Dave Leonhard
David Paul Leonhard
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 22, 1941 in Arlington, VA
School: Johns Hopkins University
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1967
Final Game: September 20, 1972
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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
1967 26 BAL AL 0 0 3.14 3 2 1 0 0 1 14.1 11 5 5 1 6 0 9 1 0 0 62 101 1.186 6.9 0.6 3.8 5.7 1.50
1968 27 BAL AL 7 7 .500 3.13 28 18 5 5 2 1 126.1 95 46 44 10 57 3 61 2 3 2 507 94 1.203 6.8 0.7 4.1 4.3 1.07
1969 28 BAL AL 7 4 .636 2.49 37 3 10 1 1 1 94.0 78 28 26 8 38 8 37 0 0 2 384 144 1.234 7.5 0.8 3.6 3.5 0.97
1970 29 BAL AL 0 0 5.08 23 0 4 0 0 1 28.1 32 18 16 5 18 3 14 0 1 4 132 72 1.765 10.2 1.6 5.7 4.4 0.78
1971 30 BAL AL 2 3 .400 2.83 12 6 2 1 1 1 54.0 51 18 17 5 19 0 18 1 0 1 226 119 1.296 8.5 0.8 3.2 3.0 0.95
1972 31 BAL AL 0 0 4.50 14 0 2 0 0 0 20.0 20 10 10 3 12 0 7 0 0 1 92 69 1.600 9.0 1.4 5.4 3.2 0.58
6 Seasons 16 14 .533 3.15 117 29 24 7 4 5 337.0 287 125 118 32 150 14 146 4 4 10 1403 104 1.297 7.7 0.9 4.0 3.9 0.97
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .533 3.15 54 14 11 3 2 2 157 134 58 55 15 70 7 68 2 2 5 653 104 1.297 7.7 0.9 4.0 3.9 0.97

