4	0.90
162 Game Avg.				10	16	.400	5.96	40	28	8	14	1	2	220	282	163	145	25	66	60	6	0	4	1011	72	1.586	11.6	1.0	2.7	2.4	0.90

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
1939	24	PHA	AL	35.2	5	4	20	5.05	5.49	-0.46	0.00	99.0	5.89	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.6	8	.562	.502	$
1940	25	PHA	AL	11.2	4	0	13	10.03	5.59	-0.37	0.00	102.1	6.08	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-4	.387	.497	$
1941	26	PHA	AL	157.1	26	23	105	6.01	4.62	-0.06	0.00	100.7	4.70	-24	-2.2	1.0	-0.1	-1.2	-9	.415	.486	$
1942	27	PHA	AL	4.0	1	0	14	31.50	4.91	-0.55	0.00	104.0	5.67	-12	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-11	.044	.497	$

1950	35	PHA	AL	1.1	2	0	4	27.00	6.00	-0.20	0.00	98.0	6.08	-3	-0.3	.6	0.1	-0.2	-3	.369	.498	$
5 Seasons				210.0	38	27	156	6.69	4.83	-0.15	0.00	100.5	5.01	-40	-3.1	.9	-0.1	-1.6	-19	.420	.496	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1950	35	PHA	AL	2	11	11	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.636	.636	.636	1.273	.778	7	0	0	0	0	0
1 Yr				2	11	11	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.636	.636	.636	1.273	.778	7	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				68	374	374	136	238	0	0	0	0	0	0	68	.636	.636	.636	1.273	.778	238	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																.262	.334	.337	.671	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1950	35	PHA	AL	-3.0	-0.3	12	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.35	-0.2	0.1	-3.4	-0.3	0.35	-2.5	0	0	2
5 Yrs				-35.8	-3.0	12	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.35	-0.2	0.1	-3.4	-0.3	0.35	-2.5	0	0	2

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1939	24	PHA	AL	5	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	2	.500	0	0	2	0	3	75%	47.5	68	29	0	1	5.8		7.3

1941	26	PHA	AL	26	23	8	13	2	5	2	8	15	.348	0	0	11	1	7	30%	42.3	76	12	3	12	3.8		6.6
2 Yrs				31	27	9	15	3	5	3	10	17	.370	0	0	13	1	10	37%	43	76	12	3	13	4.1		6.7
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	115	-20			4.4	4.8	6.8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1939	24	PHA	AL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0														1	0		0	20.0
1940	25	PHA	AL	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0														3	1		0	8.8
1941	26	PHA	AL	26	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0														1	0		0	6.0
1942	27	PHA	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0														1	0		0	12.0

1950	35	PHA	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40%	5	.346	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	2.0
5 Yrs				38	11	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	2	40%		.346	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	6	2	1	0	8.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1939	24	PHA	AL	160		2.5%	6.9%	6.3%	4.4%	17%		81%
1940	25	PHA	AL	58		3.5%	6.9%	3.5%				79%
1941	26	PHA	AL	707		2.3%	5.7%	6.9%	6.2%	23%		83%
1942	27	PHA	AL	29		6.9%	0.0%	6.9%				79%

1950	35	PHA	AL	11	55%	0.0%	18.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00	82%	7	0	0%
5 Yrs				965	55%	2.5%	5.9%	6.5%	5.3%	19%	0.00	82%	7	0	0%
MLB Averages					49%	1.6%	10.0%	10.0%	3.7%	15%	0.95	84%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1939	24	PHA	AL		42			4												0
1940	25	PHA	AL		19			2												0
1941	26	PHA	AL		188			16												2
1942	27	PHA	AL		14			2												1

1950	35	PHA	AL	11	7			0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6	4	2	67%	0	1	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5 Yrs				11	270			24	0	6	0	0	0	0	6	4	2	67%	0	4	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1939	24	1	2	.333	4.04	5	4	1	2	0	0	35.2	42	20	16	4	10	11	1	0	160	117	1.458	10.6	1.0	2.5	2.8	1.10	117
1940	25	1	2	.333	4.75	9	4	4	2	0	0	47.1	61	33	25	6	12	15	2	0	218	98	1.542	11.6	1.1	2.3	2.9	1.25	98
1941	26	10	15	.400	5.32	35	27	7	13	1	2	204.2	249	138	121	22	61	55	5	2	926	81	1.515	10.9	1.0	2.7	2.4	0.90	81
1942	27	10	15	.400	5.82	36	27	8	13	1	2	208.2	263	152	135	24	63	55	6	3	955	74	1.562	11.3	1.0	2.7	2.4	0.87	74
1943	28	10	15	.400	5.82	36	27	8	13	1	2	208.2	263	152	135	24	63	55	6	3	955	74	1.562	11.3	1.0	2.7	2.4	0.87	74
1944	29	10	15	.400	5.82	36	27	8	13	1	2	208.2	263	152	135	24	63	55	6	3	955	74	1.562	11.3	1.0	2.7	2.4	0.87	74
1945	30	10	15	.400	5.82	36	27	8	13	1	2	208.2	263	152	135	24	63	55	6	3	955	74	1.562	11.3	1.0	2.7	2.4	0.87	74
1946	31	10	15	.400	5.82	36	27	8	13	1	2	208.2	263	152	135	24	63	55	6	3	955	74	1.562	11.3	1.0	2.7	2.4	0.87	74
1947	32	10	15	.400	5.82	36	27	8	13	1	2	208.2	263	152	135	24	63	55	6	3	955	74	1.562	11.3	1.0	2.7	2.4	0.87	74
1948	33	10	15	.400	5.82	36	27	8	13	1	2	208.2	263	152	135	24	63	55	6	3	955	74	1.562	11.3	1.0	2.7	2.4	0.87	74
1949	34	10	15	.400	5.82	36	27	8	13	1	2	208.2	263	152	135	24	63	55	6	3	955	74	1.562	11.3	1.0	2.7	2.4	0.87	74
1950	35	10	15	.400	5.96	38	27	8	13	1	2	210.0	270	156	139	24	63	57	6	4	966	72	1.586	11.6	1.0	2.7	2.4	0.90	72

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1939	24	2	2	.500	3.23	39.0	41	16	14	4	10	12	1	1.308	9.5	2.3	2.8	1.20	0.9	5
1940	25	0	1	.000	5.54	13.0	19	9	8	2	2	4	1	1.615	13.2	1.4	2.8	2.00	1.4	4
1941	26	7	11	.389	5.02	165.0	187	102	92	16	49	42	3	1.430	10.2	2.7	2.3	0.86	0.9	26
1942	27	0	0		31.50	4.0	15	16	14	2	2	0	1	4.250	33.8	4.5	0.0	0.00	4.5	1

1950	35	0	0		9.00	4.0	0	4	4	0	0	6	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	13.5		0.0	2
5 Yrs		9	14	.391	5.28	225.0	262	147	132	24	63	64	6	1.444	10.5		2.6	1.02	1.0	38

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1941 AL 2.803 (6th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1941 AL 16 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 AL 2.803 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1941 AL 16 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Similarity Scores

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