Les German

Positions: Pitcher and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 165lb (173cm, 74kg)

Born: June 1, 1869 in Baltimore, MD us

Died: June 10, 1934 in Germantown, MD

Buried: Baker Cemetery, Aberdeen, MD

Debut: August 27, 1890 (Age 21-087d, 1,542nd in major league history)

Last Game: August 6, 1897 (Age 28-066d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1890 season

Full Name: Lester Stanley German

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.8

ERA

5.45

130

858.2

151

WHIP

1.726

Summary of 30 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 0 tying, 1 go ahead, 29 lacking some details

3 Tms
NYG	20
WHS	8
BAL	2

Platoon
vs RHB	17
vs LHB	13

Home/Road
Away	18
Home	12

Outs
Unk	29
0	1

12 Opps
PHI	6
BRO	4
PIT	3
BSN	3
CIN	3
NYG	2
WHS	2
CLV	2
CHC	2
LOU	1
STL	1
COL	1

26 Batters
Jake Beckley	2
Bill Joyce	2
Sam Thompson	2
Bill Hallman	2
Bill Lange	1
Ed McKean	1
Cupid Childs	1
Mike Griffin	1
Hugh Duffy	1
Jim McTamany	1
Herman Long	1
Joe Harrington	1
Tom Daly	1
Germany Smith	1
Dave Foutz	1
Lave Cross	1
Steve Brodie	1
Jake Stenzel	1
Bill Hutchison	1
Jack Taylor	1
Deacon McGuire	1
Joe Gerhardt	1
Billy Clingman	1
John Anderson	1
Bid McPhee	1
Tom Parrott	1

10 Parks
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	10
Boundary Fld (WAS)	5
Eastern Pk (NYC)	4
Baker Bowl (PHI)	3
South End (BOS)	3
League Pk I (CLE)	1
SportsmanPk1 (STL)	1
League Pk (CIN)	1
RecreationPk (COL)	1
Expo Pk (PIT)	1

Where Hit

4 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	26
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

53 Runs

Inning
1	3
2	3
3	4
4	2
5	2
6	4
7	5
8	5
9	2

1-3	10
4-6	8
7-end	12

RelScore
Tied	1
Unk	29

Tied	1
Unk	29

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
2B	7
3B	5
CF	4
SS	4
1B	3
RF	3
P	2
C	1
LF	1

OrderPos
Unk	15
1st	4
8th	3
7th	2
4th	2
3rd	1
5th	1
2nd	1
6th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1890-09-20 (1)	Jim McTamany	COL		BAL		b 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off,IPHR
2	2	2	1	1890-09-28 (2)	Joe Gerhardt	STL		BAL		b 2		1	8	5
1893	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
3	3	1	1	1893-08-11	Bill Hallman	PHI	@	NYG		t 3		1	1	4
4	4	2	2	1893-08-11	Bill Hallman	PHI	@	NYG		t 7		1	1	4
5	5	3	1	1893-08-15	Dave Foutz	BRO		NYG		b 2		1	4	3
6	6	4	1	1893-08-22	Bill Lange	CHC	@	NYG		t 6		1	5	6	IPHR
7	7	5	1	1893-08-25	Jake Beckley	PIT	@	NYG		t 1		2		3
8	8	6	1	1893-09-28	Jake Stenzel	PIT		NYG		b 8		1	2	9	IPHR
1894	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
9	9	1	1	1894-04-25	Bill Joyce	WHS		NYG		t 1		2		5
10	10	2	1	1894-06-21	Mike Griffin	BRO		NYG		t 3		2		8
11	11	3	1	1894-07-19	Deacon McGuire	WHS	@	NYG		t 7		2	6	2
12	12	4	1	1894-07-23	Hugh Duffy	BSN		NYG		b 8		1	3	8
13	13	5	1	1894-08-21	Bill Hutchison	CHC	@	NYG		b 2		2		1
14	14	6	1	1894-09-01 (2)	Bid McPhee	CIN	@	NYG		t 5		2		4
15	15	7	1	1894-09-28	Tom Parrott	CIN		NYG		b 4		1	8	4	Cycle
1895	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
16	16	1	1	1895-05-03	Sam Thompson	PHI		NYG	tied 5-5	b 9		3		9	Walk-Off
17	17	2	1	1895-05-24	Ed McKean	CLV		NYG		b 7		2		6
18	18	3	1	1895-06-12	Cupid Childs	CLV	@	NYG		t 3		3		4
19	19	4	1	1895-08-03	John Anderson	BRO		NYG		b 3		2	7	7
20	20	5	1	1895-08-16 (2)	Tom Daly	BRO		NYG		b 6		1		4
21	21	6	1	1895-09-13	Jack Taylor	PHI		NYG		b 7		1		1
22	22	7	1	1895-09-21	Joe Harrington	BSN		NYG		b 8		2	7	4	IPHR
1896	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
23	23	1	1	1896-05-27	Germany Smith	CIN	@	WHS		t 4		2		6
24	24	2	1	1896-07-03	Sam Thompson	PHI		WHS		b 8		3		9
25	25	3	1	1896-08-07	Herman Long	BSN		WHS		b 6		1		6
26	26	4	1	1896-08-17	Jake Beckley	NYG		WHS		b 5		2	1	3
27	27	5	2	1896-08-17	Bill Joyce	NYG		WHS		b 6		2	4	5
28	28	6	1	1896-09-02	Billy Clingman	LOU	@	WHS		t 7		1		5
1897	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
29	29	1	1	1897-06-15	Steve Brodie	PIT	@	WHS		t 8		4		8
30	30	2	1	1897-06-22	Lave Cross	PHI	@	WHS		t 9		3	8	5