Leron Lee
Leron Lee
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 196 lb.

Born: March 4, 1948 in Bakersfield, CA
High School: Grant (Sacramento, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1969
Final Game: October 3, 1976
Relatives: Uncle of Derrek Lee
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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
1969 21 STL NL 7 26 23 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .217 .308 .261 .569 61 6 0 0 0 0 0 /79
1970 22 STL NL 121 294 264 28 60 13 1 6 23 5 1 24 66 .227 .290 .352 .642 70 93 4 1 1 4 4 9/7
1971 23 TOT NL 104 307 284 32 75 21 2 5 23 4 6 22 57 .264 .317 .405 .722 109 115 6 0 1 0 4 7/9
1971 23 STL NL 25 32 28 3 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 4 12 .179 .281 .321 .603 68 9 2 0 0 0 0 /79
1971 23 SDP NL 79 275 256 29 70 20 2 4 21 4 5 18 45 .273 .321 .414 .735 114 106 4 0 1 0 4 7
1972 24 SDP NL 101 405 370 50 111 23 7 12 47 2 5 29 58 .300 .353 .497 .850 149 184 9 3 0 3 4 7/9
1973 25 SDP NL 118 369 333 36 79 7 2 3 30 4 0 33 61 .237 .306 .297 .604 75 99 9 1 0 2 3 79
1974 26 CLE AL 79 248 232 18 54 13 0 5 25 3 2 15 42 .233 .279 .353 .633 82 82 8 0 1 0 2 7/D9
1975 27 TOT MLB 61 73 66 5 14 5 0 0 2 1 0 5 14 .212 .274 .288 .562 60 19 0 1 0 1 1 /7D
1975 27 CLE AL 13 26 23 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 .130 .231 .174 .405 17 4 0 1 0 0 0 /7D
1975 27 LAD NL 48 47 43 2 11 4 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 .256 .298 .349 .647 83 15 0 0 0 1 1 /7
1976 28 LAD NL 23 47 45 1 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 9 .133 .170 .178 .348 0 8 1 0 0 0 1 9
8 Seasons 614 1769 1617 173 404 83 13 31 152 19 14 133 315 .250 .307 .375 .682 95 606 37 6 3 10 19
162 Game Avg. 162 467 427 46 107 22 3 8 40 5 4 35 83 .250 .307 .375 .682 95 160 10 2 1 3 5
STL (3 yrs) 153 352 315 34 70 15 1 7 25 5 2 31 86 .222 .291 .343 .633 69 108 6 1 1 4 4
SDP (3 yrs) 298 1049 959 115 260 50 11 19 98 10 10 80 164 .271 .328 .406 .734 114 389 22 4 1 5 11
LAD (2 yrs) 71 94 88 3 17 4 1 0 4 0 0 5 18 .193 .234 .261 .495 41 23 1 0 0 1 2
CLE (2 yrs) 92 274 255 21 57 14 0 5 25 4 2 17 47 .224 .275 .337 .612 76 86 8 1 1 0 2
NL (7 yrs) 522 1495 1362 152 347 69 13 26 127 15 12 116 268 .255 .313 .382 .695 98 520 29 5 2 10 17
AL (2 yrs) 92 274 255 21 57 14 0 5 25 4 2 17 47 .224 .275 .337 .612 76 86 8 1 1 0 2

