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Sam
Leslie		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 202
 
Born: July 26, 1905 in Usa, MS, MOSS POINT
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 24 CAL AL $ 300,000   81 81 74 28 31 30 63 70 68 31 38 36 97 99 98
1931 25 CAL AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 4 4 10 10 10
1932 26 CLE AL $ 2,928,571   9 9 8 3 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1933 27 CLE AL $ 2,928,571   9 9 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 4 4 10 10 10
1934 28 NYG NL $ 2,928,571   9 9 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 4 4 10 10 10
1935 29 NYG NL $ 4,500,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 4 4 10 10 10
1936 30 NYG NL $ 4,500,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 8 7 2 3 3 10 10 10
1937 31 NYG NL $ 4,500,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 8 7 2 3 3 10 10 10
1938 32 NYG NL $ 4,500,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 2 3 3 10 10 10
1939 33 NYG NL $ 2,300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 3 3 10 10 10
1940 34 NYG NL $ 700,077   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 3 3 9 10 9
1941 35 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 7 6 2 3 3 9 9 9
1942 36 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 2 2 6 6 6 2 3 3 9 9 9
1943 37 NYG NL     8 8 7 1 2 2 5 6 6 2 3 3 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     8 8 7 1 2 2 5 6 6 2 3 3 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000   81 81 74 28 31 30 63 70 68 31 38 36 97 99 98
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 24 CAL AL 133 406 56 113 24 2 2 56 3 0 33 4 .278 .339 .362 .701 48.8 6.5
1931 25 CAL AL 154 591 87 191 31 7 11 104 3 3 39 7 .323 .367 .455 .822 84.7 16.8
1932 26 CLE AL 148 564 81 179 29 10 12 93 0 0 39 9 .317 .363 .468 .831 86.6 15.3
1933 27 CLE AL 149 565 91 177 25 13 9 93 0 0 48 8 .313 .365 .451 .816 88.4 15.9
1934 28 CLE AL 77 266 40 86 12 1 3 36 2 0 19 3 .323 .369 .410 .779 35.0 4.6
  NYG NL 50 177 27 57 11 2 2 24 1 0 18 2 .322 .388 .441 .828 26.4 4.9
  TOT   127 443 67 143 23 3 5 60 3 0 37 5 .323 .377 .422 .799 61.4 9.4
1935 29 NYG NL 150 543 85 182 24 8 9 85 4 0 31 5 .335 .377 .459 .835 80.8 16.8
1936 30 NYG NL 155 640 107 200 32 7 3 78 0 1 26 9 .313 .344 .398 .742 76.3 10.6
1937 31 NYG NL 105 316 43 97 16 2 7 44 1 0 14 18 .307 .339 .437 .776 43.4 8.1
1938 32 NYG NL 143 505 72 156 23 4 7 67 0 0 27 14 .309 .343 .412 .755 65.1 9.0
1939 33 NYG NL 123 331 53 94 17 4 3 44 0 0 9 11 .284 .306 .387 .693 34.1 6.4
1940 34 NYG NL 94 152 19 48 7 0 3 22 0 1 2 6 .316 .323 .421 .744 16.5 2.3
1941 35 NYG NL 118 243 34 85 12 3 1 34 0 0 15 11 .350 .395 .436 .831 36.1 7.5
1942 36 NYG NL 109 144 21 46 8 1 2 31 1 0 9 7 .319 .359 .431 .790 18.0 2.7
1943 37 AAA   66 67 11 19 3 0 1 9 0 0 10 1 .284 .377 .373 .750 9.9  
13 Years Sim 1708 5443 816 1711 271 64 74 811 15 5 329 114 .314 .356 .428 .784 740.1 127.3
1 Years AAA 66 67 11 19 3 0 1 9 0 0 10 1 .284 .377 .373 .750 9.9  
162 Game Average 516 77 162 25 6 7 76 1 0 31 10 .314 .356 .428 .784 70.2  
Career Highs 155 640 107 200 32 13 12 104 4 3 48 18 .350 .395 .468 .835 88.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4347 667 1422 219 49 63 665 15 3 282 81 .327 .370 .444 .813 661.7
vs LH   1085 148 285 50 15 11 140 0 2 44 33 .263 .297 .367 .664 109.5
Home 839 2601 407 825 136 23 39 397 8 3 157 48 .317 .359 .432 .791 374.9
Away 863 2831 408 882 133 41 35 408 7 2 169 66 .312 .352 .425 .776 396.3
RISP   1453 0 471 87 20 19 663 0 0 115 26 .324 .369 .451 .820 228.1
Pinch Hitting   441 57 131 24 4 6 87 0 0 24 16 .297 .335 .410 .745 57.0
Close/Late   732 110 229 30 8 11 113 0 0 58 19 .313 .363 .421 .784 107.2
Mar/Apr 259 870 128 271 40 12 12 135 1 1 55 16 .311 .356 .426 .782 123.1
May 300 938 140 278 38 12 11 132 1 0 61 25 .296 .342 .398 .739 121.7
June 274 851 138 273 36 14 21 142 1 1 51 23 .321 .362 .470 .832 133.4
July 297 950 151 308 62 10 10 150 3 1 51 22 .324 .363 .442 .805 138.4
