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: 17-15 / in Starts: 17-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	151	1	Apr 5	KCR		TOR	W,11-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	6	2	0	2	4	0	0	0.00	2.40	27	9	6	1	3	6	58			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	2	.43	0.113	.53	0.08%	1.21	1t start tie	6t 3 out a8
2	152	7	Apr 14	KCR	@	TOR	L,6-8	GS-8	L(1-1)	8	7.0	7	7	5	3	1	1	0	3.46	4.12	32	9	12	1	3	7	37			0	0	0	29	4	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.282	1.24	-0.22%	-2.72	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out tie
3	153	11	Apr 20	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS-7	L(1-2)	5	7.0	11	6	6	2	6	1	0	4.95	3.98	33	9	6	2	0	10	35			0	0	0	31	2	1	1	1	0	0	.64	-0.228	.70	-0.15%	-2.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
4	154	15	Apr 24	KCR		CHW	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-2)	3	9.0	7	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.41	3.70	36	13	10	3	1	7	73			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.371	.83	0.22%	4.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
5	155	19	Apr 28	KCR		CLE	W,7-2	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	8	2	2	0	7	1	0	3.08	3.44	32	6	11	1	3	8	70			0	1	1	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.65	0.123	.85	0.10%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
6	156	23	May 2	KCR		TEX	L,2-3	CG	L(3-3)	3	9.0	10	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.06	3.60	38	15	11	3	0	10	55			1	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.13	0.126	1.69	0.11%	1.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
7	157	27	May 7	KCR	@	TEX	W,10-6	GS-5		4	4.1	9	6	6	0	4	2	0	3.86	3.88	22	10	1	0	0	7	25			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.281	.91	-0.25%	-2.96	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d3
8	158	38	May 17	KCR		MIN	L,6-7	GS-6	L(3-4)	9	6.0	11	5	4	2	1	0	0	4.08	3.83	30	10	7	0	2	10	31			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.64	-0.243	1.32	-0.30%	-1.79	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
9	159	43	May 24	KCR		SEA	W,5-4	CG	W(4-4)	6	9.0	7	4	4	3	4	1	1	4.07	3.94	36	9	12	2	2	7	58			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.158	1.27	0.11%	0.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
10	160	67	Jun 19	KCR	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS-5		25	4.2	4	3	3	0	3	3	0	4.18	4.32	19	4	8	1	2	4	47			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.102	1.11	-0.09%	-0.76	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out tie
11	161	72	Jun 24	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	3	2	2	1	7	1	0	3.94	4.17	30	9	10	1	1	3	79			0	0	1	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.396	2.82	0.68%	2.53	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
12	162	76	Jun 29	KCR		CAL	L,5-6	GS-9		4	9.0	8	5	3	1	6	1	0	3.84	4.07	36	8	13	0	2	8	60			0	0	0	34	4	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	-0.289	3.53	-0.57%	-0.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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
13	163	80	Jul 4	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-8		4	8.0	7	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.90	4.13	31	14	7	1	1	7	51			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.087	1.87	0.08%	0.45	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
14	164	85	Jul 9	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS-7	L(5-5)	4	6.1	9	7	7	1	0	3	0	4.27	4.45	29	10	10	2	0	8	26			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	.39	-0.285	.39	-0.17%	-3.87	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d5
15	165	89	Jul 13	KCR		TEX	L,4-9	GS-7	L(5-6)	3	6.2	10	8	6	3	2	1	0	4.50	4.51	32	7	10	2	4	10	25			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.333	.53	-0.14%	-2.71	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d3
16	166	92	Jul 19	KCR		CLE	L,1-2	CG	L(5-7)	5	9.0	5	2	1	2	2	0	0	4.24	4.40	34	13	12	3	3	5	71			0	1	0	30	0	1	0	0	1	1	.73	0.151	.21	0.03%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
17	167	96	Jul 23	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-4	GS-9	W(6-7)	3	8.0	9	4	4	0	4	2	0	4.25	4.43	32	13	7	0	2	8	52			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.139	.48	0.04%	0.12	1b start tie	9b --- 0 out a1
18	168	100	Jul 27	KCR		BAL	L,0-8	GS-3	L(6-8)	3	2.0	8	5	5	2	4	2	0	4.53	4.59	16	2	1	0	0	7	22			0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.307	.65	-0.12%	-3.93	1t start tie	3t --- 0 out d5
19	169	104	Jul 31	KCR		TOR	W,6-5	GS-2		3	1.1	5	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.83	4.59	11	2	0	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.345	.73	-0.14%	-3.90	1t start tie	2t --3 1 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
20	170	109	Aug 5	KCR	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-9	W(7-8)	4	8.0	5	2	2	2	8	0	0	4.68	4.41	29	8	6	0	3	5	70			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.369	.92	0.19%	2.93	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a2
21	171	114	Aug 10(2)	KCR		DET	W,7-3	GS-8	W(8-8)	4	8.0	4	3	3	3	3	1	0	4.61	4.43	30	8	12	1	1	4	62			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.201	.71	0.16%	1.28	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
22	172	118	Aug 14	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(8-9)	3	7.0	7	5	5	3	3	2	0	4.70	4.54	30	7	11	2	1	6	43			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.158	1.18	-0.17%	-1.33	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
23	173	123	Aug 19	KCR	@	BAL	W,11-7	GS-8		4	7.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.77	4.53	30	5	14	3	0	8	42			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.13	0.033	2.40	0.04%	-0.93	1b start a 2	8b -23 0 out a4
24	174	128	Aug 25	KCR		BOS	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-9)	5	9.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.52	4.43	31	11	10	0	4	4	81			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.43	0.770	3.75	1.22%	4.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
25	175	132	Aug 29	KCR		MIL	W,18-8	GS-8	W(10-9)	3	8.0	7	6	6	1	6	4	0	4.62	4.59	32	7	11	0	5	7	49			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.096	1.22	-0.20%	-1.72	1t start tie	8t 3 out a11
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
26	176	137	Sep 3	KCR	@	MIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(11-9)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	0	4.40	4.42	31	10	8	2	1	3	87			0	0	1	30	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.72	0.823	8.02	2.30%	4.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
27	177	141	Sep 8	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-4	GS-8	L(11-10)	4	7.1	9	4	4	4	2	1	0	4.41	4.47	33	8	10	1	4	9	42			2	2	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.237	5.24	-0.49%	-0.28	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 1 out d2
28	178	146	Sep 12	KCR		MIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-10)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.22	4.39	31	13	10	2	4	3	82			0	1	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.534	2.96	0.96%	4.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
29	179	150	Sep 17	KCR		CAL	W,16-4	GS-8	W(13-10)	4	7.1	8	4	4	3	6	1	1	4.24	4.39	33	7	8	1	5	8	49			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.249	3.51	0.96%	-0.28	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a11
30	180	155	Sep 22	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(13-11)	4	8.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.17	4.31	29	10	9	4	4	5	65			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.26	0.119	6.10	0.34%	1.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
31	181	159	Sep 26	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-11)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	4.00	4.19	32	10	8	0	3	5	84			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.510	.00	0.00%	4.53	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
32	182	162	Sep 30	KCR		OAK	L,5-6	CG	L(14-12)	3	9.0	12	6	6	2	6	2	0	4.08	4.22	39	11	10	2	3	10	43			3	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.12	-0.516	.00	0.00%	-1.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
							17-15		W-L:14-12	4.1	236.0	226	117	107	56	126	33	2	4.08	4.22	966	1.02		7%	12%	214	53		---%	8	11	4	892	37	8	3	13	5	8	.92	1.570	1.87	4.59%	11.92

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