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Eddie Leon

Eduardo Antonio Leon

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 11, 1946 in Tucson, AZ
School: University of Arizona
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1968
Teams (by GP): Indians/WhiteSox/Yankees 1968-1975

Final Game: May 4, 1975
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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
1968 21 CLE AL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1969 22 CLE AL 64 236 213 20 51 6 0 3 19 2 2 19 37 .239 .300 .310 .610 69 66 3 0 3 1 3 6
1970 23 CLE AL 152 624 549 58 136 20 4 10 56 1 2 47 89 .248 .308 .353 .661 79 194 11 2 23 3 2 *46/5
1971 24 CLE AL 131 476 429 35 112 12 2 4 35 3 5 34 69 .261 .317 .326 .643 77 140 16 1 12 0 5 46
1972 25 CLE AL 89 251 225 14 45 2 1 4 16 0 2 20 47 .200 .265 .271 .536 58 61 10 1 2 3 1 46
1973 26 CHW AL 127 451 399 37 91 10 3 3 30 1 5 34 103 .228 .291 .291 .582 61 116 10 3 11 4 0 *6/4
1974 27 CHW AL 31 53 46 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 12 .109 .143 .130 .273 -22 6 4 0 4 1 0 6/45D
1975 28 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /6
8 Seasons 601 2092 1862 165 440 51 10 24 159 7 16 156 358 .236 .296 .313 .609 69 583 54 7 55 12 11
162 Game Avg. 162 564 502 44 119 14 3 6 43 2 4 42 96 .236 .296 .313 .609 69 157 15 2 15 3 3
CLE (5 yrs) 442 1588 1417 127 344 40 7 21 126 6 11 120 243 .243 .302 .325 .628 74 461 40 4 40 7 11
CHW (2 yrs) 158 504 445 38 96 11 3 3 33 1 5 36 115 .216 .276 .274 .550 53 122 14 3 15 5 0
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1968 21 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /6
1969 22 CLE AL 236 -9 0 0 0 -6 4 7 -4 -0.5 2 0.2 -0.7 $ 6
1970 23 CLE AL 624 -18 -1 0 -1 5 4 20 8 0.6 4 0.4 0.2 $14,000 *46/5
1971 24 CLE AL 476 -15 -3 1 -3 -5 4 16 -5 -0.9 0 0.0 -0.9 $20,000 46
1972 25 CLE AL 251 -10 -1 -2 -1 0 3 8 -2 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $22,500 46
1973 26 CHW AL 451 -21 1 0 -1 -12 8 15 -11 -1.3 2 0.2 -1.5 $25,000 *6/4
1974 27 CHW AL 53 -7 0 0 -1 0 1 2 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $29,000 6/45D
7 Seasons 2092 -80 -4 -1 -7 -18 24 68 -19 -3.2 0 0.0 -3.2 $110,500
CLE (5 yrs) 1588 -52 -5 -1 -5 -6 15 51 -3 -1.3 3 0.3 -1.6 $56,500
CHW (2 yrs) 504 -28 1 0 -2 -12 9 17 -16 -1.9 -3 -0.3 -1.6 $54,000

