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Buck Leonard	Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 5' 10'' Weight: 185   Born: September 8, 1907 in Rocky Mount, NC

Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award	1929

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
1927	19	PHA	AL	$ 300,000				7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
1928	20	PHA	AL	$ 300,000				8	8	8	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9
1929	21	PHA	AL	$ 300,000				8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000				7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 300,000				8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	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
1927	19	PHA	AL	59	192	41	66	8	3	4	26	2	1	27	8	.344	.421	.479	.900	36.5	9.2
		AAA		67	228	45	72	7	2	3	36	12	7	35	23	.316	.407	.404	.810	38.3
1928	20	PHA	AL	143	523	90	154	19	7	12	72	6	3	76	22	.294	.383	.426	.809	86.9	15.5
1929	21	PHA	AL	145	507	79	127	19	5	11	70	5	1	63	24	.250	.333	.373	.706	64.7	8.6
3 Years Sim				347	1222	210	347	46	15	27	168	13	5	166	54	.284	.368	.412	.781	188.1	33.4
1 Years AAA				67	228	45	72	7	2	3	36	12	7	35	23	.316	.413	.404	.816	38.3
162 Game Average					570	98	162	21	7	12	78	6	2	77	25	.284	.368	.412	.781	87.8
Career Highs				145	523	90	154	19	7	12	72	6	3	76	24	.344	.421	.479	.900	86.9

Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		901	150	259	41	13	18	112	11	2	127	33	.287	.374	.422	.795	145.3
vs LH		321	60	88	5	2	9	56	2	3	39	21	.274	.352	.386	.739	44.9
Home	178	606	103	177	26	6	19	101	10	3	78	26	.292	.369	.449	.818	101.5
Away	169	616	107	170	20	9	8	67	3	2	88	28	.276	.367	.377	.744	88.8
RISP		339	0	83	12	5	4	130	0	0	54	13	.245	.340	.345	.685	44.4
Pinch Hitting		29	2	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	4	.207	.233	.310	.544	2.1
Close/Late		133	27	42	4	3	3	24	0	0	30	7	.316	.445	.459	.904	27.8
Mar/Apr	33	126	27	38	5	3	2	22	1	0	14	9	.302	.373	.437	.810	20.1
May	54	210	36	53	1	2	5	30	3	0	24	9	.252	.325	.348	.673	26.1
June	50	194	32	59	8	1	4	20	1	2	27	5	.304	.388	.418	.806	31.3
July	71	227	39	67	11	2	4	27	4	3	37	10	.295	.392	.414	.806	37.7
August	72	236	32	55	7	4	3	25	3	0	34	11	.233	.328	.335	.663	28.7
Sep/Oct	67	229	44	75	14	3	9	44	1	0	30	10	.328	.405	.533	.937	46.3

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
1927	19	PHA	AL	1B	51	50	438.3	581	42	5	32	.992	12.79					1.0
1928	20	PHA	AL	1B	142	139	1242.0	1509	125	12	122	.993	11.84					4.3
1929	21	PHA	AL	1B	134	124	1128.0	1447	121	8	120	.995	12.51					4.3
Career Totals					327	313	2808.3	3537	288	25	274	.994	12.26					9.6
Career Highs					142	139	1242.0	1509	125	12	122	.995	12.79

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.

Batting Average 1928-8-.294 On-Base Pct 1928-4-.383 XR 1928-7-86.9 Games 1929-8-145 Runs 1928-8-90 Hits 1928-10-154 Singles 1928-6-116 Homeruns 1928-7-12 1929-6-11 Walks 1928-3-76 1929-10-63

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)    Gray Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1927

Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1927

Had first career hit on 7/3/1927, off Jake Miller (CHA)

Hit first career homerun on 9/5/1927, off Dolly Gray (CHA)

Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1927, hitting .382 with 4 HR, 20 RBI

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