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Les Webber

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Full Name: Lester Elmer Webber Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0.5"/185 First Game: May 17, 1942
Birthdate: May 6, 1915 Final Game: April 26, 1948
Birthplace: Kelseyville, California MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: November 13, 1986
Deathplace: Santa Maria, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on May 6, 1915 in Kelseyville, California, Les Webber (Lester Elmer Webber) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 6 year career. Webber broke into the bigs on May 17, 1942 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 2.96 ERA in 51.2 innings pitched in 1942, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Les Webber's best season was 1943, when he posted a 3.81 ERA and notched 10 saves.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1942 BRO N 19 3 3 2 2.96 23 17 17 1 0 1 51.2 46 2 22 0 1 0
1943 BRO N 54 0 2 2 3.81 24 54 49 0 0 10 115.2 112 6 69 0 4 5
1944 BRO N 48 9 7 8 4.94 42 85 77 1 0 3 140.1 157 9 64 0 8 1
1945 BRO N 17 7 7 3 3.58 30 37 30 5 0 0 75.1 69 3 25 0 0 1
1946 CLE A 4 2 1 1 23.62 5 14 14 0 0 0 5.1 13 0 5 0 1 0
1946 BRO N 11 4 3 3 2.30 16 11 11 0 0 0 43 34 5 15 0 1 0
1946 Total 15 6 4 4 4.66 21 25 25 0 0 0 48.1 47 5 20 0 2 0
1948 CLE A 1 0 0 0 4.50 1 3 3 0 0 0 0.2 3 0 1 0 0 0
Total NL 149 23 22 18 3.89 135 204 184 7 0 14 426 418 25 195 0 14 7
Total AL 5 2 1 1 25.50 6 17 17 0 0 0 6 16 0 6 0 1 0
Total 154 25 23 19 4.19 141 221 201 7 0 14 432 434 25 201 0 15 7

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1942 BRO N P 19 0 0 2 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1943 BRO N P 54 0 0 11 34 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1944 BRO N P 48 0 0 10 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1945 BRO N P 17 0 0 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 CLE A P 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 BRO N P 11 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 Total P 15 0 0 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1948 CLE A P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 154 0 0 32 106 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .979

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1942 BRO N 19 14 1 1 0 1 .071 .133 .071 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0
1943 BRO N 54 25 2 3 0 0 .120 .185 .120 0 0 2 9 0 1 0 0 0
1944 BRO N 48 39 4 8 1 3 .205 .244 .282 0 0 2 8 0 2 0 0 2
1945 BRO N 17 22 3 2 0 1 .091 .167 .136 1 0 2 5 0 6 1 0 0
1946 CLE A 4 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 BRO N 11 10 0 1 0 0 .100 .100 .100 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
1946 Total 15 11 1 1 0 0 .091 .167 .091 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
1948 CLE A 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 149 110 10 15 1 5 .136 .188 .173 1 0 6 27 1 12 1 0 3
Total AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 154 111 11 15 1 5 .135 .193 .171 1 0 7 27 1 12 1 0 3

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Brooklyn Dodgers from Seattle (PCL) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 30, 1941).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians with George Metkovich and cash to Oakland (PCL) in exchange for Will Hafey (May 6, 1948).

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