Les Straker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 193lb (185cm, 87kg)

Born: October 10, 1959 in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela ve

Debut: April 11, 1987 (Age 27-183d, 15,300th in major league history)
vs. SEA 4.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: October 1, 1988 (Age 28-357d)
vs. CAL 3.1 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: Lester Paul Straker

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1987 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

ERA

4.22

237.0

WHIP

1.350

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 32 Home Runs Allowed

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

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 13 go ahead

1 Tm
MIN	32

Platoon
vs LHB	19
vs RHB	13

Home/Road
Away	18
Home	14

Outs
2	13
0	12
1	7

11 Opps
CLE	6
KCR	4
BOS	4
CHW	4
SEA	3
TOR	3
OAK	2
NYY	2
DET	2
CAL	1
MIL	1

28 Batters
Mike Greenwell	2
Mark Salas	2
Jamie Quirk	2
Joe Carter	2
Dave Clark	1
Mike Kingery	1
Jim Presley	1
Iván Calderón	1
Mel Hall	1
Chris Bando	1
Ken Phelps	1
Bo Jackson	1
Gary Redus	1
Wade Boggs	1
Jack Howell	1
Robin Yount	1
Fred McGriff	1
Dave Henderson	1
Brook Jacoby	1
José Canseco	1
Lloyd Moseby	1
Terry Steinbach	1
Matt Nokes	1
Dave Gallagher	1
Willie Upshaw	1
Mike Pagliarulo	1
Frank White	1
Pat Sheridan	1

10 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	14
ClevelandStd (CLE)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
9	11
7	9
8	5
89	2
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	24
1	2
4	2
2	2
3	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	18
2·HR gms	4
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	22
1--	4
-2-	2
1-3	2
--3	1
-23	1

45 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	22
1 on	7
2 on	3
Any on	10

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

1-3	11
4-6	14
7-end	7

RelScore
+4..	3
+2	3
+1	3
Tied	11
-1	4
-2	1
-3	4
-4..	3

Ahead	9
Tied	11
Behind	12

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	24
0-0	2
1-0	2
2-1	2
1-1	1
3-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	6
CF	5
RF	5
3B	5
DH	4
LF	4
1B	2
2B	1

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

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	13

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1987-04-11	Ken Phelps	SEA		MIN	tied 1-1	b 3	2	---		1	4	DH	11%	63%		Home Run (Deep CF)
2	2	2	1	1987-05-14	Lloyd Moseby	TOR	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---		1	2	8	9%	57%		Home Run (LF-CF)
3	3	3	2	1987-05-14	Willie Upshaw	TOR	@	MIN	tied 2-2	t 4	1	---		1	6	3	12%	59%		Home Run (Deep CF)
4	4	4	1	1987-05-19	Joe Carter	CLE		MIN	behind 0-3	b 6	0	---		1	4	3	10%	27%		Home Run
5	5	5	1	1987-05-29	Matt Nokes	DET		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1-3		3	5	DH	23%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Evans Scores; A. Trammell Scores
6	6	6	2	1987-05-29	Pat Sheridan	DET		MIN	ahead 4-0	b 3	2	1--		2	6	9	7%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Nokes Scores
7	7	7	1	1987-06-17	Robin Yount	MIL		MIN	behind 4-5	b 6	2	--3		2	2	8	31%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Paciorek Scores
8	8	8	1	1987-06-29	Bo Jackson	KCR		MIN	tied 2-2	b 5	0	---		1	7	7	13%	70%		Home Run (Deep CF)
9	9	9	1	1987-07-20	Mike Pagliarulo	NYY	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 5	1	-2-		2	6	5	20%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Pasqua Scores
10	10	10	2	1987-07-20	Mark Salas	NYY	@	MIN	ahead 2-1	t 7	1	1-3		3	7	2	17%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Pasqua Scores; M. Pagliarulo Scores
11	11	11	1	1987-07-25	Fred McGriff	TOR		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	-23		3	5	DH	10%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Mulliniks Scores; J. Barfield Scores
12	12	12	1	1987-07-29	Mike Kingery	SEA		MIN	ahead 7-3	b 8	0	---		1	7	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	13	1	1987-08-02	Terry Steinbach	OAK		MIN	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1--		2	6	2	19%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Davis Scores
14	14	14	1	1987-08-17	Jim Presley	SEA	@	MIN	behind 0-3	t 4	2	1--		2	5	5	16%	33%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Phelps Scores
15	15	15	1	1987-08-22	Mike Greenwell	BOS		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---		1	4	7	10%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	16	2	1987-08-22	Dave Henderson	BOS		MIN	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	---		1	7	9	8%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	17	3	1987-08-22	Wade Boggs	BOS		MIN	tied 5-5	b 7	2	---		1	3	5	22%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	18	1	1987-09-02	Mike Greenwell	BOS	@	MIN	behind 0-5	t 6	2	-2-		2	5	7	6%	11%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Boggs Scores
19	19	19	1	1987-09-12	Brook Jacoby	CLE		MIN	behind 0-2	b 4	2	---		1	6	5	11%	38%		Home Run
20	20	20	2	1987-09-12	Mel Hall	CLE		MIN	behind 1-2	b 7	0	---		1	5	7	21%	59%		Home Run
21	21	21	3	1987-09-12	Chris Bando	CLE		MIN	tied 2-2	b 7	2	---		1	8	2	22%	75%		Home Run
22	22	22	1	1987-09-20	Dave Clark	CLE	@	MIN	behind 0-3	t 7	0	1--		2	8	DH	16%	32%		Home Run (CF-RF); C. Snyder Scores
23	23	23	1	1987-09-25	Jamie Quirk	KCR	@	MIN	behind 1-4	t 5	0	---		1	8	2	8%	26%		Home Run (Deep CF)
24	24	24	1	1987-10-04	Frank White	KCR		MIN	ahead 8-0	b 4	2	---		1	5	4	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1988-04-12	Joe Carter	CLE		MIN	tied 2-2	b 3	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	4	8	12%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	2	1	1988-06-03	José Canseco	OAK	@	MIN	behind 0-4	t 3	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	9	6%	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	3	1	1988-06-08	Mark Salas	CHW		MIN	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	12%	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
28	28	4	1	1988-06-13	Gary Redus	CHW	@	MIN	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) UX	1	1	8	8%	80%		Home Run (Deep CF)
29	29	5	2	1988-06-13	Iván Calderón	CHW	@	MIN	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	9%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	6	1	1988-09-04	Jamie Quirk	KCR	@	MIN	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	7,(3-2) BBSFBFX	1	8	2	14%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	7	1	1988-09-18	Dave Gallagher	CHW	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	1	8	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
32	32	8	1	1988-10-01	Jack Howell	CAL	@	MIN	behind 4-9	t 8	1	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	5	5	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)