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Lenny Webster

Leonard Irell Webster

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 10, 1965 in New Orleans, LA
High School: Lutcher HS (Lutcher, LA)
School: Grambling State University (Grambling, LA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 21st round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed August 19, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1989
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Expos/Twins/Phillies/RedSox 1989-2000
Agents: Ron Shapiro, previously: Mike Moss [*]
Final Game: September 23, 2000
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1989 MIN AL 24 C 14 5 5 57.0 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -42 5.05 2.29 .989 6.24 6.17 0 2 9 0 0% 31% 0
1990 MIN AL 25 C 2 2 2 18.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 4.50 .991 6.40 6.35 0 1 2 0 0% 34% 0
1991 MIN AL 26 C 17 7 7 88.2 72 61 10 1 1 .986 0 0 7.21 4.18 .990 6.50 6.48 0 3 5 2 29% 34% 0
1992 MIN AL 27 C 49 32 25 315.0 202 190 11 1 3 .995 -1 -4 5.74 4.10 .989 6.20 6.18 2 7 29 9 24% 34% 1
1992 MIN AL 27 DH 1 0
1993 MIN AL 28 C 45 27 22 268.2 190 177 13 0 1 1.000 1 4 6.36 4.22 .991 6.56 6.50 1 9 19 11 37% 36% 1
1993 MIN AL 28 DH 1 1
1994 MON NL 29 C 46 34 27 318.0 257 237 19 1 1 .996 -1 -4 7.25 5.57 .991 7.10 7.05 1 12 33 13 28% 32% 0
1995 PHI NL 30 C 43 38 35 359.0 295 274 18 3 1 .990 -7 -23 7.32 6.79 .989 7.40 7.37 3 20 48 7 13% 30% 1
1996 MON NL 31 C 63 50 32 431.0 416 390 25 1 3 .998 2 6 8.67 6.59 .989 7.50 7.45 3 18 31 19 38% 28% 0
1997 BAL AL 32 C 97 73 66 676.1 571 532 36 3 5 .995 1 2 7.56 5.86 .991 7.15 7.09 4 26 68 29 30% 33% 1
1997 BAL AL 32 DH 1 0
1998 BAL AL 33 C 102 78 72 726.2 571 528 39 4 5 .993 -3 -5 7.02 5.56 .990 7.13 7.05 9 17 83 25 23% 31% 0
1998 BAL AL 33 DH 4 1
1999 TOT AL 34 C 18 15 12 123.0 102 92 9 1 3 .990 0 0 7.39 5.61 .991 6.98 6.87 1 6 11 5 31% 33% 0
1999 BAL AL 34 C 12 11 8 85.0 74 67 6 1 2 .986 0 0 7.73 6.08 .991 6.98 6.87 0 6 7 4 36% 33% 0
1999 BAL AL 34 DH 2 1
1999 BOS AL 34 C 6 4 4 38.0 28 25 3 0 1 1.000 0 0 6.63 4.67 .991 6.99 6.87 1 0 4 1 20% 33% 0
2000 MON NL 35 C 32 19 12 188.0 135 126 9 0 1 1.000 -3 -19 6.46 4.22 .990 7.45 7.38 4 5 18 3 14% 32% 0
12 Seasons C 528 380 317 3569.1 2852 2648 189 15 24 .995 -13 -4 7.15 5.37 .990 7.06 6.97 28 126 356 123 26% 32% 4
12 Seasons TOT 528 380 317 3569.1 2852 2648 189 15 24 .995 -13 -4 7.15 5.37 .990 7.06 6.97 28 126 356 123 26% 32% 4
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1989 MIN AL 24 C -2 -42 -2
1990 MIN AL 25 C 0 0 0
1991 MIN AL 26 C 0 0 0
1992 MIN AL 27 C -1 -4 -1
1993 MIN AL 28 C 1 4 1
1994 MON NL 29 C -1 -4 -1
1995 PHI NL 30 C -7 -23 -7
1996 MON NL 31 C 2 6 2
1997 BAL AL 32 C 1 2 1
1998 BAL AL 33 C -3 -5 -3
1999 BAL AL 34 C 0 0 0
1999 BOS AL 34 C 0 0 0
2000 MON NL 35 C -3 -19 -3
12 Seasons C -13 -4 -13
12 Seasons TOT -13 -4 -13

