Dave Leonhard

David Paul Leonhard

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 22, 1941 in Arlington, VA
School: Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1967
Team: Orioles 1967-1972

Final Game: September 20, 1972
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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
1963	22	BAL-min	A,Rk	14	22	22		3	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273		3							ABD,APP,BLD · NORL,MIDW,APPY
1964	23	BAL-min	A	26	62	62		8	0	0	0						.129	.129	.129	.258		8							ABD · NORL
1965	24	BAL-min	AA	39	89	85	7	11	0	1	0	9	0	0	4	28	.129	.169	.153	.321		13							ELM · EL
1966	25	BAL-min	AAA	35	55	49	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	15	.122	.140	.122	.262		6		0	5	0			ROC · IL
1967	26	BAL-min	AAA	33	68	61	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	23	.082	.123	.098	.221		6		0	3	1			ROC · IL
1967	26	BAL	AL	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	/1
1968	27	BAL	AL	30	38	31	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	.129	.156	.129	.285	-12	4	0	0	6	0	0	1
1969	28	BAL	AL	38	27	21	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.095	.174	.143	.317	-11	3	2	0	4	0	0	1
1970	29	BAL	AL	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1971	30	BAL-min	AAA	17	37	35	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	14	.086	.111	.086	.197		3		0	1	0			ROC · IL
1971	30	BAL	AL	13	19	18	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.278	.278	.278	.556	59	5	0	0	1	0	0	1
1972	31	BAL	AL	16	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	767	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1973	32	ANA-BAL-min	AAA	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SLC,ROC · PCL,IL
1974	33	ANA-CHC-min	AAA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SLC,WCH · PCL,AA
1975	34	WSN-min	AA																										QUE · EL
1976	35	WSN-min	AA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			QUE · EL
6 Yrs				125	93	77	6	12	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	32	.156	.207	.182	.389	14	14	3	0	11	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	121	100	8	16	3	0	0	3	0	0	6	41	.156	.207	.182	.389	14	18	4	0	14	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1967	26	BAL	AL	3	5	-1	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.463	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1968	27	BAL	AL	30	38	-2	-0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	-0.0	2	$	1
1969	28	BAL	AL	38	27	-3	0	-0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1970	29	BAL	AL	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1971	30	BAL	AL	13	19	-1	-0	0	2	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.506	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1972	31	BAL	AL	16	2	1	-0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.508	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
6 Seasons				125	93	-7	-1	-1	10	2	0.2	3	5	0.2	.502	.500	0.2	-0.1	5	$

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
1967	26	BAL	AL	5	6	0	0.0	84	.000	.000	.243	.000	.312	.000	.365	.000	.677	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1968	27	BAL	AL	38	33	1	0.8	80	.222	.129	.238	.156	.307	.129	.352	.285	.659	-12	.064	-4.3	-0.5	.185	.032	.000
1969	28	BAL	AL	27	25	0	0.0	96	.154	.095	.256	.174	.332	.143	.385	.317	.718	-11	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.238	.143	.048
1970	29	BAL	AL	2	1	0	0.0	98		.000	.259	.500	.334	.000	.395	.500	.728	50	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
1971	30	BAL	AL	19	14	1	1.9	91	.455	.278	.254	.278	.326	.278	.377	.556	.702	59	.206	-1.1	-0.1	.385	.000	.000
1972	31	BAL	AL	2	0	2		85	1.000	1.000	.250	1.000	.319	2.000	.361	3.000	.680	767	.000	1.2	0.1		2.000	1.000
6 Yrs				93	79	4	1.4	88	.267	.156	.247	.207	.320	.182	.369	.389	.688	14	.130	-8.5	-0.9	.279	.091	.026
162 Game Avg.				121	102	5	1.4	88	.267	.156	.247	.207	.320	.182	.369	.389	.688	14	.130	-8.5	-0.9	.279	.091	.026

