Les Layton

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 165lb (183cm, 74kg)

Born: November 18, 1921 in Nardin, OK us

Died: March 1, 2014 in Scottsdale, AZ

Buried: Mount Olive Cemetery, Nardin, OK

School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Debut: April 24, 1948 (Age 26-158d, 10,490th in major league history)
vs. BSN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1948 (Age 26-320d)
vs. BSN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Lester Lee Layton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.2

.231

RBI

OBP

.286

SLG

.429

OPS

.714

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-41 / in Starts: 7-8
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 98 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	59 (30-16-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 98 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	66 (34-21-10)

Most Driven In
W Marshall	3
B Kerr	2
W Lockman	2
Self	2
S Gordon	1
R Poat	1
S Yvars	0

Most Driven In By
W Lockman	3
Self	2
J Mize	2
J Lohrke	2
W Marshall	1
B Rigney	1
B Thomson	1

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	5 (4)	Apr 24	NYG	@	BSN	W,16-9	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	2	25 (19)	May 21	NYG		CHC	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	9	.03	0.005	.09	0.01%	1.00	PH
3	3	28 (2)	May 26	NYG		STL	W,10-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	9	1.07	-0.027	4.47	-0.07%	-0.16	PH
4	4	29	May 27	NYG		STL	L,6-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	7	1.61	-0.045	6.96	-0.12%	-0.50	PH
5	5	30	May 28	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	9	2.74	0.091	9.75	0.19%	0.39	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	6	35 (4)	Jun 1	NYG	@	BRO	T,4-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	9	1.73	-0.044	6.67	-0.10%	-0.25	PH
7	7	37 (1)	Jun 3	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.800	1.133	9	.39	-0.010	1.71	-0.03%	-0.29	PH
8	8	38	Jun 4	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	6-6	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	1.167	1.595	7	2.81	0.253	11.40	0.62%	1.76	PH
9	9	41 (2)	Jun 6 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	5-5	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.500	1.286	1.786	9	1.97	0.163	9.65	0.48%	1.72	PH
10	10	43 (1)	Jun 9 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,7-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.444	1.125	1.569	9	3.52	-0.089	14.34	-0.22%	-0.42	PH
11	11	45 (1)	Jun 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.444	.500	1.111	1.611	8	1.45	0.074	5.94	0.18%	0.38	PH
12	12	46	Jun 11	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.455	1.000	1.455	9	.88	-0.022	3.58	-0.05%	-0.15	PH
13	13	49 (2)	Jun 13 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.364	.417	.909	1.326	8						PH
14	14	50	Jun 15	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.417	.462	.917	1.378	9	1.72	0.079	8.19	0.22%	0.39	PH
15	15	51	Jun 16	NYG		PIT	L,5-11	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.846	1.275	9	.42	-0.011	1.90	-0.03%	-0.24	PH
16	16	52	Jun 17	NYG		PIT	L,8-9	8-9	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.467	1.000	1.467	8	1.39	0.128	6.24	0.35%	1.42	PH
17	17	53	Jun 18	NYG		STL	L,8-12	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.438	.933	1.371	9	.34	-0.009	1.20	-0.02%	-0.78	PH
18	18	55 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	NYG		STL	L,2-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.412	.875	1.287	9	.35	-0.008	1.20	-0.02%	-0.36	PH
19	19	56	Jun 20 (2)	NYG		STL	W,6-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.389	.824	1.212	9	.13	-0.003	.39	-0.01%	-0.11	PH
20	20	58 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,2-11	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.368	.778	1.146	9	.20	-0.005	.58	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
21	21	60 (1)	Jun 26	NYG		CIN	L,0-4	5-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.778	1.178	9	1.71	0.045	5.42	0.09%	0.39	PH
22	22	61	Jun 27	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.381	.737	1.118	9	2.65	-0.066	7.33	-0.11%	-0.16	PH
23	23	63 (1)	Jun 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	7-7	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.350	.409	.800	1.209	9	.91	0.058	3.38	0.13%	0.42	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	24	64	Jul 1	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.391	.762	1.153	8	.14	-0.004	.50	-0.01%	-0.10	PH
25	25	65	Jul 2	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.731	1.159	3	2.11	0.389	4.83	0.54%	1.60	LF
26	26	66	Jul 3	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.375	.633	1.008	3	.38	-0.040	1.11	-0.07%	-0.49	LF
27	27	67	Jul 4	NYG	@	BRO	L,12-13	CG	6	6	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0		0	1	0	0	.306	.342	.611	.953	3	1.14	0.062	2.70	0.09%	-0.26	LF
28	28	68	Jul 5 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	CG(13)	6	6	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.357	.386	.667	1.053	2						LF
29	29	69	Jul 5 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,1-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.348	.375	.696	1.071	2	1.15	0.105	3.87	0.21%	0.31	LF
