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Les
McCrabb		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 4, 1914 in Usa, PA, WAKEFIELD
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 24 BRK NL   9 2 3 3 8 8 8 3 3 3
1940 25 BRK NL   9 2 3 3 7 8 8 3 3 3
1941 26 BRK NL   9 2 3 2 8 8 8 3 3 3
1942 27 BRK NL   9 2 3 3 8 8 8 3 3 3
1943 28 BRK NL $ 300,000 9 3 4 3 8 8 8 3 4 3
1944 29 BRK NL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3
1945 30 BRK NL $ 300,000 8 3 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3
1946 31 BRK NL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 7 8 8 3 3 3
1947 32 BRK NL $ 350,000 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
1948 33 BRK NL $ 350,000 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3
1949 34 BRK NL $ 350,000 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3
1950 35 BSN NL $ 350,000 8 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 2 3 2 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 9 4 4 4 8 8 8 3 4 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 24 BRK NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1940 25 BRK NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1941 26 BRK NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1942 27 BRK NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1943 28 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1944 29 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1945 30 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1946 31 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1947 32 BRK NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1948 33 BRK NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1949 34 BRK NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1950 35 BSN NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1939 24 AA   8 7 .533 20 20 3 2 0 144.7 142 50 7 17 102 3.11 .260 .282 .353 .635  
1940 25 AAA   2 5 .286 12 8 1 0 0 53.7 81 38 8 14 16 6.37 .351 .388 .528 .916  
    AA   5 8 .385 17 17 0 0 0 112.0 121 43 12 29 74 3.46 .276 .321 .416 .737  
1941 26 AAA   0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 9 3 1 2 20.25 .450 .476 1.000 1.476  
    AA   4 2 .667 76 0 0 0 9 93.3 89 32 9 16 66 3.09 .248 .280 .370 .650  
1942 27 AA   7 6 .538 87 0 0 0 6 106.3 112 47 11 22 64 3.98 .275 .312 .404 .716  
1943 28 BRK NL 1 2 .333 25 2 1 0 2 42.0 52 21 4 9 13 4.50 .304 .346 .433 .779 2.2
    AAA   0 3 .000 4 4 0 0 0 23.0 32 16 6 4 5 6.26 .327 .353 .561 .914  
1944 29 BRK NL 1 2 .333 16 2 1 0 0 31.0 34 14 3 8 11 4.06 .281 .331 .413 .744 1.5
1945 30 BRK NL 15 6 .714 35 25 8 0 0 208.3 209 75 14 61 56 3.24 .261 .315 .354 .669 15.6
1946 31 BRK NL 2 1 .667 27 5 1 0 1 64.3 79 36 8 16 21 5.04 .311 .353 .472 .825 1.7
1947 32 BRK NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 2 0 0 1 0 0.00 .222 .300 .222 .522 0.4
1948 33 BRK NL 3 2 .600 26 0 0 0 2 28.7 31 22 5 13 5 6.91 .279 .360 .459 .819 0.6
1949 34 BRK NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.2
1950 35 A   4 3 .571 21 0 0 0 0 43.0 37 11 2 11 35 2.30 .223 .271 .301 .572  
7 Years Sim 22 13 .629 133 34 11 0 5 377.7 407 168 34 109 107 4.00 .277 .330 .395 .724 22.2
3 Years AAA 2 8 .200 21 12 1 0 0 80.7 122 63 17 19 23 7.03 .350 .383 .564 .948  
4 Years AA 24 23 .511 200 37 3 2 15 456.3 464 172 39 84 306 3.39 .265 .298 .384 .683  
1 Years A 4 3 .571 21 0 0 0 0 43.0 37 11 2 11 35 2.30 .223 .271 .301 .572  
8 Years Minors 30 34 .469 242 49 4 2 15 580.0 623 246 58 114 364 3.82 .275 .310 .406 .715  
Season Average 3 1 .750 19 4 1 0 0 54.0 58 24 4 15 15 4.00 .277 .330 .395 .724  
Career Highs 15 6 .714 35 25 8 0 2 208.3 209 75 14 61 56 6.91 .311 .360 .472 .825  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   179 74 13 41 67   .249 .289 .352 .641
vs LH   228 94 21 68 40   .304 .362 .436 .798
Home 12 7 .632 74 17 5 0 3 201.3 218 86 18 51 55 3.84 .277 .321 .389 .710
Away 10 6 .625 59 17 6 0 2 176.3 189 82 16 58 52 4.19 .277 .334 .402 .736
Mar/Apr 1 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 0 12.7 13 7 2 4 0 4.98 .271 .327 .458 .785
May 3 1 .750 20 0 0 0 0 23.0 27 5 0 3 6 1.96 .300 .323 .367 .689
June 1 6 .143 33 7 2 0 2 84.0 100 47 10 24 24 5.04 .295 .342 .419 .760
