Luis DeLeón

Luis Antonio (Tricoche) DeLeon

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 153 lb.

Born: August 19, 1958 in Ponce, P.R.
Signed
by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1981
Teams (by GP): Padres/Orioles/Cardinals/Mariners 1981-1989

Final Game: May 26, 1989
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1981 22 STL NL 0 1 .000 2.35 10 0 2 0 0 0 15.1 11 4 4 1 3 2 8 0 0 0 59 156 0.913 6.5 0.6 1.8 4.7 2.67
1982 23 SDP NL 9 5 .643 2.03 61 0 41 0 0 15 102.0 77 25 23 10 16 9 60 1 0 0 390 171 0.912 6.8 0.9 1.4 5.3 3.75 RoY-5
1983 24 SDP NL 6 6 .500 2.68 63 0 34 0 0 13 111.0 89 34 33 8 27 7 90 1 0 1 442 132 1.045 7.2 0.6 2.2 7.3 3.33
1984 25 SDP NL 2 2 .500 5.48 32 0 10 0 0 0 42.2 44 34 26 12 12 2 44 4 0 1 191 66 1.313 9.3 2.5 2.5 9.3 3.67
1985 26 SDP NL 0 3 .000 4.19 29 0 13 0 0 3 38.2 39 18 18 6 10 4 31 3 0 1 163 85 1.267 9.1 1.4 2.3 7.2 3.10
1987 28 BAL AL 0 2 .000 4.79 11 0 3 0 0 1 20.2 19 15 11 1 8 2 13 2 0 0 89 93 1.306 8.3 0.4 3.5 5.7 1.63
1989 30 SEA AL 0 0 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 18 197 1.500 11.3 2.3 2.3 4.5 2.00
7 Yrs 17 19 .472 3.12 207 1 103 0 0 32 334.1 284 131 116 39 77 26 248 12 0 3 1352 116 1.080 7.6 1.0 2.1 6.7 3.22
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .472 3.12 68 0 34 0 0 10 109 93 43 38 13 25 9 81 4 0 1 442 116 1.080 7.6 1.0 2.1 6.7 3.22
SDP (4 yrs) 17 16 .515 3.06 185 0 98 0 0 31 294.1 249 111 100 36 65 22 225 9 0 3 1186 116 1.067 7.6 1.1 2.0 6.9 3.46
STL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 2.35 10 0 2 0 0 0 15.1 11 4 4 1 3 2 8 0 0 0 59 156 0.913 6.5 0.6 1.8 4.7 2.67
SEA (1 yr) 0 0 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 18 197 1.500 11.3 2.3 2.3 4.5 2.00
BAL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 4.79 11 0 3 0 0 1 20.2 19 15 11 1 8 2 13 2 0 0 89 93 1.306 8.3 0.4 3.5 5.7 1.63
NL (5 yrs) 17 17 .500 3.02 195 0 100 0 0 31 309.2 260 115 104 37 68 24 233 9 0 3 1245 117 1.059 7.6 1.1 2.0 6.8 3.43
AL (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 4.38 12 1 3 0 0 1 24.2 24 16 12 2 9 2 15 3 0 0 107 102 1.338 8.8 0.7 3.3 5.5 1.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1981 22 STL NL 15.1 10 0 4 2.35 3.92 0.27 -0.30 101.8 3.41 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.3 3 .519 .501 $
1982 23 SDP NL 102.0 61 0 25 2.21 4.10 0.31 -0.32 95.6 3.32 11 1.3 2.0 0.4 2.6 22 .521 .508 $ RoY-5
1983 24 SDP NL 111.0 63 0 34 2.76 4.13 0.15 -0.32 98.8 3.61 10 1.1 1.6 0.1 2.2 21 .518 .507 $
1984 25 SDP NL 42.2 32 0 34 7.17 4.03 0.18 -0.31 99.1 3.51 -18 -1.9 1.4 -0.4 -2.0 -13 .441 .488 $
