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Tommy Leach

Thomas William Leach

Positions: Centerfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: November 4, 1877 in French Creek, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1898
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs/Colonels/Reds 1898-1918
Final Game: September 2, 1918
Died: September 29, 1969 in Haines City, FL
Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery,in Haines City, FL
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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
1898 20 LOU NL 3 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 -42 1 0 0 /54
1899 21 LOU NL 106 454 406 75 117 10 6 5 57 19 37 .288 .349 .379 .728 99 154 1 10 56/4
1900 22 PIT NL 51 186 160 20 34 1 2 1 16 8 21 .213 .304 .263 .566 56 42 0 5 5/64O
1901 23 PIT NL 98 408 374 64 114 12 13 2 44 16 20 .305 .347 .422 .769 120 158 4 10 5/6
1902 24 PIT NL 135 576 514 97 143 14 22 6 85 25 45 .278 .341 .426 .767 132 219 4 13 *5
1903 25 PIT NL 127 561 507 97 151 16 17 7 87 22 40 .298 .352 .438 .789 122 222 2 12 *5
1904 26 PIT NL 146 633 579 92 149 15 12 2 56 23 45 .257 .316 .335 .651 98 194 5 4 *5
1905 27 PIT NL 131 554 499 71 128 10 14 2 53 17 37 .257 .309 .345 .654 92 172 1 17 O5/46
1906 28 PIT NL 133 526 476 66 136 10 7 1 39 21 33 .286 .333 .342 .676 107 163 1 16 5O/6
1907 29 PIT NL 149 617 547 102 166 19 12 4 43 43 40 .303 .352 .404 .756 135 221 1 29 *O5/64
1908 30 PIT NL 152 666 583 93 151 24 16 5 41 24 54 .259 .324 .381 .705 125 222 2 27 *5/O
1909 31 PIT NL 151 682 587 126 153 29 8 6 43 27 66 .261 .337 .368 .705 114 216 2 27 *O5
1910 32 PIT NL 135 587 529 83 143 24 5 4 52 18 38 62 .270 .319 .357 .677 92 189 0 20 *O/64
1911 33 PIT NL 108 446 386 60 92 12 6 3 43 19 46 50 .238 .323 .324 .646 78 125 2 12 O6/5
1912 34 TOT NL 110 439 362 74 93 14 5 2 51 20 67 29 .257 .377 .340 .717 97 123 3 7 O/5
1912 34 PIT NL 28 110 97 24 29 4 2 0 19 6 12 9 .299 .376 .381 .758 108 37 0 1 O
1912 34 CHC NL 82 329 265 50 64 10 3 2 32 14 55 20 .242 .378 .325 .702 93 86 3 6 O/5
1913 35 CHC NL 131 540 456 99 131 23 10 6 32 21 10 77 44 .287 .391 .421 .812 132 192 1 6 *O/5
1914 36 CHC NL 153 676 577 80 152 24 9 7 46 16 79 50 .263 .353 .373 .726 116 215 1 19 *O5
1915 37 CIN NL 107 396 335 42 75 7 5 0 17 20 14 56 38 .224 .338 .275 .613 85 92 2 3 O
1918 40 PIT NL 30 94 72 14 14 2 3 0 5 2 19 5 .194 .363 .306 .668 102 22 0 3 O/6
19 Seasons 2156 9051 7959 1355 2143 266 172 63 810 361 24 820 278 .269 .340 .370 .710 109 2942 32 240
162 Game Avg. 162 680 598 102 161 20 13 5 61 27 62 .269 .340 .370 .710 109 221 2 18
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
PIT (14 yrs) 1574 6646 5910 1009 1603 192 139 43 626 271 516 126 .271 .332 .373 .705 109 2202 24 196
CHC (3 yrs) 366 1545 1298 229 347 57 22 15 110 51 10 211 114 .267 .372 .380 .752 117 493 5 31
LOU (2 yrs) 109 464 416 75 118 10 6 5 57 19 37 .284 .344 .373 .716 96 155 1 10
CIN (1 yr) 107 396 335 42 75 7 5 0 17 20 14 56 38 .224 .338 .275 .613 85 92 2 3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1903 25 PIT NL WS BOS L 8 34 33 3 9 0 4 0 7 1 1 1 4 .273 .294 .515 .809 17 1 0 0 0 0
1909 31 PIT NL WS DET W 7 30 25 8 9 4 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 .360 .414 .520 .934 13 0 1 1 1 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 15 64 58 11 18 4 4 0 9 2 2 3 5 .310 .349 .517 .866 30 1 1 1 1 0
