Al Leiter

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: October 23, 1965 in Toms River, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central Regional HS (Bayville, NJ).

High School: Central Regional HS (Bayville, NJ)

Debut: September 15, 1987 (Age 21-327d, 13,032nd in MLB history)
vs. MIL 6.0 IP, 4 H, 8 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: October 2, 2005 (Age 39-344d)
vs. BOS 0.2 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

National Team: us USA (WBC)

Full Name: Alois Terry Leiter

Pronunciation: \LIGHTER\

Twitter: @Al_Leiter22

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Relatives: Brother of Mark Leiter; Uncle of Mark Leiter Jr.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.0

W

162

L

132

ERA

3.80

G

419

GS

382

SV

IP

2391.0

SO

1974

WHIP

1.386

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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1984	18	NYY-min	A-	3	2	.600	3.63	10	10	0	0	0	0	57.0	52	32	23	1	26	0	48	2	1	5				1.368	8.2	0.2	4.1	7.6	1.85	ONE NYPL
1985	19	NYY-min	A,A-	4	8	.333	5.18	24	23	0	3	0	0	120.0	114	84	69	3	82	1	78	2	1	8				1.633	8.6	0.2	6.2	5.9	0.95	FTL,ONE FLOR,NYPL
1986	20	NYY-min	A	4	8	.333	4.05	22	21	0	1	1	0	117.2	96	64	53	2	90	1	101	5	1	7				1.581	7.3	0.2	6.9	7.7	1.12	FTL FLOR
1987	21	NYY-min	AA,AAA	4	7	.364	4.00	20	19	0	2	0	0	101.1	85	52	45	5	52	0	94	2	2	6				1.352	7.5	0.4	4.6	8.3	1.81	ALC,CLB EL,IL
1987	21	NYY	AL	2	2	.500	6.35	4	4	0	0	0	0	22.2	24	16	16	2	15	0	28	0	0	4	104	71	3.53	1.721	9.5	0.8	6.0	11.1	1.87
1988	22	NYY-min	AAA	0	2	.000	3.46	4	4	0	0	0	0	13.0	5	7	5	0	14	0	12	3	2	1				1.462	3.5	0.0	9.7	8.3	0.86	CLB IL
1988	22	NYY	AL	4	4	.500	3.92	14	14	0	0	0	0	57.1	49	27	25	7	33	0	60	5	4	1	251	101	4.25	1.430	7.7	1.1	5.2	9.4	1.82
1989	23	TOR-min	A	0	2	.000	5.62	3	3	0	0	0	0	8.0	11	5	5	0	5	0	4	0	1	0				2.000	12.4	0.0	5.6	4.5	0.80	DUN FLOR
1989	23	TOT	AL	1	2	.333	5.67	5	5	0	0	0	0	33.1	32	23	21	2	23	0	26	2	1	2	154	69	4.23	1.650	8.6	0.5	6.2	7.0	1.13
1989	23	NYY	AL	1	2	.333	6.08	4	4	0	0	0	0	26.2	23	20	18	1	21	0	22	2	1	1	123	65	4.19	1.650	7.8	0.3	7.1	7.4	1.05
1989	23	TOR	AL	0	0		4.05	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	9	3	3	1	2	0	4	0	0	1	31	96	4.41	1.650	12.2	1.4	2.7	5.4	2.00
1990	24	TOR-min	AAA,A+	3	8	.273	4.15	21	20	1	1	1	0	102.0	77	51	47	5	80	0	83	5	7	7				1.539	6.8	0.4	7.1	7.3	1.04	SYR,DUN IL,FLOR
1990	24	TOR	AL	0	0		0.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	22		2.18	0.474	1.4	0.0	2.8	7.1	2.50
1991	25	TOR-min	A+	0	0		1.86	4	3	0	0	0	0	9.2	5	2	2	0	7	0	5	1	0	1	40			1.241	4.7	0.0	6.5	4.7	0.71	DUN FLOR
1991	25	TOR	AL	0	0		27.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	3	5	5	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	13	19	10.66	4.800	16.2	0.0	27.0	5.4	0.20
1992	26	TOR-min	AAA	8	9	.471	3.86	27	27	0	2	0	0	163.1	159	82	70	9	64	0	108	9	0	9	703			1.365	8.8	0.5	3.5	6.0	1.69	SYR IL
1992	26	TOR	AL	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	62	8.78	3.000	9.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
