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Leo Townsend

Leo Alphonse Townsend (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: January 15, 1891 in Mobile, AL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1920
Team: Braves 1920-1921

Final Game: May 27, 1921
Died: December 3, 1976 in Mobile, AL
Buried: Catholic Cemetery, Mobile, AL
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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
1920 29 BSN NL 2 2 .500 1.48 7 1 6 1 0 0 24.1 18 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 87 208 0.822 6.7 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.00
1921 30 BSN NL 0 1 .000 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 18 3.750 13.5 0.0 20.3 0.0 0.00
2 Yrs 2 3 .400 2.81 8 2 6 1 0 0 25.2 20 8 8 1 5 0 0 0 1 96 113 0.974 7.0 0.4 1.8 0.0 0.00
162 Game Avg. 14 20 .400 2.81 54 14 41 7 0 0 175 136 54 54 7 34 0 0 0 7 653 113 0.974 7.0 0.4 1.8 0.0 0.00

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
1920 29 BSN NL 24.1 7 1 4 1.48 4.29 -0.07 0.00 93.1 4.06 7 0.9 1.0 -0.0 1.1 9 .626 .505 $
1921 30 BSN NL 1.1 1 1 4 27.00 5.55 0.07 0.00 92.0 5.04 -3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .250 .498 $
2 Seasons 25.2 8 2 8 2.81 4.35 -0.07 0.00 93.0 4.11 4 0.6 1.0 -0.0 0.9 6 .579 .502 $

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%
1920 29 BSN NL 87 1.2% 0.0% 2.3% 2.3% 11% 93%
1921 30 BSN NL 9 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 56%
2 Yrs 96 1.0% 0.0% 5.2% 2.1% 10% 90%
MLB Averages 0.8% 7.5% 7.2% 2.6% 10% 81%

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+
1920 29 2 2 .500 1.48 7 1 6 1 0 0 24.1 18 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 87 208 0.822 6.7 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.00 208
1921 30 2 3 .400 2.81 8 2 6 1 0 0 25.2 20 8 8 1 5 0 0 0 1 96 113 0.974 7.0 0.4 1.8 0.0 0.00 113

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
1920 29 2 0 1.000 1.96 23.0 21 6 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 8.2 0.8 0.0 0.00 0.4 7
1921 30 0 0 13.50 2.0 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 2.500 9.0 13.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
2 Yrs 2 0 1.000 2.88 25.0 23 9 8 1 5 0 0 1.120 8.3 0.0 0.00 0.4 8

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Name and misspellings: Leo Alphonse Lefty Leo Townsend

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