1985 26 SDP NL 38.2 29 0 18 4.19 4.14 0.07 -0.33 99.3 3.72 -2 -0.3 1.5 -0.1 -0.1 2 .491 .498 $155,000
1987 28 BAL AL 20.2 11 0 15 6.53 5.20 -0.06 -0.40 97.6 4.74 -4 -0.4 1.2 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .464 .498 $
1989 30 SEA AL 4.0 1 1 1 2.25 4.48 0.04 0.16 98.0 4.51 1 0.1 -0.0 0.1 1 .614 .501 $
7 Seasons 334.1 207 1 131 3.53 4.17 0.18 -0.32 98.0 3.59 0 0.2 1.6 -0.1 2.8 34 .501 .500 $155,000
SDP (4 yrs) 294.1 185 0 111 3.39 4.11 0.20 -0.32 97.8 3.51 2 0.3 1.7 0.0 2.7 32 .502 .500 $155,000
STL (1 yr) 15.1 10 0 4 2.35 3.92 0.27 -0.30 101.8 3.41 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.3 3 .519 .501 $
SEA (1 yr) 4.0 1 1 1 2.25 4.48 0.04 0.16 98.0 4.51 1 0.1 -0.0 0.1 1 .614 .501 $
BAL (1 yr) 20.2 11 0 15 6.53 5.20 -0.06 -0.40 97.6 4.74 -4 -0.4 1.2 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .464 .498 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1981 22 STL NL 10 59 55 4 11 1 0 1 2 0 3 8 .200 .241 .273 .514 .217 15 0 0 1 0 2 1
1982 23 SDP NL 61 389 364 25 77 13 2 10 1 1 16 60 .212 .246 .341 .587 .227 124 13 1 8 1 9 7
1983 24 SDP NL 63 442 398 34 89 12 3 8 10 3 27 90 .224 .269 .329 .598 .262 131 7 1 7 9 7 5
1984 25 SDP NL 32 191 172 34 44 6 1 12 5 1 12 44 .256 .317 .512 .829 .274 88 1 4 2 1 2 7
1985 26 SDP NL 29 163 146 18 39 3 1 6 6 2 10 31 .267 .325 .425 .750 .300 62 2 3 3 1 4 2
1987 28 BAL AL 11 89 75 15 19 4 1 1 3 1 8 13 .253 .326 .373 .699 .277 28 3 2 0 4 2 2
1989 30 SEA AL 1 18 16 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .313 .389 .500 .889 .308 8 1 1 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 207 1351 1226 131 284 39 8 39 27 8 77 248 .232 .280 .372 .652 .257 456 27 12 21 16 26 24
162 Game Avg. 68 442 401 43 93 13 3 13 9 3 25 81 .232 .280 .372 .652 .257 149 9 4 7 5 9 8
MLB Averages .258 .323 .388 .711 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1981 22 STL NL 2.4 0.3 60 -0.2 0.4 -0.5 .52 0.3 -0.7 2.6 0.3 0.52 3.7 2 2 6
1982 23 SDP NL 17.6 1.9 395 1.4 11.0 -9.6 1.57 1.5 -0.6 13.1 1.4 1.57 14.3 35 13 13
1983 24 SDP NL 12.6 1.3 457 3.0 12.7 -9.7 1.57 1.7 0.2 18.3 2.0 1.57 14.9 37 11 14
1984 25 SDP NL -10.8 -1.1 200 -1.0 3.2 -4.2 1.03 -1.0 0.0 -17.0 -1.7 1.03 -13.7 14 7 11
1985 26 SDP NL -1.5 -0.2 172 -1.8 1.9 -3.6 .87 -0.2 -1.8 -3.5 -0.4 0.86 -1.0 11 4 13
1987 28 BAL AL -2.1 -0.2 92 -0.9 0.5 -1.4 .62 -0.1 -1.4 -2.4 -0.2 0.62 0.4 3 2 6
1989 30 SEA AL 1.0 0.1 18 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .62 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.0 0.62 -0.9 0 0 0
7 Yrs 19.1 2.1 1394 0.5 29.8 -29.2 1.28 2.1 -1.7 11.1 1.4 1.28 17.7 102 39 63

