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Leon Roberts

Leon Kauffman Roberts

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 22, 1951 in Vicksburg, MI
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1974
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Tigers/Royals/Astros/Rangers/... 1974-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984
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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
1974 23 DET AL 17 66 63 5 17 3 2 0 7 0 2 3 10 .270 .303 .381 .684 95 24 3 0 0 0 1 9/8
1975 24 DET AL 129 496 447 51 115 17 5 10 38 3 7 36 94 .257 .316 .385 .700 95 172 9 4 5 4 1 *9/D
1976 25 HOU NL 87 260 235 31 68 11 2 7 33 1 0 19 43 .289 .347 .443 .790 133 104 2 3 1 2 1 79
1977 26 HOU NL 19 28 27 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .074 .107 .074 .181 -48 2 1 0 0 0 0 /97
1978 27 SEA AL 134 528 472 78 142 21 7 22 92 6 3 41 52 .301 .364 .515 .879 146 243 7 8 3 4 2 *9/D MVP-33
1979 28 SEA AL 140 518 450 61 122 24 6 15 54 3 3 56 64 .271 .352 .451 .803 114 203 8 2 7 3 6 *97/D
1980 29 SEA AL 119 427 374 48 94 18 3 10 33 8 4 43 59 .251 .325 .396 .721 97 148 12 1 3 6 1 978/D
1981 30 TEX AL 72 266 233 26 65 17 2 4 31 3 4 25 38 .279 .345 .421 .765 126 98 8 1 2 5 2 *97/8
1982 31 TOT AL 71 193 178 13 41 7 0 2 11 1 1 11 30 .230 .276 .303 .579 58 54 7 1 1 2 1 7D9/8
1982 31 TEX AL 31 80 73 7 17 3 0 1 6 0 0 4 14 .233 .278 .315 .594 68 23 4 1 1 1 1 97/8D
1982 31 TOR AL 40 113 105 6 24 4 0 1 5 1 1 7 16 .229 .274 .295 .570 51 31 3 0 0 1 0 D7
1983 32 KCR AL 84 234 213 24 55 7 0 8 24 1 1 17 27 .258 .313 .404 .717 96 86 7 1 1 2 1 79/8D
1984 33 KCR AL 29 50 45 4 10 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 3 .222 .300 .289 .589 65 13 1 1 0 0 0 7/9D1
11 Yrs 901 3066 2737 342 731 126 28 78 328 26 25 256 428 .267 .332 .419 .751 109 1147 65 22 23 28 16
162 Game Avg. 162 551 492 61 131 23 5 14 59 5 4 46 77 .267 .332 .419 .751 109 206 12 4 4 5 3
SEA (3 yrs) 393 1473 1296 187 358 63 16 47 179 17 10 140 175 .276 .349 .458 .807 120 594 27 11 13 13 9
KCR (2 yrs) 113 284 258 28 65 8 1 8 27 1 1 21 30 .252 .311 .384 .695 91 99 8 2 1 2 1
TEX (2 yrs) 103 346 306 33 82 20 2 5 37 3 4 29 52 .268 .329 .395 .725 112 121 12 2 3 6 3
HOU (2 yrs) 106 288 262 32 70 11 2 7 35 1 0 20 51 .267 .324 .405 .729 114 106 3 3 1 2 1
DET (2 yrs) 146 562 510 56 132 20 7 10 45 3 9 39 104 .259 .314 .384 .698 95 196 12 4 5 4 2
TOR (1 yr) 40 113 105 6 24 4 0 1 5 1 1 7 16 .229 .274 .295 .570 51 31 3 0 0 1 0
AL (9 yrs) 795 2778 2475 310 661 115 26 71 293 25 25 236 377 .267 .332 .421 .753 108 1041 62 19 22 26 15
NL (2 yrs) 106 288 262 32 70 11 2 7 35 1 0 20 51 .267 .324 .405 .729 114 106 3 3 1 2 1

