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Leroy
Stanton		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: April 10, 1946 in Usa, SC, LATTA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974   
Gold Glove 1977    1979    1980   
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
1970 24 TAM AL     5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1971 25 TAM AL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1972 26 COL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1973 27 COL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1974 28 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1975 29 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1976 30 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1977 31 IND AL $ 775,714   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1978 32 IND AL $ 2,385,714   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1979 33 IND AL $ 2,385,714   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1980 34 IND AL $ 999,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1981 35 IND AL $ 999,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1982 36 IND AL $ 999,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1983 37 PIT NL $ 999,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,385,714   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 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
1970 24 AAA   83 312 40 83 12 2 12 39 3 1 30 70 .266 .330 .433 .763 44.9  
    AA   54 216 29 60 11 0 8 34 3 0 25 44 .278 .353 .440 .793 34.0  
1971 25 AAA   79 268 46 74 9 0 14 49 4 3 32 60 .276 .353 .466 .820 44.2  
1972 26 COL NL 79 249 23 52 11 1 7 30 0 0 21 73 .209 .270 .345 .616 23.7 2.3
    AAA   53 194 32 54 10 1 7 27 2 1 24 42 .278 .358 .448 .806 31.1  
1973 27 COL NL 34 78 8 18 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 24 .231 .259 .295 .554 5.5 0.1
    AAA   29 111 16 31 3 1 5 18 1 0 10 18 .279 .339 .459 .798 17.3  
1974 28 COL NL 17 52 10 19 2 0 2 10 1 1 4 7 .365 .421 .519 .940 10.4 2.4
    AAA   107 407 64 135 18 1 21 65 9 4 44 76 .332 .397 .536 .933 80.9  
1975 29 COL NL 84 239 36 73 11 0 8 44 0 0 19 51 .305 .358 .452 .810 37.6 7.9
1976 30 COL NL 68 214 31 59 8 0 4 26 0 0 20 40 .276 .336 .369 .705 27.2 4.9
    AAA   47 128 28 36 5 0 6 19 0 1 26 25 .281 .403 .461 .864 24.4  
1977 31 IND AL 154 545 57 149 19 2 13 64 2 1 33 95 .273 .317 .387 .704 62.6 6.4
1978 32 IND AL 154 495 57 124 17 2 7 40 3 3 52 101 .251 .324 .335 .660 53.1 6.2
1979 33 IND AL 155 508 54 126 23 1 15 58 1 0 24 109 .248 .284 .386 .670 53.1 7.5
1980 34 IND AL 152 493 55 122 18 4 8 49 0 1 30 86 .247 .288 .349 .637 46.0 4.6
1981 35 IND AL 144 448 56 116 22 0 12 59 2 2 29 82 .259 .302 .388 .690 52.8 7.3
1982 36 IND AL 15 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2 0.0
1983 37 AAA   74 257 12 33 8 0 2 15 0 0 15 56 .128 .176 .183 .359 3.7  
11 Years Sim 1056 3329 388 859 133 10 77 386 9 8 235 672 .258 .308 .373 .681 371.8 49.6
7 Years AAA 472 1677 238 446 65 5 67 232 19 10 181 347 .266 .340 .431 .771 246.6  
1 Years AA 54 216 29 60 11 0 8 34 3 0 25 44 .278 .357 .440 .796 34.0  
8 Years Minors 526 1893 267 506 76 5 75 266 22 10 206 391 .267 .342 .432 .774 280.6  
162 Game Average 510 59 131 20 1 11 59 1 1 36 103 .258 .308 .373 .681 57.0  
Career Highs 155 545 57 149 23 4 15 64 3 3 52 109 .365 .421 .519 .940 62.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2286 267 593 88 7 51 265 9 6 150 451 .259 .306 .371 .677 255.8
vs LH   1043 121 266 45 3 26 121 0 2 85 221 .255 .311 .379 .689 122.6
Home 525 1619 205 436 69 7 39 198 5 3 108 327 .269 .317 .393 .710 196.7
Away 531 1710 183 423 64 3 38 188 4 5 127 345 .247 .299 .355 .654 181.7
RISP   795 0 208 40 4 13 285 0 0 58 171 .262 .307 .371 .678 90.5
Pinch Hitting   51 8 18 3 0 3 8 0 0 5 12 .353 .411 .588 .999 11.0
Close/Late   382 28 101 12 0 3 31 0 0 29 77 .264 .320 .319 .640 38.8
Mar/Apr 145 485 59 133 16 0 10 52 0 0 26 104 .274 .312 .369 .681 54.5
May 182 607 80 169 31 2 12 71 4 4 43 116 .278 .330 .395 .725 75.7
June 187 591 67 140 19 2 13 67 2 0 47 125 .237 .292 .342 .634 60.5
July 160 492 51 119 22 1 10 60 1 2 33 107 .242 .289 .352 .641 49.2
August 167 544 58 128 22 4 15 55 0 1 43 105 .235 .292 .373 .665 59.5
Sep/Oct 207 610 73 170 23 1 17 81 2 1 43 115 .279 .326 .403 .729 79.0
