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: 25-13 / in Starts: 24-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 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	73	2	Apr 9	KCR	@	DET	W,16-2	7-GF	S(1)	99	3.0	1	2	1	3	4	0	0	3.00	3.07	14	2	4	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.40	7b --- 0 out a16	9b end a14
2	74	9	Apr 18	KCR		MIN	L,6-8	GS-5		8	4.1	6	6	3	2	3	1	0	4.91	4.65	21	5	5	0	1	6	34			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.05	-0.340	1.58	-0.31%	-2.62	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out tie
3	75	13	Apr 23	KCR	@	SEA	W,8-6	GS-8	W(1-0)	4	8.0	9	6	2	2	5	0	0	3.52	3.39	35	12	8	1	1	8	51			1	1	1	32	1	1	0	1	0	2	1.23	-0.238	1.83	-0.21%	-1.99	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
4	76	17	Apr 27	KCR		TEX	L,0-5	GS-7	L(1-1)	3	6.0	7	4	4	2	3	1	1	4.22	3.96	26	8	5	1	1	7	43			0	1	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.156	1.22	-0.16%	-2.25	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out d4
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
5	77	21	May 2	KCR		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	4	1	1	5	6	0	0	3.26	3.70	35	12	9	3	3	3	76			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.29	0.489	2.44	0.56%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	78	26	May 7	KCR	@	TEX	W,6-5	GS-9		4	8.2	8	4	4	4	7	0	0	3.46	3.43	38	14	7	1	2	6	55			1	1	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.200	2.13	0.20%	1.38	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a2
7	79	30	May 12	KCR		TEX	L,0-2	CG	L(2-2)	4	9.0	11	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.19	3.11	38	11	10	2	2	10	62			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.141	1.08	0.10%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
8	80	34	May 18	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-7	GS-6	L(2-3)	5	5.0	11	7	7	1	3	1	0	4.08	3.27	27	7	5	0	4	11	19			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.329	.52	-0.22%	-4.46	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d4
9	81	38	May 22	KCR		CLE	L,1-7	GS-5	L(2-4)	3	4.1	7	5	3	2	1	1	0	4.24	3.52	21	7	4	1	0	7	32			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.118	.78	-0.06%	-1.01	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out d1
10	82	41	May 27	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-10	GS-7	L(2-5)	4	6.1	11	9	8	1	9	1	1	4.95	3.46	32	5	5	0	2	11	25			0	0	0	30	4	0	0	1	0	0	.51	-0.172	.34	-0.07%	-5.30	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out d9
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
11	83	45	Jun 1	KCR	@	TOR	W,11-3	GS-8	W(3-5)	4	7.2	6	3	3	1	10	0	0	4.79	3.15	30	9	4	3	1	6	64			0	0	0	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	.43	0.138	.31	0.06%	0.61	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a6
12	84	50	Jun 6	KCR		BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(3-6)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	6	1	0	4.37	3.19	34	11	10	1	4	5	77			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	0.319	.81	0.16%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
13	85	55	Jun 11	KCR	@	MIL	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-6)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.93	3.00	30	7	11	4	2	3	88			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.394	.58	0.18%	4.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
14	86	59	Jun 16	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS-7	L(4-7)	4	6.2	9	7	7	1	8	1	0	4.31	2.98	31	7	6	0	4	9	35			1	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	.39	-0.170	.34	-0.09%	-3.72	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d7
15	87	63	Jun 20	KCR		SEA	L,2-4	CG	L(4-8)	3	9.0	8	4	4	4	6	0	0	4.29	2.96	36	9	9	1	3	8	57			1	1	0	30	2	1	0	0	1	0	.92	0.006	1.01	0.00%	0.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
16	88	67	Jun 24	KCR	@	OAK	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-8)	3	9.0	3	0	0	5	11	0	1	3.95	2.91	33	5	8	0	3	3	87			0	2	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.474	1.09	0.32%	4.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
17	89	72	Jun 28	KCR	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	W(6-8)	3	9.0	2	1	1	0	6	1	0	3.73	2.90	28	10	10	1	5	2	85			0	0	1	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.97	0.421	1.61	0.42%	3.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
18	90	76	Jul 3	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-7	L(6-9)	4	6.1	8	5	5	1	4	1	1	3.90	2.98	27	6	7	1	3	8	40			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.190	1.78	-0.21%	-1.53	1b start a 1	7b --3 1 out d1
19	91	80	Jul 8	KCR		OAK	W,6-2	CG	W(7-9)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	13	0	0	3.77	2.80	34	6	8	0	4	6	79			2	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	1	0	.60	0.180	1.05	0.19%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
20	92	84	Jul 12	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	W(8-9)	3	9.0	8	3	1	3	9	1	0	3.60	2.82	38	15	3	0	1	8	69			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	2	.69	0.212	1.76	0.32%	1.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
