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Max León

Maximino (Molino) Leon

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 145 lb.

Born: February 4, 1950 in Acula, Veracruz, Mexico
Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1973
Team: Braves 1973-1978

Final Game: September 10, 1978
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Standard Pitching

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
1973 23 ATL NL 2 2 .500 5.33 12 1 2 1 0 0 27.0 30 18 16 6 9 1 18 3 0 1 123 75 1.444 10.0 2.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1974 24 ATL NL 4 7 .364 2.64 34 2 15 1 1 3 75.0 68 22 22 5 14 3 38 1 1 2 298 144 1.093 8.2 0.6 1.7 4.6 2.71
1975 25 ATL NL 2 1 .667 4.13 50 1 20 0 0 6 85.0 90 52 39 5 33 8 53 7 0 2 381 92 1.447 9.5 0.5 3.5 5.6 1.61
1976 26 ATL NL 2 4 .333 2.75 30 0 15 0 0 3 36.0 32 15 11 2 15 3 16 2 0 0 156 139 1.306 8.0 0.5 3.8 4.0 1.07
1977 27 ATL NL 4 4 .500 3.97 31 9 11 0 0 1 81.2 89 42 36 9 25 2 44 9 1 1 359 113 1.396 9.8 1.0 2.8 4.8 1.76
1978 28 ATL NL 0 0 6.35 5 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 6 4 4 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 29 68 1.765 9.5 1.6 6.4 1.6 0.25
6 Yrs 14 18 .438 3.71 162 13 64 2 1 13 310.1 315 153 128 28 100 17 170 23 2 6 1346 108 1.337 9.1 0.8 2.9 4.9 1.70
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .438 3.71 63 5 25 1 0 5 121 122 59 50 11 39 7 66 9 1 2 523 108 1.337 9.1 0.8 2.9 4.9 1.70

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1973 23 ATL NL 27.0 12 1 18 6.00 4.07 -0.03 -0.18 103.6 4.05 -6 -0.6 1.2 -0.1 -0.5 -3 .448 .496 $
1974 24 ATL NL 75.0 34 2 22 2.64 4.27 0.40 -0.28 101.8 3.64 8 0.9 1.5 0.1 1.6 15 .526 .506 $
1975 25 ATL NL 85.0 50 1 52 5.51 4.23 -0.52 -0.31 103.4 4.59 -9 -1.0 1.2 -0.2 -0.5 -1 .480 .494 $
1976 26 ATL NL 36.0 30 0 15 3.75 4.12 -0.63 -0.33 108.1 4.77 4 0.4 1.7 0.1 0.8 7 .515 .503 $
1977 27 ATL NL 81.2 31 9 42 4.63 4.37 -0.90 -0.05 115.0 6.00 12 1.3 1.0 -0.1 1.8 20 .542 .508 $
1978 28 ATL NL 5.2 5 0 4 6.35 3.96 -0.43 -0.32 119.5 4.86 -1 -0.1 .2 0.0 0.0 -0 .478 .499 $
6 Seasons 310.1 162 13 153 4.44 4.24 -0.37 -0.23 106.9 4.71 7 0.9 1.3 -0.1 3.2 38 .505 .501 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1973 23 ATL NL 12 119 108 18 30 5 0 6 3 0 9 18 .278 .344 .491 .835 .279 53 3 3 1 2 1 3
1974 24 ATL NL 34 298 281 22 68 12 1 5 6 3 14 38 .242 .280 .345 .626 .265 97 6 1 2 0 3 1
1975 25 ATL NL 50 379 329 52 90 12 1 5 6 1 33 53 .274 .349 .362 .710 .309 119 8 7 8 4 8 8
1976 26 ATL NL 30 156 137 15 32 4 1 2 1 0 15 16 .234 .314 .321 .635 .248 44 2 2 0 2 3 1
1977 27 ATL NL 31 359 318 42 89 15 2 9 9 6 25 44 .280 .347 .425 .772 .300 135 4 9 5 2 2 3
1978 28 ATL NL 5 29 22 4 6 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 .273 .393 .409 .802 .238 9 0 1 1 1 0 1
6 Yrs 162 1340 1195 153 315 48 5 28 25 10 100 170 .264 .330 .382 .712 .285 457 23 23 17 11 17 17
162 Game Avg. 63 521 464 59 122 19 2 11 10 4 39 66 .264 .330 .382 .712 .285 178 9 9 7 4 7 7
MLB Averages .258 .325 .377 .702 .282

