Epp Sell

Lester Elwood Sell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 26, 1897 in Llewellyn, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1922
Team: Cardinals 1922-1923

Final Game: May 29, 1923
Died: February 19, 1961 in Reading, PA
Buried: Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton, 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	HBP	SH	Pos
1920	23	-min	AA	19	57	57		11	6	1	0						.193	.193	.333	.526		19			SYR · IL
1921	24	-min	AA	40	77	77		15	0	1	0						.195	.195	.221	.416		17			SYR · IL
1922	25	-min	AA	38	77	77		16	3	4	0						.208	.208	.351	.558		27			SYR · IL
1922	25	STL	NL	7	15	12	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.333	.385	.417	.801	111	5	0	2	/1
1923	26	STL-min	A	25	77	77		13	2	0	0						.169	.169	.195	.364		15			HSN · TL
1923	26	STL	NL	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/1
1925	28	-min	AA	1																					SYR · IL
2 Seasons				12	22	19	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.211	.250	.263	.513	36	5	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	297	257	41	54	14	0	0	14	0	0	14	95	.211	.250	.263	.513	36	68	0	27

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
1922	25	STL	NL	15	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	$	/1
1923	26	STL	NL	7	-2	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	$	/1
2 Seasons				22	-2	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$

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
1922	25	STL	NL	15	10	2	5.3	108	.500	.333	.295	.385	.352	.417	.410	.801	.762	111	.537	0.3	0.0	.750	.167	.083
1923	26	STL	NL	7	7	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.289	.000	.348	.000	.403	.000	.751	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
2 Seasons				22	17	2	3.2	106	.333	.211	.293	.250	.351	.263	.407	.513	.758	36	.311	-1.7	-0.2	.400	.105	.053
162 Game Avg.				297	230	27	3.2	106	.333	.211	.293	.250	.351	.263	.407	.513	.758	36	.311	-1.7	-0.2	.400	.105	.053

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1922	25	STL	NL	15	0.0%	26.7%	6.7%	6.7%	25%	4.00	3.0		12.0	53%
1923	26	STL	NL	7	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%			2.3			57%
2 Seasons				22	0.0%	31.8%	4.6%	4.6%	25%	7.00	2.7		19.0	55%
MLB Averages					1.1%	7.3%	7.7%	6.4%	25%	0.94	12.2	83.8	8.0	80%

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
1922	25	7	15	12	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.333	.385	.417	.801	111	5		0	2
1923	26	12	22	19	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.211	.250	.263	.513	36	5		0	2

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	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1922	25	7	13	12	3	4	1	1	1	4	.333	.385	.417	.801	2	7
1923	26	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
2 Seasons		12	20	19	3	4	1	1	1	7	.211	.250	.263	.513	2	12
162 Game Avg.		162	270	257	41	54	14	14	14	95	.211	.250	.263	.513	27	12

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