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 Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1974 23 DET AL 17 66 -1 -0 -0 -4 -1 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .461 .496 0.0 -0.5 -0 $ 9/8
1975 24 DET AL 129 496 -4 -1 1 9 -6 -1 0.1 16 15 1.5 .499 .499 0.6 0.5 6 $ *9/D
1976 25 HOU NL 87 260 10 -0 1 -5 -3 4 0.4 8 11 1.2 .505 .502 1.7 -0.9 16 $ 79
1977 26 HOU NL 19 28 -5 0 -0 -1 -0 -7 -0.8 1 -6 -0.7 .458 .495 -0.6 -0.2 -5 $ /97
1978 27 SEA AL 134 528 24 2 1 1 -6 22 2.5 17 39 4.1 .518 .515 4.0 -0.4 38 $ *9/D MVP-33
1979 28 SEA AL 140 518 13 -0 1 13 -7 20 2.2 17 37 3.7 .514 .512 2.4 0.8 24 $ *97/D
1980 29 SEA AL 119 427 -3 -0 0 6 -5 -2 -0.1 13 11 1.1 .498 .499 0.5 0.3 5 $ 978/D
1981 30 TEX AL 72 266 8 -2 -1 -1 -3 1 0.2 8 10 1.0 .502 .501 1.1 -0.4 10 $ *97/8
1982 31 TEX AL 31 80 -3 0 -0 0 -2 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .483 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ 97/8D
1982 31 TOR AL 40 113 -6 -1 -0 -1 -3 -11 -1.1 4 -7 -0.8 .471 .493 -0.7 -0.3 -7 $ D7
1983 32 KCR AL 84 234 -2 -1 -0 4 -4 -3 -0.2 7 4 0.4 .496 .498 0.1 0.1 0 $ 79/8D
1984 33 KCR AL 29 50 -2 -0 -0 2 -1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ 7/9D1
11 Seasons 901 3066 29 -4 2 23 -40 11 2.0 96 107 10.9 .501 .501 8.7 -1.2 84 $
SEA (3 yrs) 393 1473 34 1 2 20 -18 40 4.6 47 87 8.9 .511 .509 6.9 0.6 67 $
KCR (2 yrs) 113 284 -4 -1 -1 6 -4 -4 -0.3 9 5 0.5 .496 .499 0.0 0.2 -1 $
TEX (2 yrs) 103 346 5 -2 -1 -1 -5 -4 -0.3 11 7 0.7 .496 .499 0.8 -0.6 8 $
HOU (2 yrs) 106 288 5 0 1 -6 -4 -4 -0.4 8 5 0.5 .496 .499 1.1 -1.1 11 $
DET (2 yrs) 146 562 -5 -1 0 5 -7 -7 -0.6 18 11 1.1 .495 .498 0.6 0.0 6 $
TOR (1 yr) 40 113 -6 -1 -0 -1 -3 -11 -1.1 4 -7 -0.8 .471 .493 -0.7 -0.3 -7 $

