Leron
Lee
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 206
 
Born: March 4, 1948 in Usa, CA, BAKERSFIELD
 
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
1969 21 NYG NL     5 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 5
1970 22 NYG NL     5 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 6
1971 23 NYG NL     6 6 6 4 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1972 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 6
1973 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 7
1974 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 7
1975 27 CLE AL     5 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7 3 4 4 6 6 6
1976 28 CLE AL     5 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1977 29 KCR AL     5 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1978 30 KCR AL     6 6 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 6
1979 31 TAM AL     6 6 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1980 32 TAM AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 5
1981 33 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1982 34 TAM AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1983 35 TAM AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7 3 4 3 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 3 3 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 7
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
1969 21 AAA   110 402 56 122 35 4 15 68 5 4 52 76 .303 .383 .522 .906 75.4  
    AA   26 111 14 25 8 0 3 9 0 0 9 11 .225 .283 .378 .662 11.9  
1970 22 AAA   137 511 72 136 38 7 14 58 7 7 55 100 .266 .337 .450 .788 75.0  
1971 23 AAA   137 502 76 156 34 3 15 79 7 2 63 80 .311 .388 .480 .868 90.0  
1972 24 NYG NL 101 331 30 72 18 1 8 42 0 0 23 55 .218 .267 .350 .617 31.0 3.3
    AAA   54 212 38 69 14 1 15 37 3 1 17 32 .325 .376 .613 .989 44.5  
1973 25 NYG NL 146 494 55 121 32 1 8 67 1 1 36 90 .245 .296 .362 .658 50.9 6.4
1974 26 NYG NL 133 462 51 127 44 3 11 68 1 2 18 69 .275 .302 .455 .757 57.2 9.6
1975 27 NYG NL 58 159 9 28 7 1 1 11 0 1 7 27 .176 .210 .252 .461 5.3 0.0
1976 28 AAA   136 542 76 148 31 4 8 77 7 4 44 71 .273 .328 .389 .717 67.6  
1977 29 AAA   137 531 71 147 32 1 15 82 10 3 48 76 .277 .337 .426 .762 75.5  
1978 30 AAA   137 509 81 154 30 1 18 71 2 2 56 65 .303 .372 .472 .843 85.7  
1979 31 AAA   58 224 28 65 12 1 3 21 0 0 18 32 .290 .343 .393 .736 29.4  
1980 32 AAA   137 546 65 155 40 0 15 64 1 1 52 67 .284 .346 .440 .786 80.4  
1981 33 TAM AL 101 202 20 58 12 0 1 26 0 1 19 33 .287 .347 .361 .708 22.8 4.2
1982 34 TAM AL 112 304 25 72 21 1 5 31 0 0 15 62 .237 .274 .362 .636 28.8 3.1
1983 35 TAM AL 75 160 15 38 9 1 2 14 1 0 9 23 .238 .276 .344 .620 14.4 1.7
7 Years Sim 726 2112 205 516 143 8 36 259 3 5 127 359 .244 .287 .371 .657 210.4 28.3
9 Years AAA 1043 3979 563 1152 266 22 118 557 42 24 405 599 .290 .355 .456 .812 623.5  
1 Years AA 26 111 14 25 8 0 3 9 0 0 9 11 .225 .281 .378 .659 11.9  
10 Years Minors 1069 4090 577 1177 274 22 121 566 42 24 414 610 .288 .353 .454 .808 635.4  
162 Game Average 471 45 115 31 1 8 57 0 1 28 80 .244 .287 .371 .657 46.9  
Career Highs 146 494 55 127 44 3 11 68 1 2 36 90 .287 .347 .455 .757 57.2  
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   1634 162 412 117 8 29 212 1 4 100 259 .252 .295 .387 .682 178.9
vs LH   478 43 104 26 0 7 47 2 1 27 100 .218 .258 .316 .574 37.6
Home 351 1040 104 277 84 6 16 123 1 3 61 182 .266 .307 .405 .712 122.0
Away 375 1072 101 239 59 2 20 136 2 2 66 177 .223 .267 .338 .605 94.6
RISP   515 0 146 36 2 14 213 0 0 32 105 .283 .320 .443 .763 70.6