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
1969	28	BAL	AL	WS	NYM	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1971	30	BAL	AL	WS	PIT	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1967	26	BAL	AL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.7				40%
1968	27	BAL	AL	38	0.0%	34.2%	2.6%	0.0%	0%	13.00	2.4		15.5	2.80	47%
1969	28	BAL	AL	27	0.0%	29.6%	7.4%	3.7%	50%	4.00	2.6			3.00	48%
1970	29	BAL	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%		1.00	1.0				0%
1971	30	BAL	AL	19	0.0%	36.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.6			6.00	58%
1972	31	BAL	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	100%	0.00					50%
6 Yrs				93	0.0%	34.4%	5.4%	2.2%	17%	6.40	2.4		38.5	3.50	48%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.1%	8.5%	5.9%	27%	1.78	5.9	45.4	9.3	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1967	26	BAL	AL	-1.2	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.62	-0.1	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.74	-1.4
1968	27	BAL	AL	-4.3	-0.5	38	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	.80	-0.3	0.1	-1.9	-0.2	1.07	-2.7
1969	28	BAL	AL	-3.2	-0.3	28	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	1.09	-0.3	-0.1	-3.6	-0.4	1.14	-3.2
1970	29	BAL	AL	0.1	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.94	-0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.93	-0.0
1971	30	BAL	AL	-1.1	-0.1	19	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.60	-0.1	-0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.81	-1.2
1972	31	BAL	AL	1.2	0.1	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.31	0.1	0.0	0.8	0.1	0.73	1.1
6 Yrs				-8.6	-0.9	94	-0.7	0.8	-1.5	.83	-0.7	-0.2	-6.8	-0.7	1.01	-7.4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1967	26	BAL	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	27	BAL	AL	3	20%	10	1	0	25%	4	2	1	0	0	0
1969	28	BAL	AL	1	50%	6	0	1	50%	1	1	0	1	0	1
1970	29	BAL	AL	0	100%	4	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0
1971	30	BAL	AL	0	20%	11	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0
1972	31	BAL	AL	0	50%	5	0	0	50%	1	0	1	1	1	0
6 Yrs				4	35%	36	2	1	27%	9	6	2	2	1	1

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
1967	26	BAL	AL	5	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1968	27	BAL	AL	38	37%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	67%	9	0	0%	11	5	45%	29	4	14%	7	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1969	28	BAL	AL	27	52%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	10	2	20%	9	2	22%	26	1	4%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1970	29	BAL	AL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1971	30	BAL	AL	19	42%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1972	31	BAL	AL	2	0%	1			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
6 Yrs				93	39%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	16	11	69%	21	3	14%	22	8	36%	69	5	7%	10	0	0%	5	3	60%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			11%			30%			13%			46%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1967	26	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0
1968	27	33	43	36	1	4	0	2	1	16	.111	.135	.111	.246	-25	4	1	6
1969	28	71	70	57	3	6	1	2	3	24	.105	.150	.123	.273	-19	7	3	10
1970	29	96	72	58	4	6	1	2	4	25	.103	.161	.121	.282	-16	7	3	10
1971	30	109	91	76	5	11	1	2	4	32	.145	.188	.158	.345	2	12	3	11
1972	31	125	93	77	6	12	2	2	5	32	.156	.207	.182	.389	14	14	3	11

Neutralized Batting

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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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1967	26	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1968	27	30	39	32	2	5	0	3	1	13	.156	.182	.156	.338	1	30
1969	28	38	29	22	4	3	2	0	3	8	.136	.240	.227	.467	1	38
1970	29	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	25
1971	30	13	20	19	1	6	0	0	0	7	.316	.316	.316	.632	2	13
1972	31	17	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	16
6 Yrs		126	97	80	9	15	3	3	6	32	.188	.244	.225	.469	6	125
162 Game Avg.		162	125	103	12	19	4	4	8	41	.188	.244	.225	.469	8	125

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