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Leon Wagner
Leon Lamar Wagner (Daddy Wags)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 13, 1934 in Chattanooga, TN
School: Tuskegee University
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 22, 1958
Final Game: October 2, 1969
Died: January 3, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA
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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
1958 24 SFG NL 74 240 221 31 70 9 0 13 35 1 0 18 34 .317 .371 .534 .905 139 118 1 1 0 0 3 7
1959 25 SFG NL 87 158 129 20 29 4 3 5 22 0 0 25 24 .225 .361 .419 .779 109 54 4 3 0 1 6 7
1960 26 STL NL 39 117 98 12 21 2 0 4 11 0 1 17 17 .214 .333 .357 .690 84 35 1 1 0 1 3 7/9
1961 27 LAA AL 133 511 453 74 127 19 2 28 79 5 1 48 65 .280 .348 .517 .865 119 234 5 3 0 7 2 *79
1962 28 LAA AL 160 678 612 96 164 21 5 37 107 7 5 50 87 .268 .326 .500 .826 122 306 5 5 7 4 4 *79 AS,MVP-4
1963 29 LAA AL 149 613 550 73 160 11 1 26 90 5 7 49 73 .291 .352 .456 .809 131 251 5 7 0 7 8 *7/9 AS,MVP-19
1964 30 CLE AL 163 710 641 94 162 19 2 31 100 14 2 56 121 .253 .316 .434 .750 108 278 13 6 2 5 12 *7 MVP-17
1965 31 CLE AL 144 583 517 91 152 18 1 28 79 12 2 60 52 .294 .369 .495 .864 143 256 6 3 0 3 8 *7
1966 32 CLE AL 150 599 549 70 153 20 0 23 66 5 2 46 69 .279 .334 .441 .775 121 242 12 1 0 3 9 *7 MVP-21
1967 33 CLE AL 135 488 433 56 105 15 1 15 54 3 3 37 76 .242 .317 .386 .703 105 167 5 12 2 4 6 *7
1968 34 TOT AL 107 238 211 19 55 12 0 1 24 2 1 27 37 .261 .345 .332 .676 103 70 4 0 0 0 2 97
1968 34 CLE AL 38 55 49 5 9 4 0 0 6 0 0 6 6 .184 .273 .265 .538 65 13 2 0 0 0 0 /79
1968 34 CHW AL 69 183 162 14 46 8 0 1 18 2 1 21 31 .284 .366 .352 .718 114 57 2 0 0 0 2 97
1969 35 SFG NL 11 15 12 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .333 .467 .333 .800 129 4 0 1 0 0 1 /7
12 Seasons 1352 4950 4426 636 1202 150 15 211 669 54 24 435 656 .272 .340 .455 .795 120 2015 61 43 11 35 64
162 Game Avg. 162 593 530 76 144 18 2 25 80 6 3 52 79 .272 .340 .455 .795 120 241 7 5 1 4 8
CLE (5 yrs) 630 2435 2189 316 581 76 4 97 305 34 9 205 324 .265 .332 .437 .769 118 956 38 22 4 15 35
SFG (3 yrs) 172 413 362 51 103 13 3 18 59 1 0 45 59 .285 .370 .486 .857 128 176 5 5 0 1 10
LAA (3 yrs) 442 1802 1615 243 451 51 8 91 276 17 13 147 225 .279 .342 .490 .831 124 791 15 15 7 18 14
STL (1 yr) 39 117 98 12 21 2 0 4 11 0 1 17 17 .214 .333 .357 .690 84 35 1 1 0 1 3
CHW (1 yr) 69 183 162 14 46 8 0 1 18 2 1 21 31 .284 .366 .352 .718 114 57 2 0 0 0 2
AL (8 yrs) 1141 4420 3966 573 1078 135 12 189 599 53 23 373 580 .272 .337 .455 .792 121 1804 55 37 11 33 51
NL (4 yrs) 211 530 460 63 124 15 3 22 70 1 1 62 76 .270 .362 .459 .821 118 211 6 6 0 2 13

