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Lee Viau

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-4, 160lb (163cm, 72kg)

Born: July 5, 1866 in Corinth, VT us

Died: December 17, 1947 in Hopewell, NJ

Buried: Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa, NJ

School: Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)

Debut: April 22, 1888 (Age 21-292d, 1,252nd in major league history)

Last Game: August 27, 1892 (Age 26-053d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1888 season

Full Name: Leon A. Viau

Pronunciation: \Vee-oh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.9

ERA

3.33

178

162

1442.0

554

WHIP

1.364

Summary of 37 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead, 37 lacking some details

3 Tms
CIN	23
CLV	7
LOU	7

Platoon
vs RHB	22
vs LHB	11
vs ?HB	4

Home/Road
Away	23
Home	14

Outs
Unk	37

11 Opps
CHC	7
BRO	6
PHI	5
PHA	4
BSN	3
STL	3
NYG	2
LOU	2
KCC	2
WHS	2
BAL	1

33 Batters
Jack Clements	2
Howard Earl	2
Harry Stovey	2
John Milligan	2
Jack Burdock	1
Jumbo Davis	1
Bill Hutchison	1
Charlie Duffee	1
Jack Farrell	1
Denny Lyons	1
Sam Barkley	1
Pete O'Brien	1
Herman Long	1
Jesse Burkett	1
Ed Delahanty	1
Henry Larkin	1
Charlie Bennett	1
Sam Thompson	1
Nat Hudson	1
Walt Wilmot	1
Scott Stratton	1
John Clarkson	1
Elmer Foster	1
Roger Connor	1
Jim Andrews	1
George Pinkney	1
Hardy Richardson	1
Deacon McGuire	1
Dave Foutz	1
Dan Shannon	1
Bob Caruthers	1
Germany Smith	1
Joe Visner	1

11 Parks
League Pk I (CIN)	14
WestSide Pk (CHI)	6
Phil BB Grnd (PHI)	4
SportsmanPk1 (STL)	3
Boundary Fld (WAS)	2
Eastern Pk (NYC)	2
Assoc. Pk (KAN)	2
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	1
WashingtnPk2 (NYC)	1
SouthEndGrd2 (BOS)	1
RidgewoodPk2 (NYC)	1

Where Hit

9 Inside the Park

2 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	21
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

74 Runs

Inning
1	4
2	5
3	6
4	4
5	1
6	7
7	6
8	3
9	1

1-3	15
4-6	12
7-end	10

RelScore
Unk	37

Unk	37

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
2B	6
C	6
P	5
RF	5
LF	4
1B	3
SS	3
3B	3
CF	2

OrderPos
Unk	17
4th	5
5th	4
6th	3
3rd	3
8th	2
1st	1
7th	1
9th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1888-06-13	Jumbo Davis	KCC		CIN		b 1		1	3	5	IPHR
2	2	2	2	1888-06-13	Sam Barkley	KCC		CIN		b 4		3		4	Cycle
3	3	3	1	1888-06-16	John Milligan	STL		CIN		b 6		3	8	2
4	4	4	1	1888-06-29	Jack Farrell	BAL	@	CIN		t 1		2	5	4	IPHR
5	5	5	1	1888-07-06	Henry Larkin	PHA	@	CIN		t 7		2	4	3
6	6	6	1	1888-09-02	Jack Burdock	BRO		CIN		b 9		1		4	IPHR
7	7	7	1	1888-09-16	John Milligan	STL		CIN		b 8		1	8	2
1889	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
8	8	1	1	1889-05-07	Denny Lyons	PHA	@	CIN		t 7		1	3	5	IPHR
9	9	2	1	1889-05-14	Joe Visner	BRO	@	CIN		t 6		2	6	9
10	10	3	1	1889-05-27	Scott Stratton	LOU	@	CIN		t 7		4		1
11	11	4	1	1889-06-25	Nat Hudson	STL		CIN		b 4		3		1
12	12	5	1	1889-08-13	Harry Stovey	PHA	@	CIN		t 1		3	4	7
13	13	6	2	1889-08-13	Harry Stovey	PHA	@	CIN		t 8		2	4	7
14	14	7	1	1889-08-23	Germany Smith	BRO	@	CIN		t 6		2	9	6	IPHR
15	15	8	1	1889-08-28	Dan Shannon	LOU	@	CIN		t 2		2		4
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
16	16	1	1	1890-04-22	Jim Andrews	CHC	@	CIN		t 3		3		9
17	17	2	1	1890-05-08	Bill Hutchison	CHC		CIN		b 4		1		1
18	18	3	2	1890-05-08	Howard Earl	CHC		CIN		b 6		4	1	6	Bounced
19	19	4	3	1890-05-08	Pete O'Brien	CHC		CIN		b 8		2		4
20	20	5	1	1890-06-23	John Clarkson	BSN	@	CIN		t 2		2		1	IPHR
21	21	6	2	1890-06-23	Herman Long	BSN	@	CIN		t 2		1		6	IPHR
22	22	7	1	1890-07-05	Jack Clements	PHI	@	CIN		t 5		2	5	2
23	23	8	1	1890-07-25	Jesse Burkett	NYG	@	CIN		t 7		1	4	9	Bounced
24	24	9	1	1890-08-30	Dave Foutz	BRO		CLV		b 1		2	4	3	IPHR
25	25	10	1	1890-09-11 (2)	Howard Earl	CHC		CLV		b 2		2	7	4
26	26	11	2	1890-09-11 (2)	Walt Wilmot	CHC		CLV		b 3		2	3	7
27	27	12	1	1890-09-13 (1)	Elmer Foster	CHC		CLV		b 6		1		8
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
28	28	1	1	1891-06-09	Bob Caruthers	BRO		CLV		b 6		3		1
29	29	2	1	1891-08-13	Charlie Bennett	BSN		CLV		b 7		1		2
30	30	3	1	1891-09-18	George Pinkney	BRO		CLV		b 6		1	5	5
1892	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
31	31	1	1	1892-05-30 (1)	Sam Thompson	PHI		LOU		b 3		2		9
32	32	2	1	1892-06-06	Hardy Richardson	NYG		LOU		b 3		3	6	9
33	33	3	1	1892-07-15	Roger Connor	PHI		LOU		b 3		3		3
34	34	4	2	1892-07-15	Ed Delahanty	PHI		LOU		b 3		2		8	IPHR
35	35	5	3	1892-07-15	Jack Clements	PHI		LOU		b 7		1		2
36	36	6	1	1892-07-19	Deacon McGuire	WHS		LOU		b 2		1	5	2
37	37	7	2	1892-07-19	Charlie Duffee	WHS		LOU		b 4		2	6	7