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1969 21 STL NL 26 18 2 3.0 94 .333 .217 .259 .308 .330 .261 .384 .569 .714 61 .351 -1.1 -0.1 .500 .174 .043
1970 22 STL NL 294 214 28 3.5 106 .276 .227 .270 .290 .344 .352 .413 .642 .757 70 .375 -11.8 -1.2 .584 .231 .125 5.5
1971 23 TOT NL 307 222 34 4.1 87 .315 .264 .253 .317 .318 .405 .370 .722 .688 109 .506 3.2 0.3 .611 .211 .141 4.4
1971 23 STL NL 32 26 2 2.1 96 .267 .179 .264 .281 .331 .321 .387 .603 .718 68 .224 -1.2 -0.1 .462 .250 .143 .0
1971 23 SDP NL 275 196 32 4.4 87 .319 .273 .252 .321 .316 .414 .368 .735 .685 114 .534 4.5 0.5 .631 .207 .141 4.0
1972 24 SDP NL 405 276 62 6.1 85 .327 .300 .247 .353 .314 .497 .365 .850 .679 149 .676 22.3 2.3 .780 .268 .197 3.4
1973 25 SDP NL 369 265 31 3.2 89 .280 .237 .252 .306 .319 .297 .374 .604 .694 75 .364 -10.1 -1.0 .521 .171 .060 3.4
1974 26 CLE AL 248 189 21 3.0 88 .265 .233 .257 .279 .321 .353 .370 .633 .691 82 .356 -5.8 -0.6 .521 .190 .121 3.8
1975 27 TOT MLB 73 53 6 3.0 92 .264 .212 .259 .274 .329 .288 .377 .562 .706 60 .346 -3.3 -0.3 .500 .167 .076 .0
1975 27 CLE AL 26 20 1 1.3 92 .167 .130 .257 .231 .326 .174 .377 .405 .704 17 .107 -2.5 -0.3 .400 .174 .043 .0
1975 27 LAD NL 47 33 5 4.1 93 .314 .256 .261 .298 .331 .349 .376 .647 .707 83 .474 -0.8 -0.1 .563 .163 .093
1976 28 LAD NL 47 40 1 0.7 90 .167 .133 .260 .170 .326 .178 .371 .348 .697 0 .035 -6.2 -0.7 .250 .089 .044
8 Seasons 1769 1277 185 3.9 91 .291 .250 .255 .307 .323 .375 .377 .682 .700 95 .464 -12.7 -1.3 .593 .210 .125 23.6
162 Game Avg. 467 337 49 3.9 91 .291 .250 .255 .307 .323 .375 .377 .682 .700 95 .464 -12.7 -1.3 .593 .210 .125 6
STL (3 yrs) 352 258 32 3.3 104 .279 .222 .269 .291 .342 .343 .409 .633 .750 69 .360 -14.1 -1.4 .565 .229 .121 5.8
SDP (3 yrs) 1049 737 125 4.6 87 .309 .271 .250 .328 .316 .406 .369 .734 .686 114 .545 16.7 1.7 .647 .218 .135 13.1
LAD (2 yrs) 94 73 6 2.2 91 .239 .193 .260 .234 .329 .261 .374 .495 .702 41 .236 -7.0 -0.7 .389 .125 .068
CLE (2 yrs) 274 209 22 2.8 89 .256 .224 .257 .275 .322 .337 .370 .612 .692 76 .332 -8.3 -0.9 .510 .188 .114 4.4
NL (7 yrs) 1495 1068 163 4.1 91 .298 .255 .255 .313 .323 .382 .379 .695 .702 98 .486 -4.4 -0.4 .610 .214 .127 19.0
AL (2 yrs) 274 209 22 2.8 89 .256 .224 .257 .275 .322 .337 .370 .612 .692 76 .332 -8.3 -0.9 .510 .188 .114 4.4

