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: 21-14 / in Starts: 21-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	38	3	Apr 14	KCR		CAL	L,6-7	GS-7		99	6.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	0	4.50	3.97	25	5	8	0	3	7	49			2	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.113	1.39	-0.10%	-1.26	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a2
2	39	8	Apr 20	KCR	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	5	5.0	8	5	5	3	1	0	0	6.55	4.00	23	7	4	0	0	8	29			0	1	0	19	0	2	0	2	1	0	1.05	-0.381	1.27	-0.28%	-2.83	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d2
May				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
3	40	14	May 2	KCR		NYY	W,2-1	GS-10		11	10.0	9	1	1	4	4	0	1	3.86	3.68	42	13	11	1	0	9	70			5	0	0	37	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.19	0.424	1.57	0.34%	3.52	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
4	41	18	May 8	KCR	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS-8	W(1-1)	5	7.1	9	3	3	1	6	2	0	3.81	4.01	32	7	9	0	0	9	53			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.235	1.76	0.21%	-0.12	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 1 out a3
5	42	23	May 13	KCR		CHW	W,13-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	7	1	0	3.38	3.81	35	8	11	2	0	7	70			1	0	1	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.181	.75	0.20%	2.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
6	43	27	May 17	KCR		TEX	W,8-7	GS-9		3	8.1	8	5	5	3	8	0	0	3.74	3.44	36	9	8	0	0	8	52			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.117	1.54	0.18%	0.55	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a5
7	44	31	May 21	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.29	3.33	34	8	15	4	0	4	76			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	2	.88	0.254	2.36	0.41%	3.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
8	45	35	May 26(1)	KCR	@	TEX	W,14-2	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	7	0	0	3.11	3.15	35	10	9	1	2	6	71			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.208	1.42	0.39%	2.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
9	46	41	May 30	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS-11		3	10.2	9	2	2	4	9	0	0	2.91	3.00	45	8	15	1	1	9	73			1	0	0	40	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.85	0.143	4.03	0.19%	2.09	1b start tie	11b 1-3 2 out tie
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
10	47	45	Jun 4	KCR		MIL	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(5-1)	4	10.0	7	3	2	2	3	0	1	2.77	2.99	38	9	16	2	0	7	69			1	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.57	0.282	3.68	0.40%	1.52	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
11	48	50	Jun 8	KCR		DET	L,1-3	CG	L(5-2)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	2.80	3.09	34	11	11	3	0	7	62			0	0	1	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.48	-0.086	1.18	-0.13%	1.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
12	49	55	Jun 13	KCR		BAL	W,8-4	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	9	4	4	4	9	2	0	2.90	3.25	39	5	12	0	4	9	58			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.138	1.71	0.20%	0.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
13	50	59	Jun 18	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	13	3	1	2	9	0	0	2.75	3.09	38	7	7	0	0	13	60			0	4	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.66	0.275	3.85	0.38%	0.91	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
14	51	64	Jun 23	KCR	@	TEX	L,5-7	CG(8)	L(7-3)	4	8.0	7	7	7	3	6	1	1	3.09	3.17	34	7	10	1	1	7	43			1	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	.79	-0.524	2.94	-1.17%	-3.39	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
15	52	69	Jun 28	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	3	1	0	2	3.06	3.24	30	10	9	3	0	5	57			1	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.240	4.17	0.39%	1.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
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
16	53	74	Jul 3	KCR		OAK	W,7-5	GS-9	W(8-3)	4	8.2	8	5	3	2	3	1	0	3.07	3.30	35	14	8	3	0	8	53			2	0	0	32	2	0	0	3	0	2	1.44	-0.157	4.12	-0.27%	-1.40	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out a2
17	54	80	Jul 9	KCR	@	DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-3)	5	9.0	4	0	0	0	8	0	0	2.88	3.15	31	9	10	2	2	4	87			2	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.38	0.792	3.14	1.08%	4.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
18	55	83	Jul 15(1)	KCR		BOS	W,12-5	CG	W(10-3)	5	9.0	10	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.00	3.13	39	8	17	0	7	10	47			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	1	0	.25	0.150	.49	0.18%	-0.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