21	93	88	Jul 16	KCR		NYY	W,5-1	CG	W(9-9)	3	9.0	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	3.40	2.75	33	8	13	1	4	7	76			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	1	1	.77	0.318	1.61	0.40%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
22	94	91	Jul 22	KCR	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-9		5	8.0	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.34	2.76	30	11	11	4	1	4	66			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.310	3.35	0.48%	2.87	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
23	95	94	Jul 27	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.0	9	3	2	2	4	0	0	3.31	2.75	32	10	7	1	1	9	51			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.17	-0.119	2.12	-0.13%	-0.73	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out d1
24	96	99	Jul 31(2)	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	W(10-9)	3	9.0	5	4	4	3	6	2	0	3.34	2.88	36	9	13	2	3	5	64			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.68	0.257	1.55	0.35%	0.56	1b start tie	9b 3 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
25	97	104	Aug 5	KCR		CHW	W,12-2	CG	W(11-9)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	3	1	0	3.28	2.97	35	12	10	1	5	6	66			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.124	.94	0.21%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
26	98	109	Aug 10	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-3	GS-8	W(12-9)	4	7.1	10	3	3	2	7	0	0	3.29	2.92	33	7	10	2	3	7	51			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.34	0.082	3.06	0.11%	0.56	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
27	99	113	Aug 14	KCR	@	TOR	L,3-6	GS-8	L(12-10)	3	7.0	5	5	5	4	12	0	0	3.40	2.86	29	7	1	0	1	5	55			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	-0.180	3.66	-0.28%	-0.29	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out a1
28	100	117	Aug 18	KCR	@	CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(13-10)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.26	2.81	30	11	8	1	2	4	84			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.330	1.41	0.48%	4.38	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
29	101	121	Aug 22	KCR		BAL	W,8-7	GS-3		3	3.0	6	5	5	1	2	0	1	3.42	2.82	17	1	6	0	1	6	28			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	2	0	.85	-0.294	3.20	-0.66%	-3.45	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
30	102	125	Aug 26	KCR	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	W(14-10)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.36	2.78	34	8	11	3	3	6	72			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.585	5.88	1.48%	2.29	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
31	103	129	Aug 30	KCR		TEX	L,2-8	GS-6	L(14-11)	3	6.0	8	5	5	2	4	1	0	3.47	2.83	27	8	8	3	0	5	38			0	1	0	24	1	1	0	0	1	0	.64	-0.242	3.55	-0.81%	-1.90	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
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
32	104	133	Sep 3	KCR		MIL	W,3-2	CG	W(15-11)	3	9.0	6	2	2	0	9	0	1	3.42	2.76	33	10	7	2	3	6	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.502	5.41	1.28%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
33	105	138	Sep 8	KCR	@	SEA	W,7-2	CG	W(16-11)	4	9.0	6	2	1	2	10	1	1	3.33	2.77	37	11	7	1	2	6	77			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	3	1.03	0.263	1.94	0.30%	2.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
34	106	143	Sep 14(2)	KCR		OAK	W,6-0	SHO	W(17-11)	5	9.0	8	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.21	2.77	36	10	13	5	2	8	72			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.211	.11	0.03%	4.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
35	107	148	Sep 18	KCR		SEA	W,8-3	CG	W(18-11)	3	9.0	7	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.21	2.79	35	6	16	2	2	7	65			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.143	.00	0.00%	1.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
36	108	151	Sep 23	KCR	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	W(19-11)	4	9.0	5	3	3	4	13	1	0	3.20	2.78	36	8	6	4	2	5	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.173	.00	0.00%	1.38	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
37	109	157	Sep 27(2)	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(19-12)	3	8.0	5	3	1	4	9	1	1	3.14	2.82	32	5	8	2	1	5	69			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.124	.00	0.00%	0.93	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
38	110	162	Oct 2	KCR		CAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(20-12)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	9	0	0	3.04	2.76	33	10	7	1	3	6	83			1	1	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.28	0.564	.00	0.00%	4.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
							25-13		W-L:20-12,Sv:1	3.8	292.2	246	117	99	79	244	18	8	3.04	2.76	1186	1.07		9%	14%	235	61	0	---%	10	13	3	1083	38	9	0	20	8	19	.88	4.165	1.56	4.44%	34.90

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