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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 Pitching

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
1942 27 BRO NL 3 2 .600 2.96 19 3 5 1 0 1 51.2 46 17 17 2 22 23 0 0 1 222 112 1.316 8.0 0.3 3.8 4.0 1.05
1943 28 BRO NL 2 2 .500 3.81 54 0 27 0 0 10 115.2 112 54 49 6 69 24 5 1 4 516 88 1.565 8.7 0.5 5.4 1.9 0.35
1944 29 BRO NL 7 8 .467 4.94 48 9 23 1 0 3 140.1 157 85 77 9 64 42 1 0 8 639 72 1.575 10.1 0.6 4.1 2.7 0.66
1945 30 BRO NL 7 3 .700 3.58 17 7 5 5 0 0 75.1 69 37 30 3 25 30 1 0 0 319 105 1.248 8.2 0.4 3.0 3.6 1.20
1946 31 TOT MLB 4 4 .500 4.66 15 6 3 0 0 0 48.1 47 25 25 5 20 21 0 0 2 205 74 1.386 8.8 0.9 3.7 3.9 1.05
1946 31 BRO NL 3 3 .500 2.30 11 4 3 0 0 0 43.0 34 11 11 5 15 16 0 0 1 171 148 1.140 7.1 1.0 3.1 3.3 1.07
1946 31 CLE AL 1 1 .500 23.63 4 2 0 0 0 0 5.1 13 14 14 0 5 5 0 0 1 34 15 3.375 21.9 0.0 8.4 8.4 1.00
1948 33 CLE AL 0 0 40.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 16 6.000 40.5 13.5 13.5 13.5 1.00
6 Yrs 23 19 .548 4.19 154 25 63 7 0 14 432.0 434 221 201 26 201 141 7 1 15 1907 84 1.470 9.0 0.5 4.2 2.9 0.70
162 Game Avg. 9 7 .548 4.19 59 9 24 3 0 5 164 165 84 76 10 76 54 3 0 6 724 84 1.470 9.0 0.5 4.2 2.9 0.70
BRO (5 yrs) 22 18 .550 3.89 149 23 63 7 0 14 426.0 418 204 184 25 195 135 7 1 14 1867 90 1.439 8.8 0.5 4.1 2.9 0.69
CLE (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 25.50 5 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 16 17 17 1 6 6 0 0 1 40 15 3.667 24.0 1.5 9.0 9.0 1.00
NL (5 yrs) 22 18 .550 3.89 149 23 63 7 0 14 426.0 418 204 184 25 195 135 7 1 14 1867 90 1.439 8.8 0.5 4.1 2.9 0.69
AL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 25.50 5 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 16 17 17 1 6 6 0 0 1 40 15 3.667 24.0 1.5 9.0 9.0 1.00

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 Awards
1942 27 BRO NL 51.2 19 3 17 2.96 3.97 0.26 0.00 100.2 3.71 5 0.6 1.0 -0.0 1.0 9 .530 .503 $
1943 28 BRO NL 115.2 54 0 54 4.20 3.91 -0.19 0.00 99.6 4.08 -1 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.7 9 .497 .499 $
1944 29 BRO NL 140.1 48 9 85 5.45 4.27 -0.57 0.00 98.7 4.78 -10 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 0.0 3 .477 .493 $
1945 30 BRO NL 75.1 17 7 37 4.42 4.15 -0.08 0.00 98.4 4.16 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.3 5 .484 .498 $
1946 31 BRO NL 42.1 11 4 11 2.34 3.79 0.07 0.00 98.2 3.65 6 0.7 1.0 -0.0 1.1 11 .567 .505 $
1946 31 CLE AL 5.1 4 2 14 23.63 4.09 -0.02 0.00 96.1 3.95 -12 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.9 -11 .255 .494 $
1948 33 CLE AL 0.2 1 0 3 40.50 3.82 0.65 0.00 98.0 3.11 -3 -0.2 .9 0.0 -0.2 -3 .282 .499 $
6 Seasons 431.1 154 25 221 4.61 4.07 -0.21 0.00 99.0 4.23 -18 -1.4 1.0 -0.3 2.0 22 .491 .499 $
BRO (5 yrs) 425.1 149 23 204 4.32 4.07 -0.21 0.00 99.0 4.24 -4 -0.2 1.0 -0.3 3.1 36 .498 .500 $
CLE (2 yrs) 6.0 5 2 17 25.50 4.06 0.06 0.00 96.3 3.86 -14 -1.2 1.0 0.0 -1.1 -14 .261 .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 IBB ROE
1948 33 CLE AL 1 6 4 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .750 .800 1.500 2.300 1.000 6 0 0 1 0 0
1 Yr 1 6 4 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .750 .800 1.500 2.300 1.000 6 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 68 408 272 204 204 0 0 68 0 0 68 68 .750 .800 1.500 2.300 1.000 408 0 0 68 0 0
MLB Averages .258 .329 .323 .652 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 33 CLE AL -2.5 -0.2 6 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 1.41 -0.3 0.0 -3.5 -0.3 1.41 -3.6 0 1 0
6 Yrs -27.1 -2.5 6 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 1.41 -0.3 0.0 -3.5 -0.3 1.41 -3.6 0 1 0

