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Leon Wagner

Leon Lamar Wagner (Daddy Wags)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 13, 1934 in Chattanooga, TN
School: Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, AL)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 22, 1958
Teams (by GP): Indians/Angels/Giants/WhiteSox/Cardinals 1958-1969

Final Game: October 2, 1969
Died: January 3, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA
Cremated
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 SFG NL 24 LF 57 56 30 433.1 103 94 4 5 0 .951 -2 -6 2.04 1.72 .975 2.01 2.00
1958 SFG NL 24 OF 57 56 30 433.1 99 89 5 5 0 .949 -2 -6 1.95 1.65 .980 2.26 2.25
1959 SFG NL 25 LF 28 24 9 190.0 53 50 0 3 0 .943 -1 -8 2.37 1.79 .971 2.04 2.02
1959 SFG NL 25 OF 28 24 9 190.0 51 48 0 3 0 .941 -1 -8 2.27 1.71 .977 2.21 2.19
1960 STL NL 26 OF 32 26 22 236.1 54 48 4 2 0 .963 1 6 1.98 1.63 .978 2.20 2.20
1960 STL NL 26 LF 29 22 19 204.1 46 41 4 1 0 .978 1 6 1.98 1.55 .974 1.99 1.99
1960 STL NL 26 RF 4 4 3 32.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0 4 2.53 2.25 .979 2.00 2.00
1961 LAA AL 27 OF 116 113 97 980.0 205 187 12 6 2 .971 -4 -5 1.83 1.72 .977 2.25 2.22
1961 LAA AL 27 LF 104 101 88 875.1 173 157 11 5 1 .971 -4 -6 1.73 1.62 .969 2.01 1.98
1961 LAA AL 27 RF 14 12 9 104.2 21 19 1 1 1 .952 0 2 1.72 1.43 .976 2.06 2.04
1962 LAA AL 28 OF 156 154 138 1370.0 284 269 7 8 1 .972 -11 -9 1.81 1.77 .980 2.19 2.18 AS,MVP-4
1962 LAA AL 28 LF 102 94 87 846.0 176 163 7 6 1 .966 -4 -6 1.81 1.67 .976 2.01 2.00 AS,MVP-4
1962 LAA AL 28 RF 63 60 51 524.0 107 103 2 2 0 .981 -6 -14 1.80 1.67 .979 2.00 1.99 AS,MVP-4
1963 LAA AL 29 OF 141 140 118 1237.2 272 254 7 11 1 .960 -0 -0 1.90 1.85 .981 2.16 2.16 AS,MVP-19
1963 LAA AL 29 LF 136 134 113 1176.0 262 243 8 11 1 .958 -1 -1 1.92 1.85 .976 1.90 1.90 AS,MVP-19
1963 LAA AL 29 RF 7 6 5 61.2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 1.61 1.57 .980 2.01 2.01 AS,MVP-19
1964 CLE AL 30 LF 163 160 154 1443.0 266 250 5 11 0 .959 -19 -16 1.59 1.56 .975 1.81 1.80 MVP-17
1964 CLE AL 30 OF 163 160 154 1443.0 270 254 5 11 0 .959 -19 -16 1.62 1.59 .980 2.04 2.03 MVP-17
1965 CLE AL 31 LF 134 132 111 1145.0 189 179 2 8 0 .958 -16 -17 1.42 1.35 .979 1.87 1.86
1965 CLE AL 31 OF 134 132 111 1145.0 186 175 3 8 0 .957 -16 -17 1.40 1.33 .978 2.04 2.03
1966 CLE AL 32 LF 139 138 81 1130.2 188 182 4 2 0 .989 -5 -6 1.48 1.34 .980 1.83 1.82 MVP-21
1966 CLE AL 32 OF 139 138 81 1130.2 191 185 4 2 0 .990 -5 -6 1.50 1.36 .982 2.10 2.10 MVP-21
1967 CLE AL 33 LF 117 115 50 894.0 144 137 4 3 2 .979 -12 -16 1.42 1.21 .976 1.87 1.87
1967 CLE AL 33 OF 117 115 50 894.0 149 142 4 3 1 .980 -12 -16 1.47 1.25 .980 2.05 2.06
1968 TOT AL 34 OF 56 51 22 379.2 57 51 0 6 0 .895 -9 -27 1.21 0.91 .981 2.08 2.07
1968 TOT AL 34 RF 39 37 16 271.2 35 33 0 2 0 .943 -6 -29 1.09 0.85 .977 1.88 1.87
1968 TOT AL 34 LF 17 14 6 108.0 19 15 0 4 0 .789 -2 -23 1.25 0.88 .978 1.85 1.84
1968 CLE AL 34 OF 10 10 2 58.1 6 3 0 3 0 .500 -3 -53 0.46 0.30 .982 2.08 2.07
1968 CLE AL 34 LF 7 7 1 38.0 5 2 0 3 0 .400 -2 -60 0.47 0.29 .978 1.85 1.84
1968 CLE AL 34 RF 3 3 1 20.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -41 0.44 0.33 .980 1.86 1.87
1968 CHW AL 34 OF 46 41 20 321.1 51 48 0 3 0 .941 -6 -22 1.34 1.04 .981 2.08 2.07
1968 CHW AL 34 RF 36 34 15 251.1 34 32 0 2 0 .941 -6 -28 1.15 0.89 .977 1.88 1.87
1968 CHW AL 34 LF 10 7 5 70.0 14 13 0 1 0 .929 -0 -3 1.67 1.30 .978 1.85 1.84
1969 SFG NL 35 LF 1 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 27 3.00 3.00 .963 1.70 1.70
1969 SFG NL 35 OF 1 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 27 3.00 3.00 .973 2.00 2.00
12 Seasons OF 1140 1110 833 9448.2 1821 1705 51 65 5 .964 -79 -10 1.67 1.54 .980 2.13 2.12
12 Seasons LF 1027 991 749 8454.2 1622 1514 49 59 5 .964 -66 -9 1.66 1.52 .976 1.90 1.89
5 Seasons RF 127 119 84 994.0 184 175 3 6 1 .967 -12 -15 1.61 1.40 .978 1.97 1.96
12 Seasons TOT 1140 1110 833 9448.2 1821 1705 51 65 5 .964 -79 -10 1.67 1.54 .980 2.13 2.12
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1958 SFG NL 24 LF -2 -6 -3 -4 0 1
1959 SFG NL 25 LF -1 -8 1 3 -2 -2
1960 STL NL 26 LF 1 6 0 -2 2 1
1960 STL NL 26 RF 0 4 0 0 0 0
1961 LAA AL 27 LF -4 -6 -2 -3 0 -2
1961 LAA AL 27 RF 0 2 0 -0 1 0
1962 LAA AL 28 LF -4 -6 -2 -4 2 -2
1962 LAA AL 28 RF -6 -14 -3 -2 -2 -3
1963 LAA AL 29 LF -1 -1 3 2 1 -4
1963 LAA AL 29 RF 0 6 0 0 0 0
1964 CLE AL 30 LF -19 -16 -14 -8 -7 -5
1965 CLE AL 31 LF -16 -17 -15 -7 -8 -1
