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Dutch
Leonard		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: March 25, 1909 in Usa, IL, AUBURN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Arm 1941   
All-Star Selections 1941   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1933 24 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 4 5 4 8 8 8 8 8 8
1934 25 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 4 5 4 8 8 8 7 8 7
1935 26 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 8 9 8 7 8 7
1936 27 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 4 5 4 9 9 9 8 9 8
1937 28 PIT NL $ 3,464,286 9 4 4 4 9 9 9 8 9 9
1938 29 PIT NL $ 3,464,286 10 4 4 4 9 9 9 8 9 9
1939 30 DET AL $ 4,500,000 10 4 4 4 9 9 9 8 8 8
1940 31 DET AL $ 4,500,000 10 4 4 4 9 9 9 8 8 8
1941 32 DET AL $ 4,500,000 10 4 5 4 8 9 8 6 7 7
1942 33 DET AL $ 4,500,000 8 4 4 4 8 9 8 5 6 5
1943 34 MIN AL $ 4,500,000 8 2 3 2 7 7 7 3 3 3
1944 35 BSN NL $ 300,000 6 1 2 1 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 1 2 1 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000 10 4 5 4 9 9 9 8 9 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1933 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1934 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1935 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1936 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1937 28 PIT NL $ 3,464,286   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1938 29 PIT NL $ 3,464,286   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1939 30 DET AL $ 4,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1940 31 DET AL $ 4,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1941 32 DET AL $ 4,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1942 33 DET AL $ 4,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1943 34 MIN AL $ 4,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1944 35 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1933 24 PIT NL 5 7 .417 14 14 9 0 0 122.0 137 47 6 16 37 3.47 .287 .312 .386 .698 8.4
    AAA   7 8 .467 23 23 2 0 0 162.7 176 63 9 35 94 3.49 .271 .308 .379 .688  
1934 25 PIT NL 13 18 .419 39 35 21 2 0 295.7 348 143 12 70 70 4.35 .297 .336 .379 .715 16.6
1935 26 PIT NL 15 18 .455 40 39 16 3 0 298.7 381 169 20 74 72 5.09 .312 .351 .431 .782 10.7
1936 27 PIT NL 19 17 .528 41 41 23 3 0 334.3 369 158 15 69 71 4.25 .281 .315 .390 .705 21.3
1937 28 PIT NL 12 27 .308 42 42 20 2 0 318.0 397 175 8 70 93 4.95 .306 .340 .407 .747 9.3
1938 29 PIT NL 15 19 .441 42 42 21 3 0 337.7 387 152 9 66 91 4.05 .287 .320 .370 .691 21.6
1939 30 PIT NL 9 10 .474 20 20 15 0 0 170.0 189 71 8 36 45 3.76 .281 .316 .387 .703 10.6
  DET AL 8 13 .381 21 21 15 1 0 175.7 182 73 7 25 44 3.74 .266 .292 .362 .653 11.5
  TOT   17 23 .425 41 41 30 1 0 345.7 371 144 15 61 89 3.75 .274 .304 .374 .678 22.1
1940 31 DET AL 19 15 .559 41 41 26 2 0 335.3 331 128 15 66 106 3.44 .258 .292 .356 .648 25.8
1941 32 DET AL 21 14 .600 43 43 29 0 0 366.3 399 142 10 66 107 3.49 .276 .306 .366 .672 28.9
1942 33 DET AL 12 20 .375 36 36 19 1 0 282.7 324 144 22 65 91 4.59 .290 .329 .418 .747 10.6
1943 34 MIN AL 4 16 .200 34 22 7 2 0 170.7 207 86 14 46 44 4.54 .299 .339 .415 .754 6.4
1944 35 BSN NL 7 13 .350 24 24 4 0 0 158.7 181 80 17 70 29 4.54 .290 .360 .423 .783 7.1
12 Years Sim 159 207 .434 437 420 225 19 0 3365.6 3832 1568 163 739 900 4.19 .287 .323 .390 .713 188.8
1 Years AAA 7 8 .467 23 23 2 0 0 162.7 176 63 9 35 94 3.49 .271 .308 .379 .688  
Season Average 13 17 .433 36 35 18 1 0 280.5 319 130 13 61 75 4.19 .287 .323 .390 .713  
Career Highs 21 27 .600 43 43 30 3 0 366.3 399 175 22 74 107 5.09 .312 .360 .431 .783  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1730 772 84 301 546   .268 .301 .372 .673
vs LH   2102 796 79 438 354   .305 .347 .407 .753
Home 75 107 .412 217 208 105 10 0 1701.6 1935 799 74 374 461 4.23 .287 .324 .392 .716