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 BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1942 27 BRO NL 19 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 2 67% 55.7 67 43 1 2 9.4 5.9
1944 29 BRO NL 48 9 0 6 3 0 2 1 8 .111 0 0 1 0 3 33% 34.7 70 16 6 2 3.7 5.2
1945 30 BRO NL 17 7 5 2 0 1 1 5 2 .714 0 0 5 0 5 71% 56.3 73 36 1 4 7.4 7.6
1946 31 TOT MLB 15 6 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 .500 0 0 0 0 2 33% 0.0 77 27 2 4 2.6 5.4
1946 31 BRO NL 11 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 2 50% 55.0 77 39 2 2 2.3 6.8
1946 31 CLE AL 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.0 49 27 0 2 3.5 2.5
4 Yrs 99 25 9 11 5 2 4 12 13 .480 0 0 7 0 12 48% 47 77 16 10 12 5.0 6.0
MLB Averages .500 55% 51 115 -11 4.2 4.8 6.9

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1942 27 BRO NL 19 16 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 10 6 1 6.4
1943 28 BRO NL 54 54 27 2 2 0 10 0 0 0 35 11 13 6.4
1944 29 BRO NL 48 39 23 7 2 0 3 0 0 0 26 5 6 7.2
1945 30 BRO NL 17 10 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 6.7
1946 31 TOT MLB 15 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 5.1
1946 31 BRO NL 11 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 6.4
1946 31 CLE AL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.5
1948 33 CLE AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 1.410 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.0
6 Yrs 154 129 63 14 8 0 14 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1.410 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 82 28 1 20 6.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1942 27 BRO NL 222 0.9% 10.4% 9.9% 1.4% 7% 77%
1943 28 BRO NL 516 1.2% 4.7% 13.4% 76%
1944 29 BRO NL 639 1.4% 6.6% 10.0% 1.9% 8% 79%
1945 30 BRO NL 319 0.9% 9.4% 7.8% 2.5% 12% 81%
1946 31 TOT MLB 205 2.4% 10.2% 9.8% 74%
1946 31 BRO NL 171 2.9% 9.4% 8.8% 75%
1946 31 CLE AL 34 0.0% 14.7% 14.7% 68%
1948 33 CLE AL 6 67% 16.7% 16.7% 16.7% 16.7% 33% 33% 2 0 0%
6 Yrs 1907 67% 1.4% 7.4% 10.5% 1.3% 6% 78% 2 0 0%
MLB Averages 49% 1.3% 9.8% 9.7% 3.2% 13% 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
1942 27 BRO NL 46 2 1
1943 28 BRO NL 112 6 4
1944 29 BRO NL 157 9 8
1945 30 BRO NL 69 3 0
1946 31 TOT MLB 47 5 2
1946 31 BRO NL 34 5 1
1946 31 CLE AL 13 0 1
1948 33 CLE AL 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 6 434 26 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 100% 0 15 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1942 27 3 2 .600 2.96 19 3 5 1 0 1 51.2 46 17 17 2 22 23 0 0 1 222 112 1.316 8.0 0.3 3.8 4.0 1.05 112
1943 28 5 4 .556 3.55 73 3 32 1 0 11 167.1 158 71 66 8 91 47 5 1 5 738 94 1.488 8.5 0.4 4.9 2.5 0.52 94
1944 29 12 12 .500 4.18 121 12 55 2 0 14 307.2 315 156 143 17 155 89 6 1 13 1377 82 1.528 9.2 0.5 4.5 2.6 0.57 82
1945 30 19 15 .559 4.07 138 19 60 7 0 14 383.0 384 193 173 20 180 119 7 1 13 1696 86 1.473 9.0 0.5 4.2 2.8 0.66 86
1946 31 23 19 .548 4.13 153 25 63 7 0 14 431.1 431 218 198 25 200 140 7 1 15 1901 85 1.463 9.0 0.5 4.2 2.9 0.70 85
1947 32 23 19 .548 4.13 153 25 63 7 0 14 431.1 431 218 198 25 200 140 7 1 15 1901 85 1.463 9.0 0.5 4.2 2.9 0.70 85
1948 33 23 19 .548 4.19 154 25 63 7 0 14 432.0 434 221 201 26 201 141 7 1 15 1907 84 1.470 9.0 0.5 4.2 2.9 0.70 84

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1942 27 3 2 .600 3.40 53.0 52 22 20 2 25 23 0 1.453 8.8 4.2 3.9 0.92 0.3 19
1943 28 5 7 .417 4.75 110.0 125 64 58 7 77 23 6 1.836 10.2 6.3 1.9 0.30 0.6 54
1944 29 5 10 .333 5.39 142.0 168 94 85 10 68 43 1 1.662 10.6 4.3 2.7 0.63 0.6 48
1945 30 4 4 .500 3.58 78.0 72 34 31 3 26 31 1 1.256 8.3 3.0 3.6 1.19 0.3 17
1946 31 2 3 .400 5.74 47.0 52 33 30 6 22 20 0 1.574 10.0 4.2 3.8 0.91 1.1 15
1948 33 0 0 27.00 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 1 0 4.000 27.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 9.0 1
6 Yrs 19 26 .422 4.74 431.0 472 250 227 29 219 141 8 1.603 9.9 2.9 0.64 0.6 154

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1943 NL  54 (2nd)
1944 NL  48 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
1943 NL  10 (1st)
1944 NL  3 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1943 NL  4 (6th)
1944 NL  8 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1943 NL  5 (3rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1943 NL  27 (3rd)
1944 NL  23 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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