Leroy Stanton
Leroy Bobby Stanton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 10, 1946 in Latta, SC
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1970
Final Game: September 30, 1978
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Standard Batting

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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
1970 24 NYM NL 4 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .750 1.000 158 3 1 0 0 0 0 /8
1971 25 NYM NL 5 23 21 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .190 .261 .238 .499 44 5 1 0 0 0 1 /9
1972 26 CAL AL 127 432 402 44 101 15 3 12 39 2 3 22 100 .251 .295 .393 .688 110 158 16 4 2 2 4 *9/8
1973 27 CAL AL 119 339 306 41 72 9 2 8 34 3 3 27 88 .235 .300 .356 .656 91 109 10 2 2 2 2 97
1974 28 CAL AL 118 464 415 48 111 21 2 11 62 10 8 33 107 .267 .325 .407 .733 116 169 9 5 6 5 3 *98
1975 29 CAL AL 137 510 440 67 115 20 3 14 82 18 6 52 85 .261 .345 .416 .761 123 183 8 6 8 4 4 *9/8D
1976 30 CAL AL 93 264 231 12 44 13 1 2 25 2 6 24 57 .190 .266 .281 .548 66 65 9 1 5 3 1 789/D
1977 31 SEA AL 133 505 454 56 125 24 1 27 90 0 1 42 115 .275 .341 .511 .852 130 232 8 5 1 3 2 9D/7
1978 32 SEA AL 93 342 302 24 55 11 0 3 24 1 0 34 80 .182 .265 .248 .514 46 75 6 1 3 2 1 D7/9
9 Seasons 829 2883 2575 294 628 114 13 77 358 36 27 236 636 .244 .311 .388 .699 103 999 68 24 27 21 18
162 Game Avg. 162 563 503 57 123 22 3 15 70 7 5 46 124 .244 .311 .388 .699 103 195 13 5 5 4 4
CAL (5 yrs) 594 2009 1794 212 443 78 11 47 242 35 26 158 437 .247 .312 .381 .693 106 684 52 18 23 16 14
NYM (2 yrs) 9 27 25 2 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 4 .200 .259 .320 .579 63 8 2 0 0 0 1
SEA (2 yrs) 226 847 756 80 180 35 1 30 114 1 1 76 195 .238 .311 .406 .717 97 307 14 6 4 5 3
AL (7 yrs) 820 2856 2550 292 623 113 12 77 356 36 27 234 632 .244 .311 .389 .700 103 991 66 24 27 21 17
NL (2 yrs) 9 27 25 2 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 4 .200 .259 .320 .579 63 8 2 0 0 0 1

Advanced Batting

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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
1970 24 NYM NL 4 4 0 0.0 103 .250 .250 .267 .250 .340 .750 .408 1.000 .748 158 .000 0.2 0.0 .750 .500 .500
1971 25 NYM NL 23 18 1 1.5 91 .235 .190 .257 .261 .323 .238 .377 .499 .700 44 .138 -1.5 -0.2 .389 .143 .048
1972 26 CAL AL 432 324 42 3.5 78 .305 .251 .240 .295 .307 .393 .346 .688 .653 110 .481 2.9 0.3 .572 .194 .142 3.4
1973 27 CAL AL 339 251 31 3.3 87 .302 .235 .250 .300 .317 .356 .368 .656 .685 91 .379 -3.5 -0.4 .559 .209 .121 4.4
1974 28 CAL AL 464 332 54 4.4 84 .331 .267 .251 .325 .315 .407 .361 .733 .676 116 .526 8.8 0.9 .651 .224 .140 10.5
1975 29 CAL AL 510 351 66 5.1 86 .293 .261 .249 .345 .317 .416 .365 .761 .682 123 .573 14.4 1.5 .746 .300 .155 15.8
1976 30 CAL AL 264 210 16 2.1 80 .240 .190 .248 .266 .311 .281 .349 .548 .660 66 .229 -8.8 -0.9 .426 .177 .091 2.0
1977 31 SEA AL 505 342 79 6.2 99 .311 .275 .265 .341 .329 .511 .403 .852 .732 130 .629 18.3 1.8 .822 .326 .236 .0
1978 32 SEA AL 342 258 21 2.2 94 .235 .182 .261 .265 .326 .248 .385 .514 .711 46 .222 -21.5 -2.2 .439 .182 .066 1.5
9 Seasons 2883 2090 310 4.0 87 .293 .244 .252 .311 .318 .388 .370 .699 .688 103 .475 9.3 0.8 .621 .239 .144 49.1
162 Game Avg. 563 408 61 4.0 87 .293 .244 .252 .311 .318 .388 .370 .699 .688 103 .475 2 0 .621 .239 .144 10
CAL (5 yrs) 2009 1468 209 3.8 83 .299 .247 .247 .312 .314 .381 .358 .693 .672 106 .470 13.8 1.4 .608 .227 .134 40.1
NYM (2 yrs) 27 22 1 1.2 93 .238 .200 .259 .259 .326 .320 .382 .579 .708 63 .096 -1.4 -0.2 .455 .200 .120
SEA (2 yrs) 847 600 100 4.5 97 .280 .238 .264 .311 .328 .406 .396 .717 .724 97 .495 -3.1 -0.4 .658 .269 .168 1.9
AL (7 yrs) 2856 2068 309 4.0 87 .293 .244 .252 .311 .318 .389 .370 .700 .687 103 .478 10.7 1.0 .623 .240 .144 49.1
NL (2 yrs) 27 22 1 1.2 93 .238 .200 .259 .259 .326 .320 .382 .579 .708 63 .096 -1.4 -0.2 .455 .200 .120