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 26 COL NL CF 42 41 343.0 96 3 0 1 1.000 2.60   1.8
    RF 13 13 103.0 19 0 1 0 .950 1.66    
    1B 5 5 44.0 50 2 0 2 1.000 10.64   0.1
    LF 4 2 19.7 2 0 1 0 .667 0.92    
1973 27 COL NL CF 12 8 71.7 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.76   0.4
    LF 8 3 35.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    RF 5 4 34.0 6 0 1 0 .857 1.59    
    1B 7 2 26.0 25 2 0 5 1.000 9.35   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1974 28 COL NL CF 15 13 105.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.4
    LF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    1B 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1975 29 COL NL 1B 37 26 254.0 308 29 4 27 .988 11.94   0.5
    CF 32 29 226.0 46 1 0 0 1.000 1.87   0.9
    RF 11 5 54.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.83    
    LF 3 1 14.0 5 0 1 0 .833 3.21    
1976 30 COL NL RF 25 24 197.0 27 2 0 2 1.000 1.32   0.8
    1B 25 17 141.0 188 13 0 19 1.000 12.83   0.1
    CF 11 6 61.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.48    
    LF 6 3 32.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1977 31 IND AL CF 152 149 1264.0 397 16 1 3 .998 2.94   6.1
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 32 IND AL CF 123 120 1094.0 303 11 1 5 .997 2.58   3.7
    LF 14 4 50.0 13 0 1 0 .929 2.34    
    1B 7 3 33.7 50 7 2 3 .966 15.24   0.1
    RF 8 2 26.3 5 1 2 0 .750 2.05    
1979 33 IND AL CF 146 144 1262.7 410 16 0 6 1.000 3.04   5.5
    RF 2 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
    1B 3 0 6.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 34 IND AL CF 150 149 1257.0 384 11 2 2 .995 2.83   5.0
    LF 3 0 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    1B 2 0 4.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.77    
1981 35 IND AL CF 144 143 1212.7 337 11 1 2 .997 2.58   5.4
    RF 2 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 36 IND AL RF 4 1 14.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 3.21   0.1
    1B 8 0 7.3 7 1 0 0 1.000 9.82   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 828 802 6898.0 2018 70 5 19 .998 2.72   29.2
  1B 95 53 519.0 641 56 6 56 .991 12.09   0.9
  RF 72 49 448.3 76 4 4 3 .952 1.61   0.9
  LF 42 14 178.7 33 1 3 0 .919 1.71    
  SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1039 918 8049.0 2769 131 18 78 .994 3.24   31.0
Career Highs   156 149 1282.7 419 30 6 27 1.000 6.57    
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
1974 28 COL NL 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
1975 29 COL NL 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
1976 30 COL NL 7 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .200 .429 .400 .829
1981 35 IND AL 12 36 5 8 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 10 .222 .237 .389 .626
Career Post-Season Batting 21 43 6 11 6 0 1 3 0 0 3 12 .256 .298 .465 .763
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.
Games
1979-5-155
 Strikeouts
1978-9-101
1979-6-109
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Mike Lum (954)
  5. Al Pilarcik (952)
  6. Jim Hickman (952)
  7. Gary Ward (951)
  8. Larry Elliot (948)
  9. Al Luplow (947)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1970
4/2/1971: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Injured on 6/12/1971 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Tampa Bay to Colorado on 3/3/1972 (Going to COL: LF Leroy Stanton. Going to TAM: P Joe Gilbert)
Had first career hit on 6/7/1972, off Don Gullett (LAD)
Hit first career homerun on 8/4/1972, off Dooley Womack (NYG)
Injured on 4/3/1974 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 6 days
Injured on 6/27/1974 with a Fractured Knee, out for 5 weeks
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $775,714 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1977
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,385,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,385,714 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Cleveland (N) on 7/27/1979
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1979
10/28/1979: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $999,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1980
 
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