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Luis Leal

Luis Enrique (Alvarado) Leal

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 21, 1957 in Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 1980
Team: BlueJays 1980-1985

Final Game: June 29, 1985
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1980 23 TOR AL 3 4 .429 4.53 13 10 1 1 0 0 59.2 72 35 30 6 31 2 26 1 0 0 270 96 1.726 10.9 0.9 4.7 3.9 0.84
1981 24 TOR AL 7 13 .350 3.68 29 19 4 3 0 1 129.2 127 63 53 8 44 5 71 5 1 8 562 107 1.319 8.8 0.6 3.1 4.9 1.61
1982 25 TOR AL 12 15 .444 3.93 38 38 0 10 0 0 249.2 250 113 109 24 79 3 111 3 1 5 1055 114 1.318 9.0 0.9 2.8 4.0 1.41
1983 26 TOR AL 13 12 .520 4.31 35 35 0 7 1 0 217.1 216 113 104 23 65 5 116 6 2 2 918 100 1.293 8.9 1.0 2.7 4.8 1.78
1984 27 TOR AL 13 8 .619 3.89 35 35 0 6 2 0 222.1 221 106 96 27 77 6 134 4 1 5 949 106 1.340 8.9 1.1 3.1 5.4 1.74
1985 28 TOR AL 3 6 .333 5.75 15 14 1 0 0 0 67.1 82 46 43 13 24 3 33 3 1 3 303 74 1.574 11.0 1.7 3.2 4.4 1.38
6 Yrs 51 58 .468 4.14 165 151 6 27 3 1 946.0 968 476 435 101 320 24 491 22 6 23 4057 103 1.362 9.2 1.0 3.0 4.7 1.53
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .468 4.14 36 32 1 6 1 0 204 208 102 94 22 69 5 106 5 1 5 873 103 1.362 9.2 1.0 3.0 4.7 1.53

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1980 23 TOR AL 59.2 13 10 35 5.28 4.75 0.09 0.07 106.9 5.06 -2 -0.2 1.4 -0.0 0.3 5 .486 .499 $
1981 24 TOR AL 129.2 29 19 63 4.37 4.32 0.04 0.05 102.8 4.44 1 0.1 1.9 -0.1 1.1 9 .504 .501 $
1982 25 TOR AL 249.2 38 38 113 4.07 4.52 0.14 0.15 110.0 4.99 27 2.9 -0.1 4.8 52 .577 .518 $
1983 26 TOR AL 217.1 35 35 113 4.68 4.56 0.27 0.15 104.7 4.64 -1 -0.1 -0.1 1.5 22 .496 .499 $
1984 27 TOR AL 222.1 35 35 106 4.29 4.49 0.18 0.15 103.3 4.61 9 0.9 -0.1 2.6 31 .527 .506 $
1985 28 TOR AL 67.1 15 14 46 6.15 4.58 0.49 0.15 101.0 4.29 -14 -1.3 2.3 -0.1 -0.8 -7 .412 .492 $
6 Seasons 946.0 165 151 476 4.53 4.51 0.19 0.13 105.4 4.70 20 2.4 1.8 -0.5 9.5 112 .514 .502 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1980 23 TOR AL 13 270 229 35 72 15 1 6 6 5 31 26 .314 .394 .467 .861 .330 107 7 1 6 3 2 4
1981 24 TOR AL 29 562 500 63 127 21 2 8 11 8 44 71 .254 .317 .352 .669 .279 176 5 5 7 6 5 13
1982 25 TOR AL 38 1055 954 113 250 46 5 24 19 7 79 111 .262 .317 .396 .714 .273 378 17 3 9 10 3 7
1983 26 TOR AL 35 918 839 113 216 47 11 23 15 5 65 116 .257 .314 .422 .736 .274 354 14 6 3 5 5 7
1984 27 TOR AL 35 944 855 106 221 39 7 27 13 9 77 134 .258 .320 .415 .735 .276 355 12 4 5 8 6 13
1985 28 TOR AL 15 303 271 46 82 18 2 13 3 2 24 33 .303 .361 .528 .889 .301 143 7 3 1 4 3 5
6 Yrs 165 4052 3648 476 968 186 28 101 67 36 320 491 .265 .325 .415 .740 .280 1513 62 22 31 36 24 49
162 Game Avg. 36 872 785 102 208 40 6 22 14 8 69 106 .265 .325 .415 .740 .280 326 13 5 7 8 5 11
MLB Averages .260 .324 .386 .710 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1980 23 TOR AL -1.7 -0.2 281 -0.2 5.0 -5.2 1.13 -1.0 0.8 -5.4 -0.5 1.13 -10.9 1 1 1
1981 24 TOR AL 2.2 0.2 590 -0.4 10.3 -10.7 1.11 0.0 -0.4 -2.6 -0.3 1.11 -1.6 6 2 2
1982 25 TOR AL 17.2 1.8 1087 1.9 19.8 -17.9 1.02 1.3 0.5 19.4 1.9 1.02 15.7 0 0 0
1983 26 TOR AL 1.4 0.1 943 -0.3 14.6 -14.8 .88 0.0 -0.3 -0.4 -0.0 0.88 2.7 0 0 0
1984 27 TOR AL 6.1 0.6 977 0.4 16.8 -16.4 .99 0.1 0.3 7.6 0.8 0.99 4.7 0 0 0
1985 28 TOR AL -9.8 -0.9 311 -1.2 5.0 -6.2 .97 -1.0 -0.2 -14.4 -1.3 0.97 -14.2 1 0 0
6 Yrs 15.5 1.7 4189 0.2 71.5 -71.3 1.00 -0.5 0.7 4.2 0.5 1.00 -3.6 8 3 3