Ratio Batting*

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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
1970 24 NYM NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 1.00 100%
1971 25 NYM NL 23 0.0% 17.4% 8.7% 4.4% 25% 2.00 5.3 10.5 2.50 74%
1972 26 CAL AL 432 2.8% 23.2% 5.1% 6.9% 30% 4.55 4.0 33.5 10.3 1.61 68%
1973 27 CAL AL 339 2.4% 26.0% 8.0% 5.6% 26% 3.26 3.5 38.3 9.0 1.39 63%
1974 28 CAL AL 464 2.4% 23.1% 7.1% 7.3% 31% 3.24 3.9 37.7 6.7 1.04 65%
1975 29 CAL AL 510 2.8% 16.7% 10.2% 7.3% 32% 1.63 5.2 31.4 5.4 1.09 68%
1976 30 CAL AL 264 0.8% 21.6% 9.1% 6.1% 36% 2.38 4.1 115.5 9.2 1.00 66%
1977 31 SEA AL 505 5.4% 22.8% 8.3% 10.3% 42% 2.74 3.9 16.8 5.0 1.06 62%
1978 32 SEA AL 342 0.9% 23.4% 9.9% 4.1% 26% 2.35 3.8 100.7 12.6 1.00 65%
9 Seasons 2883 2.7% 22.1% 8.2% 7.1% 33% 2.69 4.1 33.4 7.2 1.16 65%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1970 24 NYM NL 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
1971 25 NYM NL 0 0 33% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 26 CAL AL 7 0 28% 161 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 8 50% 28 15 11 3 1 2 9 2 7
1973 27 CAL AL 4 0 36% 97 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 13 49% 21 10 11 4 1 2 10 6 4
1974 28 CAL AL 9 0 27% 166 10 8 56% 8 8 1 0 1 0 3 1 10 11 39% 16 9 6 9 6 3 11 4 5
1975 29 CAL AL 12 0 33% 198 18 6 75% 17 5 1 0 0 1 2 0 8 13 54% 35 20 15 4 1 3 18 4 13
1976 30 CAL AL 4 0 15% 84 2 6 25% 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 6 31% 11 7 4 2 2 0 3 0 1
1977 31 SEA AL 7 0 20% 145 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 46% 19 15 3 2 1 1 16 3 13
1978 32 SEA AL 5 0 24% 107 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 24% 12 12 0 5 3 2 8 4 4
9 Seasons 48 0 27% 968 36 27 57% 33 26 2 0 1 1 12 3 47 61 44% 144 90 50 29 15 13 75 23 47
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1970 24 NYM NL 4 100% 1 3 0 0 0 3.60 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1971 25 NYM NL 23 61% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 14 2 14% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1972 26 CAL AL 432 35% 101 6 2 0 0 1.17 12 0 8 6 6 5 7 0 2 2 100% 92 16 17% 34 6 18% 262 29 11% 20 7 35% 20 9 45% 0
1973 27 CAL AL 339 51% 72 12 5 0 4 2.73 8 0 8 4 4 3 5 0 2 2 100% 73 10 14% 31 4 13% 220 28 13% 17 3 18% 20 9 45% 0
1974 28 CAL AL 464 47% 111 7 1 0 1 3.11 11 0 8 8 3 6 5 0 6 6 100% 99 9 9% 55 21 38% 296 55 19% 34 20 59% 41 14 34% 0
1975 29 CAL AL 510 45% 115 10 0 0 0 1.96 14 2 15 8 6 9 5 0 8 8 100% 99 8 8% 59 25 42% 400 72 18% 40 21 53% 40 12 30% 0
