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 Fielding

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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
1981 DET AL 24 1B 32 10 129.2 147 133 14 0 15 1.000 2.2 20.4 2.2 1.6 0.6 0 10.20 4.59 .993 10.06 8.57
1981 DET AL 24 OF 15 12 98.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -8.6 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 0 1.47 1.07 .981 2.48 2.16
1981 DET AL 24 RF 15 12 98.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -8.6 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 0 1.47 1.07 .981 2.16 1.75
1981 DET AL 24 DH 2
1982 DET AL 25 1B 56 47 399.2 440 410 28 2 36 .995 1.9 5.7 0.9 -0.2 1.1 1 9.86 7.82 .992 9.85 8.51
1982 DET AL 25 OF 14 13 109.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 -2.1 -23.1 -1.1 -0.8 -0.4 -1 1.73 1.50 .981 2.47 2.15
1982 DET AL 25 RF 10 9 76.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -17.4 -0.1 -0.7 0.5 -1 1.78 1.50 .980 2.27 1.90
1982 DET AL 25 DH 4
1982 DET AL 25 LF 4 4 33.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -36.4 -1.0 -0.1 -0.9 0 1.36 1.25 .980 2.29 1.90
1983 DET AL 26 1B 73 51 461.2 495 447 45 3 37 .994 11.4 29.6 11.4 3.1 8.3 0 9.59 6.74 .992 9.90 8.24
1983 DET AL 26 OF 13 10 83.0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 -0.5 -7.2 0.5 1.3 -0.7 -1 1.95 1.38 .984 2.50 2.16
1983 DET AL 26 RF 11 9 76.0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 -0.1 -1.6 0.9 1.3 -0.3 -1 2.13 1.64 .979 2.25 1.85
1983 DET AL 26 DH 3
1983 DET AL 26 LF 2 1 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -68.6 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 2.57 1.00 1.000 2.31 1.90
1984 TOR AL 27 OF 23 11 105.1 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -11.4 -1.0 -2.0 1.0 0 2.05 1.04 .983 2.51 2.17
1984 TOR AL 27 RF 17 11 94.1 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -11.4 -0.9 -2.3 1.5 0 1.91 1.18 .980 2.23 1.88
1984 TOR AL 27 1B 15 4 70.2 82 69 13 0 9 1.000 2.3 39.1 2.3 0.4 1.9 0 10.44 5.47 .991 9.76 8.25
1984 TOR AL 27 DH 6
1984 TOR AL 27 LF 5 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -105.0 -0.7 -0.3 -0.5 0 1.12 0.20 1.000 2.25 1.80
1984 TOR AL 27 CF 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 240.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 3.00 2.60
1984 TOR AL 27 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
1985 TOR AL 28 1B 10 4 64.0 79 72 6 1 8 .987 -0.3 -5.6 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 0 10.97 7.80 .991 9.76 8.67
1985 TOR AL 28 OF 4 2 22.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 21.8 0.4 0.1 0.3 0 2.45 1.50 .983 2.45 2.10
1985 TOR AL 28 RF 3 1 13.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 0 1.38 0.67 1.000 2.15 1.83
1985 TOR AL 28 LF 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 106.7 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 4.00 4.00 .975 2.20 1.80
1986 TOR AL 29 DH 42
1986 TOR AL 29 OF 39 24 237.2 45 44 0 1 0 .978 -2.7 -13.6 -2.7 -0.9 -1.8 0 1.67 1.13 .980 2.39 2.06
1986 TOR AL 29 RF 20 11 117.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -3.1 -31.8 -2.1 -0.4 -1.7 -1 1.69 1.10 .974 2.11 1.79
1986 TOR AL 29 LF 19 13 120.2 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 4.0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 1 1.49 1.05 .975 2.24 1.77
1986 TOR AL 29 1B 7 6 62.2 70 63 5 2 11 .971 -0.1 -1.9 -0.1 -1.0 0.9 0 9.77 9.71 .991 9.42 8.61
1987 TOR AL 30 OF 43 29 243.0 53 51 1 1 0 .981 0.9 4.4 0.9 -2.2 3.0 0 1.93 1.21 .979 2.31 2.00
1987 TOR AL 30 DH 30
1987 TOR AL 30 RF 22 20 149.0 35 33 1 1 0 .971 1.2 9.7 1.2 -1.2 2.3 0 2.05 1.55 .980 2.12 1.75
1987 TOR AL 30 LF 21 9 94.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -3.8 -0.3 -1.0 0.7 0 1.53 0.76 .975 2.11 1.73
