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Leron Lee

Leron Lee

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
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
Teams (by GP): Padres/Cardinals/Indians/Dodgers 1969-1976

Final Game: October 3, 1976
Relatives: Uncle of Derrek Lee
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:39AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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 7/9D
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1969 21 STL NL 26 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ /79
1970 22 STL NL 294 -12 -1 2 0 -3 -3 9 -8 -0.9 -5 -0.5 -0.4 $ 9/7
1971 23 STL NL 32 -1 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /79
1971 23 SDP NL 275 2 -2 -1 1 -6 -3 8 -1 -0.1 5 0.6 -0.7 $ 7
1972 24 SDP NL 405 21 -1 -2 0 0 -5 12 25 2.8 25 3.0 -0.2 $ 7/9
1973 25 SDP NL 369 -13 0 -1 0 -1 -4 11 -8 -0.9 -7 -0.8 -0.1 $ 79
1974 26 CLE AL 248 -4 0 4 -1 6 -3 8 10 1.0 4 0.4 0.6 $37,000 7/9D
1975 27 CLE AL 26 -3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $37,000 /7D
1975 27 LAD NL 47 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /7
1976 28 LAD NL 47 -6 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -6 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 9
8 Seasons 1769 -18 -4 3 0 -5 -18 53 12 1.3 16 2.1 -0.8 $74,000
STL (3 yrs) 352 -14 -1 2 0 -5 -3 11 -8 -0.9 -5 -0.5 -0.4 $
SDP (3 yrs) 1049 10 -3 -4 1 -6 -12 31 16 1.8 23 2.8 -1.0 $
LAD (2 yrs) 94 -7 0 0 0 -0 0 2 -6 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $
CLE (2 yrs) 274 -7 0 5 -1 7 -3 9 10 1.0 3 0.3 0.7 $74,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 STL NL 21 OF 7 7 6 59.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0 2 1.22 1.14 .972 2.01 2.01
1969 STL NL 21 LF 4 4 3 32.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -15 1.12 1.00 .962 1.69 1.68
1969 STL NL 21 RF 3 3 3 27.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 22 1.33 1.33 .975 1.83 1.83
1970 STL NL 22 OF 77 58 50 554.0 127 120 3 4 0 .969 -3 -7 2.00 1.60 .976 2.07 2.06
1970 STL NL 22 RF 76 57 49 545.0 126 119 3 4 0 .968 -3 -6 2.01 1.61 .976 1.99 1.98
1970 STL NL 22 LF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -40 1.00 1.00 .970 1.80 1.80
1971 TOT NL 23 OF 76 69 50 592.2 105 90 6 9 1 .914 -7 -15 1.46 1.26 .979 2.19 2.19
1971 TOT NL 23 LF 73 68 49 575.2 103 89 6 8 1 .922 -6 -13 1.49 1.30 .970 1.87 1.87
1971 STL NL 23 OF 8 2 2 34.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -2 -60 1.06 0.50 .980 2.20 2.19
1971 STL NL 23 LF 5 1 1 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -28 1.59 0.60 .970 1.85 1.88
1971 STL NL 23 RF 4 1 1 17.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1 -92 0.53 0.25 .980 2.06 2.05
1971 SDP NL 23 LF 68 67 48 558.2 100 86 6 8 1 .920 -6 -12 1.48 1.35 .970 1.87 1.87
1971 SDP NL 23 OF 68 67 48 558.2 100 86 6 8 1 .920 -6 -12 1.48 1.35 .979 2.19 2.19
1972 SDP NL 24 LF 96 96 79 829.2 198 187 6 5 2 .975 0 0 2.09 2.01 .974 1.92 1.93
1972 SDP NL 24 OF 96 96 79 830.1 197 186 6 5 2 .975 0 1 2.08 2.00 .978 2.18 2.19
1972 SDP NL 24 RF 1 0 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 360 13.50 1.00 .980 2.70 2.00
1973 SDP NL 25 OF 84 79 69 685.0 166 154 7 5 0 .970 -1 -2 2.12 1.92 .977 2.23 2.23
1973 SDP NL 25 LF 73 66 62 582.0 144 132 7 5 0 .965 -2 -4 2.15 1.90 .977 2.04 2.05
1973 SDP NL 25 RF 13 13 7 103.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 1 7 1.75 1.54 .973 2.01 2.01
1974 CLE AL 26 OF 62 54 48 491.0 142 131 5 6 1 .958 6 14 2.49 2.19 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 CLE AL 26 LF 60 54 48 481.0 137 126 5 6 1 .956 6 14 2.45 2.18 .974 2.12 2.11
1974 CLE AL 26 RF 2 0 0 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.60 2.00 .975 2.16 2.15
1974 CLE AL 26 DH 1 1
1975 TOT MLB 27 LF 9 4 0 37.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1 36 2.43 1.11 .976 2.16 2.13
1975 TOT MLB 27 OF 9 4 0 37.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1 36 1.95 0.89 .979 2.34 2.32
1975 CLE AL 27 LF 5 3 0 26.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 42 2.42 1.40 .977 2.18 2.16
1975 CLE AL 27 OF 5 3 0 26.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 42 2.42 1.40 .979 2.35 2.36
1975 CLE AL 27 DH 1 1
1975 LAD NL 27 LF 4 1 0 11.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 22 2.45 0.75 .973 2.13 2.10
1975 LAD NL 27 OF 4 1 0 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 22 0.82 0.25 .980 2.29 2.28
1976 LAD NL 28 OF 10 8 4 72.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -8 1.50 1.20 .979 2.34 2.33
1976 LAD NL 28 RF 10 8 4 72.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -8 1.50 1.20 .974 2.15 2.15
8 Seasons OF 421 375 306 3321.0 765 708 28 29 4 .962 -5 -2 1.99 1.75 .978 2.21 2.21
7 Seasons LF 316 293 242 2546.1 597 548 25 24 4 .960 -2 -1 2.03 1.81 .974 1.97 1.98
7 Seasons RF 109 82 64 774.2 169 161 3 5 0 .970 -3 -5 1.91 1.50 .976 2.01 2.00
8 Seasons TOT 421 375 306 3321.0 765 708 28 29 4 .962 -5 -2 1.99 1.75 .978 2.21 2.21
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1972 NL  7 (6th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1972 NL  2.09 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1972 NL  2.01 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2367), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197426Cleveland Indians$37,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197527Cleveland Indians$37,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$74,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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