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Freddy
Leach		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 188
 
Born: November 23, 1897 in Usa, MO, SPRINGFIELD
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1923 25 PHI NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
1924 26 PHA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
1925 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 6 5 8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
1926 28 BSN NL $ 1,707,143   8 8 8 5 6 5 8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
1927 29 BSN NL $ 1,707,143   9 9 8 5 6 5 8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
1928 30 BSN NL $ 1,800,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8 1 2 2 9 9 9
1929 31 SLA AL $ 4,670,001   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 1 2 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 6 5 7 8 8 1 2 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,670,001   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1923 25 PHI NL 143 593 79 169 37 7 11 101 3 5 23 33 .285 .314 .427 .741 71.7 9.3
1924 26 PHA AL 140 510 67 150 19 1 7 64 0 0 20 14 .294 .322 .376 .698 55.0 7.6
1925 27 PHA AL 83 295 46 88 15 3 6 52 2 2 23 7 .298 .346 .431 .776 40.8 6.2
  BSN NL 62 205 34 75 9 2 4 36 1 2 10 5 .366 .388 .488 .876 33.5 5.6
  TOT   145 500 80 163 24 5 10 88 3 4 33 12 .326 .363 .454 .817 74.3 11.8
1926 28 BSN NL 142 518 55 142 26 5 2 76 15 14 27 14 .274 .317 .355 .672 52.9 6.5
1927 29 BSN NL 134 409 72 134 20 4 3 41 8 5 17 8 .328 .363 .418 .781 54.5 9.7
1928 30 BSN NL 103 254 34 74 12 3 4 41 1 2 12 5 .291 .325 .409 .734 31.2 5.5
1929 31 SLA AL 118 352 50 107 14 4 7 49 0 4 16 10 .304 .333 .426 .759 44.7 8.5
7 Years Sim 925 3136 437 939 152 29 44 460 30 34 148 96 .299 .333 .408 .741 384.4 58.9
162 Game Average 549 76 164 26 5 7 80 5 5 25 16 .299 .333 .408 .741 67.3  
Career Highs 145 593 80 169 37 7 11 101 15 14 33 33 .328 .363 .454 .817 74.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2398 351 752 125 24 38 367 24 20 123 61 .314 .349 .433 .782 333.9
vs LH   738 86 187 27 5 6 93 6 14 25 35 .253 .280 .328 .608 60.0
Home 465 1536 214 455 74 13 25 238 13 19 67 48 .296 .327 .410 .738 189.6
Away 460 1600 223 484 78 16 19 222 17 15 81 48 .303 .338 .407 .745 204.3
RISP   946 0 282 40 14 17 396 0 0 64 27 .298 .334 .424 .758 131.4
Pinch Hitting   150 27 55 10 1 2 27 1 2 7 4 .367 .395 .487 .882 24.9
Close/Late   399 66 135 19 6 9 76 0 0 27 10 .338 .380 .484 .864 67.2
Mar/Apr 99 347 50 106 25 3 2 55 4 3 17 12 .305 .345 .412 .757 44.4
May 177 594 77 173 23 9 7 79 6 4 29 17 .291 .330 .396 .725 72.2
June 159 524 72 146 22 2 7 84 4 4 20 16 .279 .303 .368 .671 55.5
July 165 553 78 180 28 3 8 88 9 5 25 15 .325 .353 .430 .784 78.0
August 163 553 76 169 27 3 10 74 3 9 27 18 .306 .342 .420 .761 71.4
Sep/Oct 162 565 84 165 27 9 10 80 4 9 30 18 .292 .328 .425 .753 72.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1923 25 PHI NL LF 141 141 1246.3 279 19 11 5 .964 2.15   0.9
    CF 2 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1924 26 PHA AL LF 102 96 872.0 180 5 5 3 .974 1.91   2.9
    CF 20 16 148.7 48 1 1 0 .980 2.97    
    RF 11 8 74.0 19 0 1 0 .950 2.31    
    1B 3 0 10.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 14.40   0.0
1925 27 PHA AL LF 39 33 315.7 69 2 1 1 .986 2.02   1.5
    CF 36 31 299.3 83 2 1 1 .988 2.56   0.0
    RF 5 2 21.5 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.2 3 0 0 1 1.000 12.27   0.0
  BSN NL LF 29 24 213.3 46 2 1 1 .980 2.03   1.6
    CF 27 23 202.3 56 2 1 0 .983 2.58   0.0
    RF 3 1 14.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.24   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 68 57 529.0 115 4 2 2 .983 2.02   3.1
      CF 63 54 501.6 139 4 2 1 .986 2.57   0.0
      RF 8 3 36.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
      1B 2 0 3.7 5 0 0 1 1.000 12.16   0.0
1926 28 BSN NL RF 109 108 958.3 197 14 2 3 .991 1.98   1.7
    1B 17 16 144.0 217 13 4 21 .983 14.38   0.1
    LF 4 3 31.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.45    
    CF 7 1 15.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.17    
1927 29 BSN NL RF 76 72 604.3 133 6 2 3 .986 2.07   1.6
    CF 17 12 112.3 31 1 1 0 .970 2.56    
    1B 8 6 54.0 64 5 1 10 .986 11.50   0.0
    LF 7 4 37.0 13 0 1 0 .929 3.16    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1928 30 BSN NL RF 35 32 272.7 56 2 0 1 1.000 1.91   0.8
    CF 27 12 122.7 45 1 1 0 .979 3.38    
    LF 13 2 40.3 13 1 1 1 .933 3.12    
    1B 7 5 36.0 50 4 0 6 1.000 13.50   0.0
    SS 3 0 5.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1929 31 SLA AL LF 50 42 381.7 87 2 1 1 .989 2.10   1.4
    CF 23 12 132.3 51 3 1 0 .982 3.67    
    RF 19 12 119.0 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.72    
    1B 16 9 99.7 120 12 2 12 .985 11.92   0.2
  LF 385 345 3137.3 692 31 21 12 .972 2.07   8.2
  RF 258 235 2064.3 445 24 5 7 .989 2.04   4.1
  CF 159 108 1041.9 316 10 6 1 .982 2.82   0.0
  1B 53 36 347.4 471 35 7 50 .986 13.11   0.4
  SS 4 0 6.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.69   0.0
Career Totals   859 724 6597.2 1925 103 39 70 .981 2.77   12.7
Career Highs   143 142 1255.3 421 27 11 24 .989 3.82    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1925 27 BSN NL 5 19 2 9 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 .474 .474 .684 1.158
Career Post-Season Batting 5 19 2 9 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 .474 .474 .684 1.158
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
At-Bats
1923-4-593
 Doubles
1923-4-37
 Homeruns
1924-10-7
 RBIs
1923-10-101
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Philadelphia (N) in 1923
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/17/1923, off Joe Wood (SLN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/28/1923, off Herb Hall (SLN)
Traded from Philadelphia (N) to Philadelphia (A) on 2/16/1924 (Going to PHI: P Jesse Haines, RF Irish Meusel, P Jim Joe Edwards. Going to PHA: LF Freddy Leach)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 5/27/1925
Traded from Philadelphia (A) to Boston (N) on 7/16/1925 (Going to BSN: P Red Causey, P Howard Ehmke, SS Ike Davis, LF Freddy Leach. Going to PHA: P Johnny Morrison, P Frank Shellenback, LF Earle Combs)
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
2/12/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
 
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