Dennis Leonard

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: May 8, 1951 in Brooklyn, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Iona College (New Rochelle, NY).

High School: Oceanside HS (Oceanside, NY)

School: Iona College (New Rochelle, NY)

Last Game: September 27, 1986 (Age 35-142d)
vs. OAK 1.1 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

Full Name: Dennis Patrick Leonard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.7

144

106

ERA

3.70

312

302

2187.0

1323

WHIP

1.262

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1972	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	KCR	6	4	.600	3.13	3.74	14	14		4	2	0	89.0	77	37	31	5	32	1	94	1	0	0		1.225	7.8	0.5	3.2	9.5	2.94
1972	21	0.3	Waterloo	MIDW	A	KCR	4	3	.571	3.09	3.76	10	10		3	1	0	67.0	58	28	23	5	26	1	63	0	0	0		1.254	7.8	0.7	3.5	8.5	2.42
1972	21	1.3	Kingsport	APPY	Rk	KCR	2	1	.667	3.27	3.68	4	4		1	1	0	22.0	19	9	8	0	6	0	31	1	0	0		1.136	7.8	0.0	2.5	12.7	5.17
1973	22	0.5	San Jose	CALL	A	KCR	15	9	.625	2.58	3.06	29	28		16	5	1	206.0	152	70	59	8	81	2	212	7	1	8		1.131	6.6	0.3	3.5	9.3	2.62
1974	23	-1.7	Omaha	AA	AAA	KCR	12	13	.480	3.47	3.87	29	29		18	4	0	223.0	178	96	86	23	91	10	193	10	0	13		1.206	7.2	0.9	3.7	7.8	2.12
1974	23	-5.1	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	4	.000	5.32	6.14	5	4	0	0	0	0	22.0	28	15	13	0	12	0	8	3	0	0	105	1.818	11.5	0.0	4.9	3.3	0.67
1975	24	-0.3	Omaha	AA	AAA	KCR	0	2	.000	4.26	5.21	3	3		0	0	0	19.0	19	11	9	2	10	1	14	0	0	0		1.526	9.0	0.9	4.7	6.6	1.40
1975	24	-4.1	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	15	7	.682	3.77	4.15	32	30	1	8	0	0	212.1	212	98	89	18	90	4	146	9	0	4	916	1.422	9.0	0.8	3.8	6.2	1.62
1976	25	-2.6	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	17	10	.630	3.51	3.93	35	34	0	16	2	0	259.0	247	113	101	16	70	5	150	11	1	7	1072	1.224	8.6	0.6	2.4	5.2	2.14
1977	26	-1.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	20	12	.625	3.04	3.60	38	37	1	21	5	1	292.2	246	117	99	18	79	0	244	8	2	14	1186	1.110	7.6	0.6	2.4	7.5	3.09
1978	27	-0.2	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	21	17	.553	3.33	3.82	40	40	0	20	4	0	294.2	283	125	109	27	78	7	183	9	0	12	1218	1.225	8.6	0.8	2.4	5.6	2.35
1979	28	0.6	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	14	12	.538	4.08	4.46	32	32	0	12	5	0	236.0	226	117	107	33	56	3	126	2	0	8	966	1.195	8.6	1.3	2.1	4.8	2.25
1980	29	1.3	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	20	11	.645	3.79	4.08	38	38	0	9	3	0	280.1	271	127	118	30	80	5	155	1	1	12	1172	1.252	8.7	1.0	2.6	5.0	1.94
1981	30	2.1	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	13	11	.542	2.99	3.53	26	26	0	9	2	0	201.2	202	79	67	15	41	5	107	3	1	5	837	1.205	9.0	0.7	1.8	4.8	2.61
1982	31		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A-Rk	KCR	1	3	.250	5.87	5.87	5	5	0	1	0	0	30.2	28	20	20	4	12	1	18	1	0	4		1.304	8.2	1.2	3.5	5.3	1.50
1982	31	5.4	Omaha	AA	AAA	KCR	1	2	.333	7.40	7.40	3	3	0	1	0	0	20.2	19	17	17	4	9	1	13	1	0	3		1.355	8.3	1.7	3.9	5.7	1.44
1982	31	8.8	Fort Myers	FLOR	A	KCR	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1		1.200	7.2	0.0	3.6	5.4	1.50
1982	31	11.1	Royals	GULF	Rk	KCR	0	1	.000	5.40	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0		1.200	9.0	0.0	1.8	3.6	2.00
1982	31	2.8	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	10	6	.625	5.10	5.65	21	21	0	2	0	0	130.2	145	82	74	20	46	3	58	2	0	4	579	1.462	10.0	1.4	3.2	4.0	1.26
1983	32	3.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	6	3	.667	3.71	4.14	10	10	0	1	0	0	63.0	69	29	26	3	19	1	31	0	0	1	270	1.397	9.9	0.4	2.7	4.4	1.63

1985	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	KCR	2	0	1.000	2.53	2.95	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.1	14	7	6	1	3	0	11	0	0	1		0.797	5.9	0.4	1.3	4.6	3.67
1985	34	10.1	Memphis	SOUL	AA	KCR	0	0		7.20	7.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	9	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		2.000	16.2	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.00
1985	34	11.5	Fort Myers	FLOR	A	KCR	2	0	1.000	1.10	1.65	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.1	5	3	2	0	2	0	10	0	0	1		0.429	2.8	0.0	1.1	5.5	5.00
1985	34	5.6	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.5
1986	35	6.8	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	8	13	.381	4.44	4.95	33	30	0	5	2	0	192.2	207	106	95	22	51	6	114	4	1	6	821	1.339	9.7	1.0	2.4	5.3	2.24
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		144	106	.576	3.70	4.15	312	302	3	103	23	1	2187.0	2137	1008	898	202	622	39	1323	52	6	73	9149	1.262	8.8	0.8	2.6	5.4	2.13
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		36	31	.537	3.22	3.68	84	83	0	39	11	1	589.0	468	241	211	43	229	15	542	19	1	26		1.183	7.2	0.7	3.5	8.3	2.37
All Levels (14 Seasons)							180	137	.568	3.60	4.05	396	385	3	142	34	2	2776.0	2605	1249	1109	245	851	54	1865	71	7	99	9149	1.245	8.4	0.8	2.8	6.0	2.19

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		13	17	.433	3.84	4.25	35	35	0	19	4	0	262.2	216	124	112	29	110	12	220	11	0	16		1.241	7.4	1.0	3.8	7.5	2.00
AA (1 season)					Minors		0	0		7.20	7.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	9	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		2.000	16.2	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.00
A (4 seasons)					Minors		21	12	.636	2.57	3.09	43	42	0	19	6	1	294.1	219	101	84	13	111	3	288	7	1	10		1.121	6.7	0.4	3.4	8.8	2.59
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		2	2	.500	3.67	4.00	5	5	0	1	1	0	27.0	24	12	11	0	7	0	33	1	0	0		1.148	8.0	0.0	2.3	11.0	4.71