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Les Webber

Lester Elmer Webber

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 6, 1915 in Kelseyville, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 1942
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Indians 1942-1948

Final Game: April 26, 1948
Died: November 13, 1986 in Santa Maria, CA
Buried: Dudley-Hoffman Columbarium, Santa Maria, CA
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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
1942 27 BRO NL 19 17 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .071 .133 .071 .205 -40 1 0 1 2 1
1943 28 BRO NL 54 28 25 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .120 .185 .120 .305 -11 3 0 0 1 1
1944 29 BRO NL 48 43 39 4 8 0 0 1 3 0 2 8 .205 .244 .282 .526 49 11 2 0 2 1
1945 30 BRO NL 17 30 22 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 .091 .167 .136 .303 -15 3 0 0 6 1
1946 31 TOT MLB 15 13 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .091 .167 .091 .258 -26 1 1 0 1 1
1946 31 BRO NL 11 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -43 1 1 0 1 1
1946 31 CLE AL 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 52 0 0 0 0 /1
1948 33 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Yrs 154 131 111 11 15 1 0 1 5 1 0 7 27 .135 .193 .171 .364 4 19 3 1 12
162 Game Avg. 162 138 117 12 16 1 0 1 5 1 7 28 .135 .193 .171 .364 4 20 3 1 13
BRO (5 yrs) 149 129 110 10 15 1 0 1 5 1 6 27 .136 .188 .173 .361 3 19 3 1 12
CLE (2 yrs) 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 52 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 149 129 110 10 15 1 0 1 5 1 6 27 .136 .188 .173 .361 3 19 3 1 12
AL (2 yrs) 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 52 0 0 0 0

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
1942 27 BRO NL 19 17 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1943 28 BRO NL 54 28 -4 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .497 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1944 29 BRO NL 48 43 -3 0 0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1945 30 BRO NL 17 30 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1946 31 BRO NL 11 11 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .492 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1946 31 CLE AL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .508 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1948 33 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
6 Seasons 154 131 -15 0 0 0 12 -3 -0.3 4 1 -0.5 .498 .500 -0.5 -0.0 1 $
BRO (5 yrs) 149 129 -15 0 0 0 12 -3 -0.4 4 1 -0.5 .497 .500 -0.5 -0.0 1 $
CLE (2 yrs) 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .507 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
1942 27 BRO NL 17 15 0 0.0 88 .100 .071 .258 .133 .331 .071 .359 .205 .689 -40 .000 -2.5 -0.3 .154 .000 .000
1943 28 BRO NL 28 23 1 1.2 90 .188 .120 .266 .185 .335 .120 .361 .305 .695 -11 .097 -3.6 -0.4 .227 .080 .000
1944 29 BRO NL 43 35 3 2.3 93 .233 .205 .266 .244 .332 .282 .373 .526 .706 49 .249 -2.8 -0.3 .394 .128 .077 .0
1945 30 BRO NL 30 26 1 1.0 96 .118 .091 .272 .167 .342 .136 .375 .303 .717 -15 .069 -3.4 -0.4 .300 .182 .045 .0
1946 31 TOT MLB 13 12 0 0.0 93 .100 .091 .263 .167 .338 .091 .369 .258 .707 -26 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .182 .091 .000
1946 31 BRO NL 11 11 0 0.0 94 .111 .100 .264 .100 .339 .100 .369 .200 .709 -43 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
1946 31 CLE AL 2 1 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .255 .500 .328 .000 .367 .500 .696 52 .000 0.1 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
6 Yrs 131 111 5 1.2 92 .169 .135 .266 .193 .335 .171 .369 .364 .704 4 .097 -14.3 -1.5 .283 .108 .036 1.0
162 Game Avg. 138 117 5 1.2 92 .169 .135 .266 .193 .335 .171 .369 .364 .704 4 .097 -14.3 -1.5 .283 .108 .036 1
BRO (5 yrs) 129 110 5 1.2 92 .171 .136 .266 .188 .335 .173 .369 .361 .704 3 .098 -14.4 -1.5 .276 .100 .036 1.0
CLE (2 yrs) 2 1 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .255 .500 .328 .000 .367 .500 .696 52 .000 0.1 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
NL (5 yrs) 129 110 5 1.2 92 .171 .136 .266 .188 .335 .173 .369 .361 .704 3 .098 -14.4 -1.5 .276 .100 .036 1.0
AL (2 yrs) 2 1 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .255 .500 .328 .000 .367 .500 .696 52 .000 0.1 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000

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
1942 27 BRO NL 17 0.0% 23.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.5 14.0 59%
1943 28 BRO NL 28 0.0% 32.1% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 4.50 2.8 57%
1944 29 BRO NL 43 2.3% 18.6% 4.7% 2.3% 13% 4.00 4.9 39.0 13.0 70%
1945 30 BRO NL 30 0.0% 16.7% 6.7% 3.3% 50% 2.50 4.4 22.0 57%
1946 31 TOT MLB 13 0.0% 7.7% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 11.0 77%
1946 31 BRO NL 11 0.0% 9.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 10.0 82%
1946 31 CLE AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.00 50%
6 Yrs 131 0.8% 20.6% 5.3% 1.5% 13% 3.86 4.1 111.0 22.2 63%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.2% 9.1% 5.8% 25% 1.01 9.7 70.8 8.8 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
1942 27 BRO NL -2.6 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 28 BRO NL -3.6 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 29 BRO NL -2.8 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 30 BRO NL -3.4 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 31 TOT MLB -1.8 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 31 BRO NL -1.9 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 31 CLE AL 0.1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 33 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Yrs -14.3 -1.5 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
1942 27 19 17 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .071 .133 .071 .205 -40 1 0 1 2
1943 28 73 45 39 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 13 .103 .167 .103 .269 -21 4 0 1 3
1944 29 121 88 78 7 12 0 0 1 4 0 4 21 .154 .205 .192 .397 14 15 2 1 5
1945 30 138 118 100 10 14 1 0 1 5 1 6 26 .140 .196 .180 .376 7 18 2 1 11
1946 31 153 131 111 11 15 1 0 1 5 1 0 7 27 .135 .193 .171 .364 4 19 3 1 12
1947 32 153 131 111 11 15 1 0 1 5 1 0 7 27 .135 .193 .171 .364 4 19 3 1 12
1948 33 154 131 111 11 15 1 0 1 5 1 0 7 27 .135 .193 .171 .364 4 19 3 1 12

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
1942 27 20 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 19
1943 28 56 31 27 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 .148 .233 .148 .381 1 54
1944 29 50 45 41 5 9 0 0 1 3 0 2 8 .220 .256 .293 .548 3 48
1945 30 18 33 24 6 3 2 0 0 2 2 3 5 .125 .222 .208 .431 1 17
1946 31 16 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 15
5 Yrs 160 140 118 15 16 2 0 1 5 2 9 27 .136 .203 .178 .381 5 153
162 Game Avg. 162 142 119 15 16 2 0 1 5 2 9 27 .136 .203 .178 .381 5 153

* 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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