MLB / Players

Les Scarsella

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 185 lb

BornNovember 23, 1913 · Santa Cruz, CA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 15, 1935

Final gameMay 19, 1940

Seasons5 (1935–1940)

Cincinnati Reds 1935–1937; Cincinnati Reds 1939; Boston Bees 1940

Percentile snapshot

1936 season — qualified batters

115

23.3

502

27.5

485

33.3

35.8

152

33.3

72.5

28.3

RBI

46.7

14.2

44.2

53.3

39.2

.313

62.5

OBP

.335

SLG

.412

45.8

OPS

.748

33.3

wRC+

102.5

45.8

OPS+

105.2

47.5

wOBA

.341

26.7

sWAR

0.8

34.2

of 121 qualified 1936 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

-0.1

34.8

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1935	6	13	10	4	2	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	.200	.385	.300	.685	102.2	88.3	.342	0.0
1936	115	502	485	63	152	21	9	3	65	14	36	6	.313	.335	.412	.748	102.5	105.2	.341	0.8
1937	110	354	329	35	81	11	4	3	34	17	26	5	.246	.285	.331	.617	67.4	70.5	.285	-0.9
1939	16	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-40.4	-22.4	.132	-0.2
1940	18	64	60	7	18	1	3	0	8	3	5	2	.300	.344	.417	.760	111.6	112.8	.348	0.2

Career totals

265

948

898

109

255

RBI

109

.2840

OBP

.3152

SLG

.3775

OPS

.6927

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1936-08-29	LAD @ CIN Gameday	5	3	5	0	0	1	3	8
1940-05-05	ATL @ PIT Gameday	4	1	3	0	2	0	3	7
1936-07-09	ATL @ CIN Gameday	4	1	3	1	0	1	2	7
1936-08-11	CIN @ PIT Gameday	5	2	3	0	2	0	1	7
1937-07-31	PHI @ CIN Gameday	5	1	2	0	1	1	3	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1935-04-16	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1935-04-17	CIN @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1935-04-18	CIN @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1935-04-19	CIN @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1935-04-20	CIN @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.