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1973 23 ATL NL -3.6 -0.4 123 -0.6 1.7 -2.4 .95 -0.6 -0.0 -4.4 -0.4 0.95 -6.5 5 1 4
1974 24 ATL NL 10.6 1.1 310 0.6 5.7 -5.1 1.08 1.2 -0.6 13.0 1.4 1.08 13.3 10 11 11
1975 25 ATL NL -6.2 -0.6 393 0.5 6.1 -5.6 .94 -0.7 1.1 -11.7 -1.2 0.94 -8.1 18 5 26
1976 26 ATL NL 3.0 0.3 157 -1.2 3.7 -4.8 1.50 0.4 -1.2 -1.4 -0.1 1.50 2.7 13 6 11
1977 27 ATL NL 3.5 0.4 376 -0.4 6.2 -6.6 .97 -0.7 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.97 -4.9 7 2 11
1978 28 ATL NL -0.9 -0.1 30 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .25 -0.1 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.25 -1.4 0 0 5
6 Yrs 6.3 0.7 1389 -1.2 23.4 -24.6 1.03 -0.5 -0.6 -5.8 -0.5 1.03 -4.8 53 25 68

Starting Pitching*

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
1973 23 ATL NL 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 1 100% 62.0 62 62 6 4 0 1 7.0 7.0 9.0
1974 24 ATL NL 34 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 1 1 50% 54.5 78 31 11 5 1 0 3.5 4.5 4.7
1975 25 ATL NL 50 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 49.0 49 49 12 6 0 1 9.0 9.0 6.0
1977 27 ATL NL 31 9 2 2 5 1 0 4 5 .444 1 3 0 0 3 33% 44.3 68 25 12 4 6 1 5.0 4.9 5.3
4 Yrs 127 13 5 3 5 1 0 7 6 .538 1 3 2 1 6 46% 48 78 25 41 19 7 3 5.2 5.4 5.5
MLB Averages .500 54% 51 106 -13 4.2 4.2 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1973 23 ATL NL 12 11 2 1 2 2 0 2 0% 3 1 10 4 40% 5 .948 5 1 4 5 1 4 5 5 6 3 8 1 4.9
1974 24 ATL NL 34 32 15 3 6 4 3 1 75% 5 1 22 7 32% 7 1.076 10 11 11 7 7 18 9 23 25 1 26 6 6.2
1975 25 ATL NL 50 49 20 1 1 9 6 3 67% 11 2 40 12 30% 8 .940 18 5 26 14 4 31 26 23 25 15 26 13 4.8
1976 26 ATL NL 30 30 15 2 4 6 3 3 50% 9 2 34 11 32% 8 1.504 13 6 11 9 7 14 19 11 15 12 15 10 3.6
1977 27 ATL NL 31 22 11 2 2 2 1 1 50% 3 1 14 6 43% 9 .967 7 2 11 3 4 15 7 15 12 2 12 7 4.6
1978 28 ATL NL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 5 1 1 1 1 3.4
6 Yrs 162 149 64 9 15 23 13 10 57% 31 7 120 40 33% 1.029 53 25 68 38 23 87 66 82 84 34 88 38 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1973 23 ATL NL 123 60% 5.0% 15.1% 7.6% 9.2% 37% 1.14 72% 24 3 13%
1974 24 ATL NL 298 59% 1.7% 12.8% 4.7% 6.0% 27% 1.49 80% 42 6 14%
1975 25 ATL NL 381 61% 1.3% 14.0% 8.7% 4.8% 20% 1.25 73% 84 8 10%
1976 26 ATL NL 156 62% 1.3% 10.3% 9.6% 4.5% 22% 1.19 78% 36 2 6%
1977 27 ATL NL 359 57% 2.5% 12.3% 7.0% 7.2% 29% 1.41 74% 56 4 7%
1978 28 ATL NL 29 59% 3.5% 3.5% 13.8% 3.5% 17% 1.00 72% 8 0 0%
