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

Born: May 8, 1951 in Brooklyn, NY
Schools: 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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1974 23 KCR AL 0 4 .000 5.32 5 4 0 0 0 0 22.0 28 15 13 0 12 0 8 3 0 0 105 72 1.818 11.5 0.0 4.9 3.3 0.67
1975 24 KCR AL 15 7 .682 3.77 32 30 1 8 0 0 212.1 212 98 89 18 90 4 146 9 0 4 916 102 1.422 9.0 0.8 3.8 6.2 1.62
1976 25 KCR AL 17 10 .630 3.51 35 34 0 16 2 0 259.0 247 113 101 16 70 5 150 11 1 7 1072 100 1.224 8.6 0.6 2.4 5.2 2.14
1977 26 KCR AL 20 12 .625 3.04 38 37 1 21 5 1 292.2 246 117 99 18 79 0 244 8 2 14 1186 134 1.110 7.6 0.6 2.4 7.5 3.09 CYA-4,MVP-29
1978 27 KCR AL 21 17 .553 3.33 40 40 0 20 4 0 294.2 283 125 109 27 78 7 183 9 0 12 1218 116 1.225 8.6 0.8 2.4 5.6 2.35 CYA-7
1979 28 KCR AL 14 12 .538 4.08 32 32 0 12 5 0 236.0 226 117 107 33 56 3 126 2 0 8 966 105 1.195 8.6 1.3 2.1 4.8 2.25
1980 29 KCR AL 20 11 .645 3.79 38 38 0 9 3 0 280.1 271 127 118 30 80 5 155 1 1 12 1172 107 1.252 8.7 1.0 2.6 5.0 1.94
1981 30 KCR AL 13 11 .542 2.99 26 26 0 9 2 0 201.2 202 79 67 15 41 5 107 3 1 5 837 120 1.205 9.0 0.7 1.8 4.8 2.61
1982 31 KCR AL 10 6 .625 5.10 21 21 0 2 0 0 130.2 145 82 74 20 46 3 58 2 0 4 579 80 1.462 10.0 1.4 3.2 4.0 1.26
1983 32 KCR AL 6 3 .667 3.71 10 10 0 1 0 0 63.0 69 29 26 3 19 1 31 0 0 1 270 110 1.397 9.9 0.4 2.7 4.4 1.63
1985 34 KCR AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
1986 35 KCR AL 8 13 .381 4.44 33 30 0 5 2 0 192.2 207 106 95 22 51 6 114 4 1 6 821 95 1.339 9.7 1.0 2.4 5.3 2.24
12 Seasons 144 106 .576 3.70 312 302 3 103 23 1 2187.0 2137 1008 898 202 622 39 1323 52 6 73 9149 107 1.262 8.8 0.8 2.6 5.4 2.13
162 Game Avg. 16 12 .576 3.70 35 33 0 11 3 0 242 237 112 99 22 69 4 147 6 1 8 1013 107 1.262 8.8 0.8 2.6 5.4 2.13

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1976 25 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 19.29 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.1 9 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 4.714 34.7 0.0 7.7 0.0 0.00
1977 26 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 1 1 .500 3.00 2 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 4 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 34 0.778 5.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 2.00
1978 27 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 0 2 .000 3.75 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.0 13 5 5 2 2 0 11 0 0 1 51 1.250 9.8 1.5 1.5 8.3 5.50
1980 29 KCR AL ALCS W NYY 1 0 1.000 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 2 2 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 31 1.000 7.9 1.1 1.1 9.0 8.00
1980 29 KCR AL WS L PHI 1 1 .500 6.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 15 9 8 1 2 0 5 1 0 1 47 1.594 12.7 0.8 1.7 4.2 2.50
1981 30 KCR AL ALDS L OAK 0 1 .000 1.12 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 4 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 32 1.000 7.9 2.3 1.1 3.4 3.00
5 Seasons (6 Series) 3 5 .375 4.32 10 9 0 2 0 0 50.0 56 29 24 6 10 0 31 1 0 2 211 1.320 10.1 1.1 1.8 5.6 3.10
4 ALCS 2 3 .400 4.31 7 6 0 2 0 0 31.1 34 16 15 3 7 0 23 0 0 1 132 1.309 9.8 0.9 2.0 6.6 3.29
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 1.12 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 4 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 32 1.000 7.9 2.3 1.1 3.4 3.00
1 WS 1 1 .500 6.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 15 9 8 1 2 0 5 1 0 1 47 1.594 12.7 0.8 1.7 4.2 2.50
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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
1976 25 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 26 KCR AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D CYA-4,MVP-29
12 Seasons 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 KCR AL 23 P 5 4 22.0 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.09 2.00 .940 1.80 0.82
1975 KCR AL 24 P 32 30 212.1 44 14 28 2 4 .955 0.0 0.0 1.78 1.31 .939 1.87 0.85
1976 KCR AL 25 P 35 34 259.0 40 11 23 6 2 .850 0.0 0.0 1.18 0.97 .955 1.87 0.85
1977 KCR AL 26 P 38 37 292.2 54 21 29 4 2 .926 0.0 0.0 1.54 1.32 .950 1.95 0.84 CYA-4,MVP-29
1977 KCR AL 26 DH 1 0.0 CYA-4,MVP-29
1978 KCR AL 27 P 40 40 294.2 60 16 43 1 2 .983 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.94 1.59 .948 1.92 0.81
1980 KCR AL 29 P 38 38 280.1 51 9 41 1 4 .980 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.96 1.69 .961 1.98 0.81
1982 KCR AL 31 P 21 21 130.2 37 16 18 3 2 .919 0.0 0.0 2.34 1.62 .959 1.80 0.73
1983 KCR AL 32 P 10 10 63.0 15 2 11 2 2 .867 0.0 0.0 1.86 1.30 .960 1.80 0.73
1985 KCR AL 34 P 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 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 0.0 0.0 1.87 1.21 .959 1.83 0.68
12 Seasons P 312 302 2187.0 451 135 292 24 28 .947 0.0 0.0 1.76 1.37 .953 1.89 0.80
1 Season DH 1 0.0
12 Seasons TOT 312 302 2187.0 451 135 292 24 28 .947 0.0 0.0 1.76 1.37 .900 1.89 0.80