1987 TOR AL 30 1B 5 0 9.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 80.0 0.6 0.4 0.1 0 6.00 1.20 1.000 9.60 8.50
1988 TOR AL 31 OF 49 34 284.2 75 74 1 0 0 1.000 2.6 11.0 2.6 1.3 1.4 0 2.37 1.53 .979 2.47 2.14
1988 TOR AL 31 RF 36 28 227.1 62 61 1 0 0 1.000 3.6 19.0 3.6 2.0 1.7 0 2.45 1.72 .973 2.24 1.89
1988 TOR AL 31 DH 25
1988 TOR AL 31 LF 14 6 57.1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -20.9 -1.0 -0.7 -0.3 0 1.73 0.79 .973 2.26 1.85
1988 TOR AL 31 1B 4 2 21.0 23 19 4 0 1 1.000 0.2 11.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.86 5.75 .991 9.56 8.40
1989 TEX AL 32 DH 44
1989 TEX AL 32 OF 41 32 268.1 61 57 1 3 0 .951 8.3 37.1 8.3 2.9 5.4 0 1.95 1.41 .980 2.42 2.12
1989 TEX AL 32 LF 37 32 264.1 59 55 1 3 0 .949 8.3 37.7 8.3 2.9 5.4 0 1.91 1.51 .978 2.16 1.83
1989 TEX AL 32 1B 4 1 13.0 18 17 1 0 2 1.000 0.1 9.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 12.46 4.50 .994 9.76 8.35
1989 TEX AL 32 RF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1990 SFG NL 33 OF 52 42 320.0 90 86 3 1 0 .989 -1.3 -4.9 -0.3 0.8 -1.1 -1 2.50 1.71 .981 2.39 2.01
1990 SFG NL 33 RF 40 33 241.0 73 70 2 1 0 .986 -0.6 -3.0 0.4 2.4 -2.0 -1 2.69 1.80 .981 2.22 1.82
1990 SFG NL 33 LF 13 9 79.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -10.6 -0.7 -1.6 0.9 0 1.59 1.08 .979 2.19 1.71
1990 SFG NL 33 1B 7 3 32.0 39 37 2 0 4 1.000 -0.3 -11.3 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 0 10.97 5.57 .992 9.59 7.89
10 Seasons OF 293 209 1771.0 410 395 8 7 0 .983 3.9 2.6 6.9 0.6 6.3 -3 2.05 1.38 .980 2.42 2.09
10 Seasons 1B 213 128 1263.1 1399 1273 118 8 123 .994 18.0 17.1 17.0 3.4 13.5 1 9.91 6.53 .992 9.85 8.39
10 Seasons RF 177 134 1095.2 265 256 5 4 0 .985 -2.1 -2.3 1.9 1.3 0.7 -4 2.14 1.47 .978 2.20 1.83
8 Seasons DH 156
9 Seasons LF 116 75 672.1 132 128 1 3 0 .977 5.4 9.6 4.4 -1.3 5.6 1 1.73 1.11 .977 2.19 1.79
1 Season CF 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 240.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 3.00 2.60
1 Season P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
10 Seasons TOT 507 337 3035.1 1809 1668 126 15 123 .992 21.9 8.7 23.9 4.0 19.8 -3 1 5.32 3.54 .981 5.51 4.73
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

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1981 DET AL 24 54 23 54 44 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 1 14 0
1982 DET AL 25 82 61 82 68 0 0 56 0 0 0 4 0 10 14 1 18 0
1983 DET AL 26 99 63 99 83 0 0 71 0 0 0 2 0 11 13 2 20 2
1984 TOR AL 27 65 16 65 38 1 0 15 0 0 0 5 1 17 23 1 31 9
1985 TOR AL 28 16 6 16 14 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 5 1
1986 TOR AL 29 110 63 110 46 0 0 7 0 0 0 19 0 20 39 33 37 0
1987 TOR AL 30 98 47 98 47 0 0 5 0 0 0 21 0 22 43 18 40 0
1988 TOR AL 31 87 51 87 51 0 0 4 0 0 0 14 0 36 49 15 26 1
1989 TEX AL 32 110 66 110 43 0 0 4 0 0 0 37 0 3 40 33 41 0
1990 SFG NL 33 78 45 78 58 0 0 7 0 0 0 13 0 40 52 0 27 0
10 Seasons 799 441 799 492 1 0 211 0 0 0 116 1 177 292 104 259 13
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1981 DET AL 24 551 57% 76% 28% 34 97% 0 131 9 120 2 10 15 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 1 0 15 3 0 0 0 1 100%
1982 DET AL 25 1729 55% 81% 27% 89 96% 0 414 17 390 8 43 29 20 6 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 36 3 1 1 33 5 2 1 1 1 100%
1983 DET AL 26 1983 48% 78% 26% 143 95% 0 444 18 417 9 78 42 39 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 39 1 0 0 34 1 5 0 5 2 100%
1984 TOR AL 27 314 48% 80% 26% 28 100% 0 68 5 63 0 12 11 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 1 0 8 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1985 TOR AL 28 266 43% 76% 32% 10 90% 0 71 1 70 0 3 6 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 2 0 0 7 2 1 0 1 0
