Gene Leek
Eugene Harold Leek
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 15, 1936 in San Diego, CA
High School: Herbert Hoover (San Diego, CA)
School: University of Arizona
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1959
Final Game: September 30, 1962
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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
1959 CLE AL 22 3B 13 8 79.0 22 7 14 1 0 .955 -1.8 -27.3 -1.8 -1.3 -0.5 0 2.39 1.62 .950 3.21 2.72
1959 CLE AL 22 SS 1 1 8.0 7 1 5 1 0 .857 0.6 90.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 6.75 6.00 .957 4.84 4.00
1961 LAA AL 24 3B 49 48 422.0 189 54 127 8 11 .958 9.0 25.6 9.0 0.5 8.4 0 3.86 3.69 .950 3.18 2.79
1961 LAA AL 24 SS 7 4 42.0 40 17 19 4 6 .900 0.3 8.6 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 7.71 5.14 .957 4.84 4.37
1961 LAA AL 24 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1961 LAA AL 24 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1962 LAA AL 25 3B 4 4 30.0 9 5 4 0 1 1.000 -1.3 -52.0 -1.3 -0.8 -0.5 0 2.70 2.25 .944 3.09 2.80
3 Seasons 3B 66 60 531.0 220 66 145 9 12 .959 5.9 13.3 5.9 -1.6 7.4 0 3.58 3.20 .950 3.18 2.78
2 Seasons SS 8 5 50.0 47 18 24 5 6 .894 0.9 21.6 0.9 0.3 0.6 0 7.56 5.25 .957 4.84 4.32
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
3 Seasons TOT 75 65 582.0 267 84 169 14 18 .948 6.8 14.0 6.8 -1.3 8.0 0 0 3.91 3.37 .899 3.32 2.93

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
1959 CLE AL 22 13 9 13 13 0 0 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 LAA AL 24 57 52 57 57 0 0 0 0 49 7 1 0 0 1 0 2
1962 LAA AL 25 7 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
3 Seasons 77 65 77 77 0 0 0 0 66 8 1 0 0 1 2 3
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 -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1959 CLE AL 22 365 52% 75% 24% 20 90% 0 7 6 0 1 13 11 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1961 LAA AL 24 1946 64% 73% 26% 185 89% 4 55 45 4 6 125 95 19 4 2 8 0 6 2 6 11 9 0 9 2 1 1 9 33%
1962 LAA AL 25 143 56% 75% 17% 9 89% 0 5 4 0 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
3 Seasons 2454 62% 74% 25% 214 89% 4 67 55 4 8 142 109 21 4 4 9 0 7 2 7 12 10 0 10 2 1 1 11 36%
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 89% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1959 CLE AL 22 33 39% 88% 21% 8 88% 0 2 2 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 LAA AL 24 160 68% 73% 28% 24 79% 0 16 6 10 0 19 16 3 0 0 4 0 2 2 3 6 0 0 5 1 0 6 0 6 0 0 0
2 Seasons 193 63% 75% 26% 32 81% 0 18 8 10 0 24 21 3 0 0 5 0 3 2 4 6 0 0 5 1 0 6 0 6 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 90%

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%
1961 LAA AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 9 44% 67% 0% 1 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 9 44% 67% 0% 1 0%
MLB Averages 57.1% 2.4% 61% 78% 28% 48%

* 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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