Dennis Leonard

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: May 8, 1951 in Brooklyn, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Iona College (New Rochelle, NY).

High School: Oceanside HS (Oceanside, NY)

School: Iona College (New Rochelle, NY)

Debut: September 4, 1974 (Age 23-119d, 13,545th in major league history)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1986 (Age 35-142d)
vs. OAK 1.1 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

Full Name: Dennis Patrick Leonard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.7

144

106

ERA

3.70

312

302

2187.0

1323

WHIP

1.262

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-19 / in Starts: 12-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 0

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	280	5	Apr 12	KCR		TOR	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	2.10	30	7	17	0	0	3	84			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.727	1.26	0.49%	4.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
2	281	10	Apr 18	KCR	@	TOR	W,6-4	GS-8	W(2-0)	5	7.0	7	4	1	1	5	0	0	0.56	1.96	30	15	9	3	0	0	57			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.12	0.137	1.50	0.11%	0.72	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a4
3	282	15	Apr 23	KCR		NYY	L,1-2	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	6.0	11	2	1	2	3	0	0	0.82	2.18	30	9	5	2	0	11	45			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	-0.024	1.49	-0.02%	0.13	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out d1
4	283	18	Apr 29	KCR	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(2-2)	5	8.0	2	2	1	1	3	1	1	0.90	2.77	29	8	15	2	0	1	74			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.86	0.118	1.01	0.08%	2.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	284	22	May 4	KCR		BAL	W,11-1	GS-7	W(3-2)	4	7.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.73	2.64	24	8	8	1	0	3	74			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.224	.77	0.17%	3.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out a11
6	285	27	May 10	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(3-3)	5	7.0	8	5	5	2	1	1	0	1.64	3.04	30	10	17	10	0	0	40			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	1	.72	-0.272	.95	-0.22%	-1.45	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
7	286	32	May 15	KCR		CLE	W,6-3	GS-8	W(4-3)	4	8.0	8	3	2	1	5	1	0	1.73	3.12	32	8	16	4	0	2	60			1	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.014	1.52	0.01%	1.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
8	287	37	May 20	KCR	@	TEX	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(4-4)	4	8.0	8	4	4	2	8	2	0	2.10	3.34	31	7	14	5	0	0	56			0	1	1	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	.54	-0.085	.95	-0.09%	0.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
9	288	42	May 25	KCR		CHW	W,2-1	GS-9		4	9.0	3	1	1	2	7	0	0	1.96	3.15	30	7	11	0	0	3	82			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.29	0.405	2.09	0.40%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
10	289	46	May 30	KCR		TEX	W,12-2	GS-7	W(5-4)	4	7.0	6	2	1	1	4	0	1	1.89	3.09	30	11	13	4	0	0	62			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	2	.73	0.124	1.59	0.16%	1.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out a9
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	290	51	Jun 4	KCR	@	MIL	W,8-6	GS-6	W(6-4)	4	5.0	8	4	4	2	4	1	0	2.22	3.20	25	5	14	5	0	0	37			1	0	0	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.145	2.00	-0.16%	-1.26	1b start tie	6b --3 0 out a2
12	291	56	Jun 9	KCR		SEA	L,3-5	GS-6	L(6-5)	4	5.2	9	5	5	1	2	1	0	2.60	3.31	28	10	15	6	0	0	32			2	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.236	1.83	-0.27%	-2.20	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d4
13	292	61	Jun 14	KCR	@	CAL	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.0	7	5	4	2	10	2	1	2.82	3.44	28	6	8	4	0	1	48			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.285	2.10	-0.36%	-2.32	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out tie
14	293	66	Jun 20	KCR		CAL	L,2-6	GS-3	L(6-6)	5	3.0	5	4	4	1	1	1	1	3.10	3.60	16	1	12	2	0	0	33			1	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	1	0	.96	-0.235	2.61	-0.38%	-2.43	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
15	294	71	Jun 25	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.0	9	4	4	0	3	0	0	3.31	3.50	24	6	6	0	0	9	36			0	1	0	22	4	1	0	0	2	1	1.09	-0.314	1.84	-0.32%	-2.39	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out tie
