John
Leary
 
Nickname: Jack
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 245
 
Born: May 2, 1891 in Usa, MA, WALTHAM
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1914 23 PHI NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 7
1915 24 PHI NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 7
1916 25 PHI NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
1917 26 PHI NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
1918 27 PHI NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
1919 28 PHI NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
1920 29 PHI NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
1921 30 PHI NL $ 350,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 8
1922 31 PHI NL $ 1,900,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 5 5 1 1 1 8 7 7
1923 32 PHI NL $ 1,900,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 5 5 1 1 1 7 6 6
1924 33 PHI NL $ 1,900,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6
1925 34 PHI NL $ 1,900,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 5
1926 35 WAS AL $ 811,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,900,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8
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
1914 23 AAA   131 517 48 145 28 3 3 56 11 13 49 89 .280 .343 .364 .706 61.9  
1915 24 PHI NL 97 352 32 83 12 5 2 39 1 0 8 59 .236 .253 .315 .569 25.2 3.1
1916 25 PHI NL 36 100 15 24 1 2 0 8 0 2 7 19 .240 .287 .290 .577 8.1 0.3
1917 26 PHI NL 42 113 10 26 4 1 0 11 0 0 4 14 .230 .256 .283 .540 6.9 0.2
1918 27 PHI NL 81 260 19 69 7 3 1 31 4 9 12 35 .265 .299 .327 .626 20.3 2.2
1919 28 PHI NL 51 172 14 51 12 0 1 23 3 3 3 21 .297 .307 .384 .691 17.2 2.5
1920 29 PHI NL 58 196 22 58 5 2 0 27 3 6 5 13 .296 .314 .342 .656 19.1 2.4
1921 30 PHI NL 118 463 66 152 20 12 5 76 10 8 11 40 .328 .344 .456 .800 64.3 9.3
1922 31 PHI NL 126 465 47 125 16 4 0 72 4 11 16 58 .269 .296 .320 .616 39.5 0.9
1923 32 PHI NL 9 19 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .316 .381 .421 .802 2.9 0.7
1924 33 PHI NL 47 146 23 50 4 1 2 18 0 0 4 14 .342 .360 .425 .785 18.7 3.3
1925 34 PHI NL 70 164 20 48 10 0 0 22 1 0 6 19 .293 .318 .354 .671 17.0 1.4
1926 35 A   131 544 80 184 31 6 4 104 11 10 28 44 .338 .371 .439 .810 79.6  
11 Years Sim 735 2450 270 692 93 30 11 328 26 39 77 293 .282 .305 .358 .664 239.3 26.4
1 Years AAA 131 517 48 145 28 3 3 56 11 13 49 89 .280 .345 .364 .709 61.9  
1 Years A 131 544 80 184 31 6 4 104 11 10 28 44 .338 .371 .439 .810 79.6  
2 Years Minors 262 1061 128 329 59 9 7 160 22 23 77 133 .310 .358 .402 .761 141.4  
162 Game Average 540 59 152 20 6 2 72 5 8 16 64 .282 .305 .358 .664 52.7  
Career Highs 126 465 66 152 20 12 5 76 10 11 16 59 .342 .381 .456 .802 64.3  
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   1683 184 456 61 23 8 225 17 25 49 217 .271 .292 .349 .641 155.3
vs LH   767 86 236 32 7 3 103 9 14 28 76 .308 .333 .379 .713 87.3
Home 372 1210 141 364 45 13 7 183 13 19 38 145 .301 .323 .377 .700 133.5
Away 363 1240 129 328 48 17 4 145 13 20 39 148 .265 .288 .340 .628 109.1
RISP   725 0 225 29 12 3 300 0 0 19 79 .310 .322 .396 .718 86.6
Pinch Hitting   64 10 23 1 0 1 8 1 0 4 6 .359 .397 .422 .819 10.3
Close/Late   300 27 88 17 4 1 42 0 0 8 44 .293 .313 .387 .700 33.2
Mar/Apr 70 246 27 67 13 1 1 42 3 3 2 34 .272 .278 .346 .624 20.9
May 116 398 44 103 13 5 2 47 1 3 13 59 .259 .283 .332 .614 34.3
June 139 437 49 141 17 7 2 64 5 5 17 52 .323 .351 .407 .759 56.6
