Al Leiter

Q: When was Al Leiter born?

Al Leiter was born on October 23, 1965.

Q: Where was Al Leiter born?

Al Leiter was born in Toms River, NJ .

Q: How tall is Al Leiter?

Al Leiter is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Al Leiter weigh when playing?

Al Leiter weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Al Leiter in the Hall of Fame?

Al Leiter has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Al Leiter drafted?

Al Leiter was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central Regional HS (Bayville, NJ) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Al Leiter have?

Al Leiter had 1,974 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Al Leiter played for?

Al Leiter played for 4 teams; the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Florida Marlins and New York Mets.

Q: How many World Series has Al Leiter won?

Al Leiter has won 2 World Series.

Q: What is Al Leiter's Twitter account?

Al Leiter is on Twitter at Al_Leiter22 .

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: October 23, 1965 in Toms River, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central Regional HS (Bayville, NJ).

High School: Central Regional HS (Bayville, NJ)

Debut: September 15, 1987 (Age 21-327d, 15,424th in major league history)
vs. MIL 6.0 IP, 4 H, 8 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: October 2, 2005 (Age 39-344d)
vs. BOS 0.2 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

National Team: us USA (WBC)

Full Name: Alois Terry Leiter

Pronunciation: \LIGHTER\

Twitter: @Al_Leiter22

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Relatives: Brother of Mark Leiter; Father of Jack Leiter; Uncle of Mark Leiter Jr.

