Pat Leyland

Patrick James Leyland

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 198 lb.
• High School Bishop Canevin High School

• Born October 11, 1991 in Pittsburgh, PA USA

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Biographical Information

Patrick Leyland is the son of Jim Leyland. A high school catcher, he was picked by his dad's Detroit Tigers in the 8th round of the 2010 amateur draft. He had hit .597 as a senior and thrown out 14 of 18 attempted base-stealers, earning him Pittsburgh Post-Gazette high school All-Star honors. He signed a short while later, turning down a University of Maryland scholarship, in time for Opening Day for the short-season leagues. He started at catcher and hit third for the GCL Tigers, going 1 for 4. No one tried stealing against him. Leyland was one of only two Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League players taken in 2010 (a few WPIAL alumni were drafted out of college); the other was Dillon Haviland. Overall, he hit .219/.259/.240 in 41 games in his first season of professional ball.

Leyland received an invitation to attend the Tigers' big league camp in 2011, along with two other young catchers drafted by the team the previous year, and got a chance to play for his father. He spent that season with the Connecticut Tigers of the New York-Penn League, where he hit .220 in 25 games. In 2012, he moved to the West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League.

The Baltimore Orioles hired Leyland in 2017 to serve as coach with the GCL Orioles. He moved up to a bench coach position with the Bowie Baysox in 2018 and was the development coach for the Delmarva Shorebirds in 2019. Leyland joined the Chicago White Sox organization in 2020 before COVID-19 shut down the minor league season. He was the bench coach of the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers in 2021. Leyland became a manager with the ACL White Sox in 2022 and Kannapolis in 2023.

Year-By-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs
2022	ACL White Sox	Arizona Complex League	26-28	9th	Chicago White Sox
2023	Kannapolis Cannon Ballers	Carolina League	67-64	4th (t)	Chicago White Sox
2024	Kannapolis Cannon Ballers	Carolina League	70-61	3rd	Chicago White Sox	Lost League Finals