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 (Tucson, AZ)
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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1968	CLE	AL	21	SS	6	0	0	13.0	8	3	5	0	3	1.000	0	9	5.54	1.33	.962	4.78	4.77
1969	CLE	AL	22	SS	64	64	58	558.0	314	114	185	15	43	.952	-6	-13	4.82	4.67	.966	4.96	4.96
1970	CLE	AL	23	2B	141	139	119	1190.2	733	342	378	13	102	.982	7	7	5.44	5.11	.979	5.35	5.32
1970	CLE	AL	23	SS	23	12	10	123.1	71	26	40	5	10	.930	-3	-25	4.82	2.87	.967	4.93	4.91
1970	CLE	AL	23	3B	1	0	0	1.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	270	6.75	1.00	.950	2.70	3.10
1971	CLE	AL	24	2B	107	106	90	900.0	515	235	271	9	71	.983	-3	-4	5.06	4.73	.980	5.31	5.28
1971	CLE	AL	24	SS	24	17	12	143.0	93	36	54	3	13	.968	-2	-16	5.66	3.75	.965	4.90	4.88
1972	CLE	AL	25	2B	36	26	23	244.1	136	51	84	1	17	.993	2	8	4.97	3.75	.977	5.17	5.14
1972	CLE	AL	25	SS	35	28	21	257.0	152	52	95	5	22	.967	-1	-7	5.15	4.20	.967	4.99	4.97
1973	CHW	AL	26	SS	122	119	110	1052.2	597	198	382	17	78	.972	-14	-16	4.96	4.75	.963	5.10	5.07
1973	CHW	AL	26	2B	3	3	3	26.0	14	4	10	0	2	1.000	1	60	4.85	4.67	.980	5.43	5.40
1974	CHW	AL	27	SS	21	6	5	86.2	52	17	33	2	8	.962	0	0	5.19	2.38	.965	4.98	4.96
1974	CHW	AL	27	2B	7	6	4	41.1	35	20	14	1	10	.971	-0	-3	7.40	4.86	.975	5.36	5.34
1974	CHW	AL	27	3B	2	0	0	8.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0	14	2.16	1.00	.955	3.13	3.10
1974	CHW	AL	27	DH	1	1
1975	NYY	AL	28	SS	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		4.50	4.80
	8 Seasons			SS	296	246	216	2234.2	1287	446	794	47	177	.963	-25	-14	4.99	4.19	.965	5.02	4.99
	5 Seasons			2B	294	280	239	2402.1	1433	652	757	24	202	.983	7	3	5.28	4.79	.979	5.32	5.28
	2 Seasons			3B	3	0	0	9.2	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0	50	2.79	1.00	.953	3.07	3.10
	8 Seasons			TOT	593	526	455	4646.2	2723	1098	1554	71	379	.974	-18	-5	5.14	4.47	.972	5.17	5.13

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1968	CLE	AL	21	SS	0	9	0	0	0	0
1969	CLE	AL	22	SS	-6	-13	-8	-5	-2	2
1970	CLE	AL	23	2B	7	7	4	7	-3	3
1970	CLE	AL	23	SS	-3	-25	-3	-2	-1	0
1970	CLE	AL	23	3B	0	270	0	0	0	0
1971	CLE	AL	24	2B	-3	-4	-4	-5	1	1
1971	CLE	AL	24	SS	-2	-16	-2	-0	-2	0
1972	CLE	AL	25	2B	2	8	3	1	2	-1
1972	CLE	AL	25	SS	-1	-7	-1	-4	2	0
1973	CHW	AL	26	SS	-14	-16	-12	-5	-7	-2
1973	CHW	AL	26	2B	1	60	1	1	0	0
1974	CHW	AL	27	SS	0	0	0	-1	1	0
1974	CHW	AL	27	2B	-0	-3	-1	-1	-0	1
1974	CHW	AL	27	3B	0	14	0	0	0	0
1975	NYY	AL	28	SS	0	0	0	0	0
	8 Seasons			SS	-25	-14	-25	-17	-8	0
	5 Seasons			2B	7	3	3	3	-0	4
	2 Seasons			3B	0	50	0	0	0	0
	8 Seasons			TOT	-18	-5	-22	-14	-8	4