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
1969 28 BAL AL WS L NYM 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 1.000 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
1971 30 BAL AL WS L PIT 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 1.000 3.0 3.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
2 WS 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 1.000 3.0 3.0 6.0 3.0 0.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 26 BAL AL 3 62 55 5 11 1 0 1 1 0 6 9 .200 .290 .273 .563 .222 15 0 1 0 0 0
1968 27 BAL AL 28 507 439 46 95 17 1 10 3 13 57 61 .216 .307 .328 .635 .229 144 11 2 6 3 3
1969 28 BAL AL 37 384 342 28 78 8 3 8 1 5 38 37 .228 .304 .339 .644 .235 116 10 0 3 1 8
1970 29 BAL AL 23 132 109 18 32 3 2 5 1 1 18 14 .294 .385 .495 .880 .290 54 1 0 2 3 3
1971 30 BAL AL 12 226 202 18 51 4 2 5 2 3 19 18 .252 .318 .366 .685 .256 74 4 1 3 1 0
1972 31 BAL AL 14 92 77 10 20 2 1 3 0 0 12 7 .260 .356 .429 .784 .250 33 0 0 2 1 0
6 Seasons 117 1403 1224 125 287 35 9 32 8 22 150 146 .234 .318 .356 .674 .242 436 26 4 16 9 14
162 Game Avg. 54 653 570 58 134 16 4 15 4 10 70 68 .234 .318 .356 .674 .242 203 12 2 7 4 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1967 26 BAL AL 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 53 61 44 2 0 1 1 2.8 3.0 6.2
1968 27 BAL AL 28 18 6 7 5 0 2 10 8 .556 0 4 5 2 10 56% 53 85 22 11 3 4 9 4.5 3.9 5.9
1969 28 BAL AL 37 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 1 1 1 33% 46 82 24 22 2 0 1 3.3 3.2 5.6
1971 30 BAL AL 12 6 1 3 2 0 1 2 4 .333 1 1 1 1 2 33% 50 79 31 6 1 0 5 2.9 3.0 6.2
4 Seasons 80 29 8 12 9 0 3 14 15 .483 1 6 7 4 14 48% 52 85 22 41 6 5 16 3.9 3.5 5.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1967 26 BAL AL 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 8 1.336 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1968 27 BAL AL 28 10 5 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 0 0% 5 0.927 1 2 6 2 1 7 3 7 7 0 7 0 6.1
1969 28 BAL AL 37 34 10 6 2 2 1 1 50% 5 3 28 5 18% 6 1.047 8 17 9 7 6 21 16 18 28 3 28 2 6.8
1970 29 BAL AL 23 23 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 24 16 67% 7 0.890 5 8 10 2 3 18 13 10 8 10 9 2 3.7
1971 30 BAL AL 12 6 2 1 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 3 2 67% 7 0.879 1 3 2 2 0 4 2 4 4 1 4 0 8.3
1972 31 BAL AL 14 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11 3 27% 7 0.787 3 4 7 2 1 11 8 6 8 6 9 0 4.3
6 Seasons 117 88 24 8 2 7 5 2 71% 12 4 71 26 37% 0.958 19 34 34 16 11 61 42 46 56 20 58 4 5.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1967 26 BAL AL 62 48% 1.6% 14.5% 9.7% 3.2% 18% 1.62 73% 14 0 0%
1968 27 BAL AL 507 50% 2.0% 12.0% 11.2% 5.5% 30% 1.05 73% 99 11 11%
1969 28 BAL AL 384 43% 2.1% 9.6% 9.9% 5.0% 24% 0.92 78% 69 10 14%
1970 29 BAL AL 132 33% 3.8% 10.6% 13.6% 7.6% 31% 0.70 70% 31 1 3%
1971 30 BAL AL 226 49% 2.2% 8.0% 8.4% 4.9% 22% 1.01 80% 36 4 11%
1972 31 BAL AL 92 42% 3.3% 7.6% 13.0% 6.5% 30% 0.51 74% 14 0 0%
6 Seasons 1403 46% 2.3% 10.4% 10.7% 5.4% 27% 0.95 75% 263 26 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1967 26 BAL AL 62 11 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 1 2 20% 0 0 0 24 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 27 BAL AL 507 95 10 0 7 3 7 6 4 22 12 0 55% 4 2 3 181 3 13 19% 3 12 0 1 0 0 8 4 14 0
1969 28 BAL AL 384 78 8 0 8 4 4 3 5 19 5 3 26% 4 2 2 144 1 5 17% 1 3 0 1 0 1 4 0 5 0
1970 29 BAL AL 132 32 5 0 7 4 1 1 4 18 10 3 56% 3 4 1 56 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 14 0
1971 30 BAL AL 226 51 5 0 3 0 5 2 3 7 3 1 43% 0 1 0 80 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1972 31 BAL AL 92 20 3 0 1 0 3 2 1 3 3 0 100% 0 1 1 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Seasons 1403 287 32 0 28 11 21 14 18 74 34 9 46% 11 10 7 529 8 22 27% 7 19 1 2 0 1 14 5 39 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1967 26 0 0 3.14 3 2 1 0 0 1 14.1 11 5 5 1 6 0 9 1 0 0 62 101 1.186 6.9 0.6 3.8 5.7 1.50 101
1968 27 7 7 .500 3.14 31 20 6 5 2 2 140.2 106 51 49 11 63 3 70 3 3 2 569 95 1.201 6.8 0.7 4.0 4.5 1.11 95
1969 28 14 11 .560 2.88 68 23 16 6 3 3 234.2 184 79 75 19 101 11 107 3 3 4 953 112 1.214 7.1 0.7 3.9 4.1 1.06 112
1970 29 14 11 .560 3.11 91 23 20 6 3 4 263.0 216 97 91 24 119 14 121 3 4 8 1085 105 1.274 7.4 0.8 4.1 4.1 1.02 105
1971 30 16 14 .533 3.07 103 29 22 7 4 5 317.0 267 115 108 29 138 14 139 4 4 9 1311 107 1.278 7.6 0.8 3.9 3.9 1.01 107
1972 31 16 14 .533 3.15 117 29 24 7 4 5 337.0 287 125 118 32 150 14 146 4 4 10 1403 104 1.297 7.7 0.9 4.0 3.9 0.97 104

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1967 26 0 1 .000 3.86 14.0 12 7 6 1 7 9 1 1.357 7.7 4.5 5.8 1.29 0.6 3
1968 27 5 7 .417 4.70 111.0 108 64 58 11 65 54 2 1.559 8.8 5.3 4.4 0.83 0.9 28
1969 28 6 3 .667 2.86 88.0 81 31 28 8 39 35 0 1.364 8.3 4.0 3.6 0.90 0.8 37
1970 29 1 1 .500 5.88 26.0 34 19 17 5 19 13 0 2.038 11.8 6.6 4.5 0.68 1.7 23
1971 30 3 2 .600 3.60 50.0 56 22 20 5 21 17 1 1.540 10.1 3.8 3.1 0.81 0.9 12
1972 31 1 1 .500 6.63 19.0 24 16 14 4 14 7 0 2.000 11.4 6.6 3.3 0.50 1.9 14
6 Seasons 16 15 .516 4.18 308.0 315 159 143 34 165 135 4 1.558 9.2 3.9 0.82 1.0 117

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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