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
1974 23 DET AL 66 51 6 3.2 91 .321 .270 .261 .303 .325 .381 .375 .684 .700 95 .380 -0.8 -0.1 .490 .127 .111
1975 24 DET AL 496 357 53 4.0 95 .303 .257 .261 .316 .332 .385 .384 .700 .716 95 .465 -4.0 -0.4 .598 .199 .128 4.6
1976 25 HOU NL 260 172 38 6.0 84 .326 .289 .252 .347 .317 .443 .359 .790 .676 133 .665 9.7 1.0 .751 .238 .153 1.8
1977 26 HOU NL 28 26 0 0.0 95 .105 .074 .258 .107 .324 .074 .394 .181 .718 -48 .000 -5.5 -0.6 .115 .037 .000
1978 27 SEA AL 528 347 90 6.9 93 .299 .301 .260 .364 .325 .515 .383 .879 .708 146 .704 27.8 2.8 .868 .307 .214 9.4
1979 28 SEA AL 518 349 73 5.6 104 .286 .271 .272 .352 .337 .451 .412 .803 .749 114 .577 9.0 0.9 .770 .304 .180 5.0
1980 29 SEA AL 427 305 48 4.2 100 .270 .251 .270 .325 .333 .396 .401 .721 .734 97 .463 -1.3 -0.1 .662 .270 .144 8.9
1981 30 TEX AL 266 187 33 4.8 84 .311 .279 .249 .345 .313 .421 .362 .765 .675 126 .567 9.0 0.9 .683 .245 .142 3.4
1982 31 TOT AL 193 148 14 2.5 101 .264 .230 .267 .276 .331 .303 .407 .579 .739 58 .253 -10.4 -1.0 .455 .135 .073 1.3
1982 31 TEX AL 80 62 6 2.6 93 .271 .233 .257 .278 .320 .315 .392 .594 .712 68 .261 -3.1 -0.3 .467 .137 .082 .0
1982 31 TOR AL 113 86 8 2.5 106 .258 .229 .274 .274 .340 .295 .418 .570 .758 51 .248 -7.4 -0.7 .447 .133 .067 1.0
1983 32 KCR AL 234 169 26 4.1 98 .261 .258 .266 .313 .328 .404 .401 .717 .728 96 .455 -1.4 -0.1 .627 .225 .146 1.8
1984 33 KCR AL 50 36 4 3.0 97 .238 .222 .264 .300 .326 .289 .398 .589 .724 65 .318 -2.2 -0.2 .500 .156 .067
11 Yrs 3066 2147 385 4.8 95 .289 .267 .263 .332 .328 .419 .390 .751 .718 109 .539 29.9 3.0 .680 .246 .152 39.0
162 Game Avg. 551 386 69 4.8 95 .289 .267 .263 .332 .328 .419 .390 .751 .718 109 .539 5 1 .680 .246 .152 7
SEA (3 yrs) 1473 1001 211 5.6 99 .286 .276 .267 .349 .331 .458 .398 .807 .730 120 .598 35.5 3.5 .771 .296 .182 25.0
KCR (2 yrs) 284 205 30 3.9 98 .257 .252 .265 .311 .327 .384 .400 .695 .727 91 .433 -3.7 -0.4 .604 .213 .132 1.8
TEX (2 yrs) 346 249 39 4.2 86 .302 .268 .251 .329 .314 .395 .369 .725 .684 112 .500 5.9 0.6 .629 .219 .127 3.8
HOU (2 yrs) 288 198 38 5.2 85 .306 .267 .253 .324 .318 .405 .363 .729 .680 114 .600 4.2 0.5 .667 .218 .137 1.8
DET (2 yrs) 562 408 59 3.9 95 .305 .259 .261 .314 .331 .384 .383 .698 .714 95 .456 -4.8 -0.5 .584 .190 .125 4.6
TOR (1 yr) 113 86 8 2.5 106 .258 .229 .274 .274 .340 .295 .418 .570 .758 51 .247 -7.4 -0.7 .447 .133 .067 1.0
AL (9 yrs) 2778 1949 347 4.8 96 .287 .267 .264 .332 .329 .421 .393 .753 .722 108 .532 25.6 2.6 .682 .249 .154 37.0
NL (2 yrs) 288 198 38 5.2 85 .306 .267 .253 .324 .318 .405 .363 .729 .680 114 .600 4.2 0.5 .667 .218 .137 1.8