16	295	76	Jun 30	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(6-7)	4	8.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.31	3.45	32	10	10	1	0	5	59			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.007	1.57	0.01%	1.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	296	81	Jul 6	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-8	L(6-8)	5	7.1	9	5	5	4	4	0	0	3.49	3.44	33	13	12	1	0	0	40			2	1	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	0	.94	0.057	.86	0.03%	-0.14	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out d3
18	297	86	Jul 11(2)	KCR		DET	L,7-8	GS-3		4	2.2	7	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.79	3.53	16	7	6	3	0	0	25			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	.82	-0.292	.62	-0.13%	-3.67	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d5
19	298	92	Jul 20	KCR		CLE	W,3-2	GS-8		8	8.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.69	3.46	32	9	11	1	0	3	65			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.219	.52	0.06%	2.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
20	299	97	Jul 25	KCR	@	DET	L,2-9	GS-5	L(6-9)	4	5.0	11	7	6	1	2	3	0	3.96	3.72	26	10	13	6	0	0	20			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.323	.75	-0.23%	-4.42	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
21	300	102	Jul 30	KCR		TOR	L,2-7	GS-5	L(6-10)	4	4.2	6	5	4	0	0	2	0	4.09	3.88	20	11	7	1	0	2	34			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	1	.86	-0.246	.57	-0.10%	-1.76	1t start tie	5t --3 2 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	301	107	Aug 6	KCR	@	TOR	L,0-8	4-7		6	3.1	6	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.19	3.94	17	5	9	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	16	3	0	1	0	0	0	.07	-0.023	.03	-0.01%	-1.29	4b --- 2 out d5	7b 3 out d8
23	302	111	Aug 10	KCR	@	NYY	W,13-3	7-8		3	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.19	3.91	9	2	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	.09	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.02	7b --- 0 out a8	8b 3 out a7
24	303	115	Aug 14	KCR		BOS	L,6-11	GS-3		3	2.2	8	5	5	0	2	2	0	4.43	4.04	16	6	6	4	0	2	24			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.290	.11	-0.02%	-3.54	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d5
25	304	119	Aug 19	KCR		TEX	W,9-8	6-9		4	4.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.37	4.00	15	4	8	4	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.167	.16	0.01%	1.09	6t --- 0 out d4	9t 3 out tie
26	305	124	Aug 24	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-3	GS-7		4	6.2	6	1	0	3	8	0	0	4.18	3.90	29	11	7	2	0	0	65			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.35	0.305	.10	0.01%	2.39	1b start a 1	7b -2- 2 out a1
27	306	128	Aug 29	KCR		MIL	L,1-3	GS-9	L(6-11)	4	8.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.14	3.83	32	16	12	2	0	0	58			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	2	0	.88	0.005	.02	0.00%	0.79	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	307	133	Sep 3	KCR		CHW	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.02	3.78	25	10	6	1	0	6	62			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.250	.00	0.00%	2.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
29	308	138	Sep 8	KCR		MIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-11)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.82	3.69	30	12	10	3	0	0	85			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.93	0.467	.00	0.00%	4.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
30	309	142	Sep 13	KCR		SEA	W,5-4	GS-7	W(8-11)	4	7.0	5	4	4	5	2	1	0	3.87	3.79	29	11	10	4	0	1	48			3	1	0	23	1	0	1	1	1	0	.98	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
31	310	146	Sep 18	KCR	@	CAL	L,3-18	GS-4	L(8-12)	4	3.2	6	8	8	5	4	1	0	4.18	3.87	21	2	4	1	0	6	16			1	0	0	15	0	0	1	1	0	0	.82	-0.321	.00	0.00%	-4.40	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d5
32	311	151	Sep 23	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-9	GS-2	L(8-13)	4	1.2	5	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.33	3.94	11	4	4	3	0	1	29			1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.281	.00	0.00%	-3.40	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d4
33	312	155	Sep 27(2)	KCR		OAK	L,6-9	GS-2		3	1.1	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.44	3.93	11	2	9	6	0	0	28			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.288	.00	0.00%	-2.89	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out tie
							14-19		W-L:8-13	4.3	192.2	207	106	95	51	114	22	4	4.44	3.93	821	0.80		16%	0%	62	49	0	---%	19	8	1	753	31	8	6	12	9	14	.94	-0.495	.95	-0.74%	-4.85

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