19	56	89	Jul 19	KCR		BAL	L,3-4	CG	L(10-4)	3	9.0	6	4	4	1	5	1	1	3.06	3.16	35	12	10	0	0	6	63			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.159	.90	-0.12%	0.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
20	57	94	Jul 24	KCR	@	OAK	W,6-5	GS-6	W(11-4)	4	5.1	7	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.23	3.21	24	5	9	3	2	7	35			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	.70	-0.324	1.97	-0.55%	-2.69	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out a1
21	58	99	Jul 30	KCR		TEX	W,2-1	GS-9	W(12-4)	5	8.1	3	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.13	3.16	30	7	13	0	3	3	76			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.401	2.01	0.40%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
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
22	59	104	Aug 5	KCR		MIN	W,6-4	GS-8	W(13-4)	5	7.1	9	4	4	1	2	0	1	3.20	3.15	30	11	6	1	1	9	45			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.32	-0.119	2.05	-0.11%	-0.87	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
23	60	110	Aug 9	KCR		NYY	W,8-2	CG	W(14-4)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	7	1	0	3.14	3.15	37	5	15	0	1	8	68			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.130	.29	0.06%	2.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
24	61	114	Aug 14	KCR		DET	W,15-3	GS-7	W(15-4)	4	7.0	9	3	2	0	5	0	2	3.12	3.12	32	11	5	1	0	9	54			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	1	.40	-0.028	.61	-0.03%	0.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out a10
25	62	119	Aug 19	KCR	@	MIL	L,4-6	GS-6	L(15-5)	4	5.1	9	6	6	2	3	1	0	3.30	3.17	26	4	8	2	1	9	27			0	0	0	23	0	2	0	1	1	0	.89	-0.415	.95	-0.27%	-3.23	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d2
26	63	124	Aug 24	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(15-6)	4	8.0	4	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.26	3.18	30	16	4	1	0	4	64			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.14	0.080	.94	0.04%	1.47	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
27	64	129	Aug 29	KCR	@	BOS	L,6-15	GS-2	L(15-7)	4	1.1	9	9	6	0	1	0	0	3.50	3.17	14	5	1	0	0	7	7			0	0	1	13	2	0	0	0	1	1	.88	-0.419	.46	-0.13%	-7.52	1b start tie	2b 1-- 1 out d8
Sep/Oct				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
28	65	132	Sep 1	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-7	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.48	3.16	3	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.04	0.00%	0.42	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
29	66	134	Sep 4	KCR		TEX	W,7-0	SHO	W(16-7)	2	9.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.34	3.10	32	11	11	0	6	6	79			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.211	.47	0.18%	4.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
30	67	139	Sep 9	KCR		CAL	W,6-5	GS-8		4	7.1	10	5	4	1	4	0	0	3.39	3.07	32	10	7	0	2	10	43			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.28	-0.295	2.71	-0.38%	-0.87	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d1
31	68	143	Sep 13(1)	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(16-8)	3	8.0	8	4	3	3	3	1	0	3.39	3.12	35	9	12	2	5	8	52			0	1	0	30	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.41	-0.399	2.67	-0.46%	-0.42	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
32	69	148	Sep 17	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(17-8)	3	9.0	7	2	2	4	6	0	0	3.34	3.10	36	11	8	4	2	7	67			0	2	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.01	0.429	4.24	0.54%	2.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
33	70	153	Sep 23	KCR		OAK	L,1-8	GS-2	L(17-9)	5	1.0	4	5	5	2	3	0	0	3.51	3.10	10	1	0	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.366	.88	-0.18%	-4.89	1t start tie	2t 1-3 0 out d4
34	71	157	Sep 27	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-8	GS-6	L(17-10)	3	5.0	7	5	4	1	2	2	2	3.58	3.21	24	7	5	2	1	7	36			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.05	-0.455	1.38	-0.36%	-3.26	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d2
35	72	161	Oct 2	KCR		MIN	L,2-3	GS-5		4	5.0	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.51	3.22	17	5	5	0	1	4	58			1	1	0	15	2	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.273	.00	0.00%	2.26	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
							21-14		W-L:17-10	3.8	259.0	247	113	101	70	150	16	11	3.51	3.22	1072	0.92		7%	8%	245	55	0	---%	23	15	3	967	31	5	5	17	12	9	1.02	0.727	2.01	1.25%	3.74

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