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1980 23 TOR AL 13 10 2 4 4 0 1 6 4 .600 1 1 1 0 3 30% 42.4 78 29 12 1 0 7 5.4 5.4 5.0
1981 24 TOR AL 29 19 5 10 4 0 5 8 11 .421 0 1 3 0 11 58% 49.2 72 27 33 11 8 1 3.1 2.8 5.5
1982 25 TOR AL 38 38 12 15 11 1 7 17 21 .447 6 2 10 0 24 63% 50.8 77 20 24 9 19 6 4.3 4.1 6.6
1983 26 TOR AL 35 35 13 12 10 2 2 18 17 .514 6 3 7 1 15 43% 50.0 86 18 25 10 7 9 5.2 5.5 6.2
1984 27 TOR AL 35 35 13 8 14 2 2 21 14 .600 5 5 6 2 21 60% 51.1 91 2 27 11 4 5 5.3 5.1 6.4
1985 28 TOR AL 15 14 3 5 6 1 0 8 6 .571 2 2 0 0 4 29% 43.0 72 15 12 1 3 5 4.1 4.8 4.7
6 Yrs 165 151 48 54 49 6 17 78 73 .517 20 14 27 3 78 52% 49 91 2 133 43 41 33 4.7 4.7 6.0
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 98 -12 4.3 4.3 6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1980 23 TOR AL 13 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 5 1.132 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 9.7
1981 24 TOR AL 29 10 4 2 3 1 1 0 100% 1 0 11 3 27% 8 1.111 6 2 2 2 6 2 6 4 7 2 8 1 7.4
1985 28 TOR AL 15 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .968 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3.0
3 Yrs 57 14 6 3 4 1 1 0 100% 1 0 17 4 24% 1.078 8 3 3 2 8 4 8 6 10 2 12 1 7.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1980 23 TOR AL 270 40% 2.2% 9.6% 11.5% 8.2% 31% 0.97 74% 60 7 12%
1981 24 TOR AL 562 53% 1.4% 12.6% 7.8% 5.5% 24% 0.66 76% 98 5 5%
1982 25 TOR AL 1055 50% 2.3% 10.5% 7.5% 7.1% 30% 0.84 79% 196 17 9%
1983 26 TOR AL 918 53% 2.5% 12.6% 7.1% 8.8% 38% 0.76 77% 148 14 9%
1984 27 TOR AL 949 47% 2.9% 14.2% 8.2% 7.7% 33% 0.69 74% 163 12 7%
1985 28 TOR AL 303 50% 4.3% 10.9% 7.9% 10.9% 40% 0.85 76% 48 7 15%
6 Yrs 4057 50% 2.5% 12.1% 7.9% 7.8% 33% 0.77 76% 713 62 9%
MLB Averages 42% 2.0% 13.3% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.09 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1980 23 TOR AL 270 72 6 0 7 0 6 4 2 17 10 0 59% 4 0 0 114 6 5 55% 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1981 24 TOR AL 562 127 8 0 9 5 3 3 5 34 16 2 47% 13 8 0 203 11 8 58% 10 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 0
1982 25 TOR AL 1055 250 24 0 13 10 14 9 15 49 32 3 65% 7 5 0 399 19 7 73% 19 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 18 0
1983 26 TOR AL 918 216 23 0 19 12 11 12 11 35 17 4 49% 7 2 0 302 15 5 75% 14 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1984 27 TOR AL 944 221 27 0 15 14 13 20 7 42 22 7 52% 13 5 0 333 13 9 59% 12 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 5
1985 28 TOR AL 303 82 13 0 4 7 6 6 7 15 8 4 53% 5 3 0 108 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
6 Yrs 4052 968 101 0 67 48 53 54 47 192 105 20 55% 49 23 0 1459 67 36 65% 63 33 3 2 1 1 1 0 74 5
MLB Averages 54% 67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1980 23 3 4 .429 4.53 13 10 1 1 0 0 59.2 72 35 30 6 31 2 26 1 0 0 270 96 1.726 10.9 0.9 4.7 3.9 0.84 96
1981 24 10 17 .370 3.95 42 29 5 4 0 1 189.1 199 98 83 14 75 7 97 6 1 8 832 103 1.447 9.5 0.7 3.6 4.6 1.29 103
1982 25 22 32 .407 3.94 80 67 5 14 0 1 439.0 449 211 192 38 154 10 208 9 2 13 1887 109 1.374 9.2 0.8 3.2 4.3 1.35 109
1983 26 35 44 .443 4.06 115 102 5 21 1 1 656.1 665 324 296 61 219 15 324 15 4 15 2805 106 1.347 9.1 0.8 3.0 4.4 1.48 106
1984 27 48 52 .480 4.02 150 137 5 27 3 1 878.2 886 430 392 88 296 21 458 19 5 20 3754 106 1.345 9.1 0.9 3.0 4.7 1.55 106
1985 28 51 58 .468 4.14 165 151 6 27 3 1 946.0 968 476 435 101 320 24 491 22 6 23 4057 103 1.362 9.2 1.0 3.0 4.7 1.53 103

