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

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Team Record in Appearances: 4-6 / in Starts: 4-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1976	ALCS g2	Oct 10	KCR		NYY	W,7-3	GS-3		7	2.1	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	11.57	5.20	13					4	1	0	1	6	31			0	0	0	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.43	-0.251	41.14	-4.34%	-2.13	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d1
2	1976	ALCS g5	Oct 14	KCR	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-1		3	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	19.29	5.20	3					0	0	0	0	3	36			1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.261	108.33	-13.34%	-2.46	1b start a 2	1b -23 0 out a1
1977 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	1977	ALCS g3	Oct 7	KCR		NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	4	2	1	1	4	0	0	1.00	2.18	32	97	65	12	9	11	12	0	1	4	76			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	1	.60	0.287	24.98	6.59%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
4	1977	ALCS g5	Oct 9	KCR		NYY	L,3-5	9-9	L(1-1)	1	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.00	2.52	2	15	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.74	-0.278	311.67	-12.83%	-1.00	9t --- 0 out a1	9t 12- 0 out a1
1978 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	1978	ALCS g1	Oct 3	KCR		NYY	L,1-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	3	4.0	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	6.75	1.59	21	68	45	8	5	3	7	1	1	9	34			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.071	28.56	-1.57%	-0.46	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d2
6	1978	ALCS g4	Oct 7	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(0-2)	3	8.0	4	2	2	2	9	2	0	3.75	3.42	30	115	82	12	18	6	9	1	4	4	73			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.086	35.14	1.75%	1.65	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
1980 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	1980	ALCS g2	Oct 9	KCR		NYY	W,3-2	GS-9	W(1-0)	4	8.0	7	2	2	1	8	1	0	2.25	2.75	31	114	74	18	18	5	15	7	0	2	67			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.252	40.32	4.68%	1.63	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
8	1980	WS g1	Oct 14	KCR	@	PHI	L,6-7	GS-4	L(1-1)	4	3.2	6	6	6	1	3	1	1	6.17	3.87	18	71	45	13	7	9	2	1	0	2	27			1	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.480	44.50	-15.37%	-4.43	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d2
9	1980	WS g4	Oct 18	KCR		PHI	W,5-3	GS-8	W(2-1)	3	7.0	9	3	2	1	2	0	0	4.82	3.39	29	81	56	12	4	11	8	0	1	7	50			1	1	0	27	3	0	0	1	1	0	.74	0.108	44.95	3.61%	0.89	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a3
1981 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	1981	ALDS g1	Oct 6	KCR		OAK	L,0-4	GS-8	L(0-1)	3	8.0	7	4	1	1	3	2	0	1.13	5.48	32					11	10	1	1	7	60			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.59	-0.128	9.23	-1.55%	-0.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
											50.0	56	29	24	10	31	6	1	4.32		211																			0

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