Dennis Leonard

Position: 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)

Debut: September 4, 1974 (Age 23-119d, 13,545th in major league history)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

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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Team Record in Appearances: 21-11 / in Starts: 20-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 1

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	6	24	May 4	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-6	2-7		99	5.1	4	2	2	5	4	1	0	3.38	6.34	23	4	6	1	3	4		2	0	1	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.095	1.50	0.10%	1.38	2b 1-3 0 out d1	7b 12- 1 out d3
2	7	27	May 8	KCR		TEX	L,3-5	GS-8		3	7.1	9	3	3	2	7	1	0	3.55	4.56	33	4	11	1	5	9	53			2	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.019	2.58	-0.02%	0.27	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out tie
3	8	31	May 12	KCR	@	DET	L,0-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	3	5.1	6	5	5	3	6	1	1	5.00	4.70	25	4	5	2	2	6	39			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.143	1.10	-0.11%	-2.56	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d5
4	9	35	May 16	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	5	2	2	6	4	0	1	4.00	4.48	35	9	10	1	0	5	67			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	3	1	1	1.10	0.278	1.62	0.24%	2.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
5	10	40	May 21	KCR	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS-9		4	8.1	6	1	0	3	3	0	0	3.06	4.12	33	8	14	3	2	5	69			0	0	1	28	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.42	0.263	2.00	0.22%	2.39	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out tie
6	11	44	May 26	KCR		NYY	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.0	4	4	4	4	2	0	0	3.57	4.12	23	6	7	0	3	4	41			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.142	1.76	-0.15%	-1.02	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out d1
7	12	47	May 31	KCR	@	MIL	W,7-5	GS-4		4	3.1	5	5	4	1	2	2	0	4.12	4.58	16	4	4	0	2	5	33			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.439	1.47	-0.45%	-3.75	1b start tie	4b -2- 1 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	13	50	Jun 3	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	6	2	1	0	3	0	1	3.59	4.18	31	7	14	0	0	6	72			0	2	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.190	2.01	0.25%	2.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
9	14	54	Jun 7	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-7	GS-5	L(2-2)	3	4.1	7	7	7	5	2	0	0	4.42	4.25	24	4	6	0	1	7	18			2	1	0	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.328	2.90	-0.44%	-3.26	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d2
10	15	58	Jun 11	KCR		CLE	W,7-1	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.95	3.95	35	8	11	1	0	6	75			1	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.64	0.264	1.29	0.32%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
11	16	63	Jun 15	KCR		BOS	L,7-8	GS-6		3	5.0	8	4	4	2	5	1	0	4.18	3.98	24	3	6	2	1	8	38			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.219	1.93	-0.28%	-1.92	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out tie
12	17	66	Jun 20	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-3	GS-6	L(3-3)	4	5.1	5	3	2	7	7	1	0	4.13	4.15	29	8	2	0	0	5	48			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	0	0	1	.73	-0.129	2.52	-0.27%	-1.07	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d3
13	18	70	Jun 24	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-3	GS-7		3	7.0	9	3	2	4	7	1	0	4.00	4.15	31	5	6	0	0	9	52			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.82	-0.109	3.44	-0.12%	0.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
14	19	74	Jun 28	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS-4	L(3-4)	3	3.1	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.26	4.13	19	3	6	2	1	7	29			0	0	0	14	2	1	1	0	1	0	1.06	-0.343	2.01	-0.39%	-3.60	1b start tie	4b 123 1 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	20	79	Jul 4	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	6-GF	BW(4-4)	5	4.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.27	4.08	19	2	9	0	2	6		0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	-0.030	3.68	-0.03%	-0.03	6t --- 0 out a2	9t end tie