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	DH	PH	PR
1968	CLE	AL	21	6	0	6	6	0	0	6	0	0	3
1969	CLE	AL	22	64	64	64	64	0	0	64	0	0	0
1970	CLE	AL	23	152	151	152	152	141	1	23	0	1	0
1971	CLE	AL	24	131	123	131	128	109	0	22	0	4	1
1972	CLE	AL	25	89	54	89	69	39	0	35	0	27	0
1973	CHW	AL	26	127	122	127	125	3	0	122	0	2	1
1974	CHW	AL	27	31	13	31	30	7	2	21	1	0	1
1975	NYY	AL	28	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
	8 Seasons			601	527	601	575	299	3	294	1	34	6

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1968	CLE	AL	21	57	67%	65%	18%	4	100%	0	3	0	1	2	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
1969	CLE	AL	22	2399	67%	77%	23%	246	88%	0	109	54	41	14	185	136	43	0	6	15	1	14	0	12	44	23	4	11	1	2	43	27	14	1	0	0
1970	CLE	AL	23	522	63%	75%	26%	46	87%	1	24	12	10	2	36	27	7	0	0	5	0	4	1	5	10	3	0	3	1	1	9	3	6	1	1	0
1971	CLE	AL	24	616	60%	80%	29%	63	92%	1	29	16	10	3	47	37	7	0	1	3	0	1	2	2	11	5	1	2	0	1	9	6	3	2	2	0
1972	CLE	AL	25	1097	62%	78%	29%	108	94%	2	56	24	27	5	88	70	13	0	1	5	0	5	0	3	20	5	3	8	1	0	18	9	9	1	1	0
1973	CHW	AL	26	4569	68%	81%	27%	469	91%	5	198	78	97	23	381	285	83	1	3	17	0	15	2	16	78	27	6	24	4	4	69	34	32	6	2	4
1974	CHW	AL	27	366	76%	76%	25%	48	85%	0	18	11	7	0	33	19	13	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	8	6	0	2	0	0	8	6	2	0	0	0
1975	NYY	AL	28	4	75%	50%	0%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	8 Seasons			9630	66%	79%	26%	984	90%	9	437	195	193	49	775	576	168	1	11	47	1	41	5	40	174	71	14	50	7	8	158	87	66	11	6	4
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	28%		91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1970	CLE	AL	23	5125	68%	75%	25%	441	94%	1	350	106	174	70	380	318	52	1	6	13	1	9	3	8	106	28	29	31	6	98	36	61	5	1	4
1971	CLE	AL	24	3939	62%	75%	25%	315	95%	2	235	79	114	43	272	232	34	0	6	9	1	5	3	5	75	19	25	20	2	71	22	45	3	0	3
1972	CLE	AL	25	1009	62%	80%	29%	80	99%	0	53	11	32	10	87	78	4	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	16	5	5	2	2	15	4	11	1	0	1
1973	CHW	AL	26	108	89%	75%	35%	11	100%	0	4	2	1	1	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
1974	CHW	AL	27	170	68%	75%	26%	11	91%	0	19	5	11	3	14	13	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	10	7	2	1	0	10	1	9	0	0	0
	5 Seasons			10351	65%	76%	26%	858	95%	3	661	203	332	127	763	650	92	1	16	24	2	16	6	14	209	60	61	55	10	196	64	127	9	1	8
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	28%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1970	CLE	AL	23	5	100%	20%	20%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	CHW	AL	27	42	81%	64%	17%	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2 Seasons			47	83%	60%	17%	3	100%	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	28%		89%																								66%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1970 AL 141 (5th)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1970 AL 342 (4th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1970 AL 378 (5th)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1970 AL 13 (5th)
Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y 1970 AL 5.44 (5th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1973 AL .972 (2nd)

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