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Leon
Wagner		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: May 13, 1934 in Usa, TN, CHATTANOOGA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1964    1966   
Gold Glove 1962    1964   
All-Star Selections 1960    1968   
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
1958 24 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 4 4 4 4 6 5 6 7 7
1959 25 STL NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 7 7
1960 26 STL NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 7
1961 27 STL NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 7
1962 28 STL NL $ 3,250,000   9 9 8 7 8 7 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 7
1963 29 STL NL $ 3,250,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 7
1964 30 STL NL $ 3,735,714   9 9 8 8 9 8 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 7
1965 31 CLN NL $ 6,500,000   8 8 8 8 9 8 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 6
1966 32 CLN NL $ 6,500,000   9 9 8 8 9 8 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 6 6
1967 33 OAK AL $ 6,500,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 6
1968 34 OAK AL $ 6,500,000   7 7 7 7 8 8 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 6 6
1969 35 BSN NL $ 3,250,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 3 4 4 3 4 3 5 6 5
1970 36 BSN NL $ 3,250,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 3 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 5
1971 37 BSN NL $ 3,250,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 5
1972 38 BSN NL $ 784,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 4
1973 39 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 2 1 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
1974 40 BSN NL $ 330,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000   9 9 8 8 9 8 5 5 5 4 6 5 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
1958 24 STL NL 76 270 40 56 9 1 17 38 0 0 28 51 .207 .280 .437 .717 35.6 3.3
    AAA   81 317 48 96 11 1 24 66 2 1 37 39 .303 .376 .571 .947 64.9  
1959 25 STL NL 158 545 62 138 21 2 31 74 6 0 37 103 .253 .305 .470 .774 79.7 12.2
1960 26 STL NL 155 583 81 172 19 3 21 79 4 1 58 102 .295 .361 .446 .807 89.3 18.9
1961 27 STL NL 150 555 75 161 21 0 23 83 5 1 45 115 .290 .347 .452 .799 81.4 15.8
1962 28 STL NL 152 577 67 158 19 2 14 48 2 1 42 97 .274 .326 .386 .712 65.4 13.4
1963 29 STL NL 155 576 89 165 13 2 29 79 9 4 39 83 .286 .333 .467 .800 85.3 19.5
1964 30 STL NL 158 595 90 160 20 4 25 83 7 5 47 106 .269 .329 .442 .771 83.0 16.2
1965 31 STL NL 48 143 22 38 5 0 10 23 0 0 10 29 .266 .321 .510 .831 22.7 5.0
  CLN NL 90 282 44 79 7 1 20 55 1 1 18 44 .280 .329 .525 .854 47.1 10.5
  TOT   138 425 66 117 12 1 30 78 1 1 28 73 .275 .326 .520 .846 69.8 15.5
1966 32 CLN NL 135 435 65 117 13 0 18 82 1 0 40 79 .269 .331 .423 .754 60.4 11.8
1967 33 OAK AL 156 585 91 183 22 3 22 83 3 2 52 111 .313 .374 .474 .847 94.5 24.7
1968 34 OAK AL 152 580 93 179 18 3 32 106 5 3 45 103 .309 .358 .516 .874 96.0 22.3
1969 35 KCR AL 82 290 35 72 3 3 9 45 1 2 20 54 .248 .307 .372 .679 33.8 5.1
  BSN NL 25 94 9 21 2 0 3 9 0 0 9 21 .223 .298 .340 .639 10.0 1.1
  TOT   107 384 44 93 5 3 12 54 1 2 29 75 .242 .305 .365 .669 43.7 6.2
    AAA   29 116 20 37 3 0 5 16 1 1 11 20 .319 .378 .474 .852 19.9  
1970 36 BSN NL 156 573 68 165 23 3 19 78 11 1 27 102 .288 .326 .438 .764 77.4 14.2
1971 37 BSN NL 153 528 56 130 20 2 14 63 7 1 47 106 .246 .308 .371 .679 61.8 9.9
1972 38 BSN NL 154 531 64 150 18 0 15 59 5 2 41 87 .282 .333 .401 .734 69.2 13.7
1973 39 BSN NL 50 85 7 22 2 1 2 11 0 1 2 12 .259 .276 .376 .652 8.2 1.1
1974 40 AAA   57 181 17 33 5 1 1 10 1 0 14 43 .182 .241 .238 .479 9.8  
16 Years Sim 2205 7827 1058 2166 255 30 324 1098 67 25 607 1405 .277 .332 .441 .773 1100.6 218.5
3 Years AAA 167 614 85 166 19 2 30 92 4 2 62 102 .270 .343 .454 .797 94.6  
162 Game Average 575 77 159 18 2 23 80 4 1 44 103 .277 .332 .441 .773 80.9  
Career Highs 158 595 93 183 23 4 32 106 11 5 58 115 .313 .374 .520 .874 96.0  
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   5153 738 1501 158 20 228 743 37 17 445 813 .291 .350 .462 .812 812.3
vs LH   2674 320 665 97 10 96 355 30 8 162 592 .249 .296 .400 .696 314.5
