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Les Scarsella
Leslie George Scarsella

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.
School Saint Mary's College of California

Debut September 15, 1935
Final Game May 19, 1940
Born November 23, 1913 in Santa Cruz, CA
Died December 17, 1958 in San Francisco, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 21 CIN NL   6   10    4    2   1  0   0    0   0      3   1  .200  .385  .300   89    3   0           0   0
 1936 22 CIN NL 115  485   63  152  21  9   3   65   6     14  36  .313  .335  .412  105  200   1           2  10
 1937 23 CIN NL 110  329   35   81  11  4   3   34   5     17  26  .246  .285  .331   71  109   7           1  10
 1939 25 CIN NL  16   14    0    2   0  0   0    2   0      0   2  .143  .143  .143  -23    2   1           0   1
 1940 26 BSN NL  18   60    7   18   1  3   0    8   2      3   5  .300  .344  .417  113   25   0           1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      265  898  109  255  34 16   6  109  13  0  37  70  .284  .315  .378   91  339   9   0   0   4  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        549   67  156  21 10   4   67   8  0  23  43  .284  .315  .378   91  207   6   0   0   2  13
 Career High    115  485   63  152  21  9   3   65   6  0  17  36  .313  .335  .412  105  200   7   0   0   2  10
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1935 21 CIN NL   13    8    1   3.3   101| .200  .282| .385  .337| .300  .402| .685  .738|  89  .350   0.1   0.0     
 1936 22 CIN NL  502  344   67   5.2    98| .313  .278| .335  .337| .412  .390| .747  .726| 105  .550   2.1   0.2     
 1937 23 CIN NL  354  265   31   3.1    97| .246  .274| .285  .335| .331  .388| .616  .723|  71  .337 -13.9  -1.4     
 1939 25 CIN NL   15   14    0   0.0   104| .143  .282| .143  .347| .143  .402| .286  .750| -23  .000  -2.5  -0.2     
 1940 26 BSN NL   64   42    8   5.1    94| .300  .266| .344  .330| .417  .382| .761  .712| 113  .574   0.7   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       948  673  107   4.3    97| .284  .276| .315  .336| .378  .389| .693  .725|  91  .465 -13.5  -1.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1935 21 CIN NL 1B 2 17 3 0 2 1.000 .990 10.00 9.60 1936 22 CIN NL 1B 115 1109 84 13 90 .989 .990 10.37 8.69 1937 23 CIN NL 1B 65 589 37 10 55 .984 .989 9.63 10.10 OF 14 18 1 1 0 .950 .974 1.36 2.13 12 0 2 1940 26 BSN NL 1B 15 137 7 2 17 .986 .990 9.60 10.08
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1935 21 CIN NL 1B 2 17 3 0 2 1.000 .990 10.00 9.60 1936 22 CIN NL 1B 115 1109 84 13 90 .989 .990 10.37 8.69 1937 23 CIN NL 1B 65 589 37 10 55 .984 .989 9.63 10.10 1940 26 BSN NL 1B 15 137 7 2 17 .986 .990 9.60 10.08 1937 23 CIN NL OF 14 18 1 1 0 .950 .974 1.36 2.13 12 0 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 197 1852 131 25 164 .988 .990 10.07 9.27 OF 14 18 1 1 0 .950 .974 1.36 2.13 12 0 2 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 211 1870 132 26 164 .987 .989 9.49 8.80
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1935 NL-21-8

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1824) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  1. George Sisler (972) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Walter Holke (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bill Sweeney (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 6, 1939: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with cash to the Boston Bees for Jim Turner.

May 20, 1940: Purchased by the Buffalo (International) from the Boston Bees.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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