Dennis Leonard
Dennis Patrick Leonard
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 8, 1951 in Brooklyn, NY
School: Iona College
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1974
Final Game: September 27, 1986
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 KCR AL 23 P 5 4 22.0 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 4.09 2.00 .940 1.80 0.82
1975 KCR AL 24 P 32 30 212.1 44 14 28 2 4 .955 1.78 1.31 .939 1.87 0.85
1976 KCR AL 25 P 35 34 259.0 40 11 23 6 2 .850 1.18 0.97 .955 1.87 0.85
1977 KCR AL 26 P 38 37 292.2 54 21 29 4 2 .926 1.54 1.32 .950 1.95 0.84 CYA-4,MVP-29
1977 KCR AL 26 DH 1 CYA-4,MVP-29
1978 KCR AL 27 P 40 40 294.2 60 16 43 1 2 .983 1.80 1.48 .953 1.90 0.85 CYA-7
1979 KCR AL 28 P 32 32 236.0 52 19 32 1 2 .981 1.94 1.59 .948 1.92 0.81
1980 KCR AL 29 P 38 38 280.1 51 9 41 1 4 .980 1.61 1.32 .957 1.85 0.77
1981 KCR AL 30 P 26 26 201.2 44 13 31 0 3 1.000 1.96 1.69 .961 1.98 0.81
1982 KCR AL 31 P 21 21 130.2 37 16 18 3 2 .919 2.34 1.62 .959 1.80 0.73
1983 KCR AL 32 P 10 10 63.0 15 2 11 2 2 .867 1.86 1.30 .960 1.80 0.73
1985 KCR AL 34 P 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
1986 KCR AL 35 P 33 30 192.2 44 11 29 4 4 .909 1.87 1.21 .959 1.83 0.68
12 Seasons P 312 302 2187.0 451 135 292 24 28 .947 1.76 1.37 .953 1.89 0.80
1 Season DH 1
12 Seasons TOT 312 302 2187.0 451 135 292 24 28 .947 1.76 1.37 .900 1.89 0.80

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
1974 KCR AL 23 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 KCR AL 24 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 KCR AL 25 35 0 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 KCR AL 26 39 1 2 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1978 KCR AL 27 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 KCR AL 28 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 KCR AL 29 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 KCR AL 30 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 KCR AL 31 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 KCR AL 32 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 KCR AL 34 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 KCR AL 35 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 313 1 3 312 312 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1974 KCR AL 23 107 79% 26% 8 100% 0 3 1 2 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1975 KCR AL 24 946 74% 22% 31 90% 0 13 2 10 29 20 4 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 3 1 7 86%
1976 KCR AL 25 1130 80% 24% 27 96% 0 11 2 6 26 18 1 6 0 1 5 1 2 1 2 0 5 100%
1977 KCR AL 26 1231 73% 25% 34 85% 1 21 2 15 29 22 1 4 1 3 0 3 2 1 1 1 5 100%
1978 KCR AL 27 1264 79% 24% 48 90% 2 16 1 12 42 31 5 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 6 83%
1979 KCR AL 28 995 82% 27% 34 94% 2 21 1 17 32 23 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 8 75%
1980 KCR AL 29 1212 81% 25% 40 98% 1 9 0 7 41 29 5 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 4 0 11 100%
1981 KCR AL 30 863 83% 24% 33 100% 0 14 1 10 32 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 6 100%
1982 KCR AL 31 601 82% 27% 23 87% 0 16 0 12 19 15 1 3 0 3 0 3 2 1 1 1 5 80%
1983 KCR AL 32 280 82% 26% 14 86% 0 2 0 1 11 8 3 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 2 0 0
1985 KCR AL 34 7 86% 43% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 KCR AL 35 855 80% 29% 32 88% 0 11 2 7 28 19 3 4 0 3 1 2 4 2 3 1 3 67%
12 Seasons 9491 79% 25% 324 92% 6 137 12 99 296 214 32 24 1 16 7 14 28 20 24 4 57 89%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 91% 89%

* 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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