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Frank Leja

Frank John Leja

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Runner and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 7, 1936 in Holyoke, MA
High School: Holyoke (Holyoke, MA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1954
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Angels 1954-1962

Final Game: April 29, 1962
Died: May 3, 1991 in Boston, MA
Buried: Greenlawn Cemetery, Nahant, MA
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Standard Batting

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
1954 18 NYY AL 12 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 12 1 0 0 0 0 /3
1955 19 NYY AL 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1962 26 LAA AL 7 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .059 .000 .059 -82 0 1 0 1 0 0 /3
3 Seasons 26 25 23 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .043 .083 .043 .127 -64 1 1 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 156 143 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 50 .043 .083 .043 .127 -64 6 6 0 6 0
NYY (2 yrs) 19 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 0 0 0
LAA (1 yr) 7 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .059 .000 .059 -82 0 1 0 1 0 0

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
1954 18 NYY AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /3
1955 19 NYY AL 2 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /3
1962 26 LAA AL 18 -4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ /3
3 Seasons 25 -6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -7 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $
NYY (2 yrs) 7 -2 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
LAA (1 yr) 18 -4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $

Advanced Batting

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
1954 18 NYY AL 5 4 0 0.0 96 .250 .200 .262 .200 .337 .200 .383 .400 .720 12 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1955 19 NYY AL 2 2 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .265 .000 .344 .000 .395 .000 .740 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1962 26 LAA AL 18 18 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .260 .059 .331 .000 .404 .059 .736 -82 .000 -4.1 -0.4 .059 .063 .000
3 Seasons 25 24 0 0.0 99 .067 .043 .260 .083 .333 .043 .399 .127 .732 -64 .000 -5.3 -0.5 .087 .043 .000
162 Game Avg. 156 150 0 0.0 99 .067 .043 .260 .083 .333 .043 .399 .127 .732 -64 .000 -5.3 -0.5 .087 .043 .000
NYY (2 yrs) 7 6 0 0.0 98 .200 .143 .263 .143 .339 .143 .386 .286 .725 -21 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
LAA (1 yr) 18 18 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .260 .059 .331 .000 .404 .059 .736 -82 .000 -4.1 -0.4 .059 .063 .000

Ratio Batting*

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
1954 18 NYY AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 0.00 80%
1955 19 NYY AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 0.00 50%
1962 26 LAA AL 18 0.0% 33.3% 5.6% 0.0% 6.00 2.7 0.71 56%
3 Seasons 25 0.0% 32.0% 4.0% 0.0% 0% 8.00 2.9 0.45 60%
MLB Averages 2.3% 12.8% 9.0% 6.6% 29% 1.42 6.9 37.9 8.2 1.00 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 18 NYY AL -0.6 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .59 -0.0 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 0.87 -0.7 0.95 3
1955 19 NYY AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .10 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.86 -0.6 0.12 1
1962 26 LAA AL -4.1 -0.4 18 -0.3 0.0 -0.4 .92 -0.4 0.1 -3.5 -0.4 0.82 -4.6 1.43 2
3 Seasons -5.3 -0.5 25 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 .79 -0.5 -0.0 -4.9 -0.5 0.84 -5.9 0.97 6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1954 18 NYY AL 0 0 200% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1955 19 NYY AL 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1962 26 LAA AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 0 0 150% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 60% 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 2

Situational Hitting*

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
1954 18 NYY AL 5 80% 1 3 0 0 0 0.95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1955 19 NYY AL 2 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 26 LAA AL 18 100% 0 2 0 0 0 1.43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 25 96% 1 6 0 0 0 0.97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 9 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 49% 77% 11% 31% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1954 18 12 5 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 12 1 0 0 0 0
1955 19 19 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 0 0 0
1956 20 19 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 0 0 0
1957 21 19 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 0 0 0
1958 22 19 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 0 0 0
1959 23 19 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 0 0 0
1960 24 19 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 25 19 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 26 26 25 23 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .043 .083 .043 .127 -64 1 1 0 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1954 18 13 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
1955 19 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1962 26 7 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 7
3 Seasons 27 24 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .042 .000 .042 0 26
162 Game Avg. 162 144 138 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 48 .000 .042 .000 .042 0 26

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1954 AL  born 1936-02-07 (2nd)

                                         

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