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Tim Leary
Timothy James Leary
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 23, 1958 in Santa Monica, CA
Schools: University of California, Los Angeles
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1981
Final Game: August 9, 1994
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Standard Pitching

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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
1981 22 NYM NL 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 13.5 3.00
1983 24 NYM NL 1 1 .500 3.38 2 2 0 1 0 0 10.2 15 10 4 0 4 0 9 0 1 0 53 108 1.781 12.7 0.0 3.4 7.6 2.25
1984 25 NYM NL 3 3 .500 4.02 20 7 3 0 0 0 53.2 61 28 24 2 18 3 29 2 3 2 237 88 1.472 10.2 0.3 3.0 4.9 1.61
1985 26 MIL AL 1 4 .200 4.05 5 5 0 0 0 0 33.1 40 18 15 5 8 0 29 1 0 1 146 103 1.440 10.8 1.4 2.2 7.8 3.63
1986 27 MIL AL 12 12 .500 4.21 33 30 2 3 2 0 188.1 216 97 88 20 53 4 110 7 0 7 817 104 1.428 10.3 1.0 2.5 5.3 2.08
1987 28 LAD NL 3 11 .214 4.76 39 12 11 0 0 1 107.2 121 62 57 15 36 5 61 2 1 3 469 84 1.458 10.1 1.3 3.0 5.1 1.69
1988 29 LAD NL 17 11 .607 2.91 35 34 0 9 6 0 228.2 201 87 74 13 56 4 180 6 6 9 932 115 1.124 7.9 0.5 2.2 7.1 3.21 SS
1989 30 TOT NL 8 14 .364 3.52 33 31 0 2 0 0 207.0 205 84 81 17 68 15 123 5 0 10 874 100 1.319 8.9 0.7 3.0 5.3 1.81
1989 30 LAD NL 6 7 .462 3.38 19 17 0 2 0 0 117.1 107 45 44 9 37 7 59 2 0 4 481 102 1.227 8.2 0.7 2.8 4.5 1.59
1989 30 CIN NL 2 7 .222 3.71 14 14 0 0 0 0 89.2 98 39 37 8 31 8 64 3 0 6 393 97 1.439 9.8 0.8 3.1 6.4 2.06
1990 31 NYY AL 9 19 .321 4.11 31 31 0 6 1 0 208.0 202 105 95 18 78 1 138 7 0 23 881 97 1.346 8.7 0.8 3.4 6.0 1.77
1991 32 NYY AL 4 10 .286 6.49 28 18 4 1 0 0 120.2 150 89 87 20 57 1 83 4 0 10 551 64 1.715 11.2 1.5 4.3 6.2 1.46
1992 33 TOT AL 8 10 .444 5.36 26 23 2 3 0 0 141.0 131 89 84 12 87 5 46 9 0 9 624 74 1.546 8.4 0.8 5.6 2.9 0.53
1992 33 NYY AL 5 6 .455 5.57 18 15 2 2 0 0 97.0 84 62 60 9 57 2 34 4 0 7 414 71 1.454 7.8 0.8 5.3 3.2 0.60
1992 33 SEA AL 3 4 .429 4.91 8 8 0 1 0 0 44.0 47 27 24 3 30 3 12 5 0 2 210 80 1.750 9.6 0.6 6.1 2.5 0.40
1993 34 SEA AL 11 9 .550 5.05 33 27 6 0 0 0 169.1 202 104 95 21 58 5 68 8 2 6 746 88 1.535 10.7 1.1 3.1 3.6 1.17
1994 35 TEX AL 1 1 .500 8.14 6 3 0 0 0 0 21.0 26 19 19 4 11 2 9 1 0 6 100 60 1.762 11.1 1.7 4.7 3.9 0.82
13 Seasons 78 105 .426 4.36 292 224 28 25 9 1 1491.1 1570 792 723 147 535 45 888 52 13 87 6437 90 1.411 9.5 0.9 3.2 5.4 1.66
162 Game Avg. 10 14 .426 4.36 38 30 4 3 1 0 197 207 104 95 19 71 6 117 7 2 11 848 90 1.411 9.5 0.9 3.2 5.4 1.66
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
NYM (3 yrs) 4 4 .500 3.80 23 10 3 1 0 0 66.1 76 38 28 2 23 3 41 2 4 3 297 94 1.492 10.3 0.3 3.1 5.6 1.78
LAD (3 yrs) 26 29 .473 3.47 93 63 11 11 6 1 453.2 429 194 175 37 129 16 300 10 7 16 1882 102 1.230 8.5 0.7 2.6 6.0 2.33
NYY (3 yrs) 18 35 .340 5.12 77 64 6 9 1 0 425.2 436 256 242 47 192 4 255 15 0 40 1846 79 1.475 9.2 1.0 4.1 5.4 1.33
SEA (2 yrs) 14 13 .519 5.02 41 35 6 1 0 0 213.1 249 131 119 24 88 8 80 13 2 8 956 86 1.580 10.5 1.0 3.7 3.4 0.91
MIL (2 yrs) 13 16 .448 4.18 38 35 2 3 2 0 221.2 256 115 103 25 61 4 139 8 0 8 963 104 1.430 10.4 1.0 2.5 5.6 2.28
TEX (1 yr) 1 1 .500 8.14 6 3 0 0 0 0 21.0 26 19 19 4 11 2 9 1 0 6 100 60 1.762 11.1 1.7 4.7 3.9 0.82
CIN (1 yr) 2 7 .222 3.71 14 14 0 0 0 0 89.2 98 39 37 8 31 8 64 3 0 6 393 97 1.439 9.8 0.8 3.1 6.4 2.06
AL (7 yrs) 46 65 .414 4.93 162 137 14 13 3 0 881.2 967 521 483 100 352 18 483 37 2 62 3865 85 1.496 9.9 1.0 3.6 4.9 1.37
NL (6 yrs) 32 40 .444 3.54 130 87 14 12 6 1 609.2 603 271 240 47 183 27 405 15 11 25 2572 100 1.289 8.9 0.7 2.7 6.0 2.21

