Rick Leach
Richard Max Leach
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 4, 1957 in Ann Arbor, MI
High School: Southwestern (Flint, MI)
School: University of Michigan
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1981
Final Game: August 5, 1990
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Standard Batting

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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
1981 24 DET AL 54 101 83 9 16 3 1 1 11 0 1 16 15 .193 .320 .289 .609 74 24 5 0 1 1 1 39/D
1982 25 DET AL 82 245 218 23 52 7 2 3 12 4 0 21 29 .239 .303 .330 .633 74 72 2 0 4 2 2 39/D7
1983 26 DET AL 99 262 242 22 60 17 0 3 26 2 2 19 21 .248 .305 .355 .661 84 86 6 1 0 0 1 39/D7
1984 27 TOR AL 65 97 88 11 23 6 2 0 7 0 0 8 14 .261 .320 .375 .695 89 33 3 0 0 1 0 93/D781
1985 28 TOR AL 16 38 35 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 9 .200 .263 .257 .520 42 9 0 0 0 0 1 3/97
1986 29 TOR AL 110 266 246 35 76 14 1 5 39 0 0 13 24 .309 .335 .435 .770 106 107 6 0 0 7 3 D97/3
1987 30 TOR AL 98 224 195 26 55 13 1 3 25 0 1 25 25 .282 .371 .405 .776 105 79 3 3 0 1 2 D97/3
1988 31 TOR AL 87 217 199 21 55 13 1 0 23 0 1 18 27 .276 .336 .352 .688 94 70 8 0 0 0 3 9D7/3
1989 32 TEX AL 110 278 239 32 65 14 1 1 23 2 1 32 33 .272 .358 .351 .709 100 84 7 1 4 2 7 D7/39
1990 33 SFG NL 78 196 174 24 51 13 0 2 16 0 2 21 20 .293 .372 .402 .775 118 70 2 1 0 0 0 97/3
10 Seasons 799 1924 1719 205 460 100 10 18 183 8 8 176 217 .268 .335 .369 .704 94 634 42 6 9 14 20
162 Game Avg. 162 390 349 42 93 20 2 4 37 2 2 36 44 .268 .335 .369 .704 94 129 9 1 2 3 4
TOR (5 yrs) 376 842 763 95 216 46 6 8 95 0 2 67 99 .283 .340 .391 .730 98 298 20 3 0 9 9
DET (3 yrs) 235 608 543 54 128 27 3 7 49 6 3 56 65 .236 .307 .335 .642 79 182 13 1 5 3 4
SFG (1 yr) 78 196 174 24 51 13 0 2 16 0 2 21 20 .293 .372 .402 .775 118 70 2 1 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 110 278 239 32 65 14 1 1 23 2 1 32 33 .272 .358 .351 .709 100 84 7 1 4 2 7
AL (9 yrs) 721 1728 1545 181 409 87 10 16 167 8 6 155 197 .265 .331 .365 .696 92 564 40 5 9 14 20
NL (1 yr) 78 196 174 24 51 13 0 2 16 0 2 21 20 .293 .372 .402 .775 118 70 2 1 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1981 24 DET AL 101 75 7 2.5 92 .221 .193 .261 .320 .326 .289 .379 .609 .705 74 .290 -2.3 -0.2 .534 .277 .096 .0
1982 25 DET AL 245 174 24 3.7 98 .261 .239 .264 .303 .328 .330 .402 .633 .730 74 .404 -7.7 -0.8 .577 .206 .092 3.4
1983 26 DET AL 262 190 25 3.5 95 .261 .248 .262 .305 .324 .355 .395 .661 .719 84 .386 -4.9 -0.5 .558 .186 .107 2.4
1984 27 TOR AL 97 69 10 3.9 100 .307 .261 .268 .320 .332 .375 .405 .695 .736 89 .432 -1.3 -0.1 .603 .205 .114
1985 28 TOR AL 38 28 3 2.9 102 .269 .200 .266 .263 .332 .257 .413 .520 .745 42 .298 -3.1 -0.3 .429 .143 .057
1986 29 TOR AL 266 183 35 5.1 103 .317 .309 .265 .335 .333 .435 .413 .770 .747 106 .541 2.2 0.2 .682 .179 .126 .0
1987 30 TOR AL 224 145 30 5.5 108 .310 .282 .267 .371 .336 .405 .429 .776 .765 105 .548 2.3 0.2 .736 .246 .123 .0
1988 31 TOR AL 217 153 22 3.8 94 .320 .276 .259 .336 .324 .352 .391 .688 .715 94 .438 -1.3 -0.1 .569 .161 .075
1989 32 TEX AL 278 188 31 4.4 95 .309 .272 .263 .358 .328 .351 .387 .709 .715 100 .507 1.3 0.1 .648 .218 .079 1.3
1990 33 SFG NL 196 127 27 5.7 95 .322 .293 .260 .372 .325 .402 .390 .775 .715 118 .616 5.2 0.5 .709 .218 .109 .0
10 Seasons 1924 1332 214 4.3 98 .295 .268 .263 .335 .329 .369 .400 .704 .729 94 .476 -9.6 -1.0 .623 .204 .101 11.1