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
1968 21 CLE AL 1 1 0 0.0 79 .000 .237 .000 .306 .000 .351 .000 .657 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1969 22 CLE AL 236 171 20 3.2 97 .276 .239 .258 .300 .335 .310 .389 .610 .724 69 .371 -9.1 -1.0 .509 .160 .070 2.4
1970 23 CLE AL 624 452 61 3.6 101 .278 .248 .262 .308 .337 .353 .401 .661 .738 79 .423 -16.9 -1.7 .568 .189 .106 1.8
1971 24 CLE AL 476 350 41 3.2 99 .303 .261 .265 .317 .338 .326 .393 .643 .732 77 .390 -14.6 -1.6 .512 .140 .065 3.4
1972 25 CLE AL 251 197 15 2.0 86 .232 .200 .251 .265 .320 .271 .362 .536 .683 58 .260 -12.4 -1.4 .417 .151 .071 .0
1973 26 CHW AL 451 338 34 2.7 97 .296 .228 .265 .291 .335 .291 .390 .582 .725 61 .296 -21.2 -2.2 .461 .138 .063 1.5
1974 27 CHW AL 53 50 1 0.5 92 .143 .109 .262 .143 .327 .130 .376 .273 .703 -22 .024 -7.4 -0.8 .178 .065 .022
8 Seasons 2092 1559 172 3.0 97 .279 .236 .262 .296 .334 .313 .390 .609 .724 69 .352 -81.7 -8.6 .494 .156 .077 10.8
162 Game Avg. 564 420 46 3.0 97 .279 .236 .262 .296 .334 .313 .390 .609 .724 69 .352 -81.7 -8.6 .494 .156 .077 3
CLE (5 yrs) 1588 1171 137 3.1 98 .278 .243 .261 .302 .335 .325 .391 .628 .725 74 .381 -53.1 -5.6 .516 .164 .083 9.3
CHW (2 yrs) 504 388 35 2.4 97 .280 .216 .265 .276 .334 .274 .388 .550 .722 53 .258 -28.6 -3.0 .427 .130 .058 1.5

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
1968 21 CLE AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1969 22 CLE AL 236 1.3% 15.7% 8.1% 3.8% 18% 1.95 5.8 71.0 11.2 0.98 74%
1970 23 CLE AL 624 1.6% 14.3% 7.5% 5.5% 25% 1.89 6.2 54.9 9.8 1.21 73%
1971 24 CLE AL 476 0.8% 14.5% 7.1% 3.8% 16% 2.03 6.2 107.3 12.3 1.59 75%
1972 25 CLE AL 251 1.6% 18.7% 8.0% 2.8% 16% 2.35 4.8 56.3 14.1 1.49 71%
1973 26 CHW AL 451 0.7% 22.8% 7.5% 3.6% 18% 3.03 3.9 133.0 13.3 1.36 66%
1974 27 CHW AL 53 0.0% 22.6% 3.8% 1.9% 20% 6.00 3.8 15.3 1.31 66%
8 Seasons 2092 1.2% 17.1% 7.5% 4.1% 19% 2.29 5.2 77.6 11.7 1.33 71%
MLB Averages 1.9% 14.3% 8.7% 5.9% 27% 1.65 6.2 45.7 9.1 1.10 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1968 21 CLE AL -0.2 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.00 -0.0 0.0 -0.6 -0.1 1.94 -0.3 0
1969 22 CLE AL -9.1 -1.0 244 -0.3 3.7 -3.9 1.00 -0.6 0.3 2.0 0.2 0.94 -5.3 0
1970 23 CLE AL -16.9 -1.7 630 0.4 10.8 -10.5 1.02 -1.1 1.5 -3.7 -0.4 0.93 -9.7 3.73 0
1971 24 CLE AL -14.6 -1.6 486 -2.5 6.6 -9.1 1.02 -1.7 -0.8 -12.9 -1.3 0.96 -14.8 2.30 3
1972 25 CLE AL -12.4 -1.4 254 -1.3 4.0 -5.3 1.13 -1.4 0.2 -14.0 -1.5 0.94 -12.8 1.48 23
1973 26 CHW AL -21.2 -2.2 464 -1.7 5.9 -7.6 .96 -2.0 0.3 -25.9 -2.6 0.95 -24.8 1.52 2
1974 27 CHW AL -7.4 -0.8 53 -0.8 0.6 -1.4 1.25 -0.8 0.2 -11.0 -1.2 1.13 -8.6 0
1975 28 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Seasons -81.7 -8.6 2132 -6.2 31.6 -37.8 1.02 -7.6 1.6 -66.0 -6.8 0.95 -76.2 1.57 28