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1988 29 LAD NL NLCS W NYM 0 1 .000 6.23 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 8 4 3 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 26 2.538 16.6 2.1 6.2 6.2 1.00
1988 29 LAD NL WS W OAK 0 0 1.35 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 6 1 1 0 2 1 4 0 1 0 27 1.200 8.1 0.0 2.7 5.4 2.00
1 Season (2 Series) 0 1 .000 3.27 4 1 0 0 0 0 11.0 14 5 4 1 5 1 7 1 1 0 53 1.727 11.5 0.8 4.1 5.7 1.40
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 6.23 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 8 4 3 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 26 2.538 16.6 2.1 6.2 6.2 1.00
1 WS 0 0 1.35 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 6 1 1 0 2 1 4 0 1 0 27 1.200 8.1 0.0 2.7 5.4 2.00

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 22 NYM NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1983 24 NYM NL 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 87 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1984 25 NYM NL 20 13 10 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 .300 .300 .600 .900 149 6 0 0 3 0 0 1
1987 28 LAD NL 39 26 23 1 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 .304 .304 .348 .652 74 8 0 0 3 0 0 1
1988 29 LAD NL 36 83 67 4 18 3 0 0 9 0 1 1 26 .269 .286 .313 .599 74 21 0 1 13 1 0 1 SS
1989 30 TOT NL 33 72 59 2 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 23 .119 .175 .153 .327 -6 9 1 0 9 0 0 1
1989 30 LAD NL 19 39 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .061 .061 .061 .121 -65 2 1 0 6 0 0 1
1989 30 CIN NL 14 33 26 1 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 9 .192 .300 .269 .569 62 7 0 0 3 0 0 1
1990 31 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 34 SEA AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 133 198 163 9 36 6 0 1 19 1 1 5 57 .221 .247 .276 .523 49 45 1 1 28 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 241 199 11 44 7 0 1 23 1 1 6 69 .221 .247 .276 .523 49 55 1 1 34 1 0
NYM (3 yrs) 23 17 14 2 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 .286 .286 .500 .786 118 7 0 0 3 0 0
LAD (3 yrs) 94 148 123 6 27 4 0 0 14 0 1 1 45 .220 .230 .252 .482 38 31 1 1 22 1 0
CIN (1 yr) 14 33 26 1 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 9 .192 .300 .269 .569 62 7 0 0 3 0 0
SEA (2 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (3 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 131 198 163 9 36 6 0 1 19 1 1 5 57 .221 .247 .276 .523 49 45 1 1 28 1 0
AL (7 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1988 29 LAD NL NLCS NYM W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 29 LAD NL WS OAK W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Awards
1981 NYM NL 22 P 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
1983 NYM NL 24 P 2 2 10.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.38 2.00 .950 1.94 0.70
1984 NYM NL 25 P 20 7 53.2 8 3 4 1 0 .875 1.17 0.35 .962 1.88 0.67
1985 MIL AL 26 P 5 5 33.1 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.16 1.60 .950 1.86 0.70
1986 MIL AL 27 P 33 30 188.1 49 22 26 1 1 .980 2.29 1.45 .955 1.83 0.68
1987 LAD NL 28 P 39 12 107.2 27 9 18 0 2 1.000 2.26 0.69 .952 1.91 0.62
1988 LAD NL 29 P 35 34 228.2 59 24 34 1 4 .983 2.28 1.66 .954 1.96 0.69 SS
1989 TOT NL 30 P 33 31 207.0 53 20 31 2 2 .962 2.22 1.55 .945 1.87 0.63
1989 LAD NL 30 P 19 17 117.1 33 16 16 1 2 .970 2.45 1.68 .945 1.87 0.63
1989 CIN NL 30 P 14 14 89.2 20 4 15 1 0 .950 1.91 1.36 .945 1.87 0.63
1990 NYY AL 31 P 31 31 208.0 54 14 36 4 4 .926 2.16 1.61 .954 1.78 0.59
1991 NYY AL 32 P 28 18 120.2 22 9 12 1 3 .955 1.57 0.75 .955 1.80 0.58
1992 TOT AL 33 P 26 23 141.0 28 10 18 0 3 1.000 1.79 1.08 .954 1.72 0.56
