Les Scarsella
1935–1944 · bats L / throws L · AGS, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds
265G
.284AVG
.315OBP
.378SLG
More career statistics
255H
6HR
109RBI
13SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Hits | 255 | 254 |
| Batting · Runs | 109 | 108 |
| Batting · RBI | 109 | 111 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265 | 948 | 898 | 109 | 255 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 109 | 37 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 339 | .284 | .315 | .378 | .693 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1936-08-02 to 1936-08-11
12longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1936-08-29 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 129 | 450 | 132 | 5 | 61 | 15 | 27 | .308 | .327 | .421 |
| Away | 136 | 498 | 122 | 1 | 50 | 22 | 43 | .260 | .289 | .336 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 15 | 48 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .317 | .354 | .439 |
| May | 42 | 119 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | .227 | .261 | .345 |
| June | 35 | 115 | 37 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 8 | .336 | .348 | .455 |
| July | 52 | 201 | 60 | 4 | 28 | 7 | 14 | .312 | .333 | .469 |
| August | 57 | 240 | 62 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 19 | .271 | .296 | .336 |
| September | 62 | 221 | 56 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 16 | .264 | .290 | .302 |
| October | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 46 | 178 | 50 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 16 | .299 | .320 | .413 |
| new-york-giants | 40 | 132 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 17 | .215 | .227 | .231 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 38 | 134 | 34 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | .274 | .313 | .355 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 35 | 135 | 39 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 6 | .307 | .326 | .425 |
| chicago-cubs | 35 | 126 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 9 | .240 | .262 | .281 |
| boston-braves | 34 | 116 | 36 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 4 | .327 | .353 | .464 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 34 | 118 | 36 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | .324 | .356 | .468 |
| cincinnati-reds | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .222 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 |  Cincinnati Reds | 6 | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1936 | Cincinnati Reds | 115 | 485 | 152 | 3 | 67 | 6 | .313 | – | – |
| 1937 | Cincinnati Reds | 110 | 329 | 80 | 3 | 34 | 5 | .243 | – | – |
| 1939 | Cincinnati Reds | 16 | 14 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .143 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Boston Braves | 18 | 60 | 18 | – | 8 | 2 | .300 | – | – |