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Leon
Durham		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: July 31, 1957 in Usa, OH, CINCINNATI
 
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
1980 22 MIA NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 8 8 5 7 6 5 6 6
1981 23 MIA NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7 4 5 5
1982 24 MIA NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 7 6 7 8 8 6 7 7 4 5 5
1983 25 MIA NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 7 6 7 8 8 6 7 7 4 5 5
1984 26 MIA NL $ 1,800,000   6 6 6 6 7 6 7 9 8 6 7 7 4 5 4
1985 27 MIA NL $ 2,228,571   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 8 6 7 7 4 5 5
1986 28 MIA NL $ 2,228,571   6 6 6 6 7 6 7 9 8 6 7 7 4 5 5
1987 29 MIA NL $ 3,800,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 8 6 7 7 4 6 5
1988 30 MIA NL $ 3,800,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 6 7 7 4 5 5
1989 31 PHN NL $ 2,650,000   6 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7 4 5 4
1990 32 PHN NL $ 2,650,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 6 7 7 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 5 7 6 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,800,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 7 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 6
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
1980 22 MIA NL 55 187 25 40 12 2 7 25 2 1 21 35 .214 .297 .412 .708 23.4 4.4
    AAA   80 308 50 89 14 1 23 54 3 3 46 47 .289 .381 .565 .946 63.9  
1981 23 MIA NL 155 569 70 153 31 8 19 58 13 4 37 98 .269 .314 .452 .766 78.4 18.1
1982 24 MIA NL 145 513 61 126 28 6 13 57 14 5 47 95 .246 .309 .400 .709 59.8 9.8
1983 25 MIA NL 154 577 81 135 27 12 20 89 9 5 59 120 .234 .304 .426 .730 75.3 11.5
1984 26 MIA NL 81 294 42 73 15 3 10 37 3 2 32 75 .248 .322 .422 .744 39.8 8.2
1985 27 MIA NL 155 536 47 115 30 5 6 41 9 3 49 121 .215 .282 .323 .604 46.4 4.3
1986 28 MIA NL 156 569 81 155 38 7 16 96 10 6 53 129 .272 .332 .448 .780 82.4 16.4
1987 29 MIA NL 155 558 65 125 38 2 14 67 10 3 53 121 .224 .293 .375 .668 60.2 7.6
1988 30 MIA NL 152 544 69 131 41 7 9 72 6 5 55 135 .241 .306 .392 .697 64.7 9.3
1989 31 MIA NL 94 300 29 55 11 1 10 29 8 4 38 79 .183 .275 .327 .602 28.1 1.9
  PHN NL 44 125 26 44 16 0 12 31 4 1 16 35 .352 .423 .768 1.191 33.9 9.9
  TOT   138 425 55 99 27 1 22 60 12 5 54 114 .233 .318 .456 .775 62.0 11.8
1990 32 PHN NL 138 442 54 98 37 3 11 68 11 7 54 106 .222 .307 .394 .701 50.9 7.8
11 Years Sim 1484 5214 650 1250 324 56 147 670 99 46 514 1149 .240 .308 .408 .715 643.2 109.2
1 Years AAA 80 308 50 89 14 1 23 54 3 3 46 47 .289 .379 .565 .944 63.9  
162 Game Average 569 70 136 35 6 16 73 10 5 56 125 .240 .308 .408 .715 70.2  
Career Highs 156 577 81 155 41 12 22 96 14 7 59 135 .272 .332 .456 .780 82.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4016 523 1026 255 46 119 549 83 35 442 835 .255 .329 .431 .760 572.8
vs LH   1198 127 224 69 10 28 121 16 11 72 314 .187 .233 .331 .564 89.2
Home 751 2587 349 622 154 34 89 360 58 24 248 584 .240 .306 .429 .736 345.3
Away 733 2627 301 628 170 22 58 310 41 22 266 565 .239 .309 .387 .695 316.7
RISP   1258 0 303 80 11 35 473 0 0 172 298 .241 .327 .405 .733 174.7
Pinch Hitting   92 10 20 4 0 2 11 1 1 16 19 .217 .333 .326 .659 11.1
Close/Late   691 78 151 37 6 18 90 0 0 85 174 .219 .302 .368 .670 80.9
Mar/Apr 241 867 99 220 57 13 26 114 19 2 77 192 .254 .315 .439 .755 120.8
May 261 935 120 217 57 10 25 108 14 6 85 207 .232 .295 .395 .690 110.5
June 255 879 103 204 55 9 19 107 24 11 84 194 .232 .298 .380 .678 101.4
July 238 808 100 198 44 4 25 101 14 6 89 182 .245 .321 .402 .723 106.6
August 237 835 107 182 44 11 19 98 15 11 98 190 .218 .300 .365 .665 94.3
Sep/Oct 252 890 121 229 67 9 33 142 13 10 81 184 .257 .317 .464 .781 128.3
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
1980 22 MIA NL LF 10 9 78.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.19   0.3
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1981 23 MIA NL LF 49 47 404.0 76 6 3 2 .965 1.83   1.4
    RF 2 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
    1B 2 0 7.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 10.29   0.0
    3B 3 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1982 24 MIA NL LF 119 116 1032.3 235 8 3 0 .988 2.12   4.2
    RF 6 4 49.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.99    
    3B 7 2 36.0 3 7 0 3 1.000 2.50   0.1
    1B 7 1 24.0 31 1 1 2 .970 12.00   0.1
    CF 4 0 16.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.16    