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1969 21 STL NL 26 0.0% 30.8% 11.5% 3.9% 20% 2.67 2.9 0.11 58%
1970 22 STL NL 294 2.0% 22.5% 8.2% 6.8% 33% 2.75 4.0 44.0 11.5 0.88 67%
1971 23 TOT NL 307 1.6% 18.6% 7.2% 9.1% 37% 2.59 5.0 56.8 12.3 1.72 72%
1971 23 STL NL 32 3.1% 37.5% 12.5% 6.3% 40% 3.00 2.3 28.0 14.0 2.25 47%
1971 23 SDP NL 275 1.5% 16.4% 6.6% 9.5% 37% 2.50 5.7 64.0 12.2 1.68 75%
1972 24 SDP NL 405 3.0% 14.3% 7.2% 10.4% 38% 2.00 6.4 30.8 7.9 1.21 75%
1973 25 SDP NL 369 0.8% 16.5% 8.9% 3.3% 15% 1.85 5.5 111.0 11.1 1.43 73%
1974 26 CLE AL 248 2.0% 16.9% 6.1% 7.3% 33% 2.80 5.5 46.4 9.3 1.00 75%
1975 27 TOT MLB 73 0.0% 19.2% 6.9% 6.9% 36% 2.80 4.7 33.0 1.18 73%
1975 27 CLE AL 26 0.0% 19.2% 7.7% 3.9% 33% 2.50 4.6 1.17 69%
1975 27 LAD NL 47 0.0% 19.2% 6.4% 8.5% 36% 3.00 4.8 21.5 1.18 74%
1976 28 LAD NL 47 0.0% 19.2% 4.3% 2.1% 17% 4.50 5.0 22.5 0.72 77%
8 Seasons 1769 1.8% 17.8% 7.5% 7.2% 31% 2.37 5.1 52.2 10.6 1.18 72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1969 21 STL NL 0 0 38% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1970 22 STL NL 7 0 28% 116 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 50% 12 7 4 1 0 1 11 1 7
1971 23 TOT NL 3 0 29% 108 4 6 40% 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 41% 13 11 2 4 2 2 10 3 7
1971 23 STL NL 0 0 25% 11 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1971 23 SDP NL 3 0 30% 97 4 5 44% 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 38% 12 10 2 4 2 2 8 3 5
1972 24 SDP NL 2 0 29% 144 2 5 29% 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 8 60% 11 7 4 3 1 2 11 2 9
1973 25 SDP NL 5 0 30% 139 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 12 30% 28 22 6 5 4 1 14 5 7
1974 26 CLE AL 8 0 20% 89 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 50% 8 4 4 3 1 2 5 3 2
1975 27 TOT MLB 2 0 25% 16 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 27 CLE AL 2 0 50% 7 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 27 LAD NL 0 0 14% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 28 LAD NL 0 0 13% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
8 Seasons 27 0 28% 625 19 14 58% 17 13 2 0 0 1 3 1 17 28 44% 78 54 23 16 8 8 53 14 34
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1969 21 STL NL 26 88% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 13 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
1970 22 STL NL 294 90% 60 38 9 0 5 1.67 6 0 9 6 0 3 3 0 1 1 100% 47 4 9% 33 7 21% 183 18 10% 18 7 39% 21 8 38% 0
1971 23 TOT NL 289 91% 75 26 3 0 1 1.73 5 0 4 5 0 3 2 0 1 1 100% 47 6 13% 23 12 52% 148 17 11% 8 3 38% 11 7 64% 18
1971 23 STL NL 32 91% 5 17 3 0 1 1.61 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 2 0 0% 20 1 5% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1971 23 SDP NL 257 91% 70 9 0 0 0 1.97 4 0 3 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 100% 39 4 10% 21 12 57% 128 16 13% 7 3 43% 9 7 78% 18
1972 24 SDP NL 405 85% 111 4 2 0 0 2.29 12 0 2 10 2 6 6 0 2 0 0% 76 9 12% 33 10 30% 218 37 17% 23 12 52% 39 19 49% 0
1973 25 SDP NL 368 86% 79 30 7 0 3 1.44 3 0 9 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0% 88 9 10% 27 8 30% 238 31 13% 23 13 57% 23 3 13% 1
1974 26 CLE AL 248 72% 54 17 2 0 1 2.52 5 1 5 3 2 5 0 0 1 1 100% 57 8 14% 25 6 24% 150 23 15% 19 7 37% 10 3 30% 0
1975 27 TOT MLB 73 92% 14 46 10 0 2 1.92 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0% 8 3 38% 56 2 4% 4 1 25% 7 5 71% 0
1975 27 CLE AL 26 77% 3 6 0 0 0 2.53 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 2 1 50% 20 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1975 27 LAD NL 47 100% 11 40 10 0 2 1.84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0% 6 2 33% 36 2 6% 3 1 33% 7 5 71% 0
1976 28 LAD NL 47 100% 6 14 3 0 1 1.80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 3 2 67% 24 2 8% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0
8 Seasons 1750 86% 404 175 36 0 13 1.81 31 1 30 27 4 17 14 0 7 3 43% 342 37 11% 156 49 31% 1030 130 13% 97 43 44% 119 45 38% 19
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 21 7 26 23 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .217 .308 .261 .569 61 6 0 0 0 0 0
1970 22 128 320 287 31 65 14 1 6 23 5 1 27 74 .226 .292 .345 .636 69 99 4 1 1 4 4
1971 23 232 627 571 63 140 35 3 11 46 9 7 49 131 .245 .304 .375 .679 88 214 10 1 2 4 8
1972 24 333 1032 941 113 251 58 10 23 93 11 12 78 189 .267 .323 .423 .746 111 398 19 4 2 7 12
1973 25 451 1401 1274 149 330 65 12 26 123 15 12 111 250 .259 .319 .390 .709 102 497 28 5 2 9 15
1974 26 530 1649 1506 167 384 78 12 31 148 18 14 126 292 .255 .313 .384 .697 99 579 36 5 3 9 17
1975 27 591 1722 1572 172 398 83 12 31 150 19 14 131 306 .253 .311 .380 .692 97 598 36 6 3 10 18
1976 28 614 1769 1617 173 404 83 13 31 152 19 14 133 315 .250 .307 .375 .682 95 606 37 6 3 10 19

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1969 21 7 26 23 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 .217 .308 .261 .569 2 7
1970 22 121 293 264 27 60 13 1 6 22 5 24 66 .227 .290 .352 .642 27 121
1971 23 104 312 289 38 80 22 2 5 28 4 23 57 .277 .330 .419 .749 41 104
1972 24 106 438 399 64 128 27 8 14 60 2 33 61 .321 .374 .534 .908 79 101
1973 25 118 382 342 42 88 8 2 3 35 4 37 61 .257 .330 .319 .649 36 118
1974 26 79 248 233 21 55 13 0 5 29 3 15 42 .236 .282 .356 .638 24 79
1975 27 61 77 69 6 17 6 0 0 2 1 6 14 .246 .312 .333 .645 7 61
1976 28 23 46 44 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 9 .114 .152 .159 .311 1 23
8 Seasons 619 1822 1663 202 438 90 14 33 178 19 143 318 .263 .322 .394 .716 217 614
162 Game Avg. 162 477 435 53 115 24 4 9 47 5 37 83 .263 .322 .394 .716 57 614

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Triples s c a p y
1972 NL  7 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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