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
1968 21 CLE AL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 22 CLE AL 4 0 25% 87 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 52% 13 9 4 3 0 3 7 1 5
1970 23 CLE AL 9 0 27% 241 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 34% 37 29 7 5 2 3 14 5 9
1971 24 CLE AL 8 0 22% 176 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 6 53% 21 12 9 6 3 3 13 4 9
1972 25 CLE AL 1 0 16% 85 0 2 0% 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 35% 12 11 1 2 0 2 3 0 3
1973 26 CHW AL 5 0 27% 165 1 5 17% 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 54% 25 13 12 3 2 1 13 4 9
1974 27 CHW AL 1 0 14% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 28 0 24% 766 7 16 30% 7 13 0 2 0 1 2 1 11 40 46% 111 75 35 19 7 12 50 14 35

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
1968 21 CLE AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 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
1969 22 CLE AL 236 36% 51 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 0 4 3 75% 40 3 8% 15 6 40% 127 19 15% 6 3 50% 6 4 67% 0
1970 23 CLE AL 624 38% 136 0 0 0 0 3.73 10 0 11 8 2 9 1 0 24 23 96% 118 11 9% 75 34 45% 355 49 14% 33 18 55% 24 16 67% 0
1971 24 CLE AL 476 38% 112 3 1 0 0 2.30 4 0 8 3 1 3 1 0 13 12 92% 93 16 17% 50 15 30% 293 33 11% 20 7 35% 16 6 38% 0
1972 25 CLE AL 251 53% 45 23 5 0 3 1.48 4 0 6 3 1 4 0 0 2 2 100% 50 10 20% 30 7 23% 140 12 9% 8 3 38% 9 5 56% 0
1973 26 CHW AL 451 39% 91 2 0 0 0 1.52 3 0 9 0 3 1 2 0 11 11 100% 83 10 12% 50 21 42% 264 32 12% 28 16 57% 21 13 62% 0
1974 27 CHW AL 53 60% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 15 4 27% 6 4 67% 53 3 6% 4 2 50% 4 3 75% 0
8 Seasons 2092 40% 440 28 6 0 3 1.57 24 0 41 16 8 18 6 0 59 55 93% 400 54 14% 227 87 38% 1234 148 12% 99 49 49% 81 47 58% 0
MLB Averages 54% 75% 11% 31% 14% 47% 52%

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
1968 21 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 22 70 237 214 20 51 6 0 3 19 2 2 19 38 .238 .299 .308 .608 69 66 3 0 3 1 3
1970 23 222 861 763 78 187 26 4 13 75 3 4 66 127 .245 .305 .341 .646 76 260 14 2 26 4 5
1971 24 353 1337 1192 113 299 38 6 17 110 6 9 100 196 .251 .309 .336 .645 77 400 30 3 38 4 10
1972 25 442 1588 1417 127 344 40 7 21 126 6 11 120 243 .243 .302 .325 .628 74 461 40 4 40 7 11
1973 26 569 2039 1816 164 435 50 10 24 156 7 16 154 346 .240 .300 .318 .618 71 577 50 7 51 11 11
1974 27 600 2092 1862 165 440 51 10 24 159 7 16 156 358 .236 .296 .313 .609 69 583 54 7 55 12 11
1975 28 601 2092 1862 165 440 51 10 24 159 7 16 156 358 .236 .296 .313 .609 69 583 54 7 55 12 11

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
1968 21 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1969 22 64 236 215 21 53 6 0 3 20 2 20 37 .247 .309 .316 .626 21 64
1970 23 152 604 551 59 138 20 4 10 57 1 48 89 .250 .311 .356 .667 61 152
1971 24 132 470 434 37 115 12 2 4 37 3 35 69 .265 .321 .329 .651 46 131
1972 25 93 269 241 18 53 2 1 5 21 0 24 49 .220 .290 .299 .589 21 89
1973 26 127 443 401 39 93 10 3 3 31 1 35 103 .232 .296 .294 .590 35 127
1974 27 31 49 46 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 2 12 .109 .143 .130 .273 1 31
7 Seasons 605 2072 1889 175 457 51 10 25 169 7 164 360 .242 .303 .319 .622 185 600
162 Game Avg. 162 555 506 47 122 14 3 7 45 2 44 96 .242 .303 .319 .622 50 600

* 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

Strikeouts s c a p y
1973 AL  103 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1970 AL  23 (1st)
1971 AL  12 (9th)
1973 AL  11 (6th)

                           

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