Leon Durham
Leon Durham (Bull)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 31, 1957 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Woodward (Cincinnati, OH)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 27, 1980
Final Game: September 17, 1989
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 STL NL 22 OF 78 69 573.2 152 136 14 2 2 .987 6.2 13.0 3.2 -2.3 5.5 3 2.35 1.92 .980 2.31 1.98 RoY-7
1980 STL NL 22 RF 43 37 308.0 108 95 11 2 2 .981 8.6 33.5 6.6 0.6 6.0 2 3.10 2.47 .977 2.06 1.71 RoY-7
1980 STL NL 22 LF 34 30 250.2 48 46 2 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -12.9 -3.7 -3.2 -0.5 1 1.72 1.41 .975 2.06 1.68 RoY-7
1980 STL NL 22 1B 8 4 52.2 53 44 8 1 6 .981 2.2 50.1 1.2 0.9 0.3 1 8.89 6.50 .992 10.17 8.98 RoY-7
1980 STL NL 22 CF 2 2 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 24.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 1.80 1.50 1.000 2.82 2.35 RoY-7
1981 CHC NL 23 OF 83 83 721.2 168 159 4 5 1 .970 -8.2 -13.6 -3.2 -2.0 -1.2 -5 2.03 1.96 .980 2.33 2.02
1981 CHC NL 23 RF 83 83 721.2 165 158 3 4 1 .976 -8.2 -13.6 -3.2 -2.0 -1.2 -5 2.01 1.94 .978 2.08 1.65
1981 CHC NL 23 1B 3 1 18.0 16 16 0 0 1 1.000 -0.8 -53.3 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 8.00 5.33 .994 10.20 8.67
1982 CHC NL 24 OF 143 142 1243.1 324 301 11 12 1 .963 -7.5 -7.2 -6.5 -7.6 1.0 -1 2.26 2.18 .978 2.25 1.91 AS,SS
1982 CHC NL 24 RF 91 71 648.0 155 145 6 4 1 .974 -1.3 -2.4 -0.3 -2.2 1.8 -1 2.10 1.66 .978 2.02 1.65 AS,SS
1982 CHC NL 24 CF 73 71 595.1 162 149 6 7 0 .957 -6.2 -12.5 -6.2 -5.4 -0.8 0 2.34 2.12 .983 2.66 2.30 AS,SS
1982 CHC NL 24 1B 1 1 8.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 12.38 11.00 .991 10.24 8.90 AS,SS
1983 CHC NL 25 OF 95 92 794.2 176 168 2 6 0 .966 -11.5 -17.4 -11.5 -7.7 -3.9 0 1.93 1.79 .980 2.27 1.92 AS
1983 CHC NL 25 LF 51 50 435.0 77 71 1 5 0 .935 -8.0 -22.1 -9.0 -6.5 -2.6 1 1.49 1.41 .978 2.03 1.60 AS
1983 CHC NL 25 CF 40 40 336.2 96 93 1 2 0 .979 -3.5 -12.5 -2.5 -1.2 -1.3 -1 2.51 2.35 .983 2.78 2.38 AS
1983 CHC NL 25 1B 6 5 31.1 37 35 2 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -15.3 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0 10.63 6.17 .992 9.94 8.38 AS
1983 CHC NL 25 RF 4 2 23.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.57 1.00 .975 2.00 1.65 AS
1984 CHC NL 26 1B 130 126 1114.0 1265 1162 96 7 96 .994 0.9 1.0 1.9 -0.3 2.3 -1 10.16 9.68 .992 8.08 7.69 MVP-12
1985 CHC NL 27 1B 151 144 1272.1 1535 1421 107 7 121 .995 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 -0.1 0 10.81 10.12 .993 7.07 6.62
1986 CHC NL 28 1B 141 133 1178.1 1318 1231 80 7 101 .995 -8.4 -8.6 -8.4 -3.7 -4.7 0 10.01 9.30 .992 7.64 7.09
1987 CHC NL 29 1B 123 114 1004.0 1117 1049 57 11 90 .990 -6.5 -7.8 -6.5 -5.6 -0.9 0 9.91 8.99 .991 8.96 8.13
1988 TOT NL 30 1B 37 33 284.1 319 296 21 2 24 .994 -1.3 -5.5 -1.3 0.3 -1.5 0 10.03 8.57 .991 9.96 8.65
1988 CHC NL 30 1B 20 19 163.0 183 167 15 1 16 .995 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.5 -0.3 0 10.05 9.10 .991 9.96 8.65
1988 CIN NL 30 1B 17 14 121.1 136 129 6 1 8 .993 -1.4 -13.8 -1.4 -0.2 -1.2 0 10.01 7.94 .991 9.95 8.65
1989 STL NL 31 1B 18 2 44.0 51 44 5 2 7 .961 0.3 8.2 0.3 -1.3 1.6 0 10.02 2.72 .992 9.76 8.38
10 Seasons 1B 618 563 5007.0 5722 5308 377 37 448 .994 -13.1 -3.1 -13.1 -9.2 -3.7 0 10.22 9.20 .992 8.06 7.49
4 Seasons OF 399 386 3333.1 820 764 31 25 4 .970 -21.0 -7.6 -18.0 -19.6 1.4 -3 2.15 1.99 .979 2.28 1.95
4 Seasons RF 221 193 1700.2 432 402 20 10 4 .977 -0.9 -0.6 3.1 -3.6 6.6 -4 2.23 1.91 .978 2.05 1.66
3 Seasons CF 115 113 947.0 261 245 7 9 0 .966 -9.4 -11.9 -8.4 -6.3 -2.1 -1 2.39 2.19 .984 2.70 2.33
2 Seasons LF 85 80 685.2 125 117 3 5 0 .960 -10.7 -18.7 -12.7 -9.7 -3.1 2 1.58 1.41 .977 2.04 1.63
10 Seasons TOT 1017 949 8340.1 6542 6072 408 62 452 .991 -34.1 -4.9 -31.1 -28.8 -2.3 -3 0 6.99 6.37 .981 5.75 5.31
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1980 STL NL 22 96 73 96 84 0 0 8 0 0 0 34 2 43 78 0 18 2
1981 CHC NL 23 87 84 87 84 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 83 83 0 3 0
1982 CHC NL 24 148 143 148 144 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 73 91 143 0 5 0
