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: 13-8 / in Starts: 13-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	247	1	Apr 5	KCR	@	BAL	L,5-13	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	2.1	6	7	6	2	0	3	1	23.14	23.29	16	5	2	1	0	6	17			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	-0.412	1.37	-0.32%	-5.76	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out d6
2	248	3	Apr 10	KCR		DET	W,5-2	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	5.2	1	2	2	3	1	0	0	9.00	9.59	21	9	7	1	0	1	57			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.108	.94	0.08%	0.50	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a2
3	249	6	Apr 14	KCR		BAL	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	7	3	3	3	3	1	1	6.60	7.65	31	11	6	0	0	7	51			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.35	0.070	1.76	0.06%	0.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
4	250	13	Apr 23	KCR		CLE	W,11-6	GS-5		8	4.1	9	6	6	0	3	1	0	7.91	6.91	22	4	6	0	0	9	24			0	0	0	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.361	1.25	-0.25%	-3.76	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out a1
5	251	17	Apr 28	KCR	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	9	5	5	1	5	0	0	6.99	5.33	35	15	5	0	1	9	53			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	2	1	0	.91	0.165	1.21	0.13%	-0.23	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
6	252	21	May 2	KCR		TOR	L,5-7	GS-7	L(2-2)	3	6.1	7	5	3	6	1	0	0	6.49	5.31	31	5	12	3	4	7	38			1	1	1	25	4	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.204	1.23	-0.18%	-2.02	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d3
7	253	25	May 7	KCR	@	TOR	L,4-6	GS-7	L(2-3)	4	6.2	9	5	5	3	2	1	0	6.53	5.33	31	9	9	1	0	8	35			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.323	1.99	-0.30%	-1.52	1b start a 1	7b -2- 2 out d1
8	254	30	May 12	KCR		MIL	W,9-7	GS-7	W(3-3)	4	6.1	9	5	5	0	7	3	0	6.61	5.51	28	5	7	1	0	9	42			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.115	1.34	-0.10%	-2.02	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a3
9	255	33	May 16	KCR		BOS	W,5-0	GS-7	W(4-3)	3	7.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	5.76	5.19	26	8	10	0	0	4	69			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.284	1.41	0.26%	3.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
10	256	37	May 21	KCR		TEX	W,3-0	GS-7	W(5-3)	4	6.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.14	4.85	21	6	11	1	0	2	72			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.391	1.18	0.30%	3.40	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
11	257	109	Aug 8	KCR	@	BAL	L,6-10	GS-5		78	4.1	6	6	5	4	4	3	0	5.48	5.37	23	4	6	1	0	5	29			2	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.387	3.08	-0.76%	-4.02	1b start a 2	5b 1-- 1 out d4
12	258	115	Aug 15	KCR	@	DET	W,6-1	GS-8	W(6-3)	6	8.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	0	5.01	5.19	30	8	13	3	0	4	73			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.75	0.304	2.55	0.63%	3.00	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
13	259	121	Aug 20	KCR		CHW	W,13-5	GS-6	W(7-3)	4	5.1	9	3	3	2	3	1	0	5.01	5.19	26	8	4	0	1	9	39			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.086	4.60	-0.23%	-0.91	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a5
14	260	126	Aug 25	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-3	GS-7	W(8-3)	4	7.0	8	3	2	3	0	0	0	4.81	5.09	33	14	8	1	0	8	48			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.85	-0.059	6.93	-0.13%	0.29	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
15	261	131	Aug 30	KCR		TEX	W,8-3	CG	W(9-3)	4	9.0	11	3	3	0	5	1	0	4.64	4.90	36	11	9	2	0	11	58			0	0	1	36	2	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.107	1.77	0.21%	1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
16	262	136	Sep 5	KCR		NYY	L,7-18	GS-4	L(9-4)	5	3.0	4	7	5	3	1	2	0	4.96	5.17	17	2	7	1	1	4	25			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.502	3.80	-1.17%	-5.34	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out d2
17	263	141	Sep 11	KCR		MIN	W,9-3	GS-7	W(10-4)	5	7.0	9	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.89	5.15	33	11	9	2	0	9	47			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.082	4.33	0.23%	0.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
18	264	146	Sep 16	KCR		SEA	L,2-4	GS-9	L(10-5)	4	8.0	10	4	3	3	3	0	0	4.78	5.00	37	12	10	0	0	9	48			1	1	0	31	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.90	-0.155	7.75	-0.38%	-0.92	1t start tie	9t --3 0 out d2
19	265	151	Sep 21	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	4.58	4.86	29	11	5	1	0	5	65			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.207	12.26	1.40%	2.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
20	266	154	Sep 25	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-10	GS-5	L(10-6)	3	4.0	9	8	8	4	3	0	0	5.01	4.84	25	3	6	1	2	9	11			1	0	0	20	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.18	-0.507	5.60	-1.44%	-5.46	1b start a 2	5b 1-3 0 out d3
21	267	158	Sep 29	KCR		CAL	W,6-5	GS-7		3	6.2	7	5	5	1	2	2	0	5.10	4.92	28	8	10	1	2	7	41			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.302	1.52	-0.27%	-1.73	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d3
							13-8		W-L:10-6	4.2	130.2	145	82	74	46	58	20	2	5.10	4.92	579	1.04		6%	3%	142	45		---%	12	2	2	520	25	3	3	9	5	8	1.08	-1.695	3.38	-2.25%	-18.03

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