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
1974 23 DET AL 66 0.0% 15.2% 4.6% 7.6% 29% 3.33 6.3 9.0 1.24 80%
1975 24 DET AL 496 2.0% 19.0% 7.3% 6.5% 28% 2.61 4.8 44.7 11.8 1.51 70%
1976 25 HOU NL 260 2.7% 16.5% 7.3% 7.7% 29% 2.26 5.5 33.6 7.1 1.10 72%
1977 26 HOU NL 28 0.0% 28.6% 3.6% 0.0% 0% 8.00 3.4 13.5 2.00 68%
1978 27 SEA AL 528 4.2% 9.9% 7.8% 9.5% 35% 1.27 9.1 21.5 5.1 0.98 76%
1979 28 SEA AL 518 2.9% 12.4% 10.8% 8.7% 37% 1.14 7.0 30.0 8.3 1.41 72%
1980 29 SEA AL 427 2.3% 13.8% 10.1% 7.3% 33% 1.37 6.3 37.4 11.3 1.18 73%
1981 30 TEX AL 266 1.5% 14.3% 9.4% 8.7% 35% 1.52 6.1 58.3 7.5 1.03 74%
1982 31 TOT AL 193 1.0% 15.5% 5.7% 4.7% 22% 2.73 5.9 89.0 16.2 0.92 77%
1982 31 TEX AL 80 1.3% 17.5% 5.0% 5.0% 24% 3.50 5.2 73.0 12.2 0.88 74%
1982 31 TOR AL 113 0.9% 14.2% 6.2% 4.4% 21% 2.29 6.6 105.0 21.0 0.94 79%
1983 32 KCR AL 234 3.4% 11.5% 7.3% 6.4% 27% 1.59 7.9 26.6 8.9 0.93 77%
1984 33 KCR AL 50 0.0% 6.0% 8.0% 4.0% 20% 0.75 15.0 15.0 0.88 84%
11 Yrs 3066 2.5% 14.0% 8.4% 7.6% 32% 1.67 6.4 35.1 8.3 1.16 74%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.0% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.54 6.8 46.1 8.6 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 23 DET AL -0.8 -0.1 70 -0.8 0.9 -1.7 1.02 -0.3 -0.5 -1.4 -0.1 0.98 -1.5 1.71 1
1975 24 DET AL -4.5 -0.5 511 -2.3 6.8 -9.0 .99 -0.9 -1.4 -16.8 -1.7 0.95 -11.0 1.89 4
1976 25 HOU NL 9.7 1.0 269 0.7 5.0 -4.3 1.05 1.3 -0.6 12.2 1.3 1.00 11.8 1.73 26
1977 26 HOU NL -5.5 -0.6 28 -1.0 0.1 -1.0 1.09 -0.6 -0.2 -5.6 -0.6 0.88 -5.5 0.95 10
1978 27 SEA AL 27.2 2.7 541 4.1 13.1 -9.0 1.10 2.4 1.3 31.7 3.2 0.97 27.0 2.18 8
1979 28 SEA AL 9.0 0.9 532 -0.3 9.1 -9.4 1.05 1.0 -1.3 6.3 0.6 0.95 10.3 1.95 12
1980 29 SEA AL -1.3 -0.1 441 -1.6 6.7 -8.3 1.07 -0.9 -0.6 -12.8 -1.3 0.95 -10.0 1.44 12
1981 30 TEX AL 9.0 0.9 275 -0.0 4.1 -4.1 .92 0.2 -0.2 1.8 0.2 0.98 2.3 1.69 4
1982 31 TOT AL -10.7 -1.1 197 -1.5 2.2 -3.7 1.09 -1.1 -0.3 -17.5 -1.7 0.97 -13.6 2.30 15
1982 31 TEX AL -3.2 -0.3 81 -0.8 1.1 -1.9 1.33 -0.4 -0.1 -7.7 -0.8 1.06 -4.7 2.51 6
1982 31 TOR AL -7.5 -0.8 116 -0.8 1.1 -1.9 .92 -0.7 -0.1 -9.8 -0.9 0.91 -8.9 2.15 9
1983 32 KCR AL -1.4 -0.1 239 0.0 4.0 -4.0 .99 0.2 -0.2 -1.5 -0.1 0.95 0.9 1.80 13
1984 33 KCR AL -2.2 -0.2 50 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 1.01 -0.2 -0.0 -3.1 -0.3 0.93 -2.6 1.55 13
11 Yrs 28.5 2.9 3153 -2.9 52.7 -55.5 1.04 1.0 -3.8 -6.6 -0.6 0.96 7.9 1.75 118

