Ron LeFlore
Ronald LeFlore
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 16, 1948 in Detroit, MI
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1974
Final Game: September 3, 1982
Relatives: Cousin of Todd Steverson
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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
1974 26 DET AL 59 272 254 37 66 8 1 2 13 23 9 13 58 .260 .301 .323 .624 79 82 3 3 0 2 0 8
1975 27 DET AL 136 591 550 66 142 13 6 8 37 28 20 33 139 .258 .302 .347 .649 81 191 3 2 4 2 1 *8
1976 28 DET AL 135 603 544 93 172 23 8 4 39 58 20 51 111 .316 .376 .410 .786 128 223 12 2 5 1 2 *8/D AS,MVP-23
1977 29 DET AL 154 698 652 100 212 30 10 16 57 39 19 37 121 .325 .363 .475 .838 123 310 11 4 1 4 1 *8 MVP-20
1978 30 DET AL 155 741 666 126 198 30 3 12 62 68 16 65 104 .297 .361 .405 .766 113 270 11 4 1 5 7 *8 MVP-16
1979 31 DET AL 148 654 600 110 180 22 10 9 57 78 14 52 95 .300 .355 .415 .770 105 249 16 0 0 2 2 *8D
1980 32 MON NL 139 587 521 95 134 21 11 4 39 97 19 62 99 .257 .337 .363 .700 96 189 4 1 2 1 1 *7 MVP-22
1981 33 CHW AL 82 369 337 46 83 10 4 0 24 36 11 28 70 .246 .304 .300 .604 77 101 9 1 1 2 0 *7/8
1982 34 CHW AL 91 357 334 58 96 15 4 4 25 28 14 22 91 .287 .331 .392 .723 98 131 4 0 0 1 1 8/D7
9 Seasons 1099 4872 4458 731 1283 172 57 59 353 455 142 363 888 .288 .342 .392 .734 104 1746 73 17 14 20 15
162 Game Avg. 162 718 657 108 189 25 8 9 52 67 21 54 131 .288 .342 .392 .734 104 257 11 3 2 3 2
DET (6 yrs) 787 3559 3266 532 970 126 38 51 265 294 98 251 628 .297 .348 .406 .754 108 1325 56 15 11 16 13
CHW (2 yrs) 173 726 671 104 179 25 8 4 49 64 25 50 161 .267 .317 .346 .663 88 232 13 1 1 3 1
MON (1 yr) 139 587 521 95 134 21 11 4 39 97 19 62 99 .257 .337 .363 .700 96 189 4 1 2 1 1
AL (8 yrs) 960 4285 3937 636 1149 151 46 55 314 358 123 301 789 .292 .343 .395 .739 105 1557 69 16 12 19 14
NL (1 yr) 139 587 521 95 134 21 11 4 39 97 19 62 99 .257 .337 .363 .700 96 189 4 1 2 1 1