1966 CLE AL 32 LF -5 -6 -6 -7 0 1
1967 CLE AL 33 LF -12 -16 -10 -4 -6 -2
1968 CLE AL 34 LF -2 -60 -2 -0 -2 0
1968 CLE AL 34 RF -1 -41 -1 0 -1 0
1968 CHW AL 34 RF -6 -28 -5 -3 -2 -1
1968 CHW AL 34 LF -0 -3 -0 -0 0 0
1969 SFG NL 35 LF 0 27 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons LF -66 -9 -51 -33 -19 -15
5 Seasons RF -12 -15 -8 -4 -4 -4
12 Seasons TOT -79 -10 -60 -37 -22 -19
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 SFG NL 24 74 56 74 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 0 0 57 0 18 0
1959 SFG NL 25 87 24 87 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 28 0 62 0
1960 STL NL 26 39 26 39 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 4 32 0 8 1
1961 LAA AL 27 133 113 133 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 14 116 0 18 0
1962 LAA AL 28 160 154 160 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 0 63 156 0 5 0
1963 LAA AL 29 149 140 149 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 7 141 0 9 0
1964 CLE AL 30 163 160 163 163 0 0 0 0 0 0 163 0 0 163 0 3 0
1965 CLE AL 31 144 132 144 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 134 0 12 0
1966 CLE AL 32 150 138 150 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 139 0 12 0
1967 CLE AL 33 135 115 135 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 0 117 0 20 0
1968 CHW AL 34 69 41 69 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 36 46 0 27 0
1968 CLE AL 34 38 10 38 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 10 0 28 0
1969 SFG NL 35 11 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 0
12 Seasons 1352 1110 1352 1140 0 0 0 0 0 0 1027 0 127 1140 0 232 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1958 SFG NL 24 5 0 5 0 1 4 1 2 1 1 20 16 0 14 4 1 11 9 0 6 0 0 9 7 0 60 36 60.0% 23 1 1.7% 3 1846 63% 81% 26% 202 48%
1959 SFG NL 25 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 0 10 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 7 7 0 32 16 50.0% 16 0 0.0% 0 829 60% 75% 28% 100 50%
1960 STL NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 17 12 1 5 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 31 18 58.1% 10 3 9.7% 1 895 56% 79% 28% 96 47%
1961 LAA AL 27 5 0 5 0 0 11 0 4 3 3 49 29 2 31 6 0 20 13 1 11 1 0 14 14 0 125 63 50.4% 59 3 2.4% 8 3811 65% 76% 22% 352 47%
1962 LAA AL 28 6 0 5 1 0 7 1 4 0 3 59 44 0 36 1 3 11 6 0 6 1 0 17 17 0 129 69 53.5% 56 3 2.3% 4 3621 65% 78% 24% 375 44%
1963 LAA AL 29 11 0 9 2 2 8 0 2 1 4 64 41 1 35 4 0 27 15 4 17 5 0 22 20 0 165 85 51.5% 75 5 3.0% 3 4986 58% 79% 25% 515 49%
1964 CLE AL 30 11 0 9 2 0 5 0 2 0 2 84 61 0 51 3 0 35 26 2 15 3 0 22 20 0 207 113 54.6% 92 2 1.0% 3 6182 62% 76% 24% 625 41%
1965 CLE AL 31 8 0 8 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 28 18 0 19 3 0 5 5 0 13 4 0 15 15 0 80 45 56.3% 35 0 0.0% 2 4767 63% 75% 27% 309 58%
1966 CLE AL 32 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 2 1 0 33 25 0 17 4 0 16 11 0 6 2 0 13 13 0 85 55 64.7% 30 0 0.0% 4 4658 65% 76% 27% 339 54%
1967 CLE AL 33 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 38 27 0 25 3 0 15 11 0 8 1 1 10 9 0 96 51 53.1% 44 1 1.0% 3 3712 64% 74% 24% 325 43%
1968 CHW AL 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 298 59% 78% 30% 17 76%
1968 CLE AL 34 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 153 67% 65% 25% 12 17%
1969 SFG NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 42 88% 81% 19% 7 43%
12 Seasons 59 0 54 5 10 49 2 19 9 16 408 285 4 244 28 6 145 98 7 86 18 1 137 130 0 1020 559 54.8% 442 18 1.8% 31 35800 63% 76% 25% 3274 47%
MLB Averages 58.3% 2.7% 63% 79% 27% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 STL NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 146 45% 84% 27% 17 53%
1961 LAA AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 11 3 27.3% 7 1 9.1% 0 442 63% 77% 22% 37 51%
1962 LAA AL 28 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 27 8 0 7 0 0 12 9 1 12 3 0 10 4 0 68 24 35.3% 43 1 1.5% 1 2186 63% 80% 27% 217 46%
1963 LAA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 261 73% 74% 24% 20 55%
1968 CHW AL 34 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 19 8 42.1% 11 0 0.0% 0 1068 62% 80% 22% 66 48%
1968 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 77 55% 66% 26% 5 20%
5 Seasons 6 0 5 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 49 16 0 13 1 0 18 15 1 15 3 1 17 9 0 112 44 39.3% 66 2 1.8% 1 4180 63% 79% 25% 362 47%
MLB Averages 40.2% 3.2% 63% 79% 27% 54%