1976 30 CAL AL 264 48% 44 14 2 0 2 1.76 2 1 12 2 0 1 1 0 5 5 100% 60 9 15% 31 13 42% 193 24 12% 17 5 29% 15 8 53% 0
1977 31 SEA AL 505 33% 125 10 4 0 2 2.21 27 0 12 16 11 14 13 0 1 1 100% 79 8 10% 44 13 30% 311 66 21% 31 14 45% 27 6 22% 0
1978 32 SEA AL 342 47% 55 3 0 0 0 0.81 3 0 7 1 2 2 1 0 4 3 75% 67 6 9% 31 6 19% 226 21 9% 18 7 39% 19 6 32% 0
9 Seasons 2883 43% 628 65 14 0 9 2.17 77 3 71 45 32 40 37 0 28 27 96% 572 68 12% 287 89 31% 1927 297 15% 177 77 44% 184 65 35% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1970 24 4 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .750 1.000 158 3 1 0 0 0 0
1971 25 9 27 25 2 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 4 .200 .259 .320 .579 63 8 2 0 0 0 1
1972 26 136 459 427 46 106 16 4 12 41 2 3 24 104 .248 .293 .389 .682 107 166 18 4 2 2 5
1973 27 255 798 733 87 178 25 6 20 75 5 6 51 192 .243 .296 .375 .671 100 275 28 6 4 4 7
1974 28 373 1262 1148 135 289 46 8 31 137 15 14 84 299 .252 .307 .387 .693 106 444 37 11 10 9 10
1975 29 510 1772 1588 202 404 66 11 45 219 33 20 136 384 .254 .318 .395 .712 111 627 45 17 18 13 14
1976 30 603 2036 1819 214 448 79 12 47 244 35 26 160 441 .246 .311 .380 .691 105 692 54 18 23 16 15
1977 31 736 2541 2273 270 573 103 13 74 334 35 27 202 556 .252 .317 .407 .724 111 924 62 23 24 19 17
1978 32 829 2883 2575 294 628 114 13 77 358 36 27 236 636 .244 .311 .388 .699 103 999 68 24 27 21 18

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1970 24 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1971 25 5 22 20 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 4 .150 .227 .200 .427 1 5
1972 26 133 468 435 63 120 18 4 14 56 2 26 105 .276 .323 .432 .755 60 127
1973 27 119 345 312 49 78 10 2 9 40 3 29 88 .250 .316 .381 .697 37 119
1974 28 118 477 429 59 125 24 2 12 76 11 37 107 .291 .352 .441 .793 66 118
1975 29 138 533 461 80 134 23 3 16 98 21 61 86 .291 .379 .458 .837 79 137
1976 30 94 266 236 15 48 14 1 2 32 2 26 57 .203 .282 .297 .579 20 93
1977 31 133 511 459 59 130 25 1 28 94 0 44 115 .283 .350 .525 .875 83 133
1978 32 93 349 308 27 61 12 0 3 27 1 38 80 .198 .287 .266 .553 24 93
9 Seasons 837 2975 2664 354 699 127 13 84 425 40 263 642 .262 .332 .414 .747 370 829
162 Game Avg. 162 576 516 69 135 25 3 16 82 8 51 124 .262 .332 .414 .747 72 829

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1972 AL--100--8th
1974 AL--107--5th
1977 AL--115--9th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1972 AL--16--9th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1975 AL--15.8--7th

AB per HR s c a p y
1977 AL--16.815--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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