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
1974 26 DET AL 272 202 26 3.5 91 .327 .260 .261 .301 .325 .323 .375 .624 .700 79 .420 -7.4 -0.8 .560 .169 .063 3.7
1975 27 DET AL 591 437 57 3.5 96 .331 .258 .262 .302 .333 .347 .386 .649 .719 81 .407 -16.9 -1.7 .543 .164 .089 12.4
1976 28 DET AL 603 410 86 5.7 88 .391 .316 .259 .376 .324 .410 .366 .786 .690 128 .655 19.4 2.0 .777 .257 .094 7.5
1977 29 DET AL 698 475 110 6.2 104 .378 .325 .272 .363 .337 .475 .414 .838 .751 123 .630 18.7 1.8 .789 .238 .150 22.7
1978 30 DET AL 741 501 105 5.6 96 .335 .297 .264 .361 .330 .405 .390 .766 .720 113 .617 12.8 1.3 .790 .284 .108 20.4
1979 31 DET AL 654 452 94 5.5 104 .343 .300 .273 .355 .338 .415 .414 .770 .752 105 .574 3.0 0.3 .811 .308 .115 16.1
1980 32 MON NL 587 413 76 5.0 95 .310 .257 .267 .337 .329 .363 .387 .700 .716 96 .572 -2.7 -0.3 .805 .374 .106 7.7
1981 33 CHW AL 369 277 32 3.1 87 .309 .246 .254 .304 .318 .300 .369 .604 .687 77 .376 -10.0 -1.1 .566 .211 .053 .0
1982 34 CHW AL 357 257 42 4.4 98 .383 .287 .264 .331 .328 .392 .402 .723 .730 98 .480 -1.4 -0.1 .652 .213 .105 7.0
9 Seasons 4872 3424 628 4.9 96 .347 .288 .265 .342 .330 .392 .391 .734 .722 104 .556 15.5 1.4 .719 .255 .104 104.5
162 Game Avg. 718 505 93 4.9 96 .347 .288 .265 .342 .330 .392 .391 .734 .722 104 .556 2 0 .719 .255 .104 15
DET (6 yrs) 3559 2477 478 5.2 97 .353 .297 .266 .348 .332 .406 .393 .754 .725 108 .576 29.6 2.9 .729 .246 .109 86.9
CHW (2 yrs) 726 534 74 3.7 93 .344 .267 .259 .317 .323 .346 .386 .663 .709 88 .431 -11.5 -1.2 .608 .212 .079 7.5
MON (1 yr) 587 413 76 5.0 95 .310 .257 .267 .337 .329 .363 .387 .700 .716 96 .572 -2.7 -0.3 .805 .374 .106 7.7
AL (8 yrs) 4285 3011 552 4.9 97 .352 .292 .265 .343 .331 .395 .392 .739 .722 105 .553 18.1 1.7 .708 .240 .104 95.4
NL (1 yr) 587 413 76 5.0 95 .310 .257 .267 .337 .329 .363 .387 .700 .716 96 .572 -2.7 -0.3 .805 .374 .106 7.7

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 DET AL 28 as LF 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

