Hubert Benjamin Leonard
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.
Born: April 16, 1892 in Birmingham, OH
High School: Fresno (Fresno, CA)
School: Saint Mary's College of California
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Debut: April 12, 1913
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers 1913-1925
Final Game: July 19, 1925
Died: July 11, 1952 in Fresno, CA
Buried: Mountain View Cemetery,in Fresno, CA
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Jay Caton sponsor(s) this page.
I was born and bred in Boston. This little known pitcher holds the all time MLB record for single season ERA (1914 - Boston Red Sox - GO SOX) and a south paw to boot. Here hoping my 1 year old (lefty) grows up to break this one.
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | Awards | |||||||||
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| 1913 | 21 | BOS | AL | 14 | 17 | .452 | 2.39 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 259.1 | 245 | 108 | 69 | 0 | 94 | 144 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1058 | 122 | 1.307 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 1.53 | ||
| 1914 | 22 | BOS | AL | 19 | 5 | .792 | 0.96 | 36 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 224.2 | 139 | 34 | 24 | 3 | 60 | 176 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 842 | 279 | 0.886 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 2.93 | MVP-16 | |
| 1915 | 23 | BOS | AL | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.36 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 183.1 | 130 | 57 | 48 | 3 | 67 | 116 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 705 | 118 | 1.075 | 6.4 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 1.73 | ||
| 1916 | 24 | BOS | AL | 18 | 12 | .600 | 2.36 | 48 | 34 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 274.0 | 244 | 87 | 72 | 6 | 66 | 144 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1060 | 117 | 1.131 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 2.18 | ||
| 1917 | 25 | BOS | AL | 16 | 17 | .485 | 2.17 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 294.1 | 257 | 88 | 71 | 4 | 72 | 144 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1168 | 119 | 1.118 | 7.9 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 2.00 | ||
| 1918 | 26 | BOS | AL | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.72 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 125.2 | 119 | 51 | 38 | 0 | 53 | 10 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 542 | 99 | 1.369 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 0.89 | |
| 1919 | 27 | DET | AL | 14 | 13 | .519 | 2.77 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 217.1 | 212 | 89 | 67 | 7 | 65 | 102 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 908 | 115 | 1.275 | 8.8 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 1.57 | ||
| 1920 | 28 | DET | AL | 10 | 17 | .370 | 4.33 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 191.1 | 192 | 107 | 92 | 8 | 63 | 15 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 779 | 86 | 1.333 | 9.0 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 1.21 | |
| 1921 | 29 | DET | AL | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.75 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 245.0 | 273 | 125 | 102 | 15 | 63 | 20 | 120 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1058 | 113 | 1.371 | 10.0 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 1.90 | |
| 1924 | 32 | DET | AL | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.56 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 51.1 | 68 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 232 | 90 | 1.675 | 11.9 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 1.44 | |
| 1925 | 33 | DET | AL | 11 | 4 | .733 | 4.51 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 125.2 | 143 | 73 | 63 | 7 | 43 | 7 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 555 | 95 | 1.480 | 10.2 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 1.51 | |
| 11 Seasons | 139 | 113 | .552 | 2.76 | 331 | 272 | 47 | 152 | 33 | 13 | 2192.0 | 2022 | 851 | 672 | 54 | 664 | 54 | 1160 | 68 | 3 | 61 | 8907 | 114 | 1.225 | 8.3 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 1.75 | ||||
| 162 Game Avg. | 16 | 13 | .552 | 2.76 | 37 | 31 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 247 | 228 | 96 | 76 | 6 | 75 | 131 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1004 | 114 | 1.225 | 8.3 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 1.75 | |||||
| BOS (6 yrs) | 90 | 64 | .584 | 2.13 | 211 | 160 | 40 | 96 | 25 | 11 | 1361.1 | 1134 | 425 | 322 | 16 | 412 | 10 | 771 | 41 | 3 | 32 | 5375 | 129 | 1.136 | 7.5 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 1.87 | ||||
| DET (5 yrs) | 49 | 49 | .500 | 3.79 | 120 | 112 | 7 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 830.2 | 888 | 426 | 350 | 38 | 252 | 44 | 389 | 27 | 0 | 29 | 3532 | 101 | 1.372 | 9.6 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 1.54 | ||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Series | Rslt | Opp | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||
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| 1915 | 23 | BOS | AL | WS | W | PHI | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.333 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | |
| 1916 | 24 | BOS | AL | WS | W | BRO | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 1.000 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 |