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1980 23 3 3 .500 4.66 56.0 71 32 29 6 31 24 1 1.821 11.4 5.0 3.9 0.77 1.0 13
1981 24 10 11 .476 4.03 192.0 199 96 86 13 69 105 8 1.396 9.3 3.2 4.9 1.52 0.6 29
1982 25 14 13 .519 3.84 244.0 244 116 104 23 77 108 3 1.316 9.0 2.8 4.0 1.40 0.8 38
1983 26 10 13 .435 4.39 211.0 215 114 103 23 65 112 6 1.327 9.2 2.8 4.8 1.72 1.0 35
1984 27 11 12 .478 4.21 214.0 225 111 100 27 78 129 4 1.416 9.5 3.3 5.4 1.65 1.1 35
1985 28 2 5 .286 5.95 65.0 82 48 43 13 24 32 3 1.631 11.4 3.3 4.4 1.33 1.8 15
6 Yrs 50 57 .467 4.26 982.0 1036 517 465 105 344 510 25 1.405 9.5 4.7 1.48 1.0 165

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1982 AL  4.8 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1982 AL  249.7 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1982 AL  38 (3rd)
1983 AL  35 (6th)
1984 AL  35 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1984 AL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1984 AL  27 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1982 AL  250 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1981 AL  13 (1st)
1982 AL  15 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1982 AL  109 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1981 AL  8 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1981 AL  5 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1982 AL  1,055 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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