2 WS 15 64 58 11 18 4 4 0 9 2 2 3 5 .310 .349 .517 .866 30 1 1 1 1 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1898 LOU NL 20 3B 3 11 2 6 3 0 .727 2.67 .918 3.43
1898 LOU NL 20 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 5.50
1899 LOU NL 21 3B 80 369 135 200 34 13 .908 4.19 .901 3.52
1899 LOU NL 21 SS 25 156 56 75 25 3 .840 5.24 .917 5.53
1899 LOU NL 21 2B 2 8 3 3 2 1 .750 3.00 .950 5.45
1900 PIT NL 22 3B 31 132 45 69 18 4 .864 3.68 .898 3.74
1900 PIT NL 22 SS 8 36 12 20 4 2 .889 4.00 .925 5.76
1900 PIT NL 22 2B 7 46 16 28 2 3 .957 6.29 .937 5.21
1900 PIT NL 22 OF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 .900 2.12 2-0-2
1901 PIT NL 23 3B 92 352 122 196 34 9 .903 3.46 .886 3.16
1901 PIT NL 23 SS 4 21 8 12 1 2 .952 5.00 .924 5.65
1902 PIT NL 24 3B 134 525 170 316 39 10 .926 3.63 .912 3.46
1903 PIT NL 25 3B 127 535 178 292 65 16 .879 3.70 .916 3.39
1904 PIT NL 26 3B 146 643 212 371 60 18 .907 3.99 .898 3.20
1905 PIT NL 27 OF 71 171 158 11 2 2 .988 2.38 .953 1.93 16-51-6
1905 PIT NL 27 3B 58 217 80 123 14 13 .935 3.50 .920 3.16
1905 PIT NL 27 2B 2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.50 .940 5.10
1905 PIT NL 27 SS 2 9 5 4 0 0 1.000 4.50 .922 5.50
1906 PIT NL 28 3B 65 224 73 135 16 4 .929 3.20 .931 3.19
1906 PIT NL 28 OF 60 141 131 6 4 0 .972 2.28 .958 1.86 15-44-1
1906 PIT NL 28 SS 1 7 5 2 0 0 1.000 7.00 .929 5.30
1907 PIT NL 29 OF 111 305 284 15 6 5 .980 2.69 .959 1.94 2-109-0
1907 PIT NL 29 3B 33 125 45 65 15 5 .880 3.33 .932 3.33
1907 PIT NL 29 SS 6 21 3 15 3 2 .857 3.00 .938 5.03
1907 PIT NL 29 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10
1908 PIT NL 30 3B 150 525 199 293 33 19 .937 3.28 .932 3.26
1908 PIT NL 30 OF 2 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 .962 2.00 0-2-0
1909 PIT NL 31 OF 138 356 333 12 11 3 .969 2.50 .961 2.01 0-138-0
1909 PIT NL 31 3B 13 50 22 26 2 2 .960 3.69 .928 3.22
1910 PIT NL 32 OF 131 379 352 14 13 4 .966 2.79 .959 2.10 0-131-0
1910 PIT NL 32 SS 2 9 5 3 1 1 .889 4.00 .922 5.00
1910 PIT NL 32 2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 5.00
1911 PIT NL 33 OF 89 226 208 15 3 3 .987 2.51 .959 2.07 1-89-0
1911 PIT NL 33 SS 13 49 18 27 4 3 .918 3.46 .927 4.88
1911 PIT NL 33 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
1912 TOT NL 34 OF 97 267 246 15 6 7 .978 2.69 .955 2.16 0-97-0
1912 PIT NL 34 OF 24 70 65 4 1 3 .986 2.88 .954 2.16 0-24-0
1912 CHC NL 34 OF 73 197 181 11 5 4 .975 2.63 .955 2.16 0-73-0
1912 CHC NL 34 3B 4 17 9 7 1 0 .941 4.00 .935 3.02
1913 CHC NL 35 OF 121 289 271 15 3 5 .990 2.36 .959 2.08 3-118-0
1913 CHC NL 35 3B 2 11 6 2 3 0 .727 4.00 .945 2.95
1914 CHC NL 36 OF 136 348 321 16 11 5 .968 2.48 .957 1.97 0-136-0
1914 CHC NL 36 3B 16 58 25 26 7 0 .879 3.19 .934 3.05
1915 CIN NL 37 OF 96 218 200 9 9 2 .959 2.18 .959 2.01 17-81-0
1918 PIT NL 40 OF 23 42 37 3 2 1 .952 1.74 .962 2.13 18-0-4
1918 PIT NL 40 SS 3 13 3 7 3 1 .769 3.33 .946 5.63
13 Seasons OF 1079 2751 2548 133 70 37 .975 2.48 .958 2.02 74-996-13
16 Seasons 3B 955 3794 1323 2127 344 113 .909 3.61 .912 3.31
9 Seasons SS 64 321 115 165 41 14 .872 4.38 .923 5.37
6 Seasons 2B 14 61 22 35 4 4 .934 4.07 .938 5.23
19 Seasons TOT 2112 6927 4008 2460 459 168 .934 3.06 .865 2.73 74-996-13
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1939 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

