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Ron LeFlore
Ronald LeFlore

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.

Debut August 1, 1974
  vs. MIL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 3, 1982
Born June 16, 1948 in Detroit, MI

Cousin of Todd Steverson

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 26 DET AL  59  254   37   66   8  1   2   13  23  9  13  58  .260  .301  .323   79   82   0   2   0   3   3
 1975 27 DET AL 136  550   66  142  13  6   8   37  28 20  33 139  .258  .302  .347   81  191   4   2   1   2   3
 1976 28 DET AL 135  544   93  172  23  8   4   39  58 20  51 111  .316  .376  .410  128  223   5   1   2   2  12 MVP-23,AS
 1977 29 DET AL 154  652  100  212  30 10  16   57  39 19  37 121  .325  .363  .475  123  310   1   4   1   4  11 MVP-20
 1978 30 DET AL 155  666  126  198  30  3  12   62  68 16  65 104  .297  .361  .405  113  270   1   5   7   4  11 MVP-16
 1979 31 DET AL 148  600  110  180  22 10   9   57  78 14  52  95  .300  .355  .415  105  249   0   2   2   0  16
 1980 32 MON NL 139  521   95  134  21 11   4   39  97 19  62  99  .257  .337  .363   96  189   2   1   1   1   4 MVP-22
 1981 33 CHW AL  82  337   46   83  10  4   0   24  36 11  28  70  .246  .304  .300   77  101   1   2   0   1   9
 1982 34 CHW AL  91  334   58   96  15  4   4   25  28 14  22  91  .287  .331  .392   98  131   0   1   1   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons          4458      1283     57      353    142     888  .288  .342  .392  104       14  20  15  17  73
               1099       731      172     59      455    363                            1746
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        657  108  189  25  8   9   52  67 21  54 131  .288  .342  .392  104  257   2   3   2   3  11
 Career High    155  666  126  212  30 11  16   62  97 20  65 139  .325  .376  .475  128  310   5   5   7   4  16
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1974 26 DET AL  272  202   26   3.5    91| .260  .261| .301  .325| .323  .375| .624  .700|  79  .420  -7.4  -0.8  71%
 1975 27 DET AL  591  437   57   3.5    96| .258  .262| .302  .333| .347  .386| .649  .719|  81  .407 -16.9  -1.7  58%
 1976 28 DET AL  603  410   86   5.7    88| .316  .259| .376  .324| .410  .366| .786  .690| 128  .655  19.4   2.0  74%
 1977 29 DET AL  698  475  110   6.2   104| .325  .272| .363  .337| .475  .414| .838  .751| 123  .630  18.7   1.8  67%
 1978 30 DET AL  741  501  105   5.6    96| .297  .264| .361  .330| .405  .390| .766  .720| 113  .617  12.8   1.3  80%
 1979 31 DET AL  654  452   94   5.5   104| .300  .273| .355  .338| .415  .414| .770  .752| 105  .574   3.0   0.3  84%
 1980 32 MON NL  587  413   76   5.0    95| .257  .267| .337  .329| .363  .387| .700  .716|  96  .572  -2.7  -0.3  83%
 1981 33 CHW AL  369  277   32   3.1    87| .246  .254| .304  .318| .300  .369| .604  .687|  77  .376 -10.0  -1.1  76%
 1982 34 CHW AL  357  257   42   4.4    98| .287  .264| .331  .328| .392  .402| .723  .730|  98  .480  -1.4  -0.1  66%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      4872 3424  628   4.9    96| .288  .265| .342  .330| .392  .391| .734  .722| 104  .556  15.5   1.4  76%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1974 26 DET AL CF 59 151 6 11 3 .935 .986 2.66 2.63 2.65 2.93 59 534.0 1975 27 DET AL CF 134 318 12 9 3 .973 .983 2.46 2.52 2.57 2.84 133 1154.0 1976 28 DET AL CF 132 381 15 11 1 .973 .984 3.00 2.60 3.07 2.98 132 1159.7 AS DH 1 AS 1977 29 DET AL CF 152 361 12 11 0 .971 .983 2.45 2.49 2.50 2.83 150 1343.0 1978 30 DET AL CF 155 438 8 11 4 .976 .984 2.88 2.64 2.89 2.97 155 1388.7 1979 31 DET AL CF 113 292 6 4 3 .987 .983 2.64 2.62 2.86 2.92 112 938.3 DH 34 1980 32 MON NL LF 130 232 14 11 1 .957 .976 1.89 1.68 2.05 2.06 130 1082.0 1981 33 CHW AL OF 82 162 6 7 2 .960 .983 2.05 2.16 2.21 2.48 82 684.7 LF 76 144 5 5 2 .968 .979 1.96 1.99 2.16 2.38 76 620.7 CF 7 15 0 2 0 .882 .987 2.14 2.61 2.11 2.90 6 64.0 1982 34 CHW AL OF 83 179 7 12 1 .939 .982 2.24 2.15 2.55 2.47 78 656.7 CF 82 171 7 12 1 .937 .985 2.17 2.49 2.45 2.84 78 654.3 DH 2 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.35 0 2.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 26 DET AL CF 59 151 6 11 3 .935 .986 2.66 2.63 2.65 2.93 59 534.0 1975 27 DET AL CF 134 318 12 9 3 .973 .983 2.46 2.52 2.57 2.84 133 1154.0 1976 28 DET AL CF 132 381 15 11 1 .973 .984 3.00 2.60 3.07 2.98 132 1159.7 1977 29 DET AL CF 152 361 12 11 0 .971 .983 2.45 2.49 2.50 2.83 150 1343.0 1978 30 DET AL CF 155 438 8 11 4 .976 .984 2.88 2.64 2.89 2.97 155 1388.7 1979 31 DET AL CF 113 292 6 4 3 .987 .983 2.64 2.62 2.86 2.92 112 938.3 1981 33 CHW AL CF 7 15 0 2 0 .882 .987 2.14 2.61 2.11 2.90 6 64.0 1982 34 CHW AL CF 82 171 7 12 1 .937 .985 2.17 2.49 2.45 2.84 78 654.3 1976 28 DET AL DH 1 1979 31 DET AL DH 34 1982 34 CHW AL DH 2 1980 32 MON NL LF 130 232 14 11 1 .957 .976 1.89 1.68 2.05 2.06 130 1082.0 1981 33 CHW AL LF 76 144 5 5 2 .968 .979 1.96 1.99 2.16 2.38 76 620.7 1982 34 CHW AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.35 0 2.3 1974 26 DET AL OF 59 151 8 11 3 .935 .980 2.69 2.12 2.68 2.41 59 534.0 1975 27 DET AL OF 134 317 13 9 3 .973 .979 2.46 2.10 2.57 2.37 133 1154.0 1976 28 DET AL OF 132 381 14 11 1 .973 .981 2.99 2.21 3.07 2.47 132 1159.7 1977 29 DET AL OF 152 365 12 11 0 .972 .978 2.48 2.03 2.53 2.34 150 1343.0 1978 30 DET AL OF 155 440 9 11 4 .976 .979 2.90 2.13 2.91 2.47 155 1388.7 1979 31 DET AL OF 113 293 6 3 3 .990 .981 2.65 2.13 2.87 2.46 112 938.3 1980 32 MON NL OF 130 233 14 11 1 .957 .980 1.90 1.98 2.05 2.31 130 1082.0 1981 33 CHW AL OF 82 162 6 7 2 .960 .983 2.05 2.16 2.21 2.48 82 684.7 1982 34 CHW AL OF 83 179 7 12 1 .939 .982 2.24 2.15 2.55 2.47 78 656.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1040 2521 89 86 18 .968 .980 2.51 2.11 2.63 2.41 1031 8941.0 207 834 0# CF* 834 2127 66 71 15 .969 .984 2.63 2.57 2.73 2.90 825 7236.0 LF* 207 376 19 16 3 .961 .977 1.91 1.79 2.09 2.18 206 1705.0 DH 37 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1040 2521 89 86 18 .968 .980 2.51 2.11 2.63 2.41 1031 8941
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1976   DET AL   *   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1976 (LF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1976-AL-23-0.02
1977-AL-20-0.02
1978-AL-16-0.05
1980-NL-22-0.00
Car-909-0.09 shares

