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Eddie
Leon		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 11, 1946 in Usa, AZ, TUCSON
 
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
1968 21 TAM AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1969 22 NYA AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1970 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1971 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1972 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1973 26 NYA AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1974 27 NYA AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1975 28 DET AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1976 29 DET AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5
1977 30 DET AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5
1978 31 DET AL     3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 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
1968 21 AA   120 366 48 101 11 2 8 47 6 5 41 46 .276 .349 .383 .731 49.5  
1969 22 AA   31 124 12 36 3 1 4 24 0 0 9 19 .290 .338 .427 .766 17.6  
    A   105 406 52 113 14 1 11 47 6 4 55 59 .278 .364 .399 .763 60.8  
1970 23 NYA AL 151 426 32 76 14 0 7 26 4 0 33 93 .178 .239 .261 .500 25.1 0.0
1971 24 NYA AL 106 323 23 64 12 1 3 34 0 0 23 62 .198 .252 .269 .521 21.0 0.0
1972 25 NYA AL 21 27 5 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 10 .148 .226 .259 .485 1.4 0.0
1973 26 AAA   31 111 8 32 7 1 2 20 1 2 5 11 .288 .319 .423 .742 13.6  
    AA   106 397 47 109 18 2 4 39 2 3 50 50 .275 .356 .360 .716 52.1  
1974 27 NYA AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
    AAA   137 531 71 148 21 2 16 56 7 1 42 95 .279 .332 .416 .748 73.2  
1975 28 AAA   51 184 17 38 8 0 7 30 3 0 10 32 .207 .247 .364 .612 17.3  
    AA   52 199 26 51 8 0 9 32 1 1 20 32 .256 .324 .432 .756 28.2  
    A   31 113 19 29 7 1 8 22 0 1 22 19 .257 .378 .549 .926 23.2  
1976 29 A   137 508 61 131 21 4 19 74 4 6 67 73 .258 .344 .427 .772 75.5  
1977 30 DET AL 77 234 21 52 8 0 4 24 2 1 11 31 .222 .255 .308 .563 17.9 0.7
    A   80 292 27 82 15 0 9 37 4 4 45 40 .281 .377 .425 .802 47.3  
1978 31 DET AL 10 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .167 .250 -0.3 0.0
6 Years Sim 367 1023 82 198 35 1 15 89 6 1 70 200 .194 .245 .274 .519 65.7 1.0
3 Years AAA 219 826 96 218 36 3 25 106 11 3 57 138 .264 .310 .406 .715 104.1  
4 Years AA 309 1086 133 297 40 5 25 142 9 9 120 147 .273 .345 .389 .733 147.3  
4 Years A 353 1319 159 355 57 6 47 180 14 15 189 191 .269 .362 .428 .790 206.9  
11 Years Minors 881 3231 388 870 133 14 97 428 34 27 366 476 .269 .343 .409 .752 458.3  
162 Game Average 451 36 87 15 0 6 39 2 0 30 88 .194 .245 .274 .519 29.0  
Career Highs 151 426 32 76 14 1 7 34 4 1 33 93 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 25.1  
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   734 55 142 25 1 11 65 6 1 50 141 .193 .244 .275 .520 48.3
vs LH   289 27 56 10 0 4 24 0 0 20 59 .194 .248 .270 .518 18.4
Home 182 513 47 113 26 1 10 53 5 0 32 87 .220 .267 .333 .601 45.5
Away 185 510 35 85 9 0 5 36 1 1 38 113 .167 .224 .214 .437 21.2
RISP   224 0 41 14 0 2 73 0 0 20 43 .183 .245 .272 .517 14.7
Pinch Hitting   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0
Close/Late   84 7 17 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 19 .202 .256 .238 .494 4.4
Mar/Apr 54 148 9 24 3 1 2 11 0 0 11 28 .162 .224 .236 .460 6.9
May 56 146 12 31 9 0 2 16 0 0 11 35 .212 .268 .315 .583 12.1
June 55 135 14 26 4 0 2 14 1 0 9 33 .193 .241 .267 .508 8.5
July 75 217 14 37 8 0 1 12 1 0 18 38 .171 .234 .221 .455 10.2
August 72 220 15 48 6 0 3 18 1 0 11 35 .218 .259 .286 .545 15.5
Sep/Oct 55 157 18 32 5 0 5 18 3 1 10 31 .204 .247 .331 .578 13.4
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
1970 23 NYA AL 2B 150 150 1231.0 268 546 17 106 .980 5.95   4.0
1971 24 NYA AL 2B 40 38 330.3 103 149 6 41 .977 6.87   0.8
    3B 6 4 34.0 2 8 0 2 1.000 2.65   0.1
    LF 5 2 23.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.0
    SS 2 1 9.7 1 5 0 1 1.000 5.59   0.1
1972 25 NYA AL RF 3 3 25.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44   0.1
    3B 6 0 13.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    2B 3 1 13.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 4.85   0.0
    SS 5 0 12.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.75   0.1
    LF 2 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92    
1974 27 NYA AL LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1977 30 DET AL 3B 76 75 629.7 42 201 6 11 .976 3.47   2.0
    SS 1 1 9.0 5 6 0 2 1.000 11.00   0.1
1978 31 DET AL 1B 3 0 12.0 18 0 0 2 1.000 13.50   0.0
    3B 4 1 12.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75   0.0
    2B 1 1 9.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 7.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 194 190 1583.3 374 706 23 148 .979 6.14   4.9
  3B 92 80 689.0 45 213 6 13 .977 3.37   2.2
  SS 9 2 31.7 7 15 0 4 1.000 6.25   0.2
  LF 8 2 29.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.43   0.1
  RF 3 3 25.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44   0.1
  1B 3 0 12.0 18 0 0 2 1.000 13.50   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
Career Totals   310 277 2372.6 457 934 29 167 .980 5.28   7.4
Career Highs   150 150 1231.0 268 546 17 106 1.000 6.88    
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 51st overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1968
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (A) on 6/1/1969 (Going to NYA: CF Wayne Comer, P Mike Garman, 1B Eddie Leon, C Bob Didier. Going to TAM: P Jim O'toole)
Had first career hit on 4/2/1970, off Bill Zepp (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/20/1970, off Steve Carlton (OAK)
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/2/1974 with a Bruised Neck, out for 3 days
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/7/1975 with a Stiff Neck, out for 5 days
Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 7/31/1975 (Going to NYA: P Wally Bunker. Going to DET: RF Wayne Comer, LF Eddie Leon, RF John Kennedy)
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Detroit on 6/1/1978
 
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