1992 NYY AL 33 P 18 15 97.0 17 7 10 0 1 1.000 1.58 0.94 .953 1.72 0.56
1992 SEA AL 33 P 8 8 44.0 11 3 8 0 2 1.000 2.25 1.38 .955 1.72 0.56
1993 SEA AL 34 P 33 27 169.1 42 14 28 0 3 1.000 2.23 1.27 .950 1.79 0.56
1994 TEX AL 35 P 6 3 21.0 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 1.17 .957 1.71 0.52
13 Seasons P 292 224 1491.1 361 130 221 10 22 .972 2.12 1.20 .952 1.84 0.62
13 Seasons TOT 292 224 1491.1 361 130 221 10 22 .972 2.12 1.20 .925 1.84 0.62
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Silver Sluggers
1988-NL-P

Wins s c a p y
1988 NL--17--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 NL--7.085--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1988 NL--180--6th

Games Started s c a p y
1988 NL--34--4th

Complete Games s c a p y
1988 NL--9--6th
1990 AL--6--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1986 AL--2--9th
1988 NL--6--2nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1992 AL--87--9th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1988 NL--3.214--4th

Losses s c a p y
1989 NL--14--4th
1990 AL--19--1st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1988 NL--9--10th
1989 NL--10--9th
1990 AL--23--1st
1991 AL--10--9th
Career--87--126th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1990 AL--7--8th
1992 AL--9--6th
1993 AL--8--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1988 NL--13--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 15 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1249), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Roger Craig (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Frank Castillo (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1979 amateur draft.

January 18, 1985: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the New York Mets to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Danny Darwin to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Jim Sundberg to the Kansas City Royals. The Kansas City Royals sent Don Slaught to the Texas Rangers. The Kansas City Royals sent Frank Wills to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Nance (minors) (January 30, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

December 10, 1986: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Tim Crews to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Greg Brock.

July 18, 1989: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Mariano Duncan to the Cincinnati Reds for Kal Daniels and Lenny Harris.

December 12, 1989: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Van Snider to the New York Yankees for Rodney Imes (minors) and Hal Morris.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

November 19, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

August 22, 1992: Traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the Seattle Mariners for Sean Twitty (minors).

October 29, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

March 2, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

April 1, 1994: Released by the Montreal Expos.

April 16, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

June 23, 1994: Released by the Montreal Expos.

June 29, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 14, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Milwaukee Brewers$90,000
1987Los Angeles Dodgers$170,000
1988Los Angeles Dodgers$190,000
1989Los Angeles Dodgers$670,000
1990New York Yankees$825,000
1991New York Yankees$1,975,000
1992New York Yankees$2,175,000
1993Seattle Mariners$1,800,000
Career (may be incomplete)$7,895,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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