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Les German
Lester Stanley German

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 165 lb.

Debut August 27, 1890
Final Game August 6, 1897
Born June 1, 1869 in Baltimore, MD
Died June 10, 1934 in Germantown, MD

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1890 21 BAL AA   5  11  17  16  15   0   1  0  132.3  147   95   71   2   54   37  11   7   543       0  4.83  4.25   88 1.519
 1893 24 NYG NL   8   8  20  18  14   0   2  0  152.0  162  109   70   6   70   35   0   6     0       0  4.14  4.66  112 1.526
 1894 25 NYG NL   9   8  23  15  10   0   5  1  134.0  178  133   86   7   66   17   0   4     0       0  5.78  5.26   91 1.821
 1895 26 NYG NL   7  11  25  18  16   0   7  0  178.3  243  159  118   7   78   36   0   4     0       1  5.96  4.63   78 1.800
 1896 27 TOT NL   2  20  29  20  14   0   8  1  169.3  249  180  121   6   75   20   0   4     0       0  6.43  4.40   68 1.913
         NYG NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.7    9    6    4   0    1    0   0   0     0       0 13.50  4.18   31 3.750
         WHS NL   2  20  28  20  14   0   7  1  166.7  240  174  117   6   74   20   0   4     0       0  6.32  4.40   70 1.884
 1897 28 WHS NL   3   5  15   5   4   0   9  0   83.7  117   74   52   2   33    2   7   1     0       0  5.59  4.35   78 1.793
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .351  34  63 129  92  73   0  32  2  849.7 1096  750  518  30  376  147  18  26   543       1  5.49  4.60   84 1.732
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  19  39  28  22   0   9  0  261.3  337  230  159   9  115   45   5   8   167   0   0  5.49  4.60   84 1.732
 Career High      9  20  29  20  16   0   9  1  178.3  249  180  121   7   78   37  11   7   543   0   1  4.14  5.26  112 1.519

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1890 21 BAL AA  17   51    7    6   1  0   0    3   5      8      .118  .237  .137    6    7               0    
 1893 24 NYG NL  22   74   10   23   0  1   0   15   1      5   1  .311  .354  .338   83   25               0    
 1894 25 NYG NL  23   57    8   17   2  0   0    8   1      3   5  .298  .333  .333   62   19               0    
 1895 26 NYG NL  35  111   16   29   2  2   2   16   1      9   7  .261  .333  .369   82   41   1           3    
 1896 27 TOT NL  31   71   11   16   1  0   1    6   3      5   5  .225  .295  .282   52   20   0           2    
         NYG NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         WHS NL  30   70   11   16   1  0   1    6   3      5   5  .229  .299  .286   54   20   0           2    
 1897 28 WHS NL  19   44    8   15   2  0   0    3   0      3      .341  .383  .386  104   17   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      147  408   60  106   8  3   3   51  11  0  33  18  .260  .323  .316   68  129   2   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        450   66  117   9  3   3   56  12  0  36  20  .260  .323  .316   68  142   2   0   0   6   0
 Career High     35  111   16   29   2  2   2   16   5  0   9   7                          41   1   0   0   3   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1890 21 BAL AA   59   45    2   1.2    93| .118  .270| .237  .350| .137  .355| .374  .705|   6  .101  -6.1  -0.7     
 1893 24 NYG NL   79   51    9   4.7   107| .311  .287| .354  .365| .338  .391| .692  .756|  83  .477  -2.0  -0.2     
 1894 25 NYG NL   60   40    6   3.9   126| .298  .314| .333  .385| .333  .443| .666  .828|  62  .315  -3.5  -0.3     
 1895 26 NYG NL  124   83   13   4.1   110| .261  .300| .333  .366| .369  .405| .702  .770|  82  .392  -3.2  -0.3     
 1896 27 TOT NL   78   55    6   2.8   107| .225  .297| .295  .362| .282  .397| .577  .759|  52  .274  -5.0  -0.4     
         NYG NL    1    1    0   0.0   105| .000  .294| .000  .358| .000  .392| .000  .750|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
         WHS NL   77   54    6   2.9   107| .229  .297| .299  .362| .286  .397| .585  .759|  54  .280  -4.7  -0.4     
 1897 28 WHS NL   48   30    7   6.0   107| .341  .297| .383  .361| .386  .395| .769  .756| 104  .605   0.4   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       448  304   43   3.7   109| .260  .295| .323  .365| .316  .399| .639  .764|  68  .368 -19.4  -1.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1890 21 BAL AA P 17 3 21 4 0 .857 .906 1.41 1.94 1.63 2.23 16 132.3 1893 24 NYG NL P 20 8 30 5 0 .884 .913 1.90 2.07 2.25 2.50 18 152.0 OF 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 2.10 0 0 1 3B 1 1 1 2 0 .500 .909 2.00 3.80 1894 25 NYG NL P 23 9 36 3 1 .938 .913 1.96 1.74 3.02 2.18 15 134.0 1895 26 NYG NL P 25 6 37 2 5 .956 .917 1.72 2.01 2.17 2.52 18 178.3 3B 11 11 15 8 1 .765 .872 2.36 3.38 1896 27 TOT NL P 29 11 46 6 1 .905 .916 1.97 2.20 3.03 2.72 20 169.4 NYG NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.67 0 2.7 WHS NL P 28 11 46 6 1 .905 .916 2.04 2.20 3.08 2.72 20 166.7 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.40 OF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 2.10 0 1 0 1897 28 WHS NL P 15 6 16 1 0 .957 .921 1.47 2.10 2.37 2.55 5 83.7 2B 2 2 1 1 0 .750 .938 1.50 5.55 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.30
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1897 28 WHS NL 2B 2 2 1 1 0 .750 .938 1.50 5.55 1893 24 NYG NL 3B 1 1 1 2 0 .500 .909 2.00 3.80 1895 26 NYG NL 3B 11 11 15 8 1 .765 .872 2.36 3.38 1896 27 WHS NL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.40 1897 28 WHS NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.30 1893 24 NYG NL OF 1 2 0 1 0 .667 .909 2.00 2.10 0 0 1 1896 27 WHS NL OF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 2.10 0 1 0 1890 21 BAL AA P 17 3 21 4 0 .857 .906 1.41 1.94 1.63 2.23 16 132.3 1893 24 NYG NL P 20 8 30 5 0 .884 .913 1.90 2.07 2.25 2.50 18 152.0 1894 25 NYG NL P 23 9 36 3 1 .938 .913 1.96 1.74 3.02 2.18 15 134.0 1895 26 NYG NL P 25 6 37 2 5 .956 .917 1.72 2.01 2.17 2.52 18 178.3 1896 27 TOT NL P 29 11 46 6 1 .905 .916 1.97 2.20 3.03 2.72 20 169.4 NYG NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.67 0 2.7 WHS NL P 28 11 46 6 1 .905 .916 2.04 2.20 3.08 2.72 20 166.7 1897 28 WHS NL P 15 6 16 1 0 .957 .921 1.47 2.10 2.37 2.55 5 83.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 129 43 186 21 7 .916 .915 1.78 2.01 92 849.7 3B 14 13 16 10 1 .744 .876 2.07 3.41 OF 2 3 0 2 0 .600 .909 1.50 2.10 0 1 1 2B 2 2 1 1 0 .750 .938 1.50 5.55 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 147 61 203 34 8 .886 .910 1.80 2.20
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.

Saves
1894 NL-1-9
1896 NL-1-4

Losses
1896 NL-20-9

Games Finished
1895 NL-7-8
1896 NL-8-3
1897 NL-9-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1725) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

July, 1893: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Augusta (Southern).


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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