162 Game Avg. 390 270 43 4.3 98 .295 .268 .263 .335 .329 .369 .400 .704 .729 94 .476 -9.6 -1.0 .623 .204 .101 2
TOR (5 yrs) 842 578 100 4.6 102 .313 .283 .265 .340 .332 .391 .410 .730 .742 98 .496 -1.2 -0.1 .643 .193 .107 .0
DET (3 yrs) 608 439 56 3.4 96 .255 .236 .263 .307 .326 .335 .396 .642 .721 79 .378 -14.9 -1.5 .561 .208 .099 6.5
SFG (1 yr) 196 127 27 5.7 95 .322 .293 .260 .372 .325 .402 .390 .775 .715 118 .616 5.2 0.5 .709 .218 .109 .0
TEX (1 yr) 278 188 31 4.4 95 .309 .272 .263 .358 .328 .351 .387 .709 .715 100 .508 1.3 0.1 .648 .218 .079 1.3
AL (9 yrs) 1728 1205 187 4.2 99 .292 .265 .264 .331 .329 .365 .402 .696 .731 92 .459 -14.7 -1.5 .614 .202 .100 10.7
NL (1 yr) 196 127 27 5.7 95 .322 .293 .260 .372 .325 .402 .390 .775 .715 118 .616 5.2 0.5 .709 .218 .109 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1981 24 DET AL 101 1.0% 14.9% 15.8% 5.0% 31% 0.94 5.5 83.0 7.5 1.03 67%
1982 25 DET AL 245 1.2% 11.8% 8.6% 4.9% 23% 1.38 7.5 72.7 18.2 0.78 77%
1983 26 DET AL 262 1.2% 8.0% 7.3% 7.6% 33% 1.11 11.5 80.7 9.3 0.99 83%
1984 27 TOR AL 97 0.0% 14.4% 8.3% 8.3% 35% 1.75 6.3 12.6 1.30 77%
1985 28 TOR AL 38 0.0% 23.7% 7.9% 2.6% 14% 3.00 3.9 35.0 1.38 68%
1986 29 TOR AL 266 1.9% 9.0% 4.9% 7.5% 26% 1.85 10.3 49.2 6.3 1.16 84%
1987 30 TOR AL 224 1.3% 11.2% 11.2% 7.6% 31% 1.00 7.8 65.0 7.8 1.03 75%
1988 31 TOR AL 217 0.0% 12.4% 8.3% 6.5% 26% 1.50 7.4 8.7 0.74 1.05 79% 25% 0.0% 39%
1989 32 TEX AL 278 0.4% 11.9% 11.5% 5.8% 25% 1.03 7.2 239.0 10.4 0.70 1.11 74% 27% 1.0% 14%
1990 33 SFG NL 196 1.0% 10.2% 10.7% 7.7% 29% 0.95 8.7 87.0 10.9 1.04 1.46 78% 21% 3.1% 15%
10 Seasons 1924 0.9% 11.3% 9.2% 6.7% 28% 1.23 7.9 95.5 9.4 0.80 1.07 78% 25% 1.3% 23%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1981 24 DET AL 0 0 26% 40 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43% 10 7 3 0 0 0 4 1 3
1982 25 DET AL 2 0 29% 76 4 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 35% 8 7 1 4 2 2 5 2 3
1983 26 DET AL 2 0 25% 106 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 39% 13 10 3 2 1 1 8 2 5
1984 27 TOR AL 3 0 36% 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 50% 6 5 1 1 0 1 3 0 3
1985 28 TOR AL 0 0 20% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75% 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
1986 29 TOR AL 1 0 36% 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 42% 17 11 6 5 3 2 11 5 6
1987 30 TOR AL 2 0 29% 75 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 43% 8 5 3 2 2 0 4 1 3
1988 31 TOR AL 4 0 29% 67 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 48% 13 7 6 1 0 1 9 3 4
1989 32 TEX AL 5 0 32% 115 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 50% 17 12 4 5 0 5 12 4 8
1990 33 SFG NL 4 0 31% 106 0 2 0% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 41% 19 12 6 2 2 0 6 1 5
10 Seasons 23 0 30% 719 8 8 50% 6 6 2 1 0 1 2 0 18 35 44% 114 77 35 23 10 13 62 19 40
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1981 24 DET AL 101 91% 16 11 3 0 1 1.25 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 17 5 29% 9 6 67% 62 11 18% 4 3 75% 6 3 50% 0
1982 25 DET AL 245 96% 52 12 2 0 1 1.59 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 4 4 100% 42 2 5% 21 7 33% 124 9 7% 6 4 67% 15 4 27% 0
1983 26 DET AL 262 96% 60 17 3 1 1 2.07 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 44 6 14% 16 2 13% 133 29 22% 7 5 71% 11 4 36% 0
1984 27 TOR AL 97 95% 23 22 7 0 2 1.45 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 20% 11 2 18% 76 10 13% 7 2 29% 5 0 0% 0