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.0

162

132

ERA

3.80

419

382

2391.0

1974

WHIP

1.386

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1984	18	NYY-min	A-	3	2	.600	3.63	10	10	0	0	0	0	57.0	52	32	23	1	26	0	48	2	1	5				1.368	8.2	0.2	4.1	7.6	1.85	ONE NYPL
1985	19	NYY-min	A,A-	4	8	.333	5.18	24	23	0	3	0	0	120.0	114	84	69	3	82	1	78	2	1	8				1.633	8.6	0.2	6.2	5.9	0.95	FTL,ONE FLOR,NYPL
1986	20	NYY-min	A	4	8	.333	4.05	22	21	0	1	1	0	117.2	96	64	53	2	90	1	101	5	1	7				1.581	7.3	0.2	6.9	7.7	1.12	FTL FLOR
1987	21	NYY-min	AA,AAA	4	7	.364	4.00	20	19	0	2	0	0	101.1	85	52	45	5	52	0	94	2	2	6				1.352	7.5	0.4	4.6	8.3	1.81	ALC,CLB EL,IL
1987	21	NYY	AL	2	2	.500	6.35	4	4	0	0	0	0	22.2	24	16	16	2	15	0	28	0	0	4	104	71	3.53	1.721	9.5	0.8	6.0	11.1	1.87
1988	22	NYY-min	AAA	0	2	.000	3.46	4	4	0	0	0	0	13.0	5	7	5	0	14	0	12	3	2	1				1.462	3.5	0.0	9.7	8.3	0.86	CLB IL
1988	22	NYY	AL	4	4	.500	3.92	14	14	0	0	0	0	57.1	49	27	25	7	33	0	60	5	4	1	251	101	4.25	1.430	7.7	1.1	5.2	9.4	1.82
1989	23	TOR-min	A	0	2	.000	5.62	3	3	0	0	0	0	8.0	11	5	5	0	5	0	4	0	1	0				2.000	12.4	0.0	5.6	4.5	0.80	DUN FLOR
1989	23	TOT	AL	1	2	.333	5.67	5	5	0	0	0	0	33.1	32	23	21	2	23	0	26	2	1	2	154	69	4.23	1.650	8.6	0.5	6.2	7.0	1.13
1989	23	NYY	AL	1	2	.333	6.08	4	4	0	0	0	0	26.2	23	20	18	1	21	0	22	2	1	1	123	65	4.19	1.650	7.8	0.3	7.1	7.4	1.05
1989	23	TOR	AL	0	0		4.05	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	9	3	3	1	2	0	4	0	0	1	31	96	4.41	1.650	12.2	1.4	2.7	5.4	2.00
1990	24	TOR-min	AAA,A+	3	8	.273	4.15	21	20	1	1	1	0	102.0	77	51	47	5	80	0	83	5	7	7				1.539	6.8	0.4	7.1	7.3	1.04	SYR,DUN IL,FLOR
1990	24	TOR	AL	0	0		0.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	22		2.18	0.474	1.4	0.0	2.8	7.1	2.50
1991	25	TOR-min	A+	0	0		1.86	4	3	0	0	0	0	9.2	5	2	2	0	7	0	5	1	0	1	40			1.241	4.7	0.0	6.5	4.7	0.71	DUN FLOR
1991	25	TOR	AL	0	0		27.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.2	3	5	5	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	13	19	10.66	4.800	16.2	0.0	27.0	5.4	0.20
1992	26	TOR-min	AAA	8	9	.471	3.86	27	27	0	2	0	0	163.1	159	82	70	9	64	0	108	9	0	9	703			1.365	8.8	0.5	3.5	6.0	1.69	SYR IL
1992	26	TOR	AL	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	62	8.78	3.000	9.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
1993	27	TOR	AL	9	6	.600	4.11	34	12	4	1	1	2	105.0	93	52	48	8	56	2	66	4	2	2	454	106	4.44	1.419	8.0	0.7	4.8	5.7	1.18
1994	28	TOR	AL	6	7	.462	5.08	20	20	0	1	0	0	111.2	125	68	63	6	65	3	100	2	5	7	516	95	3.84	1.701	10.1	0.5	5.2	8.1	1.54
1995	29	TOR	AL	11	11	.500	3.64	28	28	0	2	1	0	183.0	162	80	74	15	*108*	1	153	6	0	14	805	130	4.37	1.475	8.0	0.7	5.3	7.5	1.42
1996	30	FLA	NL	16	12	.571	2.93	33	33	0	2	1	0	215.1	153	74	70	14	*119*	3	200	11	0	5	896	139	3.97	1.263	*6.4*	0.6	5.0	8.4	1.68	AS,CYA-9
1997	31	FLA	NL	11	9	.550	4.34	27	27	0	0	0	0	151.1	133	78	73	13	91	4	132	12	0	2	668	93	4.52	1.480	7.9	0.8	5.4	7.9	1.45
1998	32	NYM	NL	17	6	.739	2.47	28	28	0	4	2	0	193.0	151	55	53	8	71	2	174	11	1	4	789	170	3.15	1.150	7.0	0.4	3.3	8.1	2.45	CYA-6
1999	33	NYM	NL	13	12	.520	4.23	32	32	0	1	1	0	213.0	209	107	100	19	93	8	162	9	1	4	923	105	4.21	1.418	8.8	0.8	3.9	6.8	1.74
2000	34	NYM	NL	16	8	.667	3.20	31	31	0	2	1	0	208.0	176	84	74	19	76	1	200	11	1	4	874	139	3.65	1.212	7.6	0.8	3.3	8.7	2.63	AS
2001	35	NYM	NL	11	11	.500	3.31	29	29	0	0	0	0	187.1	178	81	69	18	46	3	142	4	2	5	772	125	3.58	1.196	8.6	0.9	2.2	6.8	3.09
2002	36	NYM	NL	13	13	.500	3.48	33	33	0	2	2	0	204.1	194	99	79	23	69	5	172	8	1	1	868	115	3.87	1.287	8.5	1.0	3.0	7.6	2.49
2003	37	NYM	NL	15	9	.625	3.99	30	30	0	1	1	0	180.2	176	83	80	15	94	11	139	9	1	5	798	106	4.28	1.494	8.8	0.7	4.7	6.9	1.48
2004	38	NYM	NL	10	8	.556	3.21	30	30	0	0	0	0	173.2	138	65	62	16	97	8	117	11	1	1	750	133	4.76	1.353	7.2	0.8	5.0	6.1	1.21
2005	39	TOT	MLB	7	12	.368	6.13	33	26	2	0	0	0	142.1	154	103	97	13	98	2	97	12	0	2	670	67	5.16	1.770	9.7	0.8	6.2	6.1	0.99
2005	39	FLA	NL	3	7	.300	6.64	17	16	0	0	0	0	80.0	88	61	59	9	60	2	52	6	0	0	377	60	5.66	1.850	9.9	1.0	6.8	5.9	0.87
2005	39	NYY	AL	4	5	.444	5.49	16	10	2	0	0	0	62.1	66	42	38	4	38	0	45	6	0	2	293	78	4.53	1.668	9.5	0.6	5.5	6.5	1.18
19 Yrs				162	132	.551	3.80	419	382	9	16	10	2	2391.0	2152	1101	1010	198	1163	53	1974	117	20	63	10334	112	4.10	1.386	8.1	0.7	4.4	7.4	1.70
162 Game Avg.				14	11	.551	3.80	36	32	1	1	1	0	203	183	93	86	17	99	4	168	10	2	5	877	112	4.10	1.386	8.1	0.7	4.4	7.4	1.70
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
NYM (7 yrs)				95	67	.586	3.42	213	213	0	10	7	0	1360.0	1222	574	517	118	546	38	1106	63	8	24	5774	124	3.92	1.300	8.1	0.8	3.6	7.3	2.03
TOR (7 yrs)				26	24	.520	4.20	91	61	7	4	2	2	415.1	394	209	194	30	240	6	329	12	7	24	1848	110	4.24	1.526	8.5	0.7	5.2	7.1	1.37
NYY (4 yrs)				11	13	.458	5.17	38	32	2	0	0	0	169.0	162	105	97	14	107	0	155	13	5	8	771	80	4.25	1.592	8.6	0.7	5.7	8.3	1.45
FLA (3 yrs)				30	28	.517	4.07	77	76	0	2	1	0	446.2	374	213	202	36	270	9	384	29	0	7	1941	99	4.46	1.442	7.5	0.7	5.4	7.7	1.42

AL (10 yrs)				37	37	.500	4.48	129	93	9	4	2	2	584.1	556	314	291	44	347	6	484	25	12	32	2619	100	4.25	1.545	8.6	0.7	5.3	7.5	1.39
NL (10 yrs)				125	95	.568	3.58	290	289	0	12	8	0	1806.2	1596	787	719	154	816	47	1490	92	8	31	7715	117	4.05	1.335	8.0	0.8	4.1	7.4	1.83

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Al Leiter?

Al Leiter is 58 years old.

When was Al Leiter born?

Al Leiter was born on October 23, 1965.

Where was Al Leiter born?

Al Leiter was born in Toms River, NJ.

How tall is Al Leiter?

Al Leiter is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Al Leiter weigh when playing?

Al Leiter weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Al Leiter play?

Al Leiter played 19 seasons.

Is Al Leiter in the Hall of Fame?

Al Leiter has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Al Leiter drafted?

Al Leiter was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central Regional HS (Bayville, NJ).

What position did Al Leiter play?

Al Leiter was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Al Leiter have?

Al Leiter had 1,974 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Al Leiter played for?

Al Leiter played for 4 teams; the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Florida Marlins and New York Mets.

How many World Series has Al Leiter won?

Al Leiter has won 2 World Series.

When did Al Leiter retire?

Al Leiter last played in 2005.

What is Al Leiter's Twitter account?

Al Leiter is on Twitter at Al_Leiter22.

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