Brian Lesher

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: March 5, 1971 in Wilrijk, Belgium be

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 25th round of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Delaware (Newark, DE).

High School: Newark HS (Newark, DE)

School: University of Delaware (Newark, DE)

Debut: August 25, 1996 (Age 25-173d, 16,961st in major league history)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2002 (Age 31-207d)
vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Full Name: Brian Herbert Lesher

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.1

263

.224

RBI

OBP

.275

SLG

.380

OPS

.655

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1992	21	OAK-min	A-	46	151	136	21	26	7	1	3	18	3	7	12	35	.191	.265	.324	.588		44	3	2	0	1	0		SOR · NORW
1993	22	OAK-min	A	119	461	394	63	108	13	5	5	47	20	9	46	102	.274	.358	.371	.729		146	13	9	6	6	0		MAD · MIDW
1994	23	OAK-min	A+	117	490	393	76	114	21	0	14	68	11	11	81	84	.290	.414	.450	.865		177	8	8	0	8	5		MOD · CALL
1995	24	OAK-min	AA	127	538	471	78	123	23	2	19	71	7	8	64	110	.261	.351	.439	.791		207	7	2	0	1	2		HVL · SOUL
1996	25	OAK-min	AAA	109	462	414	57	119	29	2	18	75	6	5	36	108	.287	.352	.498	.850		206	9	7	2	3	0		EDM · PCL
1996	25	OAK	AL	26	90	82	11	19	3	0	5	16	0	0	5	17	.232	.281	.451	.732	81	37	2	1	1	1	0	79/H3
1997	26	OAK-min	AAA	110	484	415	85	134	27	5	21	78	14	3	64	86	.323	.415	.564	.979		234	14	3	0	2	3		EDM · PCL
1997	26	OAK	AL	46	142	131	17	30	4	1	4	16	4	1	9	30	.229	.275	.366	.641	69	48	4	0	0	2	0	7H/3D9
1998	27	OAK-min	AAA	99	410	360	62	108	31	1	11	60	3	4	46	96	.300	.380	.483	.864		174	11	2	0	2	1		EDM · PCL
1998	27	OAK	AL	7	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.286	.429	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	/7H3

1999	28	OAK-min	AAA	103	441	387	66	113	29	2	14	64	8	2	41	71	.292	.364	.486	.850		188	16	6	2	5	0		VAN · PCL
2000	29	SEA-min	AAA	132	567	489	77	141	33	3	25	92	4	4	70	104	.288	.377	.521	.898		255	10	2	2	4	5		TAC · PCL
2000	29	SEA	AL	5	6	5	1	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	.800	.833	1.400	2.233	468	7	0	0	0	0	0	/H3D

2001	30	MIL-min	AAA	93	393	346	51	98	17	4	7	63	1	1	40	78	.283	.356	.416	.772		144	5	2	0	5	0		INA · IL
2002	31	TOR-min	AAA	66	274	248	34	65	13	1	7	28	6	1	20	55	.262	.315	.407	.722		101	4	1	1	4	0		SYR · IL
2002	31	TOR	AL	24	43	38	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	15	.132	.209	.158	.367	-1	6	2	0	0	1	0	3/HD79
2003	32	STL-min	AAA	10	34	29	4	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	.276	.364	.345	.708		10	1	0	1	0	1		MEM · PCL
5 Yrs				108	288	263	31	59	10	2	9	38	5	1	19	65	.224	.275	.380	.655	69	100	8	1	1	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	432	394	46	88	15	3	14	57	8	2	28	98	.224	.275	.380	.655	69	150	12	2	2	6	0

OAK (3 yrs)				79	239	220	28	50	8	1	9	33	4	1	14	50	.227	.273	.395	.669	72	87	6	1	1	3	0
SEA (1 yr)				5	6	5	1	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	.800	.833	1.400	2.233	468	7	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				24	43	38	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	15	.132	.209	.158	.367	-1	6	2	0	0	1	0

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