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 SFG NL 24 LF 57 56 433.1 103 94 4 5 0 .951 -2.2 -6.1 -3.2 0.4 -3.7 1 2.04 1.72 .976 2.00 1.54
1958 SFG NL 24 OF 57 56 433.1 99 89 5 5 0 .949 -2.2 -6.1 -3.2 0.4 -3.7 1 1.95 1.65 .981 2.26 1.95
1959 SFG NL 25 LF 28 24 190.0 53 50 0 3 0 .943 -1.2 -7.6 0.8 -1.9 2.8 -2 2.37 1.79 .972 2.04 1.59
1959 SFG NL 25 OF 28 24 190.0 51 48 0 3 0 .941 -1.2 -7.6 0.8 -1.9 2.8 -2 2.27 1.71 .978 2.21 1.90
1960 STL NL 26 OF 32 26 236.1 54 48 4 2 0 .963 1.1 5.6 0.1 1.6 -1.5 1 1.98 1.63 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 STL NL 26 LF 29 22 204.1 46 41 4 1 0 .978 1.0 5.9 0.0 1.5 -1.5 1 1.98 1.55 .974 1.98 1.54
1960 STL NL 26 RF 4 4 32.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0.1 3.8 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.53 2.25 .980 2.00 1.75
1961 LAA AL 27 OF 116 113 980.0 205 187 12 6 2 .971 -4.3 -5.3 -2.3 1.0 -3.3 -2 1.83 1.72 .977 2.25 1.98
1961 LAA AL 27 LF 104 101 875.1 173 157 11 5 1 .971 -4.5 -6.2 -2.5 0.4 -2.9 -2 1.73 1.62 .969 2.00 1.62
1961 LAA AL 27 RF 14 12 104.2 21 19 1 1 1 .952 0.2 2.3 0.2 0.6 -0.4 0 1.72 1.43 .976 2.06 1.75
1962 LAA AL 28 OF 156 154 1370.0 284 269 7 8 1 .972 -10.8 -9.5 -5.8 0.1 -6.0 -5 1.81 1.77 .980 2.19 1.92 AS,MVP-4
1962 LAA AL 28 LF 102 94 846.0 176 163 7 6 1 .966 -4.5 -6.4 -2.5 1.9 -4.5 -2 1.81 1.67 .976 2.01 1.61 AS,MVP-4
1962 LAA AL 28 RF 63 60 524.0 107 103 2 2 0 .981 -6.3 -14.4 -3.3 -1.8 -1.5 -3 1.80 1.67 .979 2.00 1.71 AS,MVP-4
1963 LAA AL 29 OF 141 140 1236.2 272 254 7 11 1 .960 -0.3 -0.3 3.7 1.2 2.5 -4 1.90 1.85 .981 2.16 1.91 AS,MVP-19
1963 LAA AL 29 LF 136 134 1175.0 260 241 8 11 1 .958 -0.6 -0.6 3.4 0.9 2.5 -4 1.91 1.83 .977 1.90 1.57 AS,MVP-19
1963 LAA AL 29 RF 7 6 61.2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 5.8 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 1.61 1.57 .982 2.01 1.71 AS,MVP-19
1964 CLE AL 30 LF 163 160 1443.0 266 250 5 11 0 .959 -19.0 -15.8 -14.0 -6.6 -7.5 -5 1.59 1.56 .976 1.81 1.46 MVP-17
1964 CLE AL 30 OF 163 160 1443.0 270 254 5 11 0 .959 -19.0 -15.8 -14.0 -6.6 -7.5 -5 1.62 1.59 .980 2.04 1.79 MVP-17
1965 CLE AL 31 LF 134 132 1145.0 189 179 2 8 0 .958 -15.8 -16.6 -14.8 -8.2 -6.6 -1 1.42 1.35 .979 1.87 1.49
1965 CLE AL 31 OF 134 132 1145.0 186 175 3 8 0 .957 -15.8 -16.6 -14.8 -8.2 -6.6 -1 1.40 1.33 .978 2.04 1.78
1966 CLE AL 32 LF 139 138 1130.2 188 182 4 2 0 .989 -5.4 -5.7 -6.4 0.3 -6.7 1 1.48 1.34 .980 1.83 1.45 MVP-21
1966 CLE AL 32 OF 139 138 1130.2 191 185 4 2 0 .990 -5.4 -5.7 -6.4 0.3 -6.7 1 1.50 1.36 .982 2.10 1.82 MVP-21
1967 CLE AL 33 LF 117 115 894.0 144 137 4 3 2 .979 -12.2 -16.4 -10.2 -5.9 -4.3 -2 1.42 1.21 .976 1.87 1.40
1967 CLE AL 33 OF 117 115 894.0 149 142 4 3 1 .980 -12.2 -16.4 -10.2 -5.9 -4.3 -2 1.47 1.25 .980 2.05 1.76
1968 TOT AL 34 OF 56 51 379.2 57 51 0 6 0 .895 -8.6 -27.2 -7.6 -4.5 -3.2 -1 1.21 0.91 .982 2.08 1.80
1968 TOT AL 34 RF 39 37 271.2 35 33 0 2 0 .943 -6.5 -28.7 -5.5 -3.0 -2.6 -1 1.09 0.85 .977 1.88 1.57
1968 TOT AL 34 LF 17 14 108.0 19 15 0 4 0 .789 -2.1 -23.3 -2.1 -1.5 -0.6 0 1.25 0.88 .984 1.85 1.45
1968 CLE AL 34 OF 10 10 58.1 6 3 0 3 0 .500 -2.6 -53.5 -2.6 -2.4 -0.2 0 0.46 0.30 .983 2.08 1.80
1968 CLE AL 34 LF 7 7 38.0 5 2 0 3 0 .400 -1.9 -60.0 -1.9 -1.7 -0.2 0 0.47 0.29 1.000 1.85 1.46
1968 CLE AL 34 RF 3 3 20.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -41.3 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 0.44 0.33 1.000 1.86 1.57
1968 CHW AL 34 OF 46 41 321.1 51 48 0 3 0 .941 -6.0 -22.4 -5.0 -2.1 -3.0 -1 1.34 1.04 .982 2.08 1.80
1968 CHW AL 34 RF 36 34 251.1 34 32 0 2 0 .941 -5.8 -27.7 -4.8 -2.3 -2.6 -1 1.15 0.89 .976 1.88 1.57
1968 CHW AL 34 LF 10 7 70.0 14 13 0 1 0 .929 -0.2 -3.4 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 1.67 1.30 .979 1.85 1.45
1969 SFG NL 35 LF 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.00 3.00 .967 1.70 1.30
1969 SFG NL 35 OF 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.00 3.00 .967 2.00 1.80
12 Seasons OF 1140 1110 9447.2 1821 1705 51 65 5 .964 -78.5 -10.0 -59.5 -22.5 -37.3 -19 1.67 1.54 .980 2.13 1.86
12 Seasons LF 1027 991 8453.2 1620 1512 49 59 5 .964 -66.3 -9.4 -51.3 -18.7 -32.8 -15 1.66 1.52 .976 1.90 1.51