16	21	83	Jul 8	KCR		MIL	W,9-1	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	9	1	1	1	6	1	0	3.97	3.98	33	10	7	1	3	9	70			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	3	0	0	.33	0.137	.56	0.14%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
17	22	88	Jul 13	KCR		DET	L,4-8	GS-4	L(5-5)	4	3.2	7	5	5	2	4	0	2	4.27	3.97	20	3	2	0	0	7	29			0	1	0	15	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.32	-0.391	1.79	-0.32%	-3.25	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d2
18	23	93	Jul 21	KCR	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-9	W(6-5)	7	8.2	7	2	2	1	5	1	1	4.10	3.94	34	11	9	4	4	7	66			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.347	.90	0.12%	1.95	1b start a 1	9b 1-3 2 out a1
19	24	98	Jul 25(2)	KCR		TEX	W,6-1	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	5	1	0	2	7	0	0	3.79	3.78	35	13	8	0	1	5	80			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	0.350	.87	0.15%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
20	25	103	Jul 30	KCR	@	MIN	W,6-4	GS-7	W(8-5)	4	6.2	7	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.74	3.71	30	6	9	3	3	7	54			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.065	.86	0.03%	0.99	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	26	108	Aug 4	KCR		MIN	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	7	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.70	3.71	26	12	4	1	1	6	48			0	1	0	23	1	2	1	0	0	0	.99	0.057	.81	0.03%	0.96	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
22	27	113	Aug 9	KCR	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS-6		4	5.2	8	4	4	2	4	2	0	3.81	3.84	26	6	6	0	0	8	39			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.323	1.34	-0.22%	-1.58	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d2
23	28	118	Aug 15	KCR		NYY	L,4-5	GS-8		5	7.1	6	4	2	1	3	0	0	3.74	3.75	30	9	11	3	1	6	56			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.20	0.134	2.05	0.14%	1.04	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a2
24	29	122	Aug 20	KCR		BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(9-5)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.58	3.61	34	8	12	0	1	6	77			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.430	2.12	0.50%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
25	30	127	Aug 26(1)	KCR		BAL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(10-5)	5	6.0	8	3	3	4	7	1	1	3.62	3.66	31	3	8	0	2	8	47			1	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.28	-0.212	1.11	-0.11%	-1.39	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out a1
26	31	131	Aug 30	KCR	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(11-5)	3	9.0	6	2	1	5	6	0	0	3.48	3.62	37	12	8	3	0	6	70			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.225	.89	0.11%	2.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	32	136	Sep 3	KCR	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-9	W(12-5)	3	9.0	9	3	3	2	9	1	1	3.46	3.59	37	5	11	3	2	9	64			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.072	1.33	0.04%	1.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
28	33	142	Sep 8	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-8	GS-6	L(12-6)	4	5.0	7	6	6	2	3	2	0	3.66	3.71	23	6	5	4	1	7	30			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.349	3.63	-0.83%	-3.03	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 0 out d3
29	34	145	Sep 12(1)	KCR		CAL	W,10-2	CG	W(13-6)	3	9.0	9	2	2	5	7	0	0	3.58	3.66	39	12	7	2	3	8	63			1	1	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	1	.70	0.195	.21	0.03%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
30	35	150	Sep 16	KCR		CHW	L,5-6	GS-5	L(13-7)	3	5.0	7	6	6	1	3	1	0	3.76	3.68	23	9	6	2	2	4	31			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.473	.61	-0.13%	-3.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
31	36	155	Sep 21	KCR		OAK	W,2-1	GS-9	W(14-7)	4	8.2	7	1	1	1	4	0	1	3.65	3.63	34	11	10	1	3	7	69			2	0	1	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	0.479	.00	0.00%	3.12	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out a1
32	37	160	Sep 26	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-6	GS-6	W(15-7)	4	5.0	4	5	5	6	4	1	0	3.77	3.71	24	6	4	0	2	4	37			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.272	.00	0.00%	-2.63	1b start tie	6b --- 0 out a1
							21-11		W-L:15-7,BSv:1	3.7	212.1	212	98	89	90	146	18	9	3.77	3.71	916	0.91		9%	11%	206	52	2	0%	12	10	2	806	31	6	4	20	4	11	1.14	-0.340	1.53	-1.45%	4.41

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