Batting Average s c a p y
1907 NL  .303 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1913 NL  .391 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1902 NL  .426 (5th)
1907 NL  .404 (6th)
1908 NL  .381 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1902 NL  .767 (8th)
1907 NL  .756 (6th)
1913 NL  .812 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1907 NL  149 (8th)
1908 NL  152 (10th)
1909 NL  151 (8th)
1914 NL  153 (8th)
Career  2156 (149th)

At Bats s c a p y
1904 NL  579 (5th)
1907 NL  547 (8th)
1908 NL  583 (6th)
1909 NL  587 (4th)
1914 NL  577 (6th)
Career  7959 (137th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1904 NL  633 (6th)
1907 NL  617 (6th)
1908 NL  666 (2nd)
1909 NL  682 (3rd)
1914 NL  676 (1st)
Career  9051 (141st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1902 NL  97 (4th)
1903 NL  97 (8th)
1904 NL  92 (5th)
1907 NL  102 (2nd)
1908 NL  93 (3rd)
1909 NL  126 (1st)
1913 NL  99 (1st)
1914 NL  80 (10th)
Career  1355 (99th)

Hits s c a p y
1904 NL  149 (8th)
1907 NL  166 (3rd)
1908 NL  151 (8th)
1914 NL  152 (10th)
Career  2143 (186th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1902 NL  219 (5th)
1903 NL  222 (8th)
1907 NL  221 (4th)
1908 NL  222 (5th)
1909 NL  216 (6th)
1914 NL  215 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1908 NL  24 (9th)
1909 NL  29 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1902 NL  22 (1st)
1903 NL  17 (3rd)
1904 NL  12 (6th)
1905 NL  14 (7th)
1907 NL  12 (6th)
1908 NL  16 (3rd)
Career  172 (23rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1902 NL  6 (1st)
1903 NL  7 (2nd)
1907 NL  4 (6th)
1908 NL  5 (6th)
1909 NL  6 (2nd)
1914 NL  7 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1902 NL  85 (2nd)
1903 NL  87 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1902 NL  45 (9th)
1908 NL  54 (10th)
1909 NL  66 (6th)
1913 NL  77 (3rd)
1914 NL  79 (6th)
1915 NL  56 (10th)
Career  820 (221st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1910 NL  62 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1907 NL  43 (4th)
Career  361 (97th)

Singles s c a p y
1904 NL  120 (10th)
1906 NL  118 (10th)
1907 NL  131 (3rd)
Career  1642 (128th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1902 NL  132 (7th)
1907 NL  135 (8th)
1913 NL  132 (8th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1902 NL  74 (7th)
1907 NL  78 (4th)
1908 NL  71 (6th)
1909 NL  72 (7th)
1913 NL  76 (9th)
1914 NL  76 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1902 NL  17 (10th)
1907 NL  20 (6th)
1913 NL  22 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1902 NL  1.9 (10th)
1907 NL  2.4 (6th)
1913 NL  2.4 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1902 NL  42 (4th)
1907 NL  35 (10th)
1908 NL  45 (3rd)
1909 NL  43 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1908 NL  207 (10th)
1909 NL  221 (7th)
1914 NL  232 (4th)
Career  2995 (189th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1902 NL  .674 (10th)
1907 NL  .711 (5th)
1913 NL  .703 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1907 NL  29 (5th)
1908 NL  27 (10th)
1909 NL  27 (10th)
Career  240 (46th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1902 NL  9.7 (1st)
1903 NL  10.6 (6th)
1907 NL  7.3 (7th)
1908 NL  8.3 (6th)
1909 NL  9.8 (3rd)
1914 NL  9.7 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1899 NL  81.2 (10th)
1902 NL  85.7 (1st)
1903 NL  72.4 (4th)
1908 NL  116.6 (9th)
1909 NL  97.8 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1904 NL  434 (7th)
1908 NL  459 (5th)
1909 NL  461 (3rd)
1914 NL  444 (6th)
Career  6080 (125th)

Oldest s c a p y
1914 NL  born 1877-11-04 (6th)
1915 NL  born 1877-11-04 (3rd)
1918 NL  born 1877-11-04 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1898 NL  born 1877-11-04 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 11 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 114 (179), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 28 (631), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (457), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Willie Wilson (855)
  7. George Burns (838)
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  10. Monte Ward (827) *
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  5. Dots Miller (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tommy Dowd (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tommy Dowd (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tommy Dowd (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  10. Bill Bradley (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tommy Dowd (899)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  13. Tom Brown (884)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Tom Brown (889)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Tom Brown (886)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Tom Brown (876)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

August, 1897: Purchased by the Louisville Colonels from Auburn (New York State) for $650.

December 8, 1899: Traded by the Louisville Colonels with Fred Clarke, Bert Cunningham, Mike Kelley, Tacks Latimer, Tom Messitt, Deacon Phillippe, Claude Ritchey, Rube Waddell, Jack Wadsworth, Honus Wagner and Chief Zimmer to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jack Chesbro, George Fox, Art Madison, John O'Brien and $25,000.

May 30, 1912: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Lefty Leifield to the Chicago Cubs for King Cole and Solly Hofman.

February 13, 1915: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

February 22, 1915: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

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