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Leon
Chagnon		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 197
 
Born: September 28, 1902 in Usa, NH, PITTSFIELD
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 27 BRK NL $ 300,000 62 46 54 50 58 65 62 22 33 28
1931 28 BRK NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 3 3 3
1932 29 BRK NL $ 350,000 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 3 3 3
1933 30 BRK NL $ 350,000 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 3 3 3
1934 31 BRK NL $ 350,000 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 3 3 3
1935 32 BRK NL $ 450,000 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1936 33 BRK NL $ 450,000 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
1937 34 SDP NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 3 3 3
1938 35 DET AL $ 600,000 6 5 6 5 4 5 4 3 3 3
1939 36 BSN NL $ 600,000 6 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000 62 46 54 50 58 65 62 22 33 28
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 27 BRK NL $ 300,000   16 16 16 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 57 57 57
1931 28 BRK NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1932 29 BRK NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1933 30 BRK NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1934 31 BRK NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1935 32 BRK NL $ 450,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1936 33 BRK NL $ 450,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1937 34 SDP NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1938 35 DET AL $ 600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1939 36 BSN NL $ 600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000   16 16 16 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 57 57 57
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
1930 27 BRK NL 11 8 .579 32 21 6 3 2 178.7 173 71 12 42 49 3.58 .252 .296 .369 .665 14.2
1931 28 BRK NL 8 9 .471 22 18 5 1 0 130.0 157 73 13 30 32 5.05 .300 .342 .446 .788 3.9
1932 29 BRK NL 7 10 .412 60 15 1 0 7 145.7 175 76 6 53 39 4.70 .293 .351 .383 .734 7.9
1933 30 BRK NL 6 4 .600 58 0 0 0 7 74.0 96 42 3 28 15 5.11 .319 .376 .395 .771 4.0
1934 31 BRK NL 6 4 .600 73 0 0 0 16 80.3 110 45 6 32 24 5.04 .326 .384 .442 .826 5.3
1935 32 BRK NL 4 9 .308 42 0 0 0 9 43.3 61 35 4 27 16 7.27 .323 .407 .439 .847 0.0
1936 33 BRK NL 2 4 .333 33 0 0 0 2 38.7 57 36 5 31 15 8.38 .333 .436 .497 .933 0.0
1937 34 SDP NL 0 2 .000 28 0 0 0 2 45.3 39 18 2 16 15 3.57 .228 .293 .327 .620 4.4
1938 35 DET AL 4 9 .308 22 12 1 0 0 84.0 101 56 9 42 37 6.00 .301 .379 .445 .823 0.7
    AAA   1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 13 2 1 5 21 1.29 .245 .310 .340 .650  
1939 36 BSN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.1
    AA   0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 10.3 8 1 0 3 14 0.87 .211 .268 .237 .505  
10 Years Sim 48 59 .449 371 66 13 4 45 821.3 969 452 60 302 242 4.95 .292 .352 .409 .761 40.4
1 Years AAA 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 13 2 1 5 21 1.29 .245 .310 .340 .650  
1 Years AA 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 10.3 8 1 0 3 14 0.87 .211 .268 .237 .505  
2 Years Minors 1 1 .500 9 2 0 0 0 24.3 21 3 1 8 35 1.11 .231 .293 .297 .590  
Season Average 4 5 .444 37 6 1 0 4 82.1 96 45 6 30 24 4.95 .292 .352 .409 .761  
Career Highs 11 10 .600 73 21 6 3 16 178.7 175 76 13 53 49 8.38 .333 .436 .497 .933  
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   471 231 29 130 160   .269 .320 .380 .700
vs LH   498 221 31 172 82   .318 .385 .442 .827
Home 30 29 .508 197 37 6 2 17 460.6 513 231 31 165 130 4.51 .281 .341 .391 .732
Away 18 30 .375 174 29 7 2 28 360.6 456 221 29 137 112 5.52 .306 .364 .431 .796
Mar/Apr 9 13 .409 68 5 2 0 9 113.0 142 71 13 46 37 5.66 .301 .364 .439 .803
May 7 7 .500 66 11 3 2 9 133.0 156 76 7 48 41 5.14 .289 .347 .370 .717
June 8 12 .400 75 10 1 1 12 141.6 165 65 7 52 47 4.13 .289 .349 .407 .756
July 10 8 .556 65 13 3 1 7 159.6 179 78 9 58 36 4.40 .287 .348 .401 .748
August 7 8 .467 51 13 1 0 2 135.0 154 79 12 56 40 5.27 .284 .351 .403 .754
Sep/Oct 7 11 .389 46 14 3 0 6 139.0 173 83 12 42 41 5.37 .305 .353 .437 .790
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 27 BRK NL 32 56 6 15 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 .268 .281 .321 .602 5.2 0.4
1931 28 BRK NL 22 38 4 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 .158 .200 .158 .358 1.2 0.0
1932 29 BRK NL 60 35 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .114 .114 .114 .229 -0.7 0.0