5 Seasons RF 127 119 994.0 184 175 3 6 1 .967 -12.2 -14.7 -8.2 -3.8 -4.5 -4 1.61 1.40 .978 1.97 1.67
12 Seasons TOT 1140 1110 9447.2 1821 1705 51 65 5 .964 -78.5 -10.0 -59.5 -22.5 -37.3 -19 1.67 1.54 .944 2.13 1.86
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (519th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1963 AL  .291 (7th)
1965 AL  .294 (5th)
1966 AL  .279 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1965 AL  .369 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1961 AL  .517 (8th)
1962 AL  .500 (6th)
1965 AL  .495 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1961 AL  .865 (9th)
1965 AL  .864 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1962 AL  160 (5th)
1964 AL  163 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1964 AL  641 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1964 AL  710 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1962 AL  96 (7th)
1964 AL  94 (4th)
1965 AL  91 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1962 AL  306 (3rd)
1964 AL  278 (7th)
1965 AL  256 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1961 AL  28 (8th)
1962 AL  37 (3rd)
1963 AL  26 (9th)
1964 AL  31 (8th)
1965 AL  28 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1962 AL  107 (5th)
1963 AL  90 (6th)
1964 AL  100 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1964 AL  121 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1964 AL  14 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1963 AL  122 (8th)
1966 AL  110 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1965 AL  143 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1965 AL  99 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1965 AL  29 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1965 AL  3.1 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1962 AL  63 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1965 AL  .738 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1963 AL  7 (9th)
1964 AL  6 (9th)
1967 AL  12 (3rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 AL  7 (10th)
1963 AL  7 (6th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1963 AL  8 (6th)
1964 AL  12 (2nd)
1966 AL  9 (8th)
Career  64 (248th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1963 AL  7 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1964 AL  19.3 (1st)
1965 AL  16.8 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1965 AL  9.9 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1961 AL  16.2 (7th)
1962 AL  16.5 (6th)
1965 AL  18.5 (4th)
Career  21.0 (140th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1964 AL  501 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 67 (363), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (810), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1188), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Ben Oglivie (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

December 15, 1959: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Daryl Spencer to the St. Louis Cardinals for Don Blasingame.

October 11, 1960: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with a player to be named later, Cal Browning and cash to Toronto (International) for Al Cicotte. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Ellis Burton (January 26, 1961) to Toronto (International) to complete the trade.

April 13, 1961: Traded by Toronto (International) to the Los Angeles Angels for Lou Johnson.

December 2, 1963: Traded by the Los Angeles Angels to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later and Barry Latman. The Cleveland Indians sent Joe Adcock (December 6, 1963) to the Los Angeles Angels to complete the trade.

June 13, 1968: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Russ Snyder.

December 5, 1968: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Chicago White Sox.

April 5, 1969: Returned to the Chicago White Sox by the Cincinnati Reds following previous purchase.

April 5, 1969: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

May, 1969: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October 8, 1969: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

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