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1989 30 SEA AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 49.0 49 49 2 0 0 1 7.0 12.6 4.0 73 1 0 0 0 73
1 Yr 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 49 49 49 2 0 0 1 7.0 12.6 4.0 73 1 0 0 0 73
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -12 4.3 4.3 6.2 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1981 22 STL NL 10 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 7 .525 2 2 6 0 3 7 6 4 5 5 6 1 4.6
1982 23 SDP NL 61 61 41 9 5 23 15 8 65% 27 4 50 20 40% 8 1.569 35 13 13 29 13 19 26 35 37 13 39 15 5.0
1983 24 SDP NL 63 63 34 6 6 19 13 6 68% 30 11 38 11 29% 8 1.565 37 11 14 33 11 19 27 36 39 9 43 16 5.3
1984 25 SDP NL 32 32 10 2 2 3 0 3 0% 10 6 17 10 59% 7 1.028 14 7 11 13 6 13 9 23 14 6 17 9 4.0
1985 26 SDP NL 29 29 13 0 3 5 3 2 60% 6 1 26 11 42% 6 .867 11 4 13 8 8 13 15 14 13 10 14 5 4.0
1987 28 BAL AL 11 11 3 0 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 14 6 43% 6 .624 3 2 6 3 2 6 9 2 7 2 9 1 5.6
6 Yrs 206 206 103 17 19 52 32 20 62% 75 22 153 60 39% 1.295 102 39 63 86 43 77 92 114 115 45 128 47 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1981 22 STL NL 59 68% 1.7% 13.6% 5.1% 3.4% 18% 1.18 78% 9 0 0%
1982 23 SDP NL 390 58% 2.6% 15.4% 4.1% 6.4% 33% 1.30 76% 66 13 20%
1983 24 SDP NL 442 53% 1.8% 20.4% 6.1% 5.2% 26% 0.82 70% 81 7 9%
1984 25 SDP NL 191 65% 6.3% 23.0% 6.3% 10.0% 43% 0.72 61% 36 1 3%
1985 26 SDP NL 163 63% 3.7% 19.0% 6.1% 6.1% 26% 0.80 67% 30 2 7%
1987 28 BAL AL 89 61% 1.1% 14.6% 9.0% 6.7% 32% 0.85 73% 21 3 14%
1989 30 SEA AL 18 56% 5.6% 11.1% 5.6% 5.6% 20% 1.33 1.50 72% 7% 16.7% 0% 4 1 25%
7 Yrs 1352 59% 2.9% 18.4% 5.7% 6.4% 30% 1.33 0.96 71% 7% 16.7% 0% 247 27 11%
MLB Averages 41% 2.2% 14.2% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.07 74% 20% 6.8% 29% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1989 30 SEA AL 18 73 4.06 40 55% 20% 8% 28% 35% 70% 0% 38% 78% 50% 0% 0 0 6% 1 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 4
1 Yr 18 73 4.06 40 55% 20% 8% 28% 35% 70% 0% 38% 78% 50% 0% 0 0 6% 1 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 4
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 57% 6% 19% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1981 22 STL NL 59 11 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 23 SDP NL 389 77 10 0 11 4 6 5 5 15 6 1 40% 7 0 1 133 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1983 24 SDP NL 442 89 8 0 9 6 2 2 6 23 12 7 52% 5 1 0 178 10 3 77% 7 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 11 0
1984 25 SDP NL 191 44 12 0 6 5 7 6 6 9 4 2 44% 7 1 0 65 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
1985 26 SDP NL 163 39 6 0 5 4 2 2 4 13 7 2 54% 2 1 0 62 6 2 75% 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1987 28 BAL AL 89 19 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 11 9 0 82% 2 0 0 31 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1989 30 SEA AL 18 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1351 284 0 0 39 0 36 22 17 17 22 71 38 12 54% 24 3 1 498 27 8 77% 23 6 4 1 0 1 2 0 24 1
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1981 22 0 1 .000 2.35 10 0 2 0 0 0 15.1 11 4 4 1 3 2 8 0 0 0 59 156 0.913 6.5 0.6 1.8 4.7 2.67 156
1982 23 9 6 .600 2.07 71 0 43 0 0 15 117.1 88 29 27 11 19 11 68 1 0 0 449 169 0.912 6.8 0.8 1.5 5.2 3.58 169
1983 24 15 12 .556 2.36 134 0 77 0 0 28 228.1 177 63 60 19 46 18 158 2 0 1 891 149 0.977 7.0 0.7 1.8 6.2 3.43 149
1984 25 17 14 .548 2.86 166 0 87 0 0 28 271.0 221 97 86 31 58 20 202 6 0 2 1082 124 1.030 7.3 1.0 1.9 6.7 3.48 124
1985 26 17 17 .500 3.02 195 0 100 0 0 31 309.2 260 115 104 37 68 24 233 9 0 3 1245 117 1.059 7.6 1.1 2.0 6.8 3.43 117
1986 27 17 17 .500 3.02 195 0 100 0 0 31 309.2 260 115 104 37 68 24 233 9 0 3 1245 117 1.059 7.6 1.1 2.0 6.8 3.43 117
1987 28 17 19 .472 3.13 206 0 103 0 0 32 330.1 279 130 115 38 76 26 246 11 0 3 1334 115 1.075 7.6 1.0 2.1 6.7 3.24 115
1988 29 17 19 .472 3.13 206 0 103 0 0 32 330.1 279 130 115 38 76 26 246 11 0 3 1334 115 1.075 7.6 1.0 2.1 6.7 3.24 115
1989 30 17 19 .472 3.12 207 1 103 0 0 32 334.1 284 131 116 39 77 26 248 12 0 3 1352 116 1.080 7.6 1.0 2.1 6.7 3.22 116

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1981 22 1 1 .500 2.45 22.0 17 7 6 2 5 12 0 1.000 7.0 2.0 4.9 2.40 0.8 10
1982 23 7 3 .700 2.41 97.0 82 29 26 11 17 57 1 1.021 7.6 1.6 5.3 3.35 1.0 61
1983 24 7 4 .636 3.06 106.0 94 40 36 8 29 86 1 1.160 8.0 2.5 7.3 2.97 0.7 63
1984 25 1 3 .250 5.86 43.0 46 31 28 13 13 44 4 1.372 9.6 2.7 9.2 3.38 2.7 32
1985 26 2 2 .500 5.00 36.0 41 22 20 6 11 29 3 1.444 10.3 2.8 7.3 2.64 1.5 29
1987 28 1 1 .500 4.50 20.0 18 11 10 1 8 13 2 1.300 8.1 3.6 5.9 1.63 0.5 11
1989 30 0 0 2.25 4.0 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 1.500 11.3 2.3 4.5 2.00 2.3 1
7 Yrs 19 14 .576 3.48 328.0 303 141 127 42 84 243 12 1.180 8.3 6.7 2.89 1.2 207

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1982 NL  15 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 NL  4 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1982 NL  41 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
1983 NL  3.0 (5th)


Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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