Home 1084 3796 490 1055 126 14 146 523 32 11 292 687 .278 .332 .434 .766 538.4
Away 1121 4031 568 1111 129 16 178 575 35 14 315 718 .276 .331 .448 .779 588.4
RISP   1849 0 513 61 8 78 740 0 0 189 328 .277 .341 .446 .787 283.6
Pinch Hitting   191 24 53 7 1 6 41 2 2 13 26 .277 .329 .419 .747 25.1
Close/Late   934 110 275 34 1 36 126 0 0 94 159 .294 .364 .449 .812 148.1
Mar/Apr 366 1336 175 373 48 4 41 171 18 5 118 232 .279 .341 .413 .754 187.1
May 375 1296 199 369 50 7 50 168 9 4 85 215 .285 .331 .450 .781 186.5
June 356 1266 175 355 36 8 55 195 9 5 124 219 .280 .346 .452 .798 196.2
July 362 1279 173 331 37 5 57 184 8 4 85 242 .259 .307 .429 .737 168.0
August 365 1320 175 369 38 2 63 191 9 1 96 242 .280 .332 .455 .787 195.8
Sep/Oct 381 1330 161 369 46 4 58 189 14 6 99 255 .277 .331 .449 .780 193.3
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
1958 24 STL NL 1B 75 73 646.7 726 57 1 67 .999 10.90   0.7
    RF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1959 25 STL NL 1B 153 149 1232.0 1412 109 17 135 .989 11.11   1.7
    RF 4 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82   0.0
1960 26 STL NL 1B 148 145 1274.3 1460 119 9 139 .994 11.15   2.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1961 27 STL NL 1B 140 138 1214.7 1375 94 10 96 .993 10.88   2.0
    RF 8 0 12.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.73   0.0
1962 28 STL NL LF 145 143 1260.3 254 4 3 2 .989 1.84   2.2
    RF 4 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
1963 29 STL NL LF 145 145 1292.7 257 0 11 0 .959 1.79   3.6
    RF 5 0 13.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.03    
    1B 3 0 6.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
1964 30 STL NL LF 145 143 1282.3 269 9 5 4 .982 1.95   4.6
    RF 10 1 29.3 8 0 1 0 .889 2.45    
    1B 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1965 31 STL NL 1B 23 18 163.3 180 13 1 13 .995 10.64   0.6
    LF 18 16 141.3 28 1 2 0 .935 1.85   0.2
    RF 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CLN NL 1B 43 33 322.4 356 26 3 26 .992 10.66   0.4
    LF 34 30 279.0 54 1 4 0 .932 1.77   0.9
    RF 4 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.0
  TOT   1B 66 51 485.7 536 39 4 39 .993 10.65   1.0
      LF 52 46 420.3 82 2 6 0 .933 1.80   1.1
      RF 6 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1966 32 CLN NL 1B 81 77 675.7 768 67 6 54 .993 11.12   1.6
    LF 37 27 250.0 46 2 1 0 .980 1.73   0.6
    RF 7 0 19.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95    
1967 33 OAK AL 1B 146 145 1260.0 1387 94 17 123 .989 10.58   2.4
    LF 8 3 32.0 6 0 2 0 .750 1.69   0.0
    RF 1 0 7.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17    
1968 34 OAK AL 1B 147 144 1284.7 1443 111 19 131 .988 10.89   2.5
    LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 35 KCR AL LF 26 21 185.2 35 0 4 0 .897 1.70   0.4
    1B 3 2 23.3 25 2 0 2 1.000 10.43   0.0
    RF 2 0 4.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
  BSN NL LF 8 6 60.8 12 0 1 0 .923 1.78   0.1
    1B 1 0 7.7 8 1 0 0 1.000 10.52   0.0
    RF 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 34 27 246.0 47 0 5 0 .904 1.72   0.5
      1B 4 2 31.0 33 3 0 2 1.000 10.45   0.0
      RF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
1970 36 BSN NL LF 104 100 854.0 216 3 15 1 .936 2.31   2.1
    RF 4 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1971 37 BSN NL RF 147 147 1215.3 247 0 15 0 .943 1.83   1.7
    LF 5 0 7.0 1 1 1 0 .667 2.57    
    1B 1 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.64   0.0
1972 38 BSN NL RF 53 46 424.7 77 2 1 1 .988 1.67   0.7
    LF 10 0 19.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84    
    1B 7 0 18.0 25 2 0 2 1.000 13.50   0.0
1973 39 BSN NL LF 15 1 43.0 13 2 0 0 1.000 3.14   0.3
    RF 15 0 39.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.29    
    1B 2 0 2.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  1B 977 924 8139.3 9185 696 83 791 .992 10.93   14.0
  LF 704 635 5714.6 1198 23 49 7 .961 1.92   15.0
  RF 270 194 1810.3 357 2 17 1 .955 1.78   2.4
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1952 1753 15665.3 10740 721 149 799 .987 6.58   31.4
Career Highs   157 149 1314.7 1460 119 19 139 1.000 11.11    
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