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1986-ML-Hutch Award

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1977-AL-29-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1977-AL--4--32%
1978-AL--7--1%
0.33 Career Shares (122nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1977 AL--3.044--6th

Wins s c a p y
1976 AL--17--8th
1977 AL--20--1st
1978 AL--21--3rd
1980 AL--20--4th
1981 AL--13--5th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1975 AL--.682--3rd
1976 AL--.630--9th
1980 AL--.645--9th
Career--.576--196th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1977 AL--1.111--4th
1979 AL--1.195--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL--7.565--6th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL--2.136--6th
1981 AL--1.830--4th
1986 AL--2.382--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 AL--6.188--6th
1976 AL--5.212--9th
1977 AL--7.503--4th
1978 AL--5.589--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1976 AL--259.0--10th
1977 AL--292.7--4th
1978 AL--294.7--2nd
1980 AL--280.3--4th
1981 AL--201.7--1st

Strikeouts s c a p y
1976 AL--150--8th
1977 AL--244--2nd
1978 AL--183--3rd
1980 AL--155--4th
1981 AL--107--3rd
Career--1323--229th

Games Started s c a p y
1977 AL--37--5th
1978 AL--40--1st
1980 AL--38--1st
1981 AL--26--1st

Complete Games s c a p y
1977 AL--21--3rd
1978 AL--20--2nd
1981 AL--9--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1977 AL--5--2nd
1978 AL--4--5th
1979 AL--5--1st
1980 AL--3--6th
1981 AL--2--8th
1986 AL--2--9th
Career--23--204th

Home Runs s c a p y
1978 AL--27--3rd
1979 AL--33--2nd
1980 AL--30--1st
1981 AL--15--5th
Career--202--187th

Hits s c a p y
1976 AL--247--9th
1977 AL--246--8th
1978 AL--283--1st
1980 AL--271--5th
1981 AL--202--1st

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1976 AL--2.143--9th
1977 AL--3.089--4th
1978 AL--2.346--5th
1979 AL--2.250--6th
1981 AL--2.610--4th
Career--2.127--196th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL--.554--5th

Losses s c a p y
1978 AL--17--2nd
1981 AL--11--5th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1976 AL--101--6th
1978 AL--109--4th
1980 AL--118--1st
1981 AL--67--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1976 AL--7--9th
1977 AL--14--3rd
1978 AL--12--2nd
1980 AL--12--3rd
Career--73--199th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1975 AL--9--4th
1976 AL--11--2nd
1977 AL--8--7th
1978 AL--9--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1977 AL--1186--4th
1978 AL--1218--1st
1980 AL--1172--2nd
1981 AL--837--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1977 AL--134--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 11 (202), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 92 (241), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 39 (336), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (265), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jack Billingham (937)
  6. Tim Hudson (937)
  7. Don Newcombe (936)
  8. Doc Medich (936)
  9. Charlie Leibrandt (934)
  10. Jack McDowell (934)
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  5. Jack McDowell (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack McDowell (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jack Morris (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jack McDowell (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jack McDowell (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Pat Malone (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Mike Flanagan (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft.

December 22, 1986: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

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Salaries

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1985Kansas City Royals$871,429
1986Kansas City Royals$883,333
Career (may be incomplete)$1,754,762
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