6 Yrs 1346 59% 2.1% 12.7% 7.5% 6.0% 26% 1.32 75% 250 23 9%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.1% 8.7% 6.2% 27% 1.09 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1973 23 ATL NL 119 30 6 0 2 3 3 2 4 8 6 0 75% 3 1 0 46 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
1974 24 ATL NL 298 68 5 0 9 4 1 3 2 20 9 1 45% 1 2 0 85 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1975 25 ATL NL 379 90 5 0 13 3 2 4 1 32 17 4 53% 8 2 2 167 6 1 86% 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 2
1976 26 ATL NL 156 32 2 1 12 2 0 2 0 17 7 0 41% 1 0 0 69 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1977 27 ATL NL 359 89 9 0 10 5 4 8 1 19 8 2 42% 3 1 0 134 9 6 60% 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1978 28 ATL NL 29 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 100% 1 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Yrs 1340 315 28 1 47 17 11 20 8 98 49 7 50% 17 6 3 516 25 10 71% 22 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 30 6
MLB Averages 51% 64%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1973 23 2 2 .500 5.33 12 1 2 1 0 0 27.0 30 18 16 6 9 1 18 3 0 1 123 75 1.444 10.0 2.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 75
1974 24 6 9 .400 3.35 46 3 17 2 1 3 102.0 98 40 38 11 23 4 56 4 1 3 421 115 1.186 8.6 1.0 2.0 4.9 2.43 115
1975 25 8 10 .444 3.71 96 4 37 2 1 9 187.0 188 92 77 16 56 12 109 11 1 5 802 103 1.305 9.0 0.8 2.7 5.2 1.95 103
1976 26 10 14 .417 3.55 126 4 52 2 1 12 223.0 220 107 88 18 71 15 125 13 1 5 958 108 1.305 8.9 0.7 2.9 5.0 1.76 108
1977 27 14 18 .438 3.66 157 13 63 2 1 13 304.2 309 149 124 27 96 17 169 22 2 6 1317 109 1.329 9.1 0.8 2.8 5.0 1.76 109
1978 28 14 18 .438 3.71 162 13 64 2 1 13 310.1 315 153 128 28 100 17 170 23 2 6 1346 108 1.337 9.1 0.8 2.9 4.9 1.70 108

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1973 23 1 2 .333 5.33 27.0 30 18 16 6 9 18 3 1.444 10.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 2.0 12
1974 24 5 2 .714 2.79 71.0 69 24 22 5 14 36 1 1.169 8.7 1.8 4.6 2.57 0.6 34
1975 25 4 5 .444 4.34 83.0 91 44 40 5 33 52 7 1.494 9.9 3.6 5.6 1.58 0.5 50
1976 26 2 1 .667 3.09 35.0 33 13 12 2 15 16 2 1.371 8.5 3.9 4.1 1.07 0.5 30
1977 27 5 4 .556 3.51 82.0 83 36 32 8 23 44 8 1.293 9.1 2.5 4.8 1.91 0.9 31
1978 28 0 0 6.00 6.0 6 4 4 1 4 1 1 1.667 9.0 6.0 1.5 0.25 1.5 5
6 Yrs 17 14 .548 3.73 304.0 312 139 126 27 98 167 22 1.349 9.2 4.9 1.70 0.8 162

* 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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1975 NL  7 (6th)
1977 NL  9 (2nd)

                                         

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