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Ernie
Lester		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: February 17, 1997 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bick Horizon Award 2020   
Zachary Matthews Award 2024   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2020 23 CA GE $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 8 7
2021 24 CA GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 7
2022 25 CA GE $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 7
2023 26 CA GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 7 5 6 6 7 8 8
2024 27 CA GE $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8
2025 28 CA GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8
2026 29 CA GE $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 6 6 6 7 8 8
2027 30 CA GE $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 8 7
2028 31 CA GE $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 8 7
2029 32 CA GE $ 4,080,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,080,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 8 7 6 6 6 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2020 23 CA GE 74 264 38 83 12 2 3 28 11 4 17 13 .314 .357 .409 .766 37.8 7.7
    AAA   56 228 29 58 10 2 4 23 3 4 28 31 .254 .336 .368 .704 28.5  
    AA   22 87 9 21 1 0 0 3 2 1 10 12 .241 .320 .253 .572 7.8  
2021 24 CA GE 147 482 62 137 28 0 3 48 20 10 52 52 .284 .354 .361 .715 61.7 10.9
2022 25 CA GE 155 601 74 153 26 2 8 39 17 6 42 63 .255 .304 .344 .648 66.0 8.4
2023 26 CA GE 153 559 79 158 25 4 8 49 25 7 50 35 .283 .347 .385 .732 75.8 15.2
2024 27 CA GE 155 518 64 158 31 5 10 85 12 4 55 41 .305 .370 .442 .812 82.8 17.4
2025 28 CA GE 157 546 82 152 26 8 7 61 16 10 57 50 .278 .348 .394 .741 71.6 13.2
2026 29 CA GE 159 546 58 129 26 5 10 85 4 5 50 47 .236 .300 .357 .657 59.6 9.4
2027 30 CA GE 154 479 62 122 27 0 10 52 13 9 57 40 .255 .341 .374 .715 59.5 11.7
2028 31 CA GE 147 448 70 138 28 4 12 71 17 4 69 34 .308 .401 .469 .870 82.6 19.7
2029 32 CA GE 147 454 67 144 21 1 17 74 8 7 45 41 .317 .381 .480 .861 82.0 16.6
10 Years Sim 1448 4897 656 1374 250 31 88 592 143 66 494 416 .281 .348 .398 .746 679.3 130.3
1 Years AAA 56 228 29 58 10 2 4 23 3 4 28 31 .254 .336 .368 .704 28.5  
1 Years AA 22 87 9 21 1 0 0 3 2 1 10 12 .241 .323 .253 .576 7.8  
2 Years Minors 78 315 38 79 11 2 4 26 5 5 38 43 .251 .332 .337 .669 36.3  
162 Game Average 547 73 153 27 3 9 66 15 7 55 46 .281 .348 .398 .746 76.0  
Career Highs 159 601 82 158 31 8 17 85 25 10 69 63 .317 .401 .480 .870 82.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3569 483 1066 178 25 74 472 106 57 371 260 .299 .365 .425 .790 541.9
vs LH   1328 173 308 72 6 14 120 37 9 123 156 .232 .301 .327 .628 133.9
Home 719 2395 309 670 124 12 36 282 76 26 243 212 .280 .347 .387 .734 325.0
Away 729 2502 347 704 126 19 52 310 67 40 251 204 .281 .349 .409 .758 350.9
RISP   1133 0 338 61 9 18 482 0 0 156 97 .298 .374 .416 .789 180.9
Pinch Hitting   192 30 53 7 1 4 26 2 3 17 20 .276 .335 .385 .720 24.2
Close/Late   620 85 181 29 2 7 71 0 0 85 52 .292 .377 .379 .756 91.3
Mar/Apr 205 770 108 227 47 6 13 89 19 11 72 74 .295 .358 .422 .780 111.6
May 235 803 99 213 46 7 12 94 19 15 89 69 .265 .338 .385 .723 103.9
June 234 841 118 226 41 3 15 91 19 8 90 76 .269 .344 .378 .722 110.2
July 236 777 100 221 40 4 14 96 33 9 84 72 .284 .355 .400 .755 112.9
August 269 935 147 271 45 8 19 121 35 10 88 77 .290 .353 .416 .769 136.9
Sep/Oct 269 771 84 216 31 3 15 101 18 13 71 48 .280 .342 .387 .729 100.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2020 23 CA GE 1B 65 62 547.0 596 42 2 47 .997 10.50 0 0 .000 0 1.0
2021 24 CA GE 1B 124 110 1014.3 1113 69 9 120 .992 10.49 0 0 .000 0 1.5
2022 25 CA GE 1B 147 142 1256.7 1439 95 8 122 .995 10.99 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    CF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2023 26 CA GE 1B 143 137 1202.0 1365 95 10 104 .993 10.93 0 0 .000 0 3.9
2024 27 CA GE 1B 144 131 1198.7 1440 109 11 116 .993 11.63 0 0 .000 0 2.2
2025 28 CA GE 1B 151 138 1259.3 1396 102 18 127 .988 10.71 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    C 1 0 5.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 1 1 1.000 0 0.1
2026 29 CA GE 1B 151 143 1294.0 1497 112 13 143 .992 11.19 0 0 .000 0 2.4
2027 30 CA GE 1B 148 126 1141.0 1350 97 8 128 .995 11.41 0 0 .000 0 1.2
2028 31 CA GE 1B 133 119 1071.7 1298 99 10 134 .993 11.73 0 0 .000 0 2.2
2029 32 CA GE 1B 126 107 992.0 1132 82 13 96 .989 11.01 0 0 .000 0 1.5
  1B 1332 1215 10976.6 12626 902 102 1137 .993 11.09 0 0 .000 0 20.8
  CF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 5.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 1 1 1.000 0 0.1
  2B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1335 1215 10988.6 12631 905 102 1138 .993 11.09 1 1 1.000 0 20.9
Career Highs   152 143 1294.0 1497 112 18 143 .997 11.73 1 1 1.000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2020 23 CA GE 5 23 4 7 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 .304 .304 .435 .739
Career Post-Season Batting 5 23 4 7 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 .304 .304 .435 .739
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.
Games
2025-7-157
2026-2-159
 At-Bats
2022-7-601
 Triples
2025-7-8
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Felix Perez (955)
  2. Donnie Loftin (920)
  3. Donald Williams (915)
  4. George Contreras (914)
  5. Pedro Peņa (913)
  6. Joey Baro (908)
  7. John Surette (904)
  8. Frank Dukes (904)
  9. Benjamin Wagstaff (903)
  10. Bernard Lust (901)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by California in 2020
Had first career hit on 7/4/2020, off Juan Chavez (KS)
Hit first career homerun on 7/24/2020, off Jermaine Crosswell (CO)
Won GEL Jackie Robinson Award in 2020 (received 47.1% of votes cast)
Won Mays Award at First Base in 2024
 
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