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Les Webber
Lester Elmer Webber

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut May 17, 1942
Final Game April 26, 1948
Born May 6, 1915 in Kelseyville, CA
Died November 13, 1986 in Santa Maria, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1942 27 BRO NL   3   2  19   3   1   0   5  1   51.7   46   17   17   2   22   23   0   1   222       0  2.96  3.25  110 1.316
 1943 28 BRO NL   2   2  54   0   0   0  27 10  115.7  112   54   49   6   69   24   5   4   516       1  3.81  3.34   88 1.565
 1944 29 BRO NL   7   8  48   9   1   0  23  3  140.3  157   85   77   9   64   42   1   8   639       0  4.94  3.54   72 1.575
 1945 30 BRO NL   7   3  17   7   5   0   5  0   75.3   69   37   30   3   25   30   1   0   319       0  3.58  3.76  105 1.248
 1946 31 TOT      4   4  15   6   0   0   3  0   48.3   47   25   25   5   20   21   0   2   205       0  4.66  3.37   72 1.386
         BRO NL   3   3  11   4   0   0   3  0   43.0   34   11   11   5   15   16   0   1   171       0  2.30  3.38  147 1.140
         CLE AL   1   1   4   2   0   0   0  0    5.3   13   14   14   0    5    5   0   1    34       0 23.63  3.33   14 3.375
 1948 33 CLE AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    0.7    3    3    3   0    1    1   0   0     6       0 40.50  4.06   10 6.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .548  23  19 154  25   7   0  63 14  432.0  434  221  201  25  201  141   7  15  1907       1  4.19  3.47   83 1.470
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   7  58   9   2   0  23  5  164.0  164   83   76   9   76   53   2   5   724   0   0  4.19  3.47   83 1.470
 Career High      7   8  54   9   5   0  27 10  140.3  157   85   77   9   69   42   5   8   639   0   1  2.96  3.76  110 1.248

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 27 BRO NL  19   14    1    1   0  0   0    1   0      0   4  .071  .133  .071  -40    1   2           1   0
 1943 28 BRO NL  54   25    2    3   0  0   0    0   0      2   9  .120  .185  .120  -11    3   1           0   0
 1944 29 BRO NL  48   39    4    8   0  0   1    3   0      2   8  .205  .244  .282   49   11   2           0   2
 1945 30 BRO NL  17   22    3    2   1  0   0    1   1      2   5  .091  .167  .136  -15    3   6           0   0
 1946 31 TOT     15   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .091  .167  .091  -26    1   1           0   1
         BRO NL  11   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .100  .100  .100  -43    1   1           0   1
         CLE AL   4    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .500  .000   52    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      154  111   11   15   1  0   1    5   1  0   7  27  .135  .193  .171    4   19  12   0   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        117   12   16   1  0   1    5   1  0   7  28  .135  .193  .171    4   20  13   0   0   1   3
 Career High     54   39    4    8   1  0   1    3   1  0   2   9                          11   6   0   0   1   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 27 BRO NL   17   15    0   0.0    88| .071  .258| .133  .331| .071  .359| .204  .689| -40  .000  -2.5  -0.3     
 1943 28 BRO NL   28   23    1   1.2    89| .120  .265| .185  .333| .120  .359| .305  .692| -11  .097  -3.6  -0.4     
 1944 29 BRO NL   43   35    3   2.3    92| .205  .266| .244  .332| .282  .373| .526  .705|  49  .249  -2.8  -0.3     
 1945 30 BRO NL   30   26    1   1.0    96| .091  .272| .167  .342| .136  .375| .303  .717| -15  .069  -3.4  -0.4     
 1946 31 TOT      13   12    0   0.0    93| .091  .263| .167  .338| .091  .369| .258  .707| -26  .000  -1.9  -0.2   0%
         BRO NL   11   11    0   0.0    93| .100  .263| .100  .339| .100  .369| .200  .708| -43  .000  -1.9  -0.2     
         CLE AL    2    1    0   0.0    91| .000  .256| .500  .330| .000  .369| .500  .699|  52  .000   0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       131  111    5   1.2    92| .135  .265| .193  .335| .171  .368| .364  .703|   4  .097 -14.3  -1.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1942 27 BRO NL P 19 2 14 0 1 1.000 .970 0.84 1.17 2.79 2.35 3 51.7 1943 28 BRO NL P 54 11 34 2 1 .957 .962 0.83 1.16 3.50 2.27 0 115.7 1944 29 BRO NL P 48 10 43 1 0 .981 .960 1.10 1.09 3.40 2.14 9 140.3 1945 30 BRO NL P 17 6 7 0 0 1.000 .963 0.76 1.06 1.55 2.18 7 75.3 1946 31 TOT P 15 3 8 0 1 1.000 .957 0.73 1.01 2.05 2.22 6 48.3 BRO NL P 11 3 5 0 1 1.000 .964 0.73 1.01 1.67 2.24 4 43.0 CLE AL P 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.75 1.00 5.09 2.04 2 5.3 1948 33 CLE AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 2.57 0 0.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1942 27 BRO NL P 19 2 14 0 1 1.000 .970 0.84 1.17 2.79 2.35 3 51.7 1943 28 BRO NL P 54 11 34 2 1 .957 .962 0.83 1.16 3.50 2.27 0 115.7 1944 29 BRO NL P 48 10 43 1 0 .981 .960 1.10 1.09 3.40 2.14 9 140.3 1945 30 BRO NL P 17 6 7 0 0 1.000 .963 0.76 1.06 1.55 2.18 7 75.3 1946 31 TOT P 15 3 8 0 1 1.000 .957 0.73 1.01 2.05 2.22 6 48.3 BRO NL P 11 3 5 0 1 1.000 .964 0.73 1.01 1.67 2.24 4 43.0 CLE AL P 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 0.75 1.00 5.09 2.04 2 5.3 1948 33 CLE AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 2.57 0 0.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 154 32 106 3 3 .979 .962 0.90 1.11 2.88 2.22 25 432.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 154 32 106 3 3 .979 .962 0.90 1.11 2.88 2.22 25 432
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.

Games
1943 NL-54-2
1944 NL-48-2

Saves
1943 NL-10-1
1944 NL-3-6

Wild Pitches
1943 NL-4-7
1944 NL-8-2

Hit Batsmen
1943 NL-5-3

Games Finished
1943 NL-27-3
1944 NL-23-3

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 8 (1574) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1844) (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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Transactions 

September 30, 1941: Drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Seattle (PCL) in the 1941 rule 5 draft.

May 6, 1948: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Catfish Metkovich and cash to the Oakland (PCL) for Will Hafey (minors).


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