He played for the Baltimore Orioles in 1890, then spent four seasons pitching for the New York Giants (1893 to 1896), finishing his career with the Washington Senators.

In the 1893 season, German was the most successful pitcher against his old club, the Baltimore's, in the east, and against the St. Louis Browns in the west.

In fact, German and Wilson were the best working team of the New York Batteries in 1893 according to the 1894 edition of Spalding's Official Guide to Baseball.

The little fellows died very early in their lives and are buried at Baker's Cemetery, at the top of the hill, where Alice and Les are both at rest.

Alice died at the age of 34 in 1908 and several years later Les married again to another member of an old Aberdeen family, Grace Evans.

He was, insofar as can be determined, traded to a team in San Francisco where the cold wind and dampness of the Bay Area gave him a sore arm.

A born athlete, he was hired by the Dupont Powder Company to do trap shooting in exhibition matches.

In 1915 he established a new trapshooting world record by breaking 499 of 500 singles targets at the Westy Hogans shoot in Atlantic City, New Jersey.