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
1974 26 DET AL 272 0.7% 21.3% 4.8% 4.0% 17% 4.46 4.4 127.0 19.5 2.82 72%
1975 27 DET AL 591 1.4% 23.5% 5.6% 4.6% 19% 4.21 4.0 68.8 14.9 1.54 69%
1976 28 DET AL 603 0.7% 18.4% 8.5% 5.8% 20% 2.18 4.9 136.0 13.9 2.35 71%
1977 29 DET AL 698 2.3% 17.3% 5.3% 8.0% 26% 3.27 5.4 40.8 11.4 1.72 74%
1978 30 DET AL 741 1.6% 14.0% 8.8% 6.1% 23% 1.60 6.4 55.5 10.7 1.78 75%
1979 31 DET AL 654 1.4% 14.5% 8.0% 6.3% 23% 1.83 6.3 66.7 10.5 1.72 76%
1980 32 MON NL 587 0.7% 16.9% 10.6% 6.1% 27% 1.60 5.3 130.3 13.4 1.29 71%
1981 33 CHW AL 369 0.0% 19.0% 7.6% 3.8% 17% 2.50 4.8 14.0 2.22 73%
1982 34 CHW AL 357 1.1% 25.5% 6.2% 6.4% 24% 4.14 3.7 83.5 13.4 1.34 67%
9 Seasons 4872 1.2% 18.2% 7.5% 5.9% 22% 2.45 5.0 75.6 12.6 1.75 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
1974 26 DET AL 5 0 44% 113 23 9 72% 21 8 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 10 69% 12 5 7 1 0 1 13 3 10
1975 27 DET AL 11 0 34% 195 28 20 58% 28 20 0 0 0 0 5 2 9 16 69% 35 10 25 2 2 0 21 4 15
1976 28 DET AL 14 0 40% 281 58 20 74% 56 17 2 3 0 0 8 1 9 18 66% 22 10 12 3 3 0 31 4 25
1977 29 DET AL 12 0 35% 283 39 19 67% 37 17 2 2 0 0 9 4 12 21 42% 34 20 13 8 5 3 24 11 12
1978 30 DET AL 12 0 45% 305 68 16 81% 63 16 5 0 0 0 11 8 9 23 71% 39 14 23 5 1 4 29 3 25
1979 31 DET AL 10 0 45% 243 78 14 85% 73 13 5 1 0 0 6 4 9 25 70% 36 13 23 3 0 3 27 6 20
1980 32 MON NL 9 0 47% 183 97 19 84% 80 13 16 5 1 1 10 2 9 31 37% 15 11 4 4 2 2 30 18 12
1981 33 CHW AL 9 0 41% 125 36 11 77% 33 11 3 0 0 0 4 2 7 17 61% 16 7 9 1 0 1 14 2 9
1982 34 CHW AL 7 0 47% 129 28 14 67% 27 14 1 0 0 0 5 4 2 12 71% 9 3 6 6 3 3 16 3 13
9 Seasons 89 0 42% 1857 455 142 76% 418 129 36 12 1 1 60 27 68 173 61% 218 93 122 33 16 17 205 54 141
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
1974 26 DET AL 272 35% 66 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 36 3 8% 21 3 14% 116 11 9% 10 3 30% 11 4 36% 0
1975 27 DET AL 591 34% 142 0 0 0 0 8 0 5 5 3 4 4 1 5 4 80% 93 3 3% 35 12 34% 251 33 13% 14 6 43% 24 13 54% 0
1976 28 DET AL 603 26% 172 1 0 0 0 2.40 4 0 5 3 1 1 3 0 6 5 83% 79 12 15% 36 7 19% 272 38 14% 18 7 39% 22 9 41% 0
1977 29 DET AL 698 42% 212 3 2 1 1 1.65 16 0 3 5 11 8 8 1 3 1 33% 95 11 12% 38 11 29% 277 41 15% 14 9 64% 25 13 52% 0
1978 30 DET AL 741 46% 198 0 0 0 0 12 0 14 4 8 5 7 0 1 1 100% 143 11 8% 72 20 28% 406 52 13% 45 22 49% 36 11 31% 0
1979 31 DET AL 654 38% 180 1 1 0 0 0.39 9 0 16 4 5 7 2 0 1 0 0% 120 16 13% 51 10 20% 346 50 14% 16 10 63% 27 11 41% 0
1980 32 MON NL 587 22% 134 1 1 0 1 2.55 4 0 10 4 0 1 3 0 2 2 100% 61 4 7% 30 7 23% 241 37 15% 18 8 44% 27 14 52% 0
1981 33 CHW AL 369 23% 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 60 9 15% 25 8 32% 172 26 15% 12 10 83% 11 4 36% 0
1982 34 CHW AL 356 37% 96 5 1 0 0 0.80 4 1 7 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 0% 55 4 7% 19 1 5% 168 21 13% 14 5 36% 16 6 38% 1
9 Seasons 4871 34% 1283 11 5 1 2 1.30 59 1 68 29 30 31 28 2 20 14 70% 742 73 10% 327 79 24% 2249 309 14% 161 80 50% 199 85 43% 1
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
1974 26 59 272 254 37 66 8 1 2 13 23 9 13 58 .260 .301 .323 .624 79 82 3 3 0 2 0
1975 27 195 863 804 103 208 21 7 10 50 51 29 46 197 .259 .302 .340 .641 80 273 6 5 4 4 1
1976 28 330 1466 1348 196 380 44 15 14 89 109 49 97 308 .282 .332 .368 .700 99 496 18 7 9 5 3
1977 29 484 2164 2000 296 592 74 25 30 146 148 68 134 429 .296 .342 .403 .745 107 806 29 11 10 9 4
1978 30 639 2905 2666 422 790 104 28 42 208 216 84 199 533 .296 .347 .404 .751 109 1076 40 15 11 14 11
1979 31 787 3559 3266 532 970 126 38 51 265 294 98 251 628 .297 .348 .406 .754 108 1325 56 15 11 16 13
1980 32 926 4146 3787 627 1104 147 49 55 304 391 117 313 727 .292 .347 .400 .747 106 1514 60 16 13 17 14
1981 33 1008 4515 4124 673 1187 157 53 55 328 427 128 341 797 .288 .343 .392 .735 104 1615 69 17 14 19 14
1982 34 1099 4872 4458 731 1283 172 57 59 353 455 142 363 888 .288 .342 .392 .734 104 1746 73 17 14 20 15