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1989 MIN AL 24 14 5 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1990 MIN AL 25 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 MIN AL 26 18 7 18 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1992 MIN AL 27 53 32 53 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1
1993 MIN AL 28 49 28 49 45 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
1994 MON NL 29 57 34 57 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
1995 PHI NL 30 49 38 49 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1996 MON NL 31 78 50 78 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1997 BAL AL 32 98 73 98 97 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1998 BAL AL 33 108 79 108 102 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 0
1999 BAL AL 34 16 12 16 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
1999 BOS AL 34 6 4 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 MON NL 35 39 19 39 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
12 Seasons 587 383 587 528 0 528 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 75 3
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.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1989 MIN AL 24 240 5.05 5.21 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 33 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 MIN AL 25 75 1.50 1.50 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 MIN AL 26 374 3.35 3.55 3 100% 0 0 61 1 0 1 59 10 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1992 MIN AL 27 1308 3.31 3.49 4 75% 0 0 190 2 0 4 183 11 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0
1993 MIN AL 28 1204 5.49 5.90 5 100% 0 0 178 4 1 4 169 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1994 MON NL 29 1330 3.54 3.88 9 100% 0 0 237 4 0 3 230 19 5 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 100%
1995 PHI NL 30 1563 4.29 4.46 8 100% 0 0 275 6 1 3 265 18 0 1 0 11 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1996 MON NL 31 1793 3.24 3.59 11 82% 0 0 390 7 1 1 381 25 2 0 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0%
1997 BAL AL 32 2838 3.65 3.89 18 100% 0 0 532 14 2 10 506 35 4 0 0 6 3 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 1 2 100%
1998 BAL AL 33 3112 4.35 4.57 19 84% 0 0 530 6 3 11 510 36 12 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 5 0 1 2 3 67%
1999 BAL AL 34 382 6.25 6.67 2 100% 0 0 67 1 0 1 64 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1999 BOS AL 34 160 3.55 4.26 2 100% 0 0 25 1 1 0 23 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
2000 MON NL 35 839 4.74 5.36 6 100% 0 0 125 4 1 1 119 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
12 Seasons 15218 4.03 4.31 87 93% 0 0 2652 50 10 39 2551 186 32 1 0 49 15 0 2 13 0 24 0 3 5 16 81%
MLB Averages 4.28 4.71 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1989 MIN AL 24 0 2 95 9 0 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0.94
1990 MIN AL 25 0 1 22 2 0 0 0% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.82
1991 MIN AL 26 0 3 143 5 2 2 29% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0.99 2.35
1992 MIN AL 27 2 7 503 29 9 6 24% 27 6 2 2 0 1 1 0 42 12 1.25 1.11
1993 MIN AL 28 1 9 444 19 11 7 37% 17 9 2 1 0 1 1 0 36 15 1.42 1.23
1994 MON NL 29 1 12 462 33 13 8 28% 28 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 59 13 1.40 1.68
1995 PHI NL 30 3 20 615 48 7 5 13% 41 6 6 0 1 1 1 0 92 10 1.36 2.13
1996 MON NL 31 3 18 637 31 19 10 38% 27 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 65 21 0.92 1.19
1997 BAL AL 32 4 26 1031 68 29 23 30% 57 23 11 4 0 2 1 0 120 37 1.21 1.30
1998 BAL AL 33 9 17 1112 83 24 19 22% 75 21 8 2 0 1 0 0 126 29 1.13 1.24
1999 BAL AL 34 0 6 138 7 4 3 36% 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 6 0.73 0.86
1999 BOS AL 34 1 0 63 4 1 1 20% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1.13 0.99
2000 MON NL 35 4 5 336 18 3 3 14% 15 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 35 4 1.32 1.56
12 Seasons 28 126 5601 356 122 87 26% 312 102 43 13 1 7 4 0 621 152 1.20 1.35
MLB Averages 32% 1.30 1.26

* 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

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1998 AL  83 (4th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1996 NL  38.0 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1997 AL  7.56 (4th)
Career  7.15 (50th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1997 AL  .995 (4th)
Career  .995 (8th)

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