1985 28 TOR AL 38 92% 7 5 1 0 0 1.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 22 1 5% 0 0 0 0 0
1986 29 TOR AL 266 91% 76 22 8 1 6 1.94 5 0 6 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 59 6 10% 24 12 50% 188 37 20% 20 14 70% 13 6 46% 0
1987 30 TOR AL 224 91% 55 20 6 0 2 1.46 3 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 45 3 7% 13 5 38% 127 22 17% 10 6 60% 10 5 50% 0
1988 31 TOR AL 217 93% 55 7 0 12 1 0 1 1.32 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 8 22% 15 6 40% 136 25 18% 13 7 54% 16 6 38% 0
1989 32 TEX AL 278 97% 65 3 0 21 6 0 3 1.73 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 100% 49 7 14% 24 17 71% 188 25 13% 15 12 80% 16 6 38% 0
1990 33 SFG NL 196 92% 51 7 1 20 7 0 3 0.98 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0% 38 2 5% 18 3 17% 118 14 12% 9 4 44% 13 6 46% 0
10 Seasons 1924 94% 460 17 1 162 44 2 20 1.53 18 0 42 18 0 13 5 0 10 9 90% 350 42 12% 152 60 39% 1174 183 16% 91 57 63% 105 40 38% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 31 TOR AL 217 694 3.20 444 64% 18% 13% 30% 39% 82% 4% 52% 84% 48% 6% 14 2 15% 32 15 6% 13 7 30% 0 1 0
1989 32 TEX AL 264 971 3.68 585 60% 19% 13% 33% 35% 80% 7% 48% 83% 35% 6% 16 1 18% 47 19 9% 25 15 21% 14 0 2
1990 33 SFG NL 149 583 3.91 347 60% 21% 10% 35% 34% 78% 0% 47% 87% 38% 3% 5 1 15% 22 12 11% 16 10 8% 47 0 2
3 Seasons 630 2248 3.57 1376 61% 19% 12% 32% 36% 80% 4% 49% 85% 40% 6% 35 4 16% 101 46 9% 54 32 22% 61 1 4
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 24 54 101 83 9 16 3 1 1 11 0 1 16 15 .193 .320 .289 .609 74 24 5 0 1 1 1
1982 25 136 346 301 32 68 10 3 4 23 4 1 37 44 .226 .308 .319 .627 75 96 7 0 5 3 3
1983 26 235 608 543 54 128 27 3 7 49 6 3 56 65 .236 .307 .335 .642 79 182 13 1 5 3 4
1984 27 300 705 631 65 151 33 5 7 56 6 3 64 79 .239 .309 .341 .649 80 215 16 1 5 4 4
1985 28 316 743 666 67 158 33 6 7 57 6 3 67 88 .237 .306 .336 .643 78 224 16 1 5 4 5
1986 29 426 1009 912 102 234 47 7 12 96 6 3 80 112 .257 .314 .363 .677 86 331 22 1 5 11 8
1987 30 524 1233 1107 128 289 60 8 15 121 6 4 105 137 .261 .324 .370 .694 89 410 25 4 5 12 10
1988 31 611 1450 1306 149 344 73 9 15 144 6 5 123 164 .263 .326 .368 .693 90 480 33 4 5 12 13
1989 32 721 1728 1545 181 409 87 10 16 167 8 6 155 197 .265 .331 .365 .696 92 564 40 5 9 14 20
1990 33 799 1924 1719 205 460 100 10 18 183 8 8 176 217 .268 .335 .369 .704 94 634 42 6 9 14 20

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1981 24 82 153 126 15 25 5 2 2 18 0 25 23 .198 .327 .317 .644 12 54
1982 25 82 247 222 24 56 8 2 3 13 4 23 29 .252 .320 .347 .667 25 82
1983 26 99 263 243 23 61 17 0 3 28 2 19 21 .251 .308 .358 .666 27 99
1984 27 65 97 88 12 23 6 2 0 7 0 8 14 .261 .320 .375 .695 11 65
1985 28 16 37 34 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 3 9 .176 .243 .235 .479 2 16
1986 29 110 264 244 35 74 14 1 5 39 0 13 24 .303 .330 .430 .760 35 110
1987 30 98 224 195 25 55 13 1 3 24 0 25 25 .282 .371 .405 .776 29 98
1988 31 87 218 200 23 56 13 1 0 25 0 18 27 .280 .339 .355 .694 24 87
1989 32 110 280 243 34 69 15 1 1 25 2 34 33 .284 .371 .366 .738 33 110
1990 33 78 202 178 26 55 14 0 2 17 0 23 20 .309 .391 .421 .812 29 78
10 Seasons 827 1985 1773 219 480 105 11 19 197 8 191 225 .271 .341 .375 .716 227 799
162 Game Avg. 162 389 347 43 94 21 2 4 39 2 37 44 .271 .341 .375 .716 44 799

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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