José DeLeón

Positions: Pitcher, Rightfielder and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: December 20, 1960 in Rancho Viejo, Dominican Republic do

Died: February 25, 2024 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Buried: Jardin Memorial, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft.

High School: Perth Amboy HS (Perth Amboy, NJ)

Last Game: September 18, 1995 (Age 34-272d)
vs. CIN 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: Boras Corporation • Previously: Tom Reich

Full Name: José DeLeón

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.0

119

ERA

3.76

415

264

1897.1

1594

WHIP

1.263

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1979	18	-2.2	Pirates	GULF	Rk	PIT	2	4	.333	6.41	7.17	11	9		2	0	1	59.0	76	47	42	7	38	1	33	1	0	9		1.932	11.6	1.1	5.8	5.0	0.87
1980	19	-1.9	Shelby	SALL	A	PIT	10	15	.400	4.82	5.79	26	26		7	0	0	168.0	160	108	90	19	69	3	118	9	4	8		1.363	8.6	1.0	3.7	6.3	1.71
1981	20	-2.9	Buffalo	EL	AA	PIT	12	6	.667	3.11	4.08	25	25	0	2	0	0	159.0	136	72	55	14	94	0	158	3	2	7		1.447	7.7	0.8	5.3	8.9	1.68
1982	21	-4.0	Portland	PCL	AAA	PIT	10	7	.588	5.97	6.13	24	23	0	3	0	0	119.0	138	81	79	15	65	0	94	5	0	3		1.706	10.4	1.1	4.9	7.1	1.45
1983	22	-3.4	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	PIT	11	6	.647	3.04	3.53	20	20	0	6	1	0	127.1	90	50	43	9	68	2	128	2	0	2		1.241	6.4	0.6	4.8	9.0	1.88
1983	22	-6.5	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	7	3	.700	2.83	3.00	15	15	0	3	2	0	108.0	75	36	34	5	47	2	118	1	2	5	438	1.130	6.3	0.4	3.9	9.8	2.51
1984	23	-5.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	7	13	.350	3.74	4.02	30	28	0	5	1	0	192.1	147	86	80	10	92	5	153	3	2	6	795	1.243	6.9	0.5	4.3	7.2	1.66
1985	24	-1.7	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	PIT	4	0	1.000	0.88	0.88	5	5	0	4	2	0	41.0	15	4	4	3	10	0	45	1	0	1		0.610	3.3	0.7	2.2	9.9	4.50
1985	24	-4.2	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	2	19	.095	4.70	5.15	31	25	5	1	0	3	162.2	138	93	85	15	89	3	149	3	1	7	700	1.395	7.6	0.8	4.9	8.2	1.67
1986	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CHW	5	8	.385	3.87	4.34	22	14	5	1	0	1	95.1	66	46	41	9	59	3	79	5	0	7	408	1.311	6.2	0.8	5.6	7.5	1.34
1986	25	-0.9	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	PIT	5	8	.385	2.46	2.72	15	14	1	7	1	0	106.0	87	32	29	5	44	3	83	1	1	3		1.236	7.4	0.4	3.7	7.0	1.89
1986	25	-3.2	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	4	5	.444	2.96	3.42	13	13	0	1	0	0	79.0	49	30	26	7	42	0	68	4	0	6	325	1.152	5.6	0.8	4.8	7.7	1.62
1986	25	-3.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	1	3	.250	8.27	8.82	9	1	5	0	0	1	16.1	17	16	15	2	17	3	11	1	0	1	83	2.082	9.4	1.1	9.4	6.1	0.65
1987	26	-2.6	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	11	12	.478	4.02	4.63	33	31	0	2	0	0	206.0	177	106	92	24	97	4	153	10	1	6	889	1.330	7.7	1.0	4.2	6.7	1.58
1988	27	-1.5	STL	NL	Maj	STL	13	10	.565	3.67	3.79	34	34	0	3	1	0	225.1	198	95	92	13	86	7	208	2	0	10	940	1.260	7.9	0.5	3.4	8.3	2.42
1989	28	-0.8	STL	NL	Maj	STL	16	12	.571	3.05	3.53	36	36	0	5	3	0	244.2	173	96	83	16	80	5	201	6	0	2	972	1.034	6.4	0.6	2.9	7.4	2.51
1990	29	0.6	STL	NL	Maj	STL	7	19	.269	4.43	4.73	32	32	0	0	0	0	182.2	168	96	90	15	86	9	164	5	0	5	793	1.391	8.3	0.7	4.2	8.1	1.91
1991	30	1.9	STL	NL	Maj	STL	5	9	.357	2.71	3.15	28	28	0	1	0	0	162.2	144	57	49	15	61	1	118	6	1	1	679	1.260	8.0	0.8	3.4	6.5	1.93
1992	31		2 Teams	NL	Maj	PHI-STL	2	8	.200	4.37	4.83	32	18	3	0	0	0	117.1	111	63	57	7	48	1	79	2	0	3	506	1.355	8.5	0.5	3.7	6.1	1.65
1992	31	2.7	STL	NL	Maj	STL	2	7	.222	4.57	4.93	29	15	3	0	0	0	102.1	95	56	52	7	43	1	72	2	0	3	443	1.349	8.4	0.6	3.8	6.3	1.67
1992	31	2.7	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	0	1	.000	3.00	4.20	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	16	7	5	0	5	0	7	0	0	0	63	1.400	9.6	0.0	3.0	4.2	1.40
1993	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	PHI	3	0	1.000	2.98	4.24	35	3	7	0	0	0	57.1	44	27	19	7	30	3	40	6	0	5	244	1.291	6.9	1.1	4.7	6.3	1.33
1993	32	3.8	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	3	0	1.000	3.26	4.79	24	3	6	0	0	0	47.0	39	25	17	5	27	3	34	5	0	5	207	1.404	7.5	1.0	5.2	6.5	1.26
1993	32	3.3	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	0	0		1.74	1.74	11	0	1	0	0	0	10.1	5	2	2	2	3	0	6	1	0	0	37	0.774	4.4	1.7	2.6	5.2	2.00
1994	33	3.9	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	3	2	.600	3.36	3.76	42	0	11	0	0	2	67.0	48	28	25	5	31	5	67	6	0	1	288	1.179	6.4	0.7	4.2	9.0	2.16
1995	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CHW	5	4	.556	5.45	5.68	45	0	5	0	0	0	76.0	67	48	46	12	35	2	65	7	1	2	333	1.342	7.9	1.4	4.1	7.7	1.86
1995	34	5.2	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	5	3	.625	5.19	5.45	38	0	4	0	0	0	67.2	60	41	39	10	28	2	53	6	1	2	293	1.300	8.0	1.3	3.7	7.0	1.89
1995	34	6.1	MON	NL	Maj	MON	0	1	.000	7.56	7.56	7	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	7	7	7	2	7	0	12	1	0	0	40	1.680	7.6	2.2	7.6	13.0	1.71

