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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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1980 22 STL NL 96 330 303 42 82 15 4 8 42 8 5 18 55 .271 .309 .426 .735 100 129 3 1 3 5 1 97/38 RoY-7
1981 23 CHC NL 87 355 328 42 95 14 6 10 35 25 11 27 53 .290 .344 .460 .804 124 151 6 0 0 0 6 *9/3
1982 24 CHC NL 148 609 539 84 168 33 7 22 90 28 14 66 77 .312 .388 .521 .909 151 281 11 2 0 2 14 *98/3 AS,SS
1983 25 CHC NL 100 409 337 58 87 18 8 12 55 12 6 66 83 .258 .381 .466 .847 131 157 4 3 0 3 12 78/39 AS
1984 26 CHC NL 137 548 473 86 132 30 4 23 96 16 8 69 86 .279 .369 .505 .874 136 239 8 1 0 5 11 *3 MVP-12
1985 27 CHC NL 153 607 542 58 153 32 2 21 75 7 6 64 99 .282 .357 .465 .822 120 252 5 0 0 1 24 *3
1986 28 CHC NL 141 557 484 66 127 18 7 20 65 8 7 67 98 .262 .350 .452 .803 114 219 6 1 0 5 16 *3
1987 29 CHC NL 131 492 439 70 120 22 1 27 63 2 2 51 92 .273 .348 .513 .860 122 225 6 0 0 2 9 *3
1988 30 TOT NL 45 138 124 14 27 9 1 4 8 0 1 14 32 .218 .297 .403 .700 96 50 0 0 0 0 3 3
1988 30 CHC NL 24 82 73 10 16 6 1 3 6 0 1 9 20 .219 .305 .452 .757 111 33 0 0 0 0 2 3
1988 30 CIN NL 21 56 51 4 11 3 0 1 2 0 0 5 12 .216 .286 .333 .619 75 17 0 0 0 0 1 3
1989 31 STL NL 29 22 18 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 .056 .182 .111 .293 -15 2 0 1 0 1 0 3
10 Seasons 1067 4067 3587 522 992 192 40 147 530 106 61 444 679 .277 .356 .475 .831 125 1705 49 9 3 24 96
162 Game Avg. 162 617 545 79 151 29 6 22 80 16 9 67 103 .277 .356 .475 .831 125 259 7 1 0 4 15
CHC (8 yrs) 921 3659 3215 474 898 173 36 138 485 98 55 419 608 .279 .362 .484 .846 128 1557 46 7 0 18 94
STL (2 yrs) 125 352 321 44 83 16 4 8 43 8 6 20 59 .259 .301 .408 .709 94 131 3 2 3 6 1
CIN (1 yr) 21 56 51 4 11 3 0 1 2 0 0 5 12 .216 .286 .333 .619 75 17 0 0 0 0 1

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 26 CHC NL NLCS SDP L 5 21 20 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 4 .150 .190 .450 .640 9 1 0 0 0 1
1 NLCS 5 21 20 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 4 .150 .190 .450 .640 9 1 0 0 0 1

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1982
1983 *

Silver Sluggers
1982-NL-OF

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1984-NL-12-11%
0.11 Career Shares (864th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1982 NL--.312--3rd

On-Base% s c a p y
1982 NL--.388--7th
1984 NL--.369--9th

Slugging % s c a p y
1981 NL--.460--10th
1982 NL--.521--3rd
1984 NL--.505--5th
Career--.475--201st

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1982 NL--.909--3rd
1984 NL--.874--5th
Career--.831--229th

Total Bases s c a p y
1982 NL--281--7th

Doubles s c a p y
1982 NL--33--9th
1984 NL--30--8th
1985 NL--32--10th

Triples s c a p y
1981 NL--6--10th
1983 NL--8--7th
1986 NL--7--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1984 NL--23--7th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1984 NL--96--6th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1981 NL--25--7th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1982 NL--151--3rd
Career--125--243rd

Runs Created s c a p y
1982 NL--108--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1982 NL--37--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1982 NL--3.8--5th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1982 NL--62--7th
1984 NL--57--6th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1982 NL--.733--5th
1984 NL--.703--8th
Career--.654--186th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 NL--14--8th
1985 NL--24--1st
1986 NL--16--5th
Career--96--124th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1981 NL--11--5th
1982 NL--14--10th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1981 NL--14.3--3rd
1982 NL--24.6--4th
1984 NL--18.9--6th

AB per HR s c a p y
1984 NL--20.6--5th
1987 NL--16.3--10th**

             
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 32 (735), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1201), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (880), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 1976.

December 9, 1980: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with a player to be named later and Ken Reitz to the Chicago Cubs for Bruce Sutter. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Ty Waller (December 22, 1980) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

May 19, 1988: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Pat Perry and cash.

November 8, 1988: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

February 15, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Chicago Cubs$800,000
1986Chicago Cubs$983,333
1987Chicago Cubs$1,183,333
1988Chicago Cubs$1,383,333
1989St. Louis Cardinals$175,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,524,999
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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