Les Nunamaker

Leslie Grant Nunamaker

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 25, 1889 in Malcolm, NE (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1911
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Indians/RedSox/Browns 1911-1922

Final Game: September 5, 1922
Died: November 14, 1938 in Hastings, NE
Buried: Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, NE
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1911	BOS	AL	22	C	59				399	309	79	11	8	.972		6.58	.965		6.80		14		74	61	45%	45%
1912	BOS	AL	23	C	35				205	166	33	6	3	.971		5.69	.961		6.78		6		39	23	37%	42%
1913	BOS	AL	24	C	27				174	147	23	4	1	.977		6.30	.967		6.56		2		30	16	35%	45%
1914	TOT	AL	25	C	73				448	305	130	13	12	.971		5.96	.967		6.69		7		95	88	48%	45%
1914	TOT	AL	25	1B	6				27	24	1	2	1	.926		4.17	.985		10.57
1914	BOS	AL	25	C	3				5	1	4	0	0	1.000		1.67	.968		6.70		0		1	3	75%	46%
1914	BOS	AL	25	1B	1				4	4	0	0	0	1.000		4.00	.985		10.60
1914	NYY	AL	25	C	70				443	304	126	13	12	.971		6.14	.967		6.69		7		94	85	47%	45%
1914	NYY	AL	25	1B	5				23	20	1	2	1	.913		4.20	.985		10.56
1915	NYY	AL	26	C	77				439	324	99	16	9	.964		5.49	.965		6.46		5		86	60	41%	43%
1915	NYY	AL	26	1B	2				27	26	1	0	0	1.000		13.50	.987		10.80
1916	NYY	AL	27	C	79				463	353	102	8	13	.983		5.76	.974		6.33		5		65	60	48%	43%
1917	NYY	AL	28	C	91				497	372	113	12	12	.976		5.33	.971		5.71		10		69	71	51%	45%
1918	SLB	AL	29	C	81	78	72		432	315	108	9	9	.979		5.22	.970		5.51		8		89	64	42%	44%
1918	SLB	AL	29	RF	2	1	1		6	5	0	1	0	.833		2.50	.955		2.00
1918	SLB	AL	29	1B	1	1	0		7	5	0	2	0	.714		5.00	.986		11.10
1918	SLB	AL	29	OF	1	1	1		3	2	0	1	0	.667		2.00	.963		2.30	0-0-1
1919	CLE	AL	30	C	16	10	10		55	39	12	4	0	.927		3.19	.974		5.57		1		13	6	32%	45%
1920	CLE	AL	31	C	17	6	5		54	42	10	2	1	.963		3.06	.973		5.11		0		4	1	20%	48%
1920	CLE	AL	31	1B	6	3	2		32	27	3	2	2	.938		5.00	.990		10.82
1921	CLE	AL	32	C	46	37	25		203	166	31	6	4	.970		4.28	.971		4.89		4		34	15	31%	45%
1922	CLE	AL	33	C	13	10	7		47	39	5	3	0	.936		3.38	.977		4.81		0		16	1	6%	43%
	12 Seasons			C	614	141	119		3416	2577	745	94	72	.972		5.41	.969		6.08		62		614	466	43%	44%
	4 Seasons			1B	15	4	2		93	82	5	6	3	.935		5.80	.987		10.73
	1 Season (incomplete)			RF	2	1	1		6	5	0	1	0	.833		2.50	.955		2.00
	1 Season			OF	1	1	1		3	2	0	1	0	.667		2.00	.963		2.30	0-0-3
	12 Seasons			TOT	630	146	122		3512	2661	750	101	75	.971		5.41	.969		6.18	0-0-3	62		614	466	43%	44%
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	C	1B	RF	OF	PH	PR
1911	BOS	AL	22	62		62		59	0	0	0
1912	BOS	AL	23	35		35		35	0	0	0
1913	BOS	AL	24	29		29		27	0	0	0
1914	NYY	AL	25	87		87		70	5	0	0
1914	BOS	AL	25	5		5		3	1	0	0
1915	NYY	AL	26	87		87		77	2	0	0
1916	NYY	AL	27	91		91		79	0	0	0
1917	NYY	AL	28	104		104		91	0	0	0
1918	SLB	AL	29	85		85		81	1	1	1
1919	CLE	AL	30	26	10	26	16	16	0	0	0	11	0
1920	CLE	AL	31	35	9	35	21	15	6	0	0	13	1
1921	CLE	AL	32	46	37	46	46	46	0	0	0	0	0
1922	CLE	AL	33	25	10	25	13	13	0	0	0	11	1
	12 Seasons			717	66	717	96	612	15	1	1	35	2

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y 1918 AL 81 (5th)	Putouts as C s c a p y 1916 AL 353 (5th) 1918 AL 315 (5th)	Assists as C s c a p y 1916 AL 102 (5th) 1917 AL 113 (5th) Career 745 (86th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1911 AL 14 (2nd) 1917 AL 10 (4th) 1918 AL 8 (4th)
Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1918 AL 89 (1st)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 1917 AL 71 (5th) 1918 AL 64 (4th) Career 466 (75th)	Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 1914 AL 48.1 (5th) 1917 AL 50.7 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1915 AL 5.49 (5th) 1916 AL 5.76 (2nd) 1917 AL 5.33 (3rd) 1918 AL 5.22 (2nd)
Fielding % as C s c a p y 1916 AL .983 (2nd) 1917 AL .976 (5th) 1918 AL .979 (2nd)

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