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Les Fusselman

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: March 7, 1921 in Pryor, OK us

Died: May 21, 1970 in Cleveland, OH

Buried: Acacia Masonic Memorial Park, Mayfield Heights, OH

School: Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL)

Debut: April 16, 1952 (Age 31-040d, 10,884th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 12, 1953 (Age 32-097d)
vs. NYG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Full Name: Lester Leroy Fusselman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.5

.169

RBI

OBP

.169

SLG

.268

OPS

.437

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-16 / in Starts: 10-5
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	1 game
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 64 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	31 (17-11-3)
Avg. MLBer w/ 64 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	40 (21-12-6)

Most Driven In
H Rice	1
B Johnson	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
R Schoendienst	1
E Slaughter	1
V Mizell	1
Self	1
D Sisler	1

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	2 (1)	Apr 16	STL		PIT	W,6-5	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	7						C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	2	15 (12)	May 2	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	1.24	-0.093	2.24	-0.10%	-0.67	C
3	3	18 (2)	May 4 (2)	STL		BSN	L,1-5	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8						C
4	4	22 (3)	May 9	STL		CIN	L,3-8	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.636	.909	8	.61	0.046	1.05	0.05%	0.96	C
5	5	24 (1)	May 11	STL		CIN	L,5-8	5-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.500	.714	8	1.19	-0.089	1.93	-0.09%	-0.67	PH C
6	6	31 (6)	May 21 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.467	.667	8	.02	0.000	.04	0.00%	-0.42	PR C
7	7	34 (2)	May 24	STL	@	CIN	L,5-11	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.438	.625	6	.02	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.15	C
8	8	38 (3)	May 28	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.471	.706	8	.20	0.008	.18	0.00%	0.85	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	9	43 (4)	Jun 2	STL		NYG	W,5-4	1-GF	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	8	1.73	-0.202	2.03	-0.14%	-1.64	C
10	10	44	Jun 3	STL		BSN	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9						C
11	11	46 (1)	Jun 5	STL		BSN	L,3-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.381	.571	8	.17	-0.004	.14	0.00%	-0.22	C
12	12	47	Jun 6	STL		PHI	W,5-4	GS-0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.208	.208	.417	.625	8						C
13	13	52 (4)	Jun 11	STL		BRO	W,3-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.192	.385	.577	8	1.44	-0.070	1.04	-0.03%	-0.69	C
14	14	56 (3)	Jun 15 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG(7)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.393	.607	8	.93	0.020	.66	0.01%	0.23	C
15	15	58 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.367	.567	8	.80	-0.040	.39	-0.01%	-0.32	C
16	16	63 (4)	Jun 21	STL	@	BSN	W,9-0	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.171	.171	.314	.486	8	.29	-0.033	.13	-0.01%	0.31	C
17	17	69 (5)	Jun 27	STL	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.162	.162	.297	.459	8	.92	-0.043	.37	-0.01%	-0.50	C
18	18	70	Jun 28	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.158	.158	.289	.447	7						C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	19	79 (8)	Jul 6 (1)	STL		PIT	W,6-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.282	.436	7	2.70	-0.073	3.03	-0.05%	-0.35	C
20	20	86 (6)	Jul 16	STL		NYG	L,7-8	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.150	.275	.425	9	3.79	-0.104	4.03	-0.07%	-0.31	PH C
21	21	90 (3)	Jul 20	STL		BSN	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.295	.477	7	.69	0.040	.26	0.01%	0.17	C
22	22	94 (3)	Jul 26	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.271	.438	8	1.18	-0.123	.56	-0.04%	-1.22	C
23	23	99 (4)	Jul 31	STL	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.173	.173	.269	.442	8	.76	0.157	.64	0.08%	1.74	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	24	100	Aug 1	STL	@	PHI	W,10-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.170	.170	.264	.434	6	.02	0.000	.02	0.00%	-0.15	C
25	25	103 (2)	Aug 5	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.164	.164	.255	.418	8						C
26	26	109 (5)	Aug 10 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.246	.404	8	.88	-0.045	.59	-0.02%	-0.36	C
27	27	126 (16)	Aug 27	STL		PHI	L,2-7	3-GF	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.164	.164	.262	.426	8	.26	-0.003	.03	0.00%	-0.18	C
28	28	127	Aug 28	STL		PHI	L,6-10	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.159	.254	.413	8	.51	-0.026	.05	0.00%	-0.32	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	29	137 (9)	Sep 9	STL	@	PHI	W,7-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.159	.254	.413	8						C
30	30	139 (1)	Sep 11	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.159	.254	.413	8						C
31	31	147 (7)	Sep 20	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.159	.254	.413	8						C
32	32	148	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.159	.254	.413	8						C
							16-16		64	63	5	10	3	0	1	3	0	0	9	0	1		2	2	0	0	.159	.159	.254	.413		.88	-0.678	.83	-0.42%	-3.89

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