1993	27	TOR	AL	9	6	.600	4.11	34	12	4	1	1	2	105.0	93	52	48	8	56	2	66	4	2	2	454	106	4.44	1.419	8.0	0.7	4.8	5.7	1.18
1994	28	TOR	AL	6	7	.462	5.08	20	20	0	1	0	0	111.2	125	68	63	6	65	3	100	2	5	7	516	95	3.84	1.701	10.1	0.5	5.2	8.1	1.54
1995	29	TOR	AL	11	11	.500	3.64	28	28	0	2	1	0	183.0	162	80	74	15	*108*	1	153	6	0	14	805	130	4.37	1.475	8.0	0.7	5.3	7.5	1.42
1996	30	FLA	NL	16	12	.571	2.93	33	33	0	2	1	0	215.1	153	74	70	14	*119*	3	200	11	0	5	896	139	3.97	1.263	*6.4*	0.6	5.0	8.4	1.68	AS,CYA-9
1997	31	FLA	NL	11	9	.550	4.34	27	27	0	0	0	0	151.1	133	78	73	13	91	4	132	12	0	2	668	93	4.52	1.480	7.9	0.8	5.4	7.9	1.45
1998	32	NYM	NL	17	6	.739	2.47	28	28	0	4	2	0	193.0	151	55	53	8	71	2	174	11	1	4	789	170	3.15	1.150	7.0	0.4	3.3	8.1	2.45	CYA-6
1999	33	NYM	NL	13	12	.520	4.23	32	32	0	1	1	0	213.0	209	107	100	19	93	8	162	9	1	4	923	105	4.21	1.418	8.8	0.8	3.9	6.8	1.74
2000	34	NYM	NL	16	8	.667	3.20	31	31	0	2	1	0	208.0	176	84	74	19	76	1	200	11	1	4	874	139	3.65	1.212	7.6	0.8	3.3	8.7	2.63	AS
2001	35	NYM	NL	11	11	.500	3.31	29	29	0	0	0	0	187.1	178	81	69	18	46	3	142	4	2	5	772	125	3.58	1.196	8.6	0.9	2.2	6.8	3.09
2002	36	NYM	NL	13	13	.500	3.48	33	33	0	2	2	0	204.1	194	99	79	23	69	5	172	8	1	1	868	115	3.87	1.287	8.5	1.0	3.0	7.6	2.49
2003	37	NYM	NL	15	9	.625	3.99	30	30	0	1	1	0	180.2	176	83	80	15	94	11	139	9	1	5	798	106	4.28	1.494	8.8	0.7	4.7	6.9	1.48
2004	38	NYM	NL	10	8	.556	3.21	30	30	0	0	0	0	173.2	138	65	62	16	97	8	117	11	1	1	750	133	4.76	1.353	7.2	0.8	5.0	6.1	1.21
2005	39	TOT	MLB	7	12	.368	6.13	33	26	2	0	0	0	142.1	154	103	97	13	98	2	97	12	0	2	670	67	5.16	1.770	9.7	0.8	6.2	6.1	0.99
2005	39	FLA	NL	3	7	.300	6.64	17	16	0	0	0	0	80.0	88	61	59	9	60	2	52	6	0	0	377	60	5.66	1.850	9.9	1.0	6.8	5.9	0.87
2005	39	NYY	AL	4	5	.444	5.49	16	10	2	0	0	0	62.1	66	42	38	4	38	0	45	6	0	2	293	78	4.53	1.668	9.5	0.6	5.5	6.5	1.18
19 Yrs				162	132	.551	3.80	419	382	9	16	10	2	2391.0	2152	1101	1010	198	1163	53	1974	117	20	63	10334	112	4.10	1.386	8.1	0.7	4.4	7.4	1.70
162 Game Avg.				14	11	.551	3.80	36	32	1	1	1	0	203	183	93	86	17	99	4	168	10	2	5	877	112	4.10	1.386	8.1	0.7	4.4	7.4	1.70
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
NYM (7 yrs)				95	67	.586	3.42	213	213	0	10	7	0	1360.0	1222	574	517	118	546	38	1106	63	8	24	5774	124	3.92	1.300	8.1	0.8	3.6	7.3	2.03
TOR (7 yrs)				26	24	.520	4.20	91	61	7	4	2	2	415.1	394	209	194	30	240	6	329	12	7	24	1848	110	4.24	1.526	8.5	0.7	5.2	7.1	1.37
NYY (4 yrs)				11	13	.458	5.17	38	32	2	0	0	0	169.0	162	105	97	14	107	0	155	13	5	8	771	80	4.25	1.592	8.6	0.7	5.7	8.3	1.45
FLA (3 yrs)				30	28	.517	4.07	77	76	0	2	1	0	446.2	374	213	202	36	270	9	384	29	0	7	1941	99	4.46	1.442	7.5	0.7	5.4	7.7	1.42

AL (10 yrs)				37	37	.500	4.48	129	93	9	4	2	2	584.1	556	314	291	44	347	6	484	25	12	32	2619	100	4.25	1.545	8.6	0.7	5.3	7.5	1.39
NL (10 yrs)				125	95	.568	3.58	290	289	0	12	8	0	1806.2	1596	787	719	154	816	47	1490	92	8	31	7715	117	4.05	1.335	8.0	0.8	4.1	7.4	1.83

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