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Les Straker

Lester Paul (Bolnalda) Straker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 193 lb.

Born: October 10, 1959 in Ciudad Bolivar, Bolivar, Venezuela
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1987 (Age 27)
Team: Twins 1987-1988

Final Game: October 1, 1988 (Age 28)
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Standard Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1977	17	CIN-min	A-	1	2	.333	2.77	7	7		0	0	0	26.0	25	10	8	0	20	0	18	0	0	4			1.731	8.7	0.0	6.9	6.2	0.90	EUG · NORW
1978	18	CIN-min	Rk	7	2	.778	2.35	12	12		1	1	0	69.0	46	29	18	0	37	0	54	1	2	3			1.203	6.0	0.0	4.8	7.0	1.46	BIL · PION
1979	19	CIN-min	A	7	10	.412	3.96	29	27		1	0	0	141.0	123	83	62	7	75	1	121	1	1	14			1.404	7.9	0.4	4.8	7.7	1.61	GBO · WCRS
1980	20	CIN-min	A	6	5	.545	3.73	34	20		1	0	1	135.0	135	74	56	12	66	0	89	2	3	6			1.489	9.0	0.8	4.4	5.9	1.35	CDR · MIDW
1981	21	CIN-min	AA	1	5	.167	6.40	19	6	6	0	0	2	45.0	50	35	32	3	34	4	33	1	1	5			1.867	10.0	0.6	6.8	6.6	0.97	WBY · EL
1982	22	CIN-min	A	9	9	.500	2.57	25	25	0	3	2	0	154.1	137	58	44	3	60	4	99	3	3	10			1.276	8.0	0.2	3.5	5.8	1.65	TAM · FLOR
1983	23	CIN-min	AA	0	2	.000	9.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.0	16	10	10	2	6	0	5	0	0	0			2.200	14.4	1.8	5.4	4.5	0.83	WBY · EL
1984	24	OAK-min	AA	6	5	.545	4.23	28	12	8	2	0	1	95.2	97	55	45	6	43	3	60	2	0	3			1.463	9.1	0.6	4.0	5.6	1.40	ALC · EL
1985	25	MIN-min	AA	16	6	.727	3.08	27	26	1	12	3	0	193.0	164	75	66	14	79	2	106	2	2	3			1.259	7.6	0.7	3.7	4.9	1.34	ORL · SOUL
1986	26	MIN-min	AAA	6	7	.462	3.44	18	18	0	5	0	0	107.1	102	46	41	10	44	2	50	0	1	5			1.360	8.6	0.8	3.7	4.2	1.14	TOL · IL
1987	27	MIN	AL	8	10	.444	4.37	31	26	1	1	0	0	154.1	150	79	75	24	59	6	76	2	5	2	656	106	1.354	8.7	1.4	3.4	4.4	1.29
1988	28	MIN-min	AAA	0	0		3.20	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.2	19	12	7	3	8	0	13	1	1	1			1.373	8.7	1.4	3.7	5.9	1.63	POR · PCL
1988	28	MIN	AL	2	5	.286	3.92	16	14	1	1	1	1	82.2	86	39	36	8	25	1	23	0	3	4	341	104	1.343	9.4	0.9	2.7	2.5	0.92
1989	29	MIN-min	AAA	8	9	.471	4.26	28	23	1	0	0	0	148.0	169	84	70	9	57	1	83	3	8	3			1.527	10.3	0.5	3.5	5.0	1.46	POR · PCL
1990	30	WSN-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	3	1	1	0	0	0	6.2	1	2	0	0	3	0	7	2	1	0			0.600	1.4	0.0	4.0	9.4	2.33	INA · AA
2 Yrs				10	15	.400	4.22	47	40	2	2	1	1	237.0	236	118	111	32	84	7	99	2	8	6	997	105	1.350	9.0	1.2	3.2	3.8	1.18
162 Game Avg.				8	12	.400	4.22	37	31	2	2	1	1	185	184	92	87	25	66	5	77	2	6	5	779	105	1.350	9.0	1.2	3.2	3.8	1.18