July 4 1 .800 24 6 2 0 2 66.3 60 23 5 21 16 3.12 .252 .313 .353 .666
August 7 1 .875 23 10 1 0 1 87.7 97 37 6 28 25 3.80 .280 .333 .383 .717
Sep/Oct 6 4 .600 23 11 6 0 0 104.0 110 49 11 29 36 4.24 .270 .319 .408 .727
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1943 28 BRK NL 25 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.4 0.0
1944 29 BRK NL 16 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .400 .500 .900 0.9 0.1
1945 30 BRK NL 35 67 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 .075 .101 .090 .191 -2.3 0.0
1946 31 BRK NL 27 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.5 0.0
1948 33 BRK NL 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
5 Years Sim 129 101 2 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 32 .089 .115 .109 .224 -2.4 0.1
162 Game Average 126 2 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 40 .089 .115 .109 .224 -3.0  
Career Highs 35 67 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 .250 .400 .500 .900 0.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   61 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 19 .082 .111 .098 .209 -2.0
vs LH   40 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .100 .122 .125 .247 -0.9
Home 71 48 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .125 .160 .167 .327 0.1
Away 53 53 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 17 .057 .074 .057 .131 -3.0
RISP   28 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .036 .069 .036 .105 -1.8
Close/Late   11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.5
Mar/Apr 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
May 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 19 20 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .050 .095 .050 .145 -1.0
July 6 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .250 .417 0.3
August 17 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .033 .065 .033 .098 -1.9
Sep/Oct 20 36 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 .111 .135 .139 .274 -0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1943 28 BRK NL P 25 2 42.0 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.57    
1944 29 BRK NL P 16 2 31.0 3 5 0 1 1.000 2.32    
1945 30 BRK NL P 35 25 208.3 14 50 0 5 1.000 2.76    
1946 31 BRK NL P 27 5 64.3 7 15 0 5 1.000 3.08    
1947 32 BRK NL P 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1948 33 BRK NL P 26 0 28.7 4 8 0 1 1.000 3.77    
1949 34 BRK NL P 2 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00    
Career Totals   133 34 377.7 31 88 0 13 1.000 2.84    
Career Highs   35 25 208.3 14 50 0 5 1.000 9.00    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1943 28 BRK NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1944 29 BRK NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 2 1 0 0 0 13.64 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 9.09 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1944 29 BRK NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1945-5-3.24
 Winning Pct
1945-2-.714
 Walks per 9IP
1945-8-2.6
 OSLG
1945-8-.354
 OOPS
1945-9-.669
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Dale Murray (977)
  5. Fred Gladding (975)
  6. Rick Lysander (972)
  7. Rasty Wright (971)
  8. Bill Trotter (971)
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 74th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1939
Injured on 4/5/1939 with a Broken Jaw, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 8/4/1939 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks
Injured on 6/9/1940 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 6/26/1940 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Had first career hit on 6/20/1943, off Jack Kramer (NYA)
Earned first career win on 9/26/1943
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1945, going 6-0, 2.80
Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1945
Injured on 8/6/1946 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/18/1947 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/4/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $350,000 per year
7/1/1950: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
 
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