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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 Schools: Lutcher HS (Gramercy, LA), 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 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Expos/Twins/Phillies/RedSox 1989-2000
Agents: Ron Shapiro, previously: Mike Moss [*]
Final Game: September 23, 2000 (Age 35)
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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 OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1989 24 MIN AL 14 23 20 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .300 .391 .400 .791 118 8 0 0 0 0 0 2
1990 25 MIN AL 2 7 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 .500 .929 154 3 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1991 26 MIN AL 18 41 34 7 10 1 0 3 8 0 0 6 10 .294 .390 .588 .978 162 20 2 0 0 1 0 2
1992 27 MIN AL 53 129 118 10 33 10 1 1 13 0 2 9 11 .280 .331 .407 .737 105 48 3 0 2 0 0 2/D
1993 28 MIN AL 49 117 106 14 21 2 0 1 8 1 0 11 8 .198 .274 .245 .519 41 26 1 0 0 0 1 2/D
1994 29 MON NL 57 166 143 13 39 10 0 5 23 0 0 16 24 .273 .370 .448 .817 112 64 7 6 1 0 1 2
1995 30 PHI NL 49 167 150 18 40 9 0 4 14 0 0 16 27 .267 .337 .407 .744 97 61 4 0 1 0 0 2
1996 31 MON NL 78 203 174 18 40 10 0 2 17 0 0 25 21 .230 .332 .322 .654 73 56 10 2 1 1 2 2
1997 32 BAL AL 98 287 259 29 66 8 1 7 37 0 1 22 46 .255 .317 .375 .691 83 97 10 2 3 1 0 2/D
1998 33 BAL AL 108 328 309 37 88 16 0 10 46 0 0 15 38 .285 .317 .434 .751 95 134 10 0 3 1 0 2/D
1999 34 TOT AL 22 62 50 1 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 7 .120 .290 .140 .430 17 7 1 2 0 0 0 2/D
1999 34 BAL AL 16 45 36 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 5 .167 .333 .194 .528 43 7 1 1 0 0 0 2/D
1999 34 BOS AL 6 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .000 .176 .000 .176 -50 0 0 1 0 0 0 /2
2000 35 MON NL 39 87 81 6 17 3 0 0 5 0 0 6 14 .210 .264 .247 .511 29 20 5 0 0 0 1 2
12 Yrs 587 1617 1450 157 368 73 2 33 176 1 3 140 209 .254 .324 .375 .699 84 544 53 12 11 4 5
162 Game Avg. 162 446 400 43 102 20 1 9 49 0 1 39 58 .254 .324 .375 .699 84 150 15 3 3 1 1
MIN (5 yrs) 136 317 284 35 72 16 1 5 30 1 2 30 32 .254 .324 .370 .694 90 105 6 0 2 1 1
MON (3 yrs) 174 456 398 37 96 23 0 7 45 0 0 47 59 .241 .333 .352 .684 78 140 22 8 2 1 4
BAL (3 yrs) 222 660 604 67 160 25 1 17 86 0 1 45 89 .265 .318 .394 .712 87 238 21 3 6 2 0
PHI (1 yr) 49 167 150 18 40 9 0 4 14 0 0 16 27 .267 .337 .407 .744 97 61 4 0 1 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 6 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .000 .176 .000 .176 -50 0 0 1 0 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 364 994 902 102 232 41 2 22 117 1 3 77 123 .257 .317 .380 .698 85 343 27 4 8 3 1
NL (4 yrs) 223 623 548 55 136 32 0 11 59 0 0 63 86 .248 .334 .367 .701 83 201 26 8 3 1 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1989 24 MIN AL 14 23 0 -0 0 -2 0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.0 .493 .499 0.2 -0.2 2 2
1990 25 MIN AL 2 7 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .507 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $100,000 /2
1991 26 MIN AL 18 41 3 0 -0 0 1 3 0.3 1 5 0.5 .518 .502 0.5 0.1 5 2
1992 27 MIN AL 53 129 1 -1 -0 -1 2 1 0.1 5 6 0.6 .502 .501 0.7 0.1 7 $115,000 2/D
1993 28 MIN AL 49 117 -8 0 1 1 2 -4 -0.4 4 1 0.1 .493 .498 -0.0 0.3 -0 $172,000 2/D
1994 29 MON NL 57 166 3 0 -1 -1 2 3 0.3 5 8 0.8 .506 .502 0.9 0.1 9 $180,000 2
1995 30 PHI NL 49 167 1 0 -0 -7 2 -4 -0.4 5 1 0.1 .491 .497 0.8 -0.5 8 $275,000 2
1996 31 MON NL 78 203 -5 -1 -1 2 3 -2 -0.2 6 5 0.4 .498 .499 0.2 0.4 3 $200,000 2