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1987	27	MIN	AL	154.1	31	26	79	4.61	4.87	0.08	0.14	103.7	5.12	8	0.8	.7	-0.1	2.2	25	.527	.505	$62,500
1988	28	MIN	AL	82.2	16	14	39	4.25	4.29	0.08	0.11	102.1	4.41	1	0.1	.5	-0.1	0.9	9	.508	.501	$93,000
2 Seasons				237.0	47	40	118	4.48	4.67	0.08	0.13	103.2	4.87	10	1.0	.7	-0.2	3.0	34	.521	.504	$155,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BK	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1987	27	MIN	AL	ALCS	W	DET	16.88	1	1	2.2	3	5	5	0	4	1	1	15	2.625	10.1	0.0	13.5	3.4	0.25
1987	27	MIN	AL	WS	W	STL	4.00	2	2	9.0	9	4	4	1	3	6	1	39	1.333	9.0	1.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
1 Yr (2 Series)							6.94	3	3	11.2	12	9	9	1	7	7	2	54	1.629	9.3	0.8	5.4	5.4	1.00
1 ALCS							16.88	1	1	2.2	3	5	5	0	4	1	1	15	2.625	10.1	0.0	13.5	3.4	0.25
1 WS							4.00	2	2	9.0	9	4	4	1	3	6	1	39	1.333	9.0	1.0	3.0	6.0	2.00

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1977	17	CIN-min	A-	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0			EUG · NORW
1978	18	CIN-min	Rk	12	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0			BIL · PION
1979	19	CIN-min	A	29	50	42	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	17	.167	.239	.167	.406	7		0	4	0			GBO · WCRS
1980	20	CIN-min	A	34	40	33	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	13	.091	.189	.091	.280	3		0	3	0			CDR · MIDW
1981	21	CIN-min	AA	21	14	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	2	0	0		WBY · EL
1982	22	CIN-min	A	25	49	39	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	.128	.209	.154	.363	6		1	6	0	0		TAM · FLOR
1983	23	CIN-min	AA	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0	0		WBY · EL
1984	24	OAK-min	AA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0		ALC · EL
1985	25	MIN-min	AA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0		ORL · SOUL
1986	26	MIN-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
1987	27	MIN	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	28	MIN-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
1988	28	MIN	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	29	MIN-min	AAA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
1990	30	WSN-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0		MTY,ASC,INA · MEX,AA
1993	33	SLT	AAA																									SLT · MEX
2 Yrs				47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Pos
1987	27	MIN	AL	31	.501	.500	$62,500	1
1988	28	MIN	AL	16	.501	.500	$93,000	1
2 Seasons				47	.501	.500	$155,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1987	27	MIN	AL	ALCS	DET	W	1	0	0	0
1987	27	MIN	AL	WS	STL	W	2	2	2	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 Yr (2 Series)							3	2	2	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0
1 WS							2	2	2	2	.000	.000	.000	.000

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%
1987	MIN	AL	27	P	31	26	1	154.1	24	5	18	1	0	.958	1.34	0.74	.955	1.84	1.82	20	10	33%	31%
1988	MIN	AL	28	P	16	14	1	82.2	23	9	13	1	1	.957	2.40	1.38	.961	1.79	1.77	5	1	17%	31%
	2 Seasons			P	47	40	2	237.0	47	14	31	2	1	.957	1.71	0.96	.958	1.82	1.80	25	11	31%	31%
	2 Seasons			TOT	47	40	2	237.0	47	14	31	2	1	.957	1.71	0.96	.958	1.82	1.80	25	11	31%	31%

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1429), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (1404th), 3.1 career WAR/3.1 7yr-peak WAR/3.1 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.2 7yr-peak WAR/61.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

February 10, 1977: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.
October 20, 1983: Granted Free Agency.
November 26, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
December 12, 1984: Released by the Oakland Athletics.
January 10, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1987	27	Minnesota Twins	$62,500	Proofing corrections
1988	28	Minnesota Twins	$93,000	USA Today, 4/1/88

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$155,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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