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
1974 26 59 280 261 42 73 9 1 2 15 25 14 58 .280 .321 .345 .666 29 59
1975 27 137 596 558 70 147 13 6 8 39 29 34 140 .263 .307 .351 .658 60 136
1976 28 136 626 566 107 192 26 9 4 45 65 57 112 .339 .401 .438 .839 100 135
1977 29 154 692 648 99 208 29 10 16 57 38 36 121 .321 .358 .471 .829 109 154
1978 30 155 767 686 137 218 33 3 13 67 75 72 104 .318 .383 .431 .815 114 155
1979 31 149 663 608 109 185 23 10 9 56 80 53 96 .304 .359 .419 .778 93 148
1980 32 139 620 545 103 158 25 13 5 42 114 73 99 .290 .374 .411 .785 83 139
1981 33 124 581 528 82 143 17 7 0 43 62 48 106 .271 .332 .330 .662 58 82
1982 34 91 359 336 61 98 15 4 4 27 29 22 91 .292 .334 .396 .730 45 91
9 Seasons 1144 5184 4736 810 1422 190 63 61 391 517 409 927 .300 .357 .406 .762 691 1099
162 Game Avg. 162 734 671 115 201 27 9 9 55 73 58 131 .300 .357 .406 .762 98 1099

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1976 (LF)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1976-AL-23-2%
1977-AL-20-2%
1978-AL-16-5%
1980-NL-22-0%
0.09 Career Shares (918th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1976 AL--.316--5th
1977 AL--.325--5th
1978 AL--.297--9th

On-Base% s c a p y
1976 AL--.376--7th

At Bats s c a p y
1977 AL--652--2nd
1978 AL--666--2nd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1977 AL--698--4th
1978 AL--741--2nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1976 AL--93--5th
1977 AL--100--9th
1978 AL--126--1st
1979 AL--110--7th
1980 NL--95--5th

Hits s c a p y
1976 AL--172--10th
1977 AL--212--2nd
1978 AL--198--2nd
1979 AL--180--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
1977 AL--310--5th
1978 AL--270--9th

Triples s c a p y
1975 AL--6--9th
1976 AL--8--6th
1977 AL--10--8th
1979 AL--10--5th
1980 NL--11--3rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1975 AL--139--2nd
1976 AL--111--6th
1977 AL--121--4th
1978 AL--104--9th
1980 NL--99--7th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1975 AL--28--10th
1976 AL--58--2nd
1977 AL--39--5th
1978 AL--68--1st
1979 AL--78--2nd
1980 NL--97--1st
1981 AL--36--3rd
1982 AL--28--10th
Career--455--48th

Singles s c a p y
1976 AL--137--4th
1977 AL--156--2nd
1978 AL--153--1st
1979 AL--139--3rd

Runs Created s c a p y
1977 AL--110--10th
1978 AL--105--2nd

Times On Base s c a p y
1977 AL--253--8th
1978 AL--267--2nd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 AL--7--10th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1975 AL--20--2nd
1976 AL--20--3rd
1977 AL--19--2nd
1978 AL--16--5th
1979 AL--14--4th
1980 NL--19--3rd
1981 AL--11--4th
1982 AL--14--4th
Career--142--28th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1977 AL--22.7--6th
1978 AL--20.4--4th
1979 AL--16.1--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1977 AL--475--9th
1978 AL--501--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 7 (266), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 50 (396), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 32 (566), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (678), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Mookie Wilson (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mookie Wilson (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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