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Joe Leonard
Joseph Howard Leonard

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 156 lb.

Debut April 24, 1914
Final Game April 23, 1920
Born November 15, 1894 in West Chicago, IL
Died May 1, 1920 in Washington, DC

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1914 19 PIT NL  53  126   17   25   2  2   0    4   4     12  21  .198  .268  .246   56   31   7           0    
 1916 21 TOT AL  45  170   21   46   7  0   0   14   4     22  24  .271  .354  .312  101   53   1           0    
         CLE AL   3    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         WSH AL  42  168   20   46   7  0   0   14   4     22  23  .274  .358  .315  103   53   1           0    
 1917 22 WSH AL  99  297   30   57   6  7   0   23   6     45  40  .192  .302  .259   72   77  11           2    
 1919 24 WSH AL  71  198   26   51   8  3   2   20   3     20  28  .258  .329  .359   93   71   1           1    
 1920 25 WSH AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      269  791   94  179  23 12   2   61  17  0  99 113  .226  .315  .293   81  232  20   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        476   57  108  14  7   1   37  10  0  60  68  .226  .315  .293   81  140  12   0   0   2   0
 Career High     99  297   30   57   8  7   2   23   6  0  45  40  .258  .329  .359   93   77  11   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1914 19 PIT NL  145  108    8   2.0    81| .198  .254| .268  .321| .246  .340| .514  .661|  56  .260  -6.9  -0.8     
 1916 21 TOT AL  193  125   19   4.1    82| .271  .256| .354  .330| .312  .334| .666  .663| 101  .580   1.1   0.1     
         CLE AL    2    2    0   0.0    87| .000  .264| .000  .338| .000  .344| .000  .682|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
         WSH AL  191  123   19   4.2    82| .274  .256| .358  .329| .315  .334| .673  .663| 103  .587   1.6   0.2     
 1917 22 WSH AL  355  251   23   2.5    79| .192  .254| .302  .324| .259  .328| .561  .653|  72  .361  -9.0  -1.0     
 1919 24 WSH AL  220  148   23   4.2    94| .258  .275| .329  .341| .359  .370| .688  .710|  93  .512  -1.8  -0.2     
 1920 25 WSH AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       913  632   73   3.1    84| .226  .260| .315  .329| .293  .342| .608  .671|  81  .436 -16.5  -1.9     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1914 19 PIT NL 3B 38 29 51 8 2 .909 .931 2.11 3.05 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.10 1916 21 CLE AL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.90 WSH AL 3B 42 54 66 6 6 .952 .939 2.86 3.23 1917 22 WSH AL 3B 68 78 119 16 15 .925 .941 2.90 3.23 1B 19 174 14 0 17 1.000 .989 9.89 10.75 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 0 1 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 4.80 1919 24 WSH AL 2B 28 47 55 6 9 .944 .961 3.64 5.19 3B 25 34 43 2 5 .975 .949 3.08 3.24 1B 4 31 1 0 0 1.000 .988 8.00 10.45 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1917 22 WSH AL 1B 19 174 14 0 17 1.000 .989 9.89 10.75 1919 24 WSH AL 1B 4 31 1 0 0 1.000 .988 8.00 10.45 1916 21 CLE AL 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.90 1919 24 WSH AL 2B 28 47 55 6 9 .944 .961 3.64 5.19 1914 19 PIT NL 3B 38 29 51 8 2 .909 .931 2.11 3.05 1916 21 WSH AL 3B 42 54 66 6 6 .952 .939 2.86 3.23 1917 22 WSH AL 3B 68 78 119 16 15 .925 .941 2.90 3.23 1919 24 WSH AL 3B 25 34 43 2 5 .975 .949 3.08 3.24 1917 22 WSH AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 0 1 1919 24 WSH AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1 0 0 1914 19 PIT NL SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 5.10 1917 22 WSH AL SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 4.80
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 173 195 279 32 28 .937 .940 2.74 3.19 2B 29 48 56 6 9 .945 .961 3.59 5.18 1B 23 205 15 0 17 1.000 .989 9.57 10.70 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.15 1 0 1 SS 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 4.95 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 229 448 352 38 54 .955 .956 3.49 4.20
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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
1914 NL-19-5

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3868) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

August 18, 1916: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Elmer Smith to the Washington Senators for Joe Boehling and Danny Moeller.


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