1983 25 MIA NL RF 148 148 1307.7 286 13 9 2 .971 2.06   3.8
    3B 5 0 15.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.72   0.0
    1B 5 0 11.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 8.18   0.0
    LF 3 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    CF 2 0 6.0 2 0 1 0 .667 3.00    
1984 26 MIA NL CF 58 58 510.0 129 6 7 1 .951 2.38   2.0
    RF 18 18 157.0 31 1 0 0 1.000 1.83    
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1985 27 MIA NL LF 104 102 909.7 198 9 7 1 .967 2.05   2.9
    RF 13 11 108.0 24 3 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    3B 9 7 70.3 3 12 1 0 .938 1.92   0.2
    1B 12 3 48.7 63 2 1 4 .985 12.02   0.2
    SS 6 4 45.0 8 13 1 3 .955 4.20   0.2
    CF 5 2 24.7 4 1 1 0 .833 1.82    
1986 28 MIA NL LF 96 94 824.7 175 7 3 0 .984 1.99   4.2
    CF 51 51 451.3 117 6 1 2 .992 2.45    
    RF 2 1 15.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    3B 5 0 10.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    1B 1 0 5.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40   0.0
1987 29 MIA NL CF 151 150 1332.3 377 11 3 4 .992 2.62   3.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1988 30 MIA NL CF 144 139 1232.3 362 6 8 3 .979 2.69   5.3
    1B 5 0 13.3 15 3 0 3 1.000 12.15   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1989 31 MIA NL CF 44 42 382.1 112 4 0 1 1.000 2.73   2.1
    RF 35 31 272.3 63 1 1 0 .985 2.12   0.0
    1B 5 2 23.3 30 1 0 3 1.000 11.97   0.1
    LF 5 1 17.0 5 0 1 0 .833 2.65   0.0
    3B 3 1 13.4 1 4 1 1 .833 3.36   0.1
  PHN NL CF 20 19 158.2 47 1 0 0 1.000 2.73   1.1
    RF 17 15 112.7 26 1 1 0 .964 2.16   0.0
    1B 2 1 9.7 13 1 0 1 1.000 12.99   0.0
    LF 3 1 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
    3B 2 0 5.6 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.0
  TOT   CF 64 61 540.3 159 5 0 1 1.000 2.73   3.2
      RF 52 46 385.0 89 2 2 0 .978 2.13   0.0
      1B 7 3 33.0 43 2 0 4 1.000 12.27   0.1
      LF 8 2 24.0 7 0 1 0 .875 2.63   0.0
      3B 5 1 19.0 2 5 1 1 .875 3.32   0.1
1990 32 PHN NL 1B 114 114 1021.7 1168 89 11 119 .991 11.07   2.7
    3B 16 0 28.7 3 7 0 0 1.000 3.14   0.1
    LF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 479 461 4113.6 1154 35 21 11 .983 2.60   13.6
  LF 393 370 3289.7 711 30 18 3 .976 2.03   13.0
  RF 245 229 2044.3 453 19 11 2 .977 2.08   3.8
  1B 156 121 1167.7 1352 97 13 132 .991 11.17   3.1
  3B 56 11 201.7 13 39 2 4 .963 2.32   0.6
  SS 6 4 45.0 8 13 1 3 .955 4.20   0.2
Career Totals   1335 1196 10861.9 3691 233 66 155 .983 3.25   34.2
Career Highs   163 150 1349.3 1171 96 11 119 1.000 10.76    
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
1987 29 MIA NL 7 25 1 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 7 .200 .214 .240 .454
Career Post-Season Batting 7 25 1 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 7 .200 .214 .240 .454
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.
Games
1981-6-155
1985-10-155
1986-2-156
1987-6-155
 Doubles
1987-10-38
 Triples
1981-3-8
1983-1-12
1986-7-7
1988-5-7
 RBIs
1986-8-96
 Strikeouts
1983-5-120
1985-9-121
1986-7-129
1987-10-121
1988-5-135
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  3. Willie Upshaw (909)
  4. Mike Epstein (907)
  5. Donn Clendenon (905)
  6. Andre Thornton (904)
  7. Johnny Callison (900)
  8. Fred Sington (899)
  9. Gus Bell (898)
  10. Doug Rader (892)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Miami in 1980
Had first career hit (double) on 7/5/1980, off Tom Hausman (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 7/20/1980, off Don Wilson (MIN)
Injured on 8/9/1980 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 4 weeks
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/7/1984 with a Broken Hand, out for 6 weeks
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,228,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,228,571 through salary arbitration
9/22/1986: Signed a contract extension with Miami, $3,800,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Kansas City on 5/17/1988
10/3/1988: Signed a contract extension with Miami, $2,650,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Miami to Philadelphia on 7/31/1989 (Going to MIA: CF Bill Sample, P Marvin Freeman. Going to PHN: CF Leon Durham)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1989, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
7/1/1990: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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