Pinch Hitting   112 11 36 7 0 2 21 0 0 8 17 .321 .367 .438 .804 16.8
Close/Late   308 27 84 18 0 14 49 0 0 21 48 .273 .321 .468 .789 44.8
Mar/Apr 108 333 35 87 23 2 4 34 0 2 17 63 .261 .299 .378 .678 34.9
May 113 317 27 79 23 1 5 40 1 0 20 52 .249 .293 .375 .669 33.9
June 131 379 27 87 21 2 3 40 0 0 18 61 .230 .263 .319 .582 30.1
July 113 326 32 74 21 0 6 50 1 1 22 54 .227 .274 .347 .620 30.4
August 127 366 44 97 26 2 13 49 1 1 22 58 .265 .307 .454 .760 49.0
Sep/Oct 134 391 40 92 29 1 5 46 0 1 28 71 .235 .286 .353 .639 38.1
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
1972 24 NYG NL CF 101 98 871.0 259 5 1 1 .996 2.73   3.6
1973 25 NYG NL CF 70 63 532.0 144 3 0 3 1.000 2.49   2.6
    1B 59 53 455.3 546 31 8 52 .986 11.40   0.4
    RF 8 4 40.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
    LF 7 5 40.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.15    
1974 26 NYG NL CF 71 68 600.7 173 2 1 1 .994 2.62   3.6
    LF 56 53 449.7 102 3 2 0 .981 2.10    
1975 27 NYG NL LF 36 27 251.0 44 3 1 0 .979 1.69   0.7
    RF 7 5 43.0 9 2 1 0 .917 2.30    
    CF 3 3 25.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    1B 3 2 17.0 16 5 0 1 1.000 11.12   0.1
1981 33 TAM AL CF 49 19 222.7 69 2 0 0 1.000 2.87   0.8
    RF 19 11 112.0 24 2 2 0 .929 2.09    
    LF 7 3 31.0 7 0 1 0 .875 2.03    
    1B 5 3 24.0 30 3 1 1 .971 12.38   0.0
1982 34 TAM AL CF 52 43 376.0 101 1 0 0 1.000 2.44   1.6
    1B 13 12 99.0 131 10 1 8 .993 12.82   0.2
    RF 12 10 84.0 16 0 3 0 .842 1.71    
    LF 12 6 60.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.10    
1983 35 TAM AL 1B 21 14 121.0 152 10 2 12 .988 12.05   0.2
    LF 17 13 111.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.38   0.4
    CF 18 11 101.3 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.95    
    RF 8 3 32.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.20    
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  CF 364 305 2728.7 773 13 2 5 .997 2.59   12.2
  LF 135 107 942.7 197 7 4 0 .981 1.95   1.2
  1B 101 84 716.3 875 59 12 74 .987 11.73   0.9
  RF 54 33 311.7 63 4 6 0 .918 1.93    
  3B 1 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   655 529 4703.3 1908 85 24 79 .988 3.81   14.3
Career Highs   144 125 1067.3 710 34 8 55 .996 6.27    
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.
Doubles
1973-8-32
1974-2-44
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 54th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1969
Injured on 8/23/1969 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 5/7/1971 with a Stiff Neck, out for 6 days
Injured on 4/3/1972 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Had first career hit (double) on 6/3/1972, off Dave Boswell (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 7/5/1972, off Sam Mcdowell (SDP)
Hit 3 homeruns against Tampa Bay, driving in 6 runs on 8/27/1974
Released by New York (N) on 10/22/1975
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 10/27/1975 to a minor league contract
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Baltimore on 4/3/1977 (Going to BAL: LF Al Ferrara, 3B Jerry Davanon, LF Leron Lee, C Bruce Look, P Tom Murphy. Going to CLE: P John Caneira)
Traded from Baltimore to Kansas City on 4/3/1977 (Going to KCR: LF Leron Lee. Going to BAL: 1B Gonzalo Marquez, 3B Bob Robertson)
Released by Kansas City on 5/1/1979
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 7/31/1979 to a minor league deal
Injured on 4/7/1980 with a Bruised Hand, out for 4 days