1983 CHC NL 25 100 97 100 99 0 0 6 0 0 0 51 40 4 95 0 2 0
1984 CHC NL 26 137 126 137 130 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1985 CHC NL 27 153 144 153 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1986 CHC NL 28 141 133 141 141 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1987 CHC NL 29 131 114 131 123 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1988 CHC NL 30 24 19 24 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1988 CIN NL 30 21 14 21 17 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1989 STL NL 31 29 2 29 18 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5
10 Seasons 1067 949 1067 1011 0 0 618 0 0 0 85 115 221 399 0 76 10
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1980 STL NL 22 257 70% 80% 20% 22 86% 0 44 5 38 1 4 11 7 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 2 1 0 6 4 1 0 1 5 80%
1981 CHC NL 23 96 53% 82% 28% 4 100% 0 16 3 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CHC NL 24 34 26% 82% 29% 2 100% 0 9 0 9 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CHC NL 25 134 49% 75% 28% 6 100% 0 35 1 34 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1984 CHC NL 26 4891 50% 78% 26% 266 98% 2 1163 54 1095 13 116 98 75 13 2 4 7 1 6 0 5 98 1 1 0 90 3 8 1 7 15 93%
1985 CHC NL 27 5745 57% 79% 27% 299 98% 3 1429 48 1354 26 165 101 63 15 2 7 7 0 6 1 7 121 6 0 1 108 7 13 2 11 20 100%
1986 CHC NL 28 5440 55% 77% 25% 275 94% 2 1235 55 1154 25 140 80 46 12 2 5 7 0 7 0 6 102 3 1 0 90 5 12 4 7 17 100%
1987 CHC NL 29 4594 52% 75% 29% 238 94% 1 1053 58 973 19 114 56 39 7 1 3 11 1 10 0 9 90 2 2 0 82 6 8 0 7 15 87%
1988 CHC NL 30 788 50% 78% 32% 41 95% 0 167 6 154 7 19 16 12 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 16 1 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 4 75%
1988 CIN NL 30 537 64% 77% 32% 26 88% 1 129 9 119 1 10 6 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 8 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0
1989 STL NL 31 185 61% 78% 38% 13 85% 0 47 2 45 0 4 5 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 8 1 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 1 100%
10 Seasons 22701 54% 77% 27% 1192 96% 9 5327 241 4988 92 577 377 251 56 9 21 38 4 33 1 30 453 17 5 1 410 29 43 8 33 78 94%
MLB Averages 56% 78% 28% 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1980 STL NL 22 2 0 2 0 1 11 0 2 1 7 18 8 1 19 4 3 9 5 2 8 1 1 11 7 0 65 25 38.5% 33 7 10.8% 4 1347 69% 81% 27% 193 53%
1981 CHC NL 23 4 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 37 16 0 23 4 1 10 8 0 16 5 0 16 7 0 102 40 39.2% 61 1 1.0% 2 3287 54% 79% 32% 330 48%
1982 CHC NL 24 4 0 4 0 1 6 1 3 1 1 23 9 1 22 4 0 6 4 0 17 5 1 13 8 0 81 30 37.0% 49 2 2.5% 4 2931 52% 81% 24% 251 59%
1983 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 91 40% 78% 21% 7 57%
4 Seasons 10 0 10 0 3 20 1 5 3 9 78 33 2 64 12 4 26 17 2 41 11 2 40 22 0 249 95 38.2% 144 10 4.0% 10 7656 56% 80% 28% 781 53%
MLB Averages 43.5% 2.9% 56% 78% 29% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1980 STL NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 61 61% 82% 30% 4 75%
1982 CHC NL 24 7 0 7 0 3 6 0 2 2 2 19 13 0 13 1 2 3 0 0 8 3 0 14 7 0 57 24 42.1% 31 2 3.5% 4 2642 51% 81% 24% 269 58%
1983 CHC NL 25 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 13 9 0 30 12 40.0% 18 0 0.0% 1 1521 58% 81% 22% 130 72%
3 Seasons 9 0 9 0 4 7 0 2 3 2 26 17 0 18 1 2 3 0 0 14 3 0 27 16 0 88 37 42.0% 49 2 2.3% 5 4224 54% 81% 23% 403 63%
MLB Averages 42.2% 2.0% 56% 78% 29% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1980 STL NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 10 9 0 16 4 0 7 5 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 39 22 56.4% 17 0 0.0% 2 1136 68% 79% 24% 133 36%
1983 CHC NL 25 5 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 12 11 0 13 5 1 2 2 0 4 1 0 5 5 0 36 24 66.7% 11 1 2.8% 0 1971 54% 79% 20% 146 49%
2 Seasons 5 0 5 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 22 20 0 29 9 1 9 7 0 6 1 0 9 9 0 75 46 61.3% 28 1 1.3% 2 3107 59% 79% 21% 279 43%
MLB Averages 58.9% 2.6% 56% 78% 29% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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