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Frank Leja
Frank John Leja

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 205 lb.

Debut May 1, 1954
Final Game April 29, 1962
Born February 7, 1936 in Holyoke, MA
Died May 3, 1991 in Boston, MA

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 18 NYY AL  12    5    2    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .200  .200  .200   12    1   0   0       0   0
 1955 19 NYY AL   7    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1962 26 LAA AL   7   16    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .000  .059  .000  -82    0   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       26   23    3    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   8  .043  .083  .043  -64    1   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        143   19    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   6  50  .043  .083  .043  -64    6   6   0   0   0   6
 Career High     12   16    2    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6                           1   1   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 18 NYY AL    5    4    0   0.0    96| .200  .262| .200  .337| .200  .383| .400  .720|  12  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1955 19 NYY AL    2    2    0   0.0   102| .000  .265| .000  .344| .000  .395| .000  .740|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1962 26 LAA AL   18   18    0   0.0   100| .000  .260| .059  .331| .000  .404| .059  .735| -82  .000  -4.1  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        25   24    0   0.0    99| .043  .260| .083  .333| .043  .399| .126  .732| -64  .000  -5.3  -0.6   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 18 NYY AL 1B 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 8.00 1955 19 NYY AL 1B 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.15 1962 26 LAA AL 1B 4 38 3 2 4 .953 .990 10.25 8.75 10.85 9.45 4 34.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 18 NYY AL 1B 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 8.00 1955 19 NYY AL 1B 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.15 1962 26 LAA AL 1B 4 38 3 2 4 .953 .990 10.25 8.75 10.85 9.45 4 34.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 12 43 3 2 5 .958 .991 3.83 8.28 4 34.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 12 43 3 2 5 .958 .991 3.83 8.28
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Youngest Player
1954 AL-18-2

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.


Transactions 

October 1, 1953: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).

October 4, 1961: Traded by the New York Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ben Mateosky (minors).

March 30, 1962: Purchased by the Los Angeles Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals.


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