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
1974 23 DET AL 1 0 25% 25 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1975 24 DET AL 5 0 28% 175 3 7 30% 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 12 49% 25 15 10 11 2 9 11 7 4
1976 25 HOU NL 4 0 29% 118 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 9 36% 14 10 3 5 3 2 9 4 5
1977 26 HOU NL 0 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 27 SEA AL 1 0 33% 208 6 3 67% 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 11 45% 29 22 7 8 3 5 16 3 12
1979 28 SEA AL 12 0 28% 205 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 6 14 40% 31 23 8 5 1 3 17 7 10
1980 29 SEA AL 3 0 30% 177 8 4 67% 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 7 57% 22 9 13 4 2 2 18 8 10
1981 30 TEX AL 4 0 25% 105 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 6 5 41% 19 12 5 3 1 2 5 1 4
1982 31 TOT AL 3 0 22% 68 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 32% 10 8 2 3 1 1 6 3 3
1982 31 TEX AL 1 0 29% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 25% 5 4 1 0 0 0 3 2 1
1982 31 TOR AL 2 0 17% 35 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 36% 5 4 1 3 1 1 3 1 2
1983 32 KCR AL 2 0 25% 77 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 33% 17 14 3 4 3 1 6 1 5
1984 33 KCR AL 1 0 27% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 36 0 28% 1176 26 25 51% 26 21 0 1 0 3 11 5 39 66 43% 172 117 52 43 16 25 89 34 54

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
1974 23 DET AL 66 50% 17 1 0 0 0 1.71 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 25% 5 1 20% 44 7 16% 5 1 20% 3 1 33% 0
1975 24 DET AL 496 39% 115 4 1 0 1 1.89 10 0 8 7 3 7 3 0 5 5 100% 92 9 10% 41 17 41% 289 29 10% 19 10 53% 15 9 60% 0
1976 25 HOU NL 260 60% 68 26 7 1 3 1.73 7 0 6 3 4 2 5 0 1 1 100% 45 2 4% 25 8 32% 175 26 15% 15 8 53% 11 6 55% 0
1977 26 HOU NL 28 75% 2 10 2 0 1 0.95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 17 2 12% 4 0 0% 0 0 0
1978 27 SEA AL 528 42% 142 8 4 2 3 2.18 22 2 13 8 14 9 13 0 3 3 100% 92 7 8% 42 19 45% 330 74 22% 39 24 62% 19 11 58% 0
1979 28 SEA AL 518 36% 122 12 5 0 1 1.95 15 1 13 9 6 10 5 0 7 7 100% 103 8 8% 48 17 35% 326 41 13% 30 14 47% 12 5 42% 0
1980 29 SEA AL 427 44% 94 12 2 0 1 1.44 10 0 4 2 8 8 2 0 4 3 75% 83 12 14% 48 19 40% 252 25 10% 18 9 50% 18 11 61% 0
1981 30 TEX AL 266 44% 65 4 0 0 1 1.69 4 0 8 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 100% 46 8 17% 26 10 38% 169 28 17% 14 9 64% 7 4 57% 0
1982 31 TOT AL 193 64% 41 15 4 1 3 2.30 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 50% 44 7 16% 25 10 40% 126 10 8% 12 8 67% 8 2 25% 0
1982 31 TEX AL 80 29% 17 6 1 1 2 2.51 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 23 4 17% 13 7 54% 62 6 10% 7 5 71% 5 2 40% 0
1982 31 TOR AL 113 89% 24 9 3 0 1 2.15 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 3 14% 12 3 25% 64 4 6% 5 3 60% 3 0 0% 0
1983 32 KCR AL 234 59% 55 13 4 0 1 1.80 8 0 3 1 7 2 6 0 2 1 50% 57 7 12% 20 5 25% 145 18 12% 12 5 42% 4 2 50% 0
1984 33 KCR AL 50 86% 10 13 3 0 1 1.55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 3 0 0% 36 4 11% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 0
11 Yrs 3066 46% 731 118 32 4 16 1.75 78 3 62 33 45 41 37 0 26 23 88% 584 65 11% 286 106 37% 1909 264 14% 171 90 53% 99 51 52% 0
MLB Averages 56% 80% 11% 35% 14% 51% 54%

