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Lester
Hester		  
Nickname: The Molester
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: October 7, 1981 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2007    2014    2015    2016   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2003 21 PAS VL   3 2 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
2004 22 PAS VL   5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
2005 23 LAS GL   6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2006 24 LAS GL $ 100,000 7 6 6 5 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4
2007 25 LAS GL $ 100,000 6 6 6 5 4 4 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 5
2008 26 LAS GL $ 100,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9 8 8 8 5 6 6
2009 27 LAS GL $ 100,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9 8 8 8 5 6 5
2010 28 LAS GL $ 100,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9 8 8 8 5 5 5
2011 29 LAS GL $ 10,500,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9 8 8 8 5 5 5
2012 30 LAS GL $ 10,500,000 7 6 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9 8 8 8 5 5 5
2013 31 UTA GL $ 10,500,000 7 6 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 11 11 11 8 8 8 5 5 5
2014 32 UTA GL $ 10,400,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 11 11 11 8 8 8 5 6 6
2015 33 UTA GL $ 10,400,000 7 6 6 6 5 5 2 2 2 10 10 10 8 8 8 5 6 6
2016 34 UTA GL $ 10,400,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9 9 8 8 5 6 6
2017 35 UTA GL $ 8,000,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6
2018 36 UTA GL $ 5,770,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6
2019 37 MIL VL $ 5,000,000 6 5 5 4 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5
2020 38 WIC GL $ 200,000 4 4 4 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 4 4
Min Ratings   3 2 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4
Max Ratings $ 10,500,000 7 6 7 6 5 5 2 2 2 11 11 11 9 8 8 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2003 21 AA   18 72 10 20 3 0 4 10 0 0 5 8 .278 .325 .486 .811 11.1  
    A   143 539 60 138 24 0 19 64 1 0 69 99 .256 .340 .406 .747 77.3  
2004 22 AAA   158 606 83 163 18 2 19 86 0 1 57 95 .269 .332 .399 .731 80.9  
2005 23 AAA   160 623 80 200 47 4 14 81 1 0 45 85 .321 .367 .477 .843 100.5  
2006 24 LAS GL 161 639 79 188 33 3 14 80 0 0 31 103 .294 .333 .421 .754 84.5 13.9
2007 25 LAS GL 162 668 114 203 36 1 29 113 1 1 58 131 .304 .371 .491 .862 112.7 21.4
2008 26 LAS GL 162 609 103 171 29 2 36 109 3 0 73 63 .281 .367 .512 .879 114.2 20.5
2009 27 LAS GL 163 585 91 144 36 4 24 79 2 0 89 71 .246 .355 .444 .800 92.9 11.5
2010 28 LAS GL 162 640 123 187 44 1 36 125 1 0 94 98 .292 .387 .533 .920 124.0 25.3
2011 29 LAS GL 162 612 106 159 38 2 32 105 7 1 92 89 .260 .360 .485 .846 103.1 18.5
2012 30 LAS GL 162 587 76 129 22 2 21 81 0 0 78 109 .220 .316 .371 .687 71.7 11.9
2013 31 LAS GL 84 320 50 82 18 1 15 41 1 1 39 49 .256 .346 .459 .805 50.5 12.0
  UTA GL 76 276 63 89 19 0 19 58 0 0 38 41 .322 .413 .598 1.010 61.9 13.5
  TOT   160 596 113 171 37 1 34 99 1 1 77 90 .287 .377 .523 .900 112.3 25.5
2014 32 UTA GL 160 576 90 163 24 0 38 97 0 0 70 93 .283 .367 .523 .890 106.6 26.8
2015 33 UTA GL 162 654 98 191 43 2 35 94 0 0 55 82 .292 .349 .524 .873 110.3 25.4
2016 34 UTA GL 160 622 113 183 30 1 41 114 2 3 70 82 .294 .366 .543 .909 116.9 23.3
2017 35 UTA GL 159 604 93 161 29 0 31 104 1 3 70 103 .267 .346 .469 .814 96.1 21.2
2018 36 UTA GL 160 588 70 156 35 1 19 80 2 0 81 100 .265 .355 .425 .780 87.9 17.3
2019 37 MIL VL 149 535 62 138 17 1 13 60 0 0 54 89 .258 .331 .366 .697 64.3 5.8
2020 38 WIC GL 159 623 87 166 26 0 5 47 0 0 82 137 .266 .356 .332 .688 73.3 8.4
15 Years Sim 2403 9138 1418 2510 479 21 408 1387 20 9 1074 1440 .275 .356 .466 .822 1470.8 276.7
2 Years AAA 318 1229 163 363 65 6 33 167 1 1 102 180 .295 .355 .439 .794 181.5  
1 Years AA 18 72 10 20 3 0 4 10 0 0 5 8 .278 .333 .486 .819 11.1  
1 Years A 143 539 60 138 24 0 19 64 1 0 69 99 .256 .347 .406 .753 77.3  
4 Years Minors 479 1840 233 521 92 6 56 241 2 1 176 287 .283 .352 .431 .783 269.9  
162 Game Average 616 95 169 32 1 27 93 1 0 72 97 .275 .356 .466 .822 99.2  
Career Highs 163 668 123 203 44 4 41 125 7 3 94 137 .304 .387 .543 .920 124.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6795 988 1811 346 13 286 972 14 9 798 1015 .267 .350 .448 .797 1050.0
vs LH   2343 430 699 133 8 122 415 5 0 276 425 .298 .375 .518 .894 434.7