1997	36	7.1	China Times	CPBL	Fgn		4	4	.500	3.40	4.25	42	1		0	0	4	84.2	75	40	32	5	27	0	100	3	0	5	351	1.205	8.0	0.5	2.9	10.6	3.70
1998	37	7.0	Chinatrust	CPBL	Fgn		1	2	.333	2.01	3.22	16	0		0	0	0	22.1	20	8	5	1	5	0	33	0	0	2	89	1.119	8.1	0.4	2.0	13.3	6.60
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (13 seasons)					Majors		86	119	.420	3.76	4.16	415	264	36	21	7	6	1897.1	1556	877	793	153	841	50	1594	62	8	60	7985	1.263	7.4	0.7	4.0	7.6	1.90
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		54	46	.540	3.95	4.55	126	122	1	31	4	1	779.1	702	394	342	72	388	9	659	22	7	33		1.399	8.1	0.8	4.5	7.6	1.70
Foreign (2 seasons)					Foreign		5	6	.455	3.11	4.04	58	1		0	0	4	107.0	95	48	37	6	32	0	133	3	0	7	440	1.187	8.0	0.5	2.7	11.2	4.16
All Levels (19 Seasons)							145	171	.459	3.79	4.26	599	387	37	52	11	11	2783.2	2353	1319	1172	231	1261	59	2386	87	15	100	8425	1.298	7.6	0.7	4.1	7.7	1.89

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		30	21	.588	3.55	3.82	64	62	1	20	4	0	393.1	330	167	155	32	187	5	350	9	1	9		1.314	7.6	0.7	4.3	8.0	1.87
AA (1 season)					Minors		12	6	.667	3.11	4.08	25	25	0	2	0	0	159.0	136	72	55	14	94	0	158	3	2	7		1.447	7.7	0.8	5.3	8.9	1.68
A (1 season)					Minors		10	15	.400	4.82	5.79	26	26		7	0	0	168.0	160	108	90	19	69	3	118	9	4	8		1.363	8.6	1.0	3.7	6.3	1.71
Rk (1 season)					Minors		2	4	.333	6.41	7.17	11	9		2	0	1	59.0	76	47	42	7	38	1	33	1	0	9		1.932	11.6	1.1	5.8	5.0	0.87