30	30	70	Jul 6	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.327	.365	.653	1.018	2	1.52	-0.040	4.08	-0.06%	0.05	LF
31	31	71	Jul 7	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.333	.593	.926	1	.41	-0.054	.75	-0.06%	-1.32	LF
32	32	72	Jul 9	NYG		BRO	L,3-10	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.361	.589	.950	1	.52	0.034	1.05	0.04%	0.61	LF
33	33	74 (1)	Jul 11	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.355	.579	.934	8	2.58	-0.062	3.95	-0.06%	-0.30	PH
34	34	77 (2)	Jul 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.355	.579	.934	5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
35	35	78	Jul 18 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.349	.569	.918	9	1.24	-0.031	2.31	-0.03%	-0.16	PH
36	36	80 (1)	Jul 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,14-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.344	.559	.903	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.35	PH CF
37	37	81	Jul 21	NYG	@	STL	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.338	.550	.888	9	.45	-0.013	1.01	-0.02%	-0.37	PH
38	38	87 (5)	Jul 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-6	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.338	.550	.888	6						PR
39	39	92 (4)	Jul 30	NYG		CHC	W,9-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.338	.550	.888	5						RF
40	40	93	Jul 31 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,14-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.338	.550	.888	5						RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	41	95 (1)	Aug 2	NYG		STL	L,5-21	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.333	.541	.874	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PR RF
42	42	97 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	NYG		STL	L,0-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.333	.541	.874	9						PR
43	43	100 (2)	Aug 8 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,6-2	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.333	.541	.874	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
44	44	103 (2)	Aug 11	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.333	.541	.874	4						PR
45	45	104	Aug 13	NYG	@	PHI	L,7-12	6-6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.343	.541	.884	9	.63	0.023	1.25	0.03%	0.66	PH
46	46	106 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.338	.532	.870	9	.50	-0.013	1.08	-0.02%	-0.29	PH
47	47	110 (3)	Aug 21	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.333	.524	.857	9	1.07	-0.027	1.20	-0.02%	-0.16	PH
48	48	114 (3)	Aug 25	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-4	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.329	.516	.844	9	1.17	-0.028	2.56	-0.04%	-0.28	PH
49	49	116 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,5-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.324	.508	.832	9	1.36	-0.035	3.46	-0.05%	-0.25	PH
50	50	117	Aug 28 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	12-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.324	.508	.832	1						LF
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
51	51	128 (10)	Sep 6 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-3	12-12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.324	.508	.832	7						PR
52	52	129	Sep 6 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG(7)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.320	.493	.813	7	1.42	-0.023	2.51	-0.03%	-0.08	LF
53	53	130	Sep 7 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.247	.304	.466	.770	7	.48	0.042	1.01	0.05%	0.08	LF
54	54	131	Sep 7 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			1	0	0	.244	.298	.474	.772	7						LF
55	55	135 (3)	Sep 11 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,6-4	6-GF(6)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.294	.468	.762	6	3.25	-0.116	7.26	-0.16%	-0.69	PH
56	56	140 (4)	Sep 17	NYG		CIN	L,3-5	5-6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.250	.302	.475	.777	9	1.35	0.071	.72	0.02%	0.66	PH
57	57	143 (2)	Sep 19 (2)	NYG		STL	L,1-3	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.299	.469	.768	9	1.86	-0.064	.16	0.00%	-0.45	PH
58	58	147 (3)	Sep 22 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,7-11	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.299	.469	.768	7	.51	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.16	PR
59	59	148	Sep 23	NYG		BRO	L,1-7	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.303	.470	.773	7	1.95	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.20	CF
60	60	152 (3)	Sep 28 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	CG(6)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.293	.453	.747	2	.97	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-1.29	RF
61	61	153	Oct 2 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.292	.438	.730	7	.33	0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.54	CF
62	62	154	Oct 2 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,1-2	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.233	.289	.433	.722	7						CF
63	63	155	Oct 3	NYG		BSN	L,1-11	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.231	.286	.429	.714	9						PH
							21-41		98	91	14	21	4	4	2	12	6	0	21	1	0		2	2	1	0	.231	.286	.429	.714		1.10	0.617	2.76	1.85%	0.52

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