Home 1199 4448 682 1235 232 14 201 661 6 3 497 700 .278 .356 .472 .828 725.7
Away 1204 4690 736 1275 247 7 207 726 13 6 577 740 .272 .356 .460 .816 759.0
RISP   2112 0 600 102 5 102 925 0 0 342 373 .284 .381 .482 .863 392.1
Pinch Hitting   10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .273 .300 .573 0.8
Close/Late   960 137 275 60 5 36 129 0 0 148 139 .286 .384 .472 .856 171.8
Mar/Apr 375 1465 219 404 72 1 68 222 5 2 158 240 .276 .353 .466 .818 234.4
May 383 1434 200 371 72 4 62 211 2 2 181 242 .259 .348 .444 .792 221.0
June 390 1467 229 396 65 5 65 210 2 1 170 231 .270 .351 .454 .805 231.1
July 312 1174 172 316 72 4 45 166 4 1 146 175 .269 .351 .452 .803 186.0
August 387 1463 238 436 93 3 71 257 2 1 172 204 .298 .378 .511 .889 266.7
Sep/Oct 556 2135 360 587 105 4 97 321 4 2 247 348 .275 .355 .464 .819 345.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2006 24 LAS GL 3B 161 160 1411.3 94 306 14 31 .966 2.55   3.9
2007 25 LAS GL 3B 162 162 1421.0 88 332 27 24 .940 2.66   4.3
2008 26 LAS GL 3B 162 162 1436.0 106 336 17 25 .963 2.77   6.4
2009 27 LAS GL 3B 163 163 1437.3 100 316 19 24 .956 2.60   4.5
2010 28 LAS GL 3B 162 162 1443.0 104 344 24 27 .949 2.79   4.7
2011 29 LAS GL 3B 162 162 1434.3 105 371 19 27 .962 2.99   6.3
2012 30 LAS GL 3B 162 162 1438.7 86 422 32 25 .941 3.18   5.3
2013 31 LAS GL 3B 84 84 758.4 42 188 11 15 .954 2.73   2.0
  UTA GL 3B 76 76 661.3 37 164 10 13 .953 2.74   3.3
  TOT   3B 160 160 1419.7 79 352 21 28 .954 2.73   5.3
2014 32 UTA GL 3B 153 151 1327.0 91 340 25 35 .945 2.92   5.3
2015 33 UTA GL 3B 162 162 1456.3 96 317 15 20 .965 2.55   4.4
2016 34 UTA GL 3B 159 157 1423.3 89 338 30 35 .934 2.70   6.8
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
2017 35 UTA GL 3B 159 156 1373.3 80 340 22 22 .950 2.75   7.5
2018 36 UTA GL 3B 160 159 1401.3 99 289 23 19 .944 2.49   3.7
2019 37 MIL VL 3B 148 145 1287.3 90 291 20 22 .950 2.66   4.3
2020 38 WIC GL 3B 159 159 1392.3 110 349 18 40 .962 2.97   4.8
  3B 2394 2382 21102.3 1417 5043 326 404 .952 2.76   77.5
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
Career Totals   2395 2382 21104.3 1418 5044 326 405 .952 2.76   77.6
Career Highs   163 163 1456.3 110 422 32 40 .966 3.18    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2009 27 LAS GL 8 29 5 13 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 1 .448 .500 .586 1.086
2013 31 UTA GL 3 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .250 .417
Career Post-Season Batting 11 41 6 15 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 6 .366 .413 .488 .901
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
2013-7-.377
2014-10-.367
 Slugging Pct
2013-8-.523
2014-4-.523
2015-7-.524
2016-7-.543
 OPS
2013-5-.900
2014-6-.890
2015-7-.873
 XR
2013-5-112.3
2014-3-106.6
2015-6-110.3
2016-9-116.9
CAR-38-1470.8
 Games
2007-1-162
2008-1-162
2009-1-163
2010-1-162
2011-1-162
2012-1-162
2014-10-160
2015-1-162
2018-9-160
CAR-27-2403
 At-Bats
2007-3-668
2015-5-654
CAR-27-9138
Runs
2010-9-123
2013-2-113
2015-9-98
CAR-37-1418
 Hits
2007-5-203
2015-10-191
CAR-40-2510
 Total Bases
2013-8-312
2014-7-301
2015-2-343
2016-7-338
CAR-37-4255
 Singles
2006-9-138
2007-6-137
 Doubles
2015-8-43
CAR-41-479
 Homeruns
2013-6-34
2014-2-38
2015-4-35
2016-1-41
CAR-41-408
RBIs
CAR-42-1387
 Walks
2009-7-89
2010-3-94
2011-5-92
2012-8-78
2013-3-77
2018-6-81
CAR-27-1074
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 68    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 57    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Armando Cimino (876)
  2. Gayle Robicheaux (875)
  3. Jesus Bustos (872)
  4. Dennis Diaz (868)
  5. Terry Helmuth (847)
  6. Brooks Heidelberg (842)
  7. Lincoln Cobbins (834)
  8. Kendrick Morgan (833)
  9. Laurence Gonsalves (831)
  10. Alva Fenton (821)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Pasadena in 2003
Named AAA Player of the Year in 2005
Had first career hit on 4/2/2006, off Bobby Williams (LON)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/2006, off Jay Pickles (LON)
Drove in 6 runs against Long Beach on 6/19/2006
Was selected to the 2006 All-Rookie Team
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Richmond on 8/14/2007
Was selected to the 2007 All-FOBL 2nd Team
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Utah on 10/9/2008
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Atlantic City on 5/13/2010
Drove in 6 runs against Durham on 9/5/2010
 
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