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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
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 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
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
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 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

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

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1992 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

Awards (yr lg award)
1986 ML Hutch Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 AL (29, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1684th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 AL (4, 32%)
1978 AL (7, 1%)
0.33 Career Shares (125th)

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 (239th)

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 (189th)

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 (201st)

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 (201st)

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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 11 (206), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 92 (242), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 39 (339), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (267), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Dock Ellis (938)
  4. Jack Billingham (937)
  5. Mark Buehrle (937)
  6. Don Newcombe (936)
  7. Doc Medich (936)
  8. Tim Hudson (934)
  9. Charlie Leibrandt (934)
  10. Jack McDowell (934)
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  4. Ernie Broglio (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
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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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