August 303 935 147 303 57 7 12 121 8 0 57 12 .324 .364 .439 .802 139.2
Sep/Oct 269 888 111 274 36 9 8 125 1 2 51 16 .309 .346 .396 .743 115.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 24 CAL AL 1B 125 92 870.0 1059 80 6 95 .995 11.78   2.2
1931 25 CAL AL 1B 154 144 1312.0 1719 118 8 178 .996 12.60   3.7
1932 26 CLE AL 1B 144 137 1250.0 1584 134 5 161 .997 12.37   5.4
1933 27 CLE AL 1B 145 139 1250.7 1546 121 15 162 .991 12.00   2.5
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1934 28 CLE AL 1B 70 62 543.9 690 58 8 77 .989 12.38   0.6
  NYG NL 1B 45 40 371.4 471 40 5 53 .990 12.38   0.9
  TOT   1B 115 102 915.3 1161 98 13 130 .990 12.38   1.5
1935 29 NYG NL 1B 138 118 1086.3 1370 108 13 109 .991 12.24   1.9
1936 30 NYG NL 1B 153 147 1295.3 1671 119 11 146 .994 12.44   1.9
1937 31 NYG NL 1B 83 70 623.0 788 66 4 82 .995 12.34   1.8
1938 32 NYG NL 1B 120 117 993.7 1226 96 15 127 .989 11.97   0.3
1939 33 NYG NL 1B 75 70 577.3 674 62 7 57 .991 11.47   0.9
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1940 34 NYG NL 1B 29 22 203.0 259 16 4 25 .986 12.19   0.4
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1941 35 NYG NL 1B 60 38 386.7 466 31 5 56 .990 11.57   0.8
1942 36 NYG NL 1B 66 5 177.0 242 25 2 23 .993 13.58   0.4
  1B 1407 1201 10940.3 13765 1074 108 1351 .993 12.21   23.8
  RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1411 1201 10946.3 13766 1074 108 1351 .993 12.20   23.9
Career Highs   154 147 1312.0 1719 134 15 178 .997 13.58    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1931 25 CAL AL 6 26 6 11 0 2 1 4 0 1 2 0 .423 .483 .692 1.175
1934 28 NYG NL 7 15 1 4 2 0 0 6 1 0 3 0 .267 .389 .400 .789
1935 29 NYG NL 12 56 8 15 4 0 0 11 0 0 2 2 .268 .288 .339 .627
1936 30 NYG NL 6 23 5 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .391 .440 .522 .962
1937 31 NYG NL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
1938 32 NYG NL 4 11 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .545 .545 .727 1.273
1939 33 NYG NL 7 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714
1940 34 NYG NL 5 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 51 146 25 49 13 2 1 25 1 1 10 3 .336 .380 .473 .852
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1932-9-.317
1935-5-.335
CAR-30-.314
 Games
1933-9-149
1936-8-155
 At-Bats
1933-10-565
1936-1-640
 Runs
1936-6-107
 Hits
1932-10-179
1935-9-182
1936-6-200
 Singles
1931-8-142
1932-10-128
1933-7-130
1935-8-141
1936-2-158
Triples
1932-7-10
1933-3-13
 RBIs
1931-10-104
1932-8-93
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Pinky Whitney (932)
  2. Ed Stevens (926)
  3. Buddy Hassett (920)
  4. Ripper Collins (911)
  5. Frank McCormick (905)
  6. Pepper Martin (901)
  7. John Herrnstein (892)
  8. Jack Bolling (887)
  9. Dave Stapleton (884)
  10. Ray Sanders (882)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Hod Eller (NYM)
Injured on 4/10/1930 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 7/6/1930, off Fay Thomas (CHA)
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 4/28/1931
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (M) on 7/14/1931
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1932, hitting .433 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against San Diego on 9/21/1932
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (A) on 7/5/1933
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland to New York (G) on 7/31/1934 (Going to NYG: 1B Sam Leslie. Going to CLE: 1B Johnny Mccarthy)
9/1/1934: Signed a contract extension with New York (G), $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with New York (G) in 1935
7/1/1938: Signed a contract extension with New York (G), $2,300,000 per year, for 2 years
Released by New York (G) on 10/18/1939
Signed as a free agent by New York (G) on 2/15/1940 to a 1-year deal worth $700,077 per year
4/2/1940: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (G)
4/2/1941: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 6/1/1943 to a minor league deal
 
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