Lenny Webster
Lenny Webster | |
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Catcher | |
Born: (1965-02-10) February 10, 1965 (age 59) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 1, 1989, for the Minnesota Twins | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 23, 2000, for the Montreal Expos | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .254 |
Home runs | 33 |
Runs batted in | 176 |
Teams | |
Leonard Irell Webster (born February 10, 1965) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1989 to 2000. Webster was one of the active players wearing number 42 while playing for the Baltimore Orioles when Major League Baseball retired the number to honor Jackie Robinson in 1997.[1] He made his debut on September 1, 1989 as a defensive replacement at catcher with the Minnesota Twins. His final game was on September 23, 2000 as a pinch hitter for Jeremy Powell with the Montreal Expos.
In 587 games over 12 seasons, Webster posted a .254 batting average (368-for-1450) with 157 runs, 73 doubles, 2 triples, 33 home runs, 176 RBI, 140 bases on balls, .324 on-base percentage and .375 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .995 fielding percentage as a catcher. In the 1997 postseason covering 7 games, he hit .200 (3-for-15) with 1 run and 1 RBI.
Personal
Webster is the nephew of former Major League umpire Charlie Williams.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Each club's last player to wear iconic No. 42," MLB.com, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- 1956: Deacon Jones
- 1957: none
- 1958: Gus Sancimino
- 1959: Joel McDaniel
- 1960: Thomas Haake
- 1961: Hector Cardenas
- 1962: Tony Torchia
- 1963–1974: none
- 1975: Willie Wilson
- 1976: Wayne Cato
- 1977: Paul Molitor
- 1978: Bill Foley
- 1979: Dave Stockstill
- 1980: Von Hayes
- 1981: Ed Saavedra
- 1982: Tom Romano
- 1983: Curt Ford
- 1984: Joey Meyer
- 1985: Eddie Williams
- 1986: Luis Medina
- 1987: Greg Vaughn & Todd Zeile
- 1988: Lenny Webster
- 1989: Tom Redington
- 1990: Reggie Sanders
- 1991: Salomón Torres
- 1992: Steve Gibralter
- 1993: Joe Biasucci
- 1994: Sal Fasano
- 1995: Jesus Ibarra
- 1996: Larry Barnes
- 1997: Robert Fick
- 1998: Pablo Ozuna
- 1999: Aaron McNeal
- 2000: Albert Pujols
- 2001: Adrián González
- 2002: Jason Stokes
- 2003: Prince Fielder
- 2004: Brian Dopirak
- 2005: Carlos González
- 2006: Jeff Baisley
- 2007: Gorkys Hernández
- 2008: Ben Revere
- 2009: Dee Strange-Gordon & Kyle Russell
- 2010: Mike Trout
- 2011: Rymer Liriano
- 2012: Kevin Pillar
- 2013: Byron Buxton
- 2014: Wynton Bernard
- 2015: Ryan McBroom
- 2016: Eloy Jiménez
- 2017: Bo Bichette
- 2018: Elehuris Montero
- 2019: Alek Thomas
- 2020: none
- 2021: Andy Pages
- 2022: Christian Encarnacion-Strand
- 2023: Kala'i Rosario
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