1933 30 BRK NL 58 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.2 0.0
1934 31 BRK NL 73 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 .500 1.100 1.2 0.2
1935 32 BRK NL 42 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
1936 33 BRK NL 33 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0
1937 34 SDP NL 28 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0
1938 35 DET AL 22 24 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 -0.2 0.0
    AAA   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
9 Years Sim 370 179 15 35 4 0 0 15 0 0 4 19 .196 .217 .218 .435 7.7 0.9
1 Years AAA 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 78 6 15 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 8 .196 .217 .218 .435 3.4  
Career Highs 73 56 6 15 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 6 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 5.2  
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   129 11 28 3 0 0 11 0 0 2 15 .217 .235 .240 .475 5.6
vs LH   50 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 4 .140 .173 .160 .333 0.3
Home 173 100 8 15 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 13 .150 .190 .160 .350 0.9
Away 173 79 7 20 3 0 0 9 0 0 0 6 .253 .253 .291 .544 5.0
RISP   48 0 12 2 0 0 15 0 0 1 4 .250 .280 .292 .572 3.3
Close/Late   12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
Mar/Apr 44 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .063 .063 .063 .125 -0.9
May 43 34 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .235 .235 .235 .471 1.5
June 33 20 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .150 .250 -0.5
July 65 37 5 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 3 .270 .341 .324 .666 3.9
August 41 34 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .147 .171 .147 .318 0.1
Sep/Oct 19 38 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .237 .237 .263 .500 1.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 27 BRK NL P 32 21 178.7 14 36 2 1 .962 2.52    
1931 28 BRK NL P 22 18 130.0 13 32 0 3 1.000 3.12    
1932 29 BRK NL P 60 15 145.7 5 31 1 0 .973 2.22    
1933 30 BRK NL P 58 0 74.0 5 13 1 3 .947 2.19    
1934 31 BRK NL P 73 0 80.3 6 13 0 2 1.000 2.13    
1935 32 BRK NL P 42 0 43.3 2 10 1 2 .923 2.49    
1936 33 BRK NL P 33 0 38.7 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.86    
1937 34 SDP NL P 28 0 45.3 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.19    
1938 35 DET AL P 22 12 84.0 4 12 0 1 1.000 1.71    
1939 36 BSN NL P 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77    
Career Totals   371 66 821.3 54 157 5 13 .977 2.31    
Career Highs   73 21 178.7 14 36 2 3 1.000 6.77    
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
1930 27 BRK NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 16 7 1 6 3 4.50 .291 .361 .418 .779
1933 30 BRK NL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 4 0 3 3 12.00 .357 .471 .429 .899
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 2 .000 5 2 0 0 0 17.0 21 11 1 9 6 5.82 .304 .385 .420 .805
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
1930 27 BRK NL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1932-7-7
1933-7-7
1934-1-16
1935-7-9
 Games Pitched
1932-4-60
1933-9-58
1934-2-73
 Shutouts
1930-4-3
 Hits per 9IP
1930-8-8.7
 WHiP
1930-4-1.20
 OAVG
1930-7-.252
OOBP
1930-4-.296
 OOPS
1930-9-.665
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Mace Brown (959)
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  6. Ed Rakow (955)
  7. Mike Smithson (953)
  8. Mel Harder (950)
  9. Hal Kelleher (949)
  10. Al Aber (948)
History
Earned first career win on 4/15/1930
Had first career hit on 5/9/1930, off Ken Ash (PIT)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/1/1930, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Injured on 8/3/1931 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
6/16/1934: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $450,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 4/13/1935 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/24/1937 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/16/1938 to a 2-year deal worth $600,000 per year
Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 2/7/1939 (Going to DET: SS Doc Marshall. Going to BSN: P Leon Chagnon, P Mike Meola, P Randy Gumpert)
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/3/1940 to a 1-year deal worth $312,763 per year
Released by Cincinnati on 4/2/1940
 
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