Dennis Leonard

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: May 8, 1951 in Brooklyn, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Iona College (New Rochelle, NY).

High School: Oceanside HS (Oceanside, NY)

School: Iona College (New Rochelle, NY)

Debut: September 4, 1974 (Age 23-119d, 13,545th in major league history)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1986 (Age 35-142d)
vs. OAK 1.1 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

Full Name: Dennis Patrick Leonard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.7

144

106

ERA

3.70

312

302

2187.0

1323

WHIP

1.262

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	KCR	@	CLE	L,5-8	GS	24	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 12	KCR		BAL	W,5-2	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7 (2)	Apr 16	KCR		CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	P
4	10 (2)	Apr 21	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
5	14 (3)	Apr 25	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
6	18 (3)	Apr 29	KCR		MIL	W,11-2	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	22 (3)	May 3	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	34	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	26 (3)	May 8	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS	30	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	29 (2)	May 13	KCR		NYY	L,2-5	GS	30	7.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
10	33 (3)	May 18	KCR		MIN	L,6-8	GS	14	2.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
11	37 (3)	May 22	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-10	GS	18	3.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	45 (7)	Jun 1	KCR		SEA	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
13	49 (3)	Jun 6	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
14	53 (3)	Jun 10	KCR	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	P
15	58 (4)	Jun 15	KCR		DET	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
16	63 (4)	Jun 19	KCR		CLE	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
17	67 (3)	Jun 23 (2)	KCR		OAK	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	71 (3)	Jun 27	KCR	@	CAL	L,4-5	GS	33	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	75 (3)	Jul 1	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-4	GS	28	5.2	2	3	0	5	0	P
20	80 (4)	Jul 5	KCR		CAL	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
21	84 (3)	Jul 9	KCR		BAL	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	87 (2)	Jul 15	KCR	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	91 (3)	Jul 20	KCR		TEX	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	95 (3)	Jul 24	KCR		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
25	100 (4)	Jul 29	KCR	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	104 (3)	Aug 2	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS	28	5.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
27	108 (3)	Aug 7	KCR		CHW	L,3-5	GS	29	6.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
28	112 (3)	Aug 11	KCR	@	TOR	W,9-8	GS	14	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	116 (3)	Aug 15	KCR	@	DET	W,4-2	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
30	121 (4)	Aug 19	KCR		TEX	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	124 (2)	Aug 23	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
32	128 (3)	Aug 27	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-2	GS	35	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	132 (3)	Sep 1	KCR		DET	L,2-6	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	136 (3)	Sep 5	KCR	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
35	140 (3)	Sep 9 (2)	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-4	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	144 (3)	Sep 13	KCR		OAK	W,9-1	GS	25	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	148 (3)	Sep 17	KCR		CAL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	152 (3)	Sep 21	KCR		MIL	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	157 (4)	Sep 25	KCR		SEA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
40	160 (2)	Sep 29	KCR		MIN	W,4-0	GS	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
							40gm		294.2	16	43	1	60	2