Leon Pettit

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 165lb (178cm, 74kg)

Born: June 23, 1902 in Waynesburg, PA us

Died: November 21, 1974 in Columbia, TN

Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, TN

Debut: April 18, 1935 (Age 32-299d, 7,844th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1.1 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Last Game: June 8, 1937 (Age 34-350d)
vs. PIT 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Leon Arthur Pettit

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

ERA

5.18

113.0

WHIP

1.743

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-29 / in Starts: 3-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 16

1935 Pitching Game Log

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1935 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	1	2	Apr 18	WSH		PHA	W,6-5	8-GF	S(1)	99	1.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	-1.32	5	0	1	1	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.22	0.351	11.14	0.56%	1.36	8t 123 2 out a1	9t end a 1
2	2	4	Apr 20	WSH		BOS	L,0-4	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1.04	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.005	.26	0.01%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
3	3	6	Apr 23	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-4	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.52	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	0.113	6.02	0.15%	-0.02	9b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 2
4	4	10	Apr 27	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-3	4-GF	W(1-0)	3	5.2	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.00	2.37	21	5	8	1	2	2		1	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.391	2.63	0.66%	3.79	4b -2- 1 out a1	9b end a 5
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	5	14	May 1	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-6	GS-7		3	7.0	7	6	6	5	1	0	2	3.45	3.95	33	11	9	1	1	5	35			0	0	1	24	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.12	-0.395	3.31	-0.70%	-2.21	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
6	6	16	May 5	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.24	4.08	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.11	0.004	.30	0.01%	0.58	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
7	7	19	May 10	WSH	@	DET	L,4-8	7-GF(8)		4	1.2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.95	4.16	9	4	2	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.25	-0.059	.73	-0.10%	-1.83	7b 123 1 out d2	8b end d 6
8	8	24	May 17	WSH		DET	W,10-8		W(2-0)	6	2.2	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	2.57	4.28	14												11					0
9	9	30	May 25	WSH		CHW	L,3-8	1-4		7	4.0	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.52	4.34	16	4	5	1	0	5		2	1	0	1	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.055	2.37	0.10%	1.57	1t 1-3 0 out d3	4t 3 out d2
10	10	32	May 27	WSH		CLE	W,6-5	9-GF	S(3)	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.45	4.35	4	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	5.70	0.181	14.29	0.27%	0.57	9t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
11	11	36	May 30(2)	WSH		NYY	L,3-9	GS-	L(2-1)	2	4.0	10	6	6	3	2	0	0	3.94	4.36	24						17						21					0
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
12	12	39	Jun 2	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-8	9-GF	L(2-2)	2	0.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.25	4.46	3	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	-0.350	3.37	-0.26%	-2.02	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
13	13	43	Jun 7	WSH		PHA	W,11-6	6-GF	W(3-2)	4	3.2	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.05	4.38	17	1	8	1	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.016	.83	0.01%	0.63	6t 12- 1 out d2	9t end a 5
14	14	44	Jun 8	WSH		PHA	L,3-4	9-GF	BS(1)	0	1.0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.19	4.55	7	1	1	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	-0.286	4.29	-0.23%	-0.95	9t -23 0 out a1	9t end d 2
15	15	49	Jun 13	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-10	5-GF(8)		4	3.1	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	4.30	4.75	17	6	3	1	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	.07	-0.036	.09	-0.03%	-1.71	5b 1-3 2 out d5	8b end d 6
16	16	51	Jun 15	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	W(4-2)	1	9.0	7	3	3	6	1	0	0	4.05	4.79	39	17	8	0	3	7	56			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	.64	0.188	.63	0.11%	2.28	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
17	17	54	Jun 19(1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-8	8-8	W(5-2)	3	1.0	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	4.53	5.15	7	1	2	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.124	.53	-0.09%	-2.42	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d4
18	18	57	Jun 22(1)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-7	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.44	5.07	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.55	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