Batting Average
1976 AL-.316-5
1977 AL-.325-5
1978 AL-.297-9

On-base %
1976 AL-.376-7

At Bats
1977 AL-652-2
1978 AL-666-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1977 AL-698-4
1978 AL-741-2

Runs
1976 AL-93-5
1977 AL-100-9
1978 AL-126-1
1979 AL-110-7
1980 NL-95-5

Hits
1976 AL-172-10
1977 AL-212-2
1978 AL-198-2
1979 AL-180-9

Total Bases
1977 AL-310-5
1978 AL-270-9

Triples
1975 AL-6-9
1976 AL-8-6
1977 AL-10-8
1979 AL-10-5
1980 NL-11-3

Strikeouts
1975 AL-139-2
1976 AL-111-6
1977 AL-121-4
1978 AL-104-9
1980 NL-99-7

Stolen Bases
1975 AL-28-10
1976 AL-58-2
1977 AL-39-5
1978 AL-68-1
1979 AL-78-2
1980 NL-97-1
1981 AL-36-3
1982 AL-28-10
Car-455-47

Singles
1976 AL-137-4
1977 AL-156-2
1978 AL-153-1
1979 AL-139-3

Runs Created
1977 AL-110-10
1978 AL-105-2

Times on Base
1977 AL-253-8
1978 AL-267-2

Intentional Walks
1978 AL-7-10

Caught Stealing
1975 AL-20-2
1976 AL-20-3
1977 AL-19-2
1978 AL-16-5
1979 AL-14-4
1980 NL-19-3
1981 AL-11-4
1982 AL-14-4
Car-142-27

Power/Speed Number
1977 AL-22.7-6
1978 AL-20.4-4
1979 AL-16.1-10

Outs
1977 AL-475-9
1978 AL-501-3

         

Black Ink: Batting - 7 (306) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 62 (396) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.2 (658) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 31.5 (557) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 2, 1973: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

December 7, 1979: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Montreal Expos for Dan Schatzeder.

October 28, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

November 26, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

April 2, 1983: Released by the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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