Dennis Leonard

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Full Name: Dennis Patrick Leonard	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190	First Game: September 4, 1974
Birthdate: May 18, 1951	Final Game: September 27, 1986
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on May 18, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, Dennis Leonard (Dennis Patrick Leonard) played for the Kansas City Royals for his entire 12 year career. Leonard broke into the bigs on September 4, 1974 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 3.77 ERA in 212.1 innings pitched in 1975, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Dennis Leonard's best season was 1977, when he posted a 3.04 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 244 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1974	KC	A	5	4	0	4	5.32	8	15	13	0	0	0	22	28	0	12	0	0	3
1975	KC	A	32	30	15	7	3.77	146	98	89	8	0	0	212.1	212	18	90	4	4	9
1976	KC	A	35	34	17	10	3.51	150	113	101	16	2	0	259	247	16	70	5	7	11
1977	KC	A	38	37	20	12	3.04	244	117	99	21	5	1	292.2	246	18	79	0	14	8
1978	KC	A	40	40	21	17	3.33	183	125	109	20	4	0	294.2	283	27	78	7	12	9
1979	KC	A	32	32	14	12	4.08	126	117	107	12	5	0	236	226	33	56	3	8	2
1980	KC	A	38	38	20	11	3.79	155	127	118	9	3	0	280.1	271	30	80	5	12	1
1981	KC	A	26	26	13	11	2.99	107	79	67	9	2	0	201.2	202	15	41	5	5	3
1982	KC	A	21	21	10	6	5.10	58	82	74	2	0	0	130.2	145	20	46	3	4	2
1983	KC	A	10	10	6	3	3.71	31	29	26	1	0	0	63	69	3	19	1	1	0
1985	KC	A	2	0	0	0	.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1986	KC	A	33	30	8	13	4.44	114	106	95	5	2	0	192.2	207	22	51	6	6	4
Total			312	302	144	106	3.70	1323	1008	898	103	23	1	2187	2137	202	622	39	73	52

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1974	KC	A	P	5	4	22	3	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
1975	KC	A	P	32	30	212.1	14	28	2	4	0	0	12	10	2	.955
1976	KC	A	P	35	34	259	11	23	6	2	0	2	23	15	2	.850
1977	KC	A	P	38	37	292.2	21	29	4	2	0	2	10	13	3	.926
1978	KC	A	P	40	40	294.2	16	43	1	2	0	1	18	11	1	.983
1979	KC	A	P	32	32	236	19	32	1	2	0	1	8	11	4	.981
1980	KC	A	P	38	38	280.1	9	41	1	4	0	2	19	5	3	.980
1981	KC	A	P	26	26	201.2	13	31	0	3	0	0	15	6	1	1.000
1982	KC	A	P	21	21	130.2	16	18	3	2	0	1	12	2	2	.919
1983	KC	A	P	10	10	63	2	11	2	2	0	0	6	2	0	.867
1985	KC	A	P	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1986	KC	A	P	33	30	192.2	11	29	4	4	0	1	19	8	1	.909
Total			P	312	302	2187	135	292	24	28	0	11	143	83	19	.947

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1974	KC	A	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	KC	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	KC	A	35	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	KC	A	39	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	KC	A	40	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	KC	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	KC	A	38	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	KC	A	26	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	KC	A	21	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	KC	A	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	KC	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	KC	A	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			313	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1972).
Released by Kansas City Royals (December 22, 1986).

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