Away 84 100 .457 220 212 120 9 0 1664.0 1897 769 89 365 439 4.16 .288 .325 .388 .713
Mar/Apr 22 29 .431 62 60 34 4 0 489.3 558 229 23 103 133 4.21 .287 .323 .389 .712
May 20 38 .345 72 64 36 2 0 526.3 591 233 24 126 143 3.98 .283 .324 .384 .708
June 25 33 .431 70 67 39 3 0 538.3 608 266 32 118 155 4.45 .284 .322 .388 .710
July 31 34 .477 74 74 35 7 0 587.3 675 271 24 126 135 4.15 .288 .324 .387 .711
August 31 41 .431 85 85 40 1 0 655.3 796 331 36 140 189 4.55 .303 .339 .415 .753
Sep/Oct 30 32 .484 74 70 44 3 0 569.0 604 238 24 126 145 3.76 .274 .313 .373 .686
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
1933 24 PIT NL 14 42 6 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 8 .238 .250 .310 .560 3.3 0.0
1934 25 PIT NL 39 100 2 18 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 11 .180 .188 .200 .388 2.6 0.0
1935 26 PIT NL 40 98 5 23 4 0 0 6 0 1 5 16 .235 .272 .276 .547 7.3 0.0
1936 27 PIT NL 41 113 8 15 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 17 .133 .145 .142 .287 0.7 0.0
1937 28 PIT NL 42 105 7 13 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 .124 .123 .143 .265 -1.3 0.0
1938 29 PIT NL 42 113 6 20 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 19 .177 .198 .186 .384 2.9 0.0
1939 30 PIT NL 20 55 4 5 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 11 .091 .105 .091 .196 -1.0 0.0
  DET AL 21 58 5 17 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 8 .293 .288 .362 .650 6.1 0.3
  TOT   41 113 9 22 2 1 0 12 0 0 1 19 .195 .198 .230 .428 5.1 0.3
1940 31 DET AL 41 115 6 17 1 0 1 7 0 0 3 20 .148 .168 .183 .351 2.1 0.0
1941 32 DET AL 43 123 9 21 0 0 0 6 0 0 5 24 .171 .208 .171 .378 4.0 0.0
1942 33 DET AL 36 98 3 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 15 .061 .069 .061 .131 -4.2 0.0
1943 34 MIN AL 34 41 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .122 .143 .122 .265 -0.1 0.0
1944 35 BSN NL 24 48 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .146 .163 .167 .330 0.1 0.0
12 Years Sim 437 1109 63 177 15 2 1 57 0 1 24 176 .160 .177 .179 .356 22.6 0.3
162 Game Average 411 23 65 5 0 0 21 0 0 8 65 .160 .177 .179 .356 8.4  
Career Highs 43 123 9 23 4 1 1 12 0 1 5 24 .238 .272 .310 .560 7.3  
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   769 42 123 11 1 0 39 0 0 14 127 .160 .174 .177 .350 7.2
vs LH   340 21 54 4 1 1 18 0 1 10 49 .159 .183 .185 .368 5.0
Home 217 539 31 89 10 2 0 24 0 1 9 86 .165 .178 .191 .369 7.3
Away 220 570 32 88 5 0 1 33 0 0 15 90 .154 .175 .168 .344 4.9
RISP   280 0 34 2 0 0 55 0 0 4 43 .121 .132 .129 .261 -4.8
Close/Late   106 6 15 2 1 0 5 0 0 6 21 .142 .186 .179 .365 1.8
Mar/Apr 61 168 3 23 1 0 0 10 0 0 3 30 .137 .152 .143 .295 -1.2
May 64 172 9 28 1 0 0 8 0 0 5 23 .163 .185 .169 .354 2.1
June 67 178 10 26 6 0 0 11 0 1 3 25 .146 .158 .180 .337 0.4
July 74 189 11 34 2 1 0 10 0 0 3 34 .180 .193 .201 .394 4.1
August 85 206 17 32 2 0 0 9 0 0 7 35 .155 .183 .165 .349 2.1
Sep/Oct 70 196 13 34 3 1 1 9 0 0 3 29 .173 .184 .214 .398 4.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1933 24 PIT NL P 14 14 122.0 8 24 1 2 .970 2.36    
1934 25 PIT NL P 39 35 295.7 25 74 0 5 1.000 3.01    
1935 26 PIT NL P 40 39 298.7 28 61 6 11 .937 2.68    
1936 27 PIT NL P 41 41 334.3 27 67 2 5 .979 2.53    
1937 28 PIT NL P 42 42 318.0 20 67 3 3 .967 2.46    
1938 29 PIT NL P 42 42 337.7 31 86 5 6 .959 3.12    
1939 30 PIT NL P 20 20 170.0 13 30 0 1 1.000 2.28    
  DET AL P 21 21 175.7 14 30 1 1 .978 2.25    
  TOT   P 41 41 345.7 27 60 1 2 .989 2.27    
1940 31 DET AL P 41 41 335.3 27 74 3 5 .971 2.71    
1941 32 DET AL P 43 43 366.3 25 62 5 4 .946 2.14    
1942 33 DET AL P 36 36 282.7 21 53 1 3 .987 2.36    
1943 34 MIN AL P 34 22 170.7 14 37 1 0 .981 2.69    
1944 35 BSN NL P 24 24 158.7 11 33 2 0 .957 2.50    
Career Totals   437 420 3365.6 264 698 30 46 .970 2.57    
