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Les Powers

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: November 5, 1909 in Seattle, WA us

Died: November 13, 1978 in Santa Monica, CA

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Culver City, CA

High School: Oakland Technical HS (Oakland, CA)

Schools: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA), Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA), Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)

Debut: September 17, 1938 (Age 28-316d, 8,532nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 3, 1939 (Age 29-210d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Full Name: Leslie Edwin Powers

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.1

.327

RBI

OBP

.373

SLG

.382

OPS

.755

OPS+

108

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	5-13 / in Starts: 3-9
Longest Hitting Streak	11 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 60 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	39 (22-12-5) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 60 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	40 (20-12-6)

Most Driven In
M May	1
L Scott	1

Most Driven In By
G Scharein	3
E Burkart	1
M Arnovich	1
E Mueller	1
M May	0
B Atwood	0

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 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	3	1	Apr 19	PHI	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG(12)	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	.96	-0.089	2.47	-0.14%	-0.61	1B
2	4	2	Apr 20	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	1.06	0.008	2.54	0.01%	-0.10	1B
3	5	3	Apr 21	PHI		BRO	T,2-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	.88	-0.065	1.88	-0.08%	-0.52	1B
4	6	4	Apr 22	PHI		BRO	W,5-4	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	9	4.19	-0.010	8.92	-0.01%	0.17	PH
5	7	5	Apr 23	PHI		BRO	W,5-4	12-GF(12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	8	6.19	0.025	14.52	0.04%	-0.08	PH
6	8	8 (2)	Apr 27	PHI		BSN	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	5	1.01	0.064	2.86	0.11%	0.53	1B
7	9	9	Apr 29	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.222	.263	.222	.485	5	1.17	-0.043	3.09	-0.07%	-0.70	1B
8	10	10	Apr 30	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.227	.261	.227	.488	5	1.63	-0.148	3.96	-0.22%	-1.10	1B
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
9	11	11	May 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,12-13	CG	5	5	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.321	.370	.692	6	1.58	0.410	3.46	0.54%	2.69	1B
10	12	12	May 2	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.344	.367	.710	6	.68	0.011	1.34	0.01%	-0.04	1B
11	13	13	May 3	PHI		CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.333	.353	.686	6	.60	0.050	1.36	0.07%	0.18	1B
12	14	14	May 4	PHI		PIT	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.350	.368	.718	6	1.39	0.059	3.28	0.08%	0.12	1B
13	15	15	May 5	PHI		PIT	L,7-10	CG	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.350	.409	.400	.809	6	.19	0.027	.41	0.04%	1.53	1B
14	16	16	May 6	PHI		PIT	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.417	.409	.826	6	1.40	0.195	2.72	0.23%	0.60	1B
15	17	17	May 7	PHI		CIN	L,4-13	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.354	.404	.396	.800	6	.06	-0.005	.13	-0.01%	-0.82	1B
16	18	30 (12)	May 23	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.367	.415	.429	.844	8	.92	0.055	.90	0.03%	0.63	PH
17	19	35 (4)	May 29	PHI		NYG	L,5-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.360	.407	.420	.827	7	2.46	-0.062	.91	-0.01%	-0.22	PH
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
18	20	38 (2)	Jun 1	PHI		PIT	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.400	.412	.812	8	.47	-0.014	.15	0.00%	-0.22	PH
19	21	39	Jun 3	PHI		PIT	L,7-10	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.346	.393	.404	.797	8						PH
							5-13		60	52	7	18	1	1	0	2	4	2	6	0	4		1	0	0	1	.346	.393	.404	.797		1.15	0.468	2.58	0.62%	2.01

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