| 2 Seasons (2 Series) | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 0.667 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 2.25 | ||||||
| 2 WS | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 0.667 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 2.25 | ||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | Pos | Awards | |||||
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| 1913 | 21 | BOS | AL | 42 | 95 | 83 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 24 | .181 | .261 | .217 | .478 | 38 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 1914 | 22 | BOS | AL | 36 | 81 | 68 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .147 | .194 | .162 | .356 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | MVP-16 | |||
| 1915 | 23 | BOS | AL | 32 | 66 | 53 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .264 | .381 | .321 | .702 | 113 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 1916 | 24 | BOS | AL | 48 | 95 | 85 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .200 | .253 | .235 | .488 | 46 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 1917 | 25 | BOS | AL | 37 | 113 | 104 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 23 | .087 | .144 | .115 | .260 | -20 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 1918 | 26 | BOS | AL | 16 | 51 | 43 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .186 | .286 | .186 | .472 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 1919 | 27 | DET | AL | 29 | 79 | 71 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .155 | .178 | .155 | .333 | -5 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 1920 | 28 | DET | AL | 28 | 68 | 57 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .211 | .308 | .263 | .571 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 1921 | 29 | DET | AL | 36 | 92 | 82 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .171 | .218 | .183 | .401 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 1924 | 32 | DET | AL | 9 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .211 | .250 | .211 | .461 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | /1 | ||||
| 1925 | 33 | DET | AL | 18 | 53 | 50 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .200 | .231 | .260 | .491 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 11 Seasons | 331 | 814 | 715 | 47 | 124 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 132 | .173 | .237 | .201 | .439 | 26 | 144 | 2 | 39 | ||||||||
| 162 Game Avg. | 162 | 398 | 350 | 23 | 61 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 28 | 65 | .173 | .237 | .201 | .439 | 26 | 70 | 1 | 19 | |||||||||
| BOS (6 yrs) | 211 | 501 | 436 | 29 | 73 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 92 | .167 | .241 | .197 | .438 | 31 | 86 | 2 | 23 | ||||||||
| DET (5 yrs) | 120 | 313 | 279 | 18 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 40 | .183 | .232 | .208 | .440 | 17 | 58 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Series | Opp | Rslt | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||
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| 1915 | 23 | BOS | AL | WS | PHI | W | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | 24 | BOS | AL | WS | BRO | W | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 Seasons (2 Series) | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 WS | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Year | Tm | Lg | Age | Pos | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | lgFld% | lgRF9 | lgRFG | Awards |
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| 1913 | BOS | AL | 21 | P | 42 | 76 | 6 | 62 | 8 | 0 | .895 | 1.62 | .941 | 1.83 | |||||
| 1914 | BOS | AL | 22 | P | 36 | 49 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 1.31 | .935 | 1.74 | MVP-16 | ||||
| 1915 | BOS | AL | 23 | P | 32 | 35 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.03 | .937 | 1.80 | |||||
| 1916 | BOS | AL | 24 | P | 48 | 59 | 7 | 49 | 3 | 1 | .949 | 1.17 | .944 | 1.69 | |||||
| 1917 | BOS | AL | 25 | P | 37 | 66 | 5 | 60 | 1 | 2 | .985 | 1.76 | .945 | 1.83 | |||||
| 1918 | BOS | AL | 26 | P | 16 | 31 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 1.81 | .952 | 1.85 | |||||
| 1919 | DET | AL | 27 | P | 29 | 50 | 7 | 40 | 3 | 1 | .940 | 1.62 | .948 | 1.76 | |||||
| 1920 | DET | AL | 28 | P | 28 | 50 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 0 | .960 | 1.71 | .948 | 1.66 | |||||
| 1921 | DET | AL | 29 | P | 36 | 57 | 4 | 50 | 3 | 1 | .947 | 1.50 | .956 | 1.56 | |||||
| 1924 | DET | AL | 32 | P | 9 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.22 | .958 | 1.32 | |||||
| 1925 | DET | AL | 33 | P | 18 | 23 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.22 | .961 | 1.40 | |||||
| 11 Seasons | P | 331 | 508 | 54 | 426 | 28 | 8 | .945 | 1.45 | .946 | 1.71 | ||||||||
| 11 Seasons | TOT | 331 | 508 | 54 | 426 | 28 | 8 | .945 | 1.45 | .891 | 1.71 | ||||||||
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| Black Ink | Pitching - 8 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 40 |
| Gray Ink | Pitching - 100 (208), Average HOFer ≈ 185 |
| Hall of Fame Monitor | Pitching - 46 (286), Likely HOFer ≈ 100 |
| Hall of Fame Standards | Pitching - 24 (214), Average HOFer ≈ 50 |
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December 18, 1918: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Duffy Lewis and Ernie Shore to the New York Yankees for Ray Caldwell, Frank Gilhooley, Slim Love, Roxy Walters and $15,000.
May 17, 1919: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the New York Yankees for $12,000.
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