* 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

All-Star Games
1962-1 (LF)
1962-2 (LF)
1963 (LF)

Awards (yr lg award)
1962 ML AS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1962 AL (4, 30%)
1963 AL (19, 3%)
1964 AL (17, 3%)
1966 AL (21, 1%)
0.37 Career Shares (540th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1963 AL  136 (4th)
1964 AL  163 (1st)
1965 AL  134 (2nd)
1966 AL  139 (2nd)
Career  1,027 (58th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1963 AL  243 (3rd)
1964 AL  250 (2nd)
1966 AL  182 (4th)
Career  1,514 (95th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1958 NL  4 (5th)
1961 AL  11 (2nd)
1962 AL  7 (4th)
1963 AL  8 (4th)
1964 AL  5 (4th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1958 NL  5 (4th)
1962 AL  6 (4th)
1963 AL  11 (1st)
1964 AL  11 (1st)
1965 AL  8 (1st)
1968 AL  4 (5th)
Career  59 (37th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1962 AL  156 (4th)
1964 AL  163 (1st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1961 AL  12 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1962 AL  8 (2nd)
1963 AL  11 (1st)
1964 AL  11 (2nd)
1965 AL  8 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1963 AL  1.92 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1962 AL  1.67 (4th)
1963 AL  1.85 (3rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1961 AL  .971 (4th)
1966 AL  .989 (2nd)
1967 AL  .979 (2nd)

                                         

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