1986 TOR AL 29 263 56% 76% 29% 21 86% 0 64 3 61 0 10 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 11 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1987 TOR AL 30 39 64% 72% 23% 3 100% 0 7 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 TOR AL 31 101 69% 82% 28% 7 100% 0 20 2 17 1 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1989 TEX AL 32 62 52% 79% 39% 4 100% 0 17 1 14 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
1990 SFG NL 33 157 49% 82% 34% 8 100% 0 37 1 35 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 5465 52% 79% 27% 347 95% 0 1273 57 1194 23 169 114 84 23 0 4 8 1 7 0 7 124 9 4 1 114 14 9 1 8 8 100%
MLB Averages 56% 78% 28% 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1981 DET AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 421 50% 83% 27% 32 50%
1982 DET AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 329 52% 76% 28% 32 47%
1983 DET AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 316 50% 82% 33% 36 50%
1984 TOR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 1 419 51% 74% 21% 19 100%
1985 TOR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 61% 75% 24% 2 100%
1986 TOR AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 496 55% 78% 35% 45 49%
1987 TOR AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 631 61% 79% 30% 54 61%
1988 TOR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8 5 0 8 3 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 24 12 50.0% 12 0 0.0% 1 994 65% 77% 40% 108 57%
1989 TEX AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 53% 47% 27% 0
1990 SFG NL 33 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 11 5 0 6 0 0 3 0 2 4 1 0 6 4 0 30 10 33.3% 18 2 6.7% 0 1048 62% 81% 40% 116 62%
10 Seasons 4 0 3 1 0 5 1 3 0 2 32 13 0 23 7 0 10 3 2 16 5 0 13 8 0 94 36 38.3% 56 2 2.1% 3 4728 58% 78% 34% 444 58%
MLB Averages 43.9% 2.9% 56% 78% 31% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 DET AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 0 147 56% 78% 24% 16 31%
1983 DET AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 37 51% 81% 22% 5 40%
1984 TOR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 34 53% 91% 29% 1 100%
1985 TOR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 61% 73% 34% 4 100%
1986 TOR AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 72.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 498 54% 74% 34% 45 44%
1987 TOR AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 420 58% 74% 25% 30 53%
1988 TOR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 0 264 59% 77% 40% 25 44%
1989 TEX AL 32 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 16 14 0 10 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 32 21 65.6% 11 0 0.0% 1 1188 62% 72% 34% 126 44%
1990 SFG NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 331 56% 75% 40% 31 45%
9 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 29 26 0 19 9 0 11 6 0 9 1 0 7 7 0 75 49 65.3% 26 0 0.0% 1 2963 59% 74% 33% 283 46%
MLB Averages 59.0% 2.7% 56% 78% 31% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1984 TOR AL 27 7 71% 43% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 7 71% 43% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 78% 28% 91% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1984 TOR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 67% 100% 56% 2 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 67% 100% 56% 2 100%
MLB Averages 42.0% 2.0% 56% 78% 31% 61%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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