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
1974 23 17 66 63 5 17 3 2 0 7 0 2 3 10 .270 .303 .381 .684 95 24 3 0 0 0 1
1975 24 146 562 510 56 132 20 7 10 45 3 9 39 104 .259 .314 .384 .698 95 196 12 4 5 4 2
1976 25 233 822 745 87 200 31 9 17 78 4 9 58 147 .268 .325 .403 .727 107 300 14 7 6 6 3
1977 26 252 850 772 88 202 31 9 17 80 4 9 59 155 .262 .318 .391 .709 101 302 15 7 6 6 3
1978 27 386 1378 1244 166 344 52 16 39 172 10 12 100 207 .277 .335 .438 .773 119 545 22 15 9 10 5
1979 28 526 1896 1694 227 466 76 22 54 226 13 15 156 271 .275 .340 .442 .781 117 748 30 17 16 13 11
1980 29 645 2323 2068 275 560 94 25 64 259 21 19 199 330 .271 .337 .433 .771 113 896 42 18 19 19 12
1981 30 717 2589 2301 301 625 111 27 68 290 24 23 224 368 .272 .338 .432 .770 115 994 50 19 21 24 14
1982 31 788 2782 2479 314 666 118 27 70 301 25 24 235 398 .269 .334 .423 .756 110 1048 57 20 22 26 15
1983 32 872 3016 2692 338 721 125 27 78 325 26 25 252 425 .268 .332 .421 .753 109 1134 64 21 23 28 16
1984 33 901 3066 2737 342 731 126 28 78 328 26 25 256 428 .267 .332 .419 .751 109 1147 65 22 23 28 16

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
1974 23 17 67 64 6 18 3 2 0 8 0 3 10 .281 .313 .391 .704 8 17
1975 24 130 505 454 54 120 18 5 10 41 3 38 95 .264 .324 .392 .716 57 129
1976 25 87 270 243 37 76 12 2 8 40 1 21 43 .313 .372 .477 .849 43 87
1977 26 19 28 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .036 .000 .036 0 19
1978 27 134 543 483 88 153 23 8 24 104 6 44 52 .317 .381 .547 .928 98 134
1979 28 141 520 452 61 122 24 6 15 54 3 56 64 .270 .351 .449 .800 71 140
1980 29 119 430 376 49 96 18 3 10 34 8 44 59 .255 .330 .399 .729 50 119
1981 30 109 422 366 48 112 29 3 7 58 5 43 58 .306 .375 .459 .834 64 72
1982 31 71 193 178 13 41 7 0 2 11 1 11 30 .230 .276 .303 .579 15 71
1983 32 84 235 214 25 56 7 0 8 25 1 17 27 .262 .316 .407 .723 28 84
1984 33 29 50 45 4 10 1 1 0 3 0 4 3 .222 .300 .289 .589 4 29
11 Yrs 940 3263 2902 385 804 142 30 84 378 28 282 449 .277 .343 .433 .776 438 901
162 Game Avg. 162 562 500 66 139 24 5 14 65 5 49 77 .277 .343 .433 .776 75 901

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (33, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1978 AL  .301 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1978 AL  .515 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1978 AL  .879 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1978 AL  145 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1978 AL  27 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1978 AL  2.7 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1978 AL  .704 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1978 AL  8 (4th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1978 AL  31.70 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1978 AL  4.1 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1978 AL  3.2 (10th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1627), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Leon Kauffman Leon Roberts

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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