Career Highs   43 43 366.3 31 86 6 11 1.000 3.12    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1933 24 PIT NL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 17.0 25 9 0 1 5 4.76 .347 .356 .417 .773
1941 32 DET AL 3 1 .750 4 4 2 1 0 27.0 28 15 1 9 6 5.00 .267 .325 .381 .706
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 2 .667 6 6 3 1 0 44.0 53 24 1 10 11 4.91 .299 .337 .395 .732
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
1933 24 PIT NL 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600
1941 32 DET AL 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143
Career Post-Season Batting 6 11 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .091 .167 .182 .348
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1940-5-3.44
1941-4-3.49
 Wins
1936-6-19
1940-6-19
1941-2-21
 Losses
1934-3-18
1935-4-18
1936-8-17
1937-1-27
1938-5-19
1940-10-15
1942-1-20
CAR-23-207
 Winning Pct
1940-10-.559
1941-7-.600
 Games Started
1937-7-42
1938-7-42
1940-9-41
1941-3-43
 Complete Games
1934-2-21
1935-6-16
1936-4-23
1937-5-20
1938-4-21
1939-9-15
1940-1-26
1941-1-29
1942-2-19
CAR-16-225
Shutouts
1934-3-2
1935-1-3
1936-2-3
1937-6-2
1938-2-3
1940-4-2
1942-8-1
1943-5-2
 Innings Pitched
1934-7-295.7
1936-5-334.3
1937-10-318.0
1938-5-337.7
1940-6-335.3
1941-1-366.3
 Hits Allowed
1934-4-348
1935-1-381
1936-6-369
1937-1-397
1938-3-387
1940-5-331
1941-1-399
1942-10-324
CAR-37-3832
 Homeruns Allowed
1935-5-20
 Walks per 9IP
1934-9-2.1
1935-8-2.2
1936-7-1.9
1937-7-2.0
1938-5-1.8
1939-1-1.3
1940-4-1.8
1941-2-1.6
1942-4-2.1
1943-7-2.4
 Hits per 9IP
1940-10-8.9
WHiP
1936-9-1.31
1939-1-1.18
1940-2-1.18
1941-6-1.27
 OAVG
1940-10-.258
 OOBP
1936-10-.315
1939-2-.292
1940-2-.292
1941-5-.306
 OSLG
1934-8-.379
1939-7-.362
1940-3-.356
1941-6-.366
 OOPS
1939-2-.653
1940-2-.648
1941-6-.672
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 96    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Ray Herbert (904)
  2. Cy Blanton (889)
  3. Jon Matlack (886)
  4. Dick Ruthven (875)
  5. Bert Blyleven (874)
  6. Bill Singer (870)
  7. Roy Mahaffey (868)
  8. Cliff Fannin (868)
  9. Joey Jay (865)
  10. Alan Foster (863)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Joe Presko (989)
  2. Bob Miller (986)
  3. Curt Simmons (985)
  4. Cliff Melton (985)
  5. Harvey Haddix (984)
  6. Stubby Overmire (983)
  7. Larry French (983)
  8. Don Drysdale (982)
  9. Cy Blanton (982)
  10. Bill Zuber (981)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1933
Had first career hit on 8/3/1933, off Ossie Orwoll (CLE)
Earned first career win on 8/7/1933
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,464,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,464,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/26/1938 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
9/22/1938: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,500,000 per year, for 5 years
Injured on 3/25/1939 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Pittsburgh to Detroit on 7/1/1939 (Going to PIT: LF Al Simmons, C Ben Huffman, 3B Bob Kennedy. Going to DET: P Dutch Leonard, P Stu Flythe)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1939, going 5-2, 1.62
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1940, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Hit first career homerun on 9/27/1940, off Ralph Birkofer (SEM)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1941, going 5-1, 2.67
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Injured on 4/15/1942 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 9/11/1942 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 2/3/1943 (Going to MIN: LF Don Padgett, LF Fred Sington, 2B Lonny Frey, P Dutch Leonard. Going to DET: 1B George Mcquinn, P Cy Blanton)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/16/1944 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Injured on 4/21/1944 with a Spasms Back, out for 5 weeks
 
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