July 161 556 56 151 23 3 2 63 8 8 10 63 .272 .282 .335 .617 47.5
August 124 411 55 122 14 12 3 66 3 12 20 44 .297 .333 .411 .744 49.1
Sep/Oct 125 402 39 108 13 2 1 46 6 8 15 41 .269 .296 .318 .614 34.3
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1915 24 PHI NL 3B 92 92 813.3 53 245 7 22 .977 3.30 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    C 4 2 23.0 12 3 1 0 .938 5.87 7 3 .429 0 0.1
1916 25 PHI NL C 30 26 236.3 101 23 5 0 .961 4.72 57 15 .263 0 0.5
1917 26 PHI NL C 32 24 234.7 108 16 6 0 .954 4.76 45 12 .267 1 1.5
    1B 3 3 26.7 29 3 1 2 .970 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 2 18.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1918 27 PHI NL C 43 38 351.7 132 20 5 0 .968 3.89 54 12 .222 1 1.2
    3B 15 15 137.0 10 41 0 1 1.000 3.35 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    1B 15 15 135.3 166 14 1 14 .994 11.97 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1919 28 PHI NL C 46 43 394.7 159 35 3 0 .985 4.42 79 24 .304 1 2.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1920 29 PHI NL C 57 53 489.3 215 48 7 0 .974 4.84 77 34 .442 1 3.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1921 30 PHI NL C 117 115 1020.3 465 101 15 3 .974 4.99 201 69 .343 7 5.7
1922 31 PHI NL C 125 123 1087.3 421 100 21 1 .961 4.31 211 77 .365 7 5.2
    3B 1 0 7.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1923 32 PHI NL C 7 5 45.0 13 4 0 0 1.000 3.40 8 2 .250 0 0.2
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1924 33 PHI NL C 23 23 190.0 59 12 2 0 .973 3.36 32 10 .313 0 0.5
    3B 15 14 112.7 10 27 1 3 .974 2.96 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1925 34 PHI NL C 36 35 290.0 98 29 1 1 .992 3.94 45 19 .422 2 2.3
    3B 4 0 12.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 1 7.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 11.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 520 487 4362.3 1783 391 66 5 .971 4.49 816 277 .339 20 22.0
  3B 132 123 1104.7 75 322 8 26 .980 3.23 0 0 .000 0 3.8
  1B 19 19 169.0 203 18 2 17 .991 11.77 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   672 629 5636.9 2061 731 76 48 .974 4.46 816 277 .339 20 26.2
Career Highs   126 123 1094.3 465 248 21 22 1.000 5.52 211 77 .442 7  
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
1920 29 PHI NL 8 32 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 .375 .375 .438 .813
Career Post-Season Batting 8 32 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 .375 .375 .438 .813
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.
Strikeouts
1922-6-58
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 34th overall pick, by Philadelphia (N) in 1914
Had first career hit on 4/14/1915, off Rip Vowinkel (BRO)
Hit first career homerun on 6/26/1915, off Jeff Tesreau (BSN)
3/13/1917: Signed a minor league contract extension with Philadelphia (N)
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/16/1919: Signed a minor league contract extension with Philadelphia (N)
Injured on 4/12/1920 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for one week
2/18/1921: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1921: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (N), $1,900,000 per year, for 4 years
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 3/7/1926 to a 1-year deal worth $811,000 per year
6/1/1926: Signed a minor league contract extension with Washington
Injured on 6/1/1926 with a Bruised Finger, out for 3 days