19	19	58	Jun 22(2)	WSH	@	DET	L,9-10			-1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.35	5.03	5												5					0
20	20	61	Jun 25	WSH	@	DET	W,7-4	GS-8	W(6-2)	2	8.0	11	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.37	4.83	35	18	5	1	1	11	43			0	0	1	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	.82	0.171	.57	0.07%	0.38	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
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
21	21	65	Jul 1	WSH	@	BOS	L,3-8	GS-5	L(6-3)	5	5.0	8	5	5	2	2	1	0	4.74	4.94	23	5	6	1	2	8	31			0	0	1	21	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.268	.67	-0.10%	-1.98	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d2
22	22	68	Jul 4(1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-6	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.66	4.89	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.015	.04	0.00%	0.57	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
23	23	71	Jul 6(2)	WSH		NYY	L,7-10	GS-		1	7.0	8	4	4	3	1	0	1	4.71	4.87	33						43						29					0
24	24	74	Jul 11	WSH		DET	L,6-7			4	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.71	4.91	2												1					0
25	25	79	Jul 16	WSH		SLB	L,4-6	7-8	HL(6-4)	4	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	4.90	4.94	6	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.32	-0.048	.08	0.00%	-0.11	7t 12- 1 out a1	8t 123 1 out a1
26	26	82	Jul 19	WSH		CHW	L,2-7	9-GF		2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.95	5.09	4	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
27	27	86	Jul 22	WSH		CLE	L,4-6	7-8		2	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.94	4.99	10	3	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	1	.28	-0.026	.00	0.00%	0.11	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d4
28	28	87	Jul 24(1)	WSH		CLE	L,6-10	9-GF		1	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	5.11	5.11	5	1	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-1.81	9t -2- 0 out d1	9t end d 4
29	29	93	Jul 30	WSH		BOS	L,4-11	4-6		5	2.2	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	5.06	5.03	11	6	0	0	0	2		1	0	3	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.83	4t -2- 1 out d4	6t 3 out d5
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
30	30	96	Aug 2	WSH		NYY	L,4-9	6-6		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.99	5.01	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.55	6t --- 0 out d6	6t 3 out d6
31	31	97	Aug 3	WSH		NYY	L,2-13	6-7		0	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.98	5.00	9	2	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.11	6t --- 0 out d8	7t 3 out d8
32	32	101	Aug 10	WSH	@	BOS	L,8-9	4-5		6	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	5.08	5.15	10	4	1	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.79	4b --- 0 out d2	5b 3 out d3
33	33	105	Aug 14	WSH	@	DET	L,2-18	5-GF(8)		3	4.0	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	4.95	5.13	19	10	2	2	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.81	5b --- 0 out d14	8b end d17
34	34	108	Aug 17(1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-8	7-GF(8)		2	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.87	5.11	6	1	2	1	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.84	7b 1-- 2 out d2	8b end d 2
35	35	119	Aug 25(2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS-	L(6-5)	7	5.2	7	6	6	4	4	0	0	5.15	5.04	26						31						20					0
36	36	120	Aug 27(1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-10	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.10	5.02	3	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.59	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
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
37	37	128	Sep 6(1)	WSH		SLB	L,8-11	4-6		9	3.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	5.03	4.93	12	4	1	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	1	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.57	0.037	.00	0.00%	1.68	4t 12- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d4
38	38	132	Sep 8	WSH		DET	W,4-3	8-GF	W(7-5)	1	2.0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.93	4.93	11	6	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.102	.00	0.00%	1.11	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
39	39	137	Sep 13	WSH		CLE	W,5-3	6-GF	W(8-5)	4	3.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.76	4.83	11	4	5	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.371	.00	0.00%	3.13	6t -23 1 out d2	9t end a 2
40	40	139	Sep 15(1)	WSH		CLE	L,4-16	6-GF		1	4.0	8	5	5	1	1	1	0	5.00	4.89	20	6	4	0	1	8		1	1	0	0	0	19	4	2	0	1	0	0	.02	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-2.86	6t --3 0 out d7	9t end d12
41	41	151	Sep 26	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	6-7		10	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.91	4.81	7	0	4	2	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.038	.00	0.00%	1.08	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d2
							12-29		W-L:8-5,Sv:3,BSv:1,Hld:1	2.8	110.0	129	65	60	59	44	6	4	4.91	4.81	506	1.46		7%	8%	95	37	28	43%	3	2	4	432	23	7	2	8	0	3	.81	0.295	1.15	0.43%	2.88

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