1997 32 BAL AL 98 287 -8 -1 -1 1 5 -4 -0.3 11 7 0.7 .496 .498 0.6 0.6 6 $425,000 2/D
1998 33 BAL AL 108 328 0 -1 -1 -3 5 0 0.1 12 13 1.2 .500 .500 1.5 0.2 16 $740,000 2/D
1999 34 BAL AL 16 45 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 2 1 0.1 .497 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $760,000 2/D
1999 34 BOS AL 6 17 -3 -1 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .438 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 /2
2000 35 MON NL 39 87 -9 0 -0 -3 1 -11 -1.0 3 -8 -0.8 .474 .494 -0.5 -0.2 -5 $600,000 2
12 Seasons 587 1617 -26 -4 -3 -13 25 -21 -2.0 56 35 3.3 .496 .499 4.7 1.1 48 $3,567,000
MIN (5 yrs) 136 317 -3 -1 0 -2 5 -0 0.0 12 12 1.1 .500 .500 1.4 0.3 14 $387,000
MON (3 yrs) 174 456 -11 -1 -2 -2 7 -9 -1.0 14 5 0.4 .495 .498 0.6 0.4 7 $980,000
BAL (3 yrs) 222 660 -9 -2 -2 -2 10 -4 -0.3 25 21 2.0 .498 .499 2.2 0.9 23 $1,925,000
PHI (1 yr) 49 167 1 0 -0 -7 2 -4 -0.4 5 1 0.1 .491 .497 0.8 -0.5 8 $275,000
BOS (1 yr) 6 17 -3 -1 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .438 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 32 BAL AL ALDS SEA W 3 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 1 0 0 0 0
1997 32 BAL AL ALCS CLE L 4 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 7 16 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .200 .250 .200 .450 3 1 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 3 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 4 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 2 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

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
1996 NL  8.67 (2nd)
1997 AL  7.56 (5th)
Career  7.15 (56th)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2168), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2384), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (351st), 3.3 career WAR/4.3 7yr-peak WAR/3.8 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Joe Nolan (974)
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  3. Eddie Perez (970)
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  5. Bob Stinson (966)
  6. Ed Ott (965)
  7. Josh Bard (965)
  8. Ben Davis (961)
  9. Sammy Taylor (960)
  10. Duane Josephson (959)
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  1. John Baker (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Vance Wilson (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Charlie Lau (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Nolan (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joe Nolan (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Difelice (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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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 Notes/Other Sources
199025Minnesota Twins$100,000USA Today
199227Minnesota Twins$115,0004/2/92 USA Today
199328Minnesota Twins$172,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199429Montreal Expos$180,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199530Philadelphia Phillies$275,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $25,000 earned bonus
199631Montreal Expos$200,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $30,000 earned bonus
199732Baltimore Orioles$425,0001997 postseason AP surveyIncludes $125,000 earned bonus
199833Baltimore Orioles$740,00011/23/98 USA TodayIncludes $75,000 earned bonus
199934Baltimore Orioles$760,0004/6/99 USA Today
200035Montreal Expos$600,0004/5/00 AP
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,567,000
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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