1962 28 STL NL 4 18 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 .111 .158 .278 .436
1963 29 STL NL 13 54 9 14 2 1 4 7 0 0 1 12 .259 .286 .556 .841
1964 30 STL NL 17 64 7 19 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 10 .297 .292 .375 .667
1965 31 CLN NL 4 6 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .571 .667 1.238
1966 32 CLN NL 14 40 6 9 0 0 2 6 0 0 5 9 .225 .326 .375 .701
1967 33 OAK AL 5 19 4 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 1 .211 .304 .368 .673
Career Post-Season Batting 57 201 30 51 9 2 7 21 1 0 11 38 .254 .296 .423 .719
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.
Batting Average
1960-8-.295
1961-10-.290
1967-2-.313
1968-6-.309
 On-Base Pct
1960-9-.361
1967-9-.374
 Slugging Pct
1967-10-.474
1968-4-.516
 OPS
1967-6-.847
1968-5-.874
 XR
1967-8-94.5
1968-6-96.0
 Games
1959-1-158
1960-9-155
1964-2-158
1967-4-156
1970-5-156
At-Bats
1960-8-583
1962-9-577
1963-5-576
1964-2-595
1967-6-585
1968-9-580
 Runs
1963-9-89
1964-9-90
1967-9-91
1968-7-93
 Hits
1960-7-172
1961-9-161
1963-8-165
1964-10-160
1967-3-183
1968-5-179
 Total Bases
1963-10-269
1967-7-277
1968-3-299
 Singles
1960-5-129
1961-10-117
1962-8-123
1963-8-121
1967-3-136
1968-7-126
1970-9-120
1972-10-117
 Homeruns
1965-7-30
1967-10-22
1968-3-32
RBIs
1968-2-106
 Strikeouts
CAR-48-1405
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 79    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Jackie Jensen (897)
  7. Wally Post (895)
  8. Jim Rice (894)
  9. Jim Spencer (893)
  10. Frank Robinson (890)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1958
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/5/1958, off Leo Kiely (TAM)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 5/26/1960
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against Pittsburgh, driving in 6 runs on 9/11/1961
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1961, hitting .385 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,250,000 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1962
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,250,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Minnesota on 6/25/1963
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1963, hitting .542 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 7/28/1963
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,735,714 through salary arbitration
7/31/1964: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $6,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1964, hitting .435 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1964, hitting .347 with 9 HR, 23 RBI
Won World Championship with St. Louis in 1964
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1964
Traded from St. Louis to Cleveland (N) on 6/1/1965 (Going to STL: P Tug Mcgraw. Going to CLN: LF Leon Wagner)
Injured on 8/27/1966 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Oakland on 2/7/1967 (Going to OAK: LF Leon Wagner. Going to CLN: CF Rick Reichardt, P Mike Lee, P Humberto Robinson, P Dean Stone)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Tampa Bay on 8/2/1967
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1967, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 4/4/1968
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1968, hitting .426 with 9 HR, 23 RBI
Injured on 6/12/1968 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 6/22/1968
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1968, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/25/1969 to a 3-year deal worth $3,250,000 per year
Traded from Kansas City to Boston (N) on 7/31/1969 (Going to KCR: CF Joe Pepitone, 1B Rusty Staub. Going to BSN: P Bob Johnson, CF Don Hahn, LF Leon Wagner)
Had 6 hits with 3 RBI against Montreal on 6/2/1970
Injured on 3/19/1971 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/4/1972 to a 1-year deal worth $784,000 per year
3/3/1972: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
Had 2000th career hit on 4/7/1972, off Rollie Fingers (TAM)
9/22/1973: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $330,000 per year, for 1 years
9/1/1974: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
 
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