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Lefty Leifield

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Full Name: Albert Peter Leifield Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/165 First Game: September 3, 1905
Birthdate: September 5, 1883 Final Game: September 24, 1920
Birthplace: Trenton, Illinois MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: October 10, 1970
Deathplace: Alexandria, Virginia
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on September 5, 1883 in Trenton, Illinois, Lefty Leifield (Albert Peter Leifield) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 12 year career. Leifield broke into the bigs on September 3, 1905 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 2.89 ERA in 56 innings pitched in 1905, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Lefty Leifield's best season was 1906, when he posted a 1.87 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 111 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
1905 PIT N 8 7 5 2 2.89 10 23 18 6 1 0 56 52 0 14 0 0 4
1906 PIT N 37 31 18 13 1.87 111 90 53 24 8 1 255.2 214 3 68 0 3 14
1907 PIT N 40 33 20 16 2.33 112 107 74 24 6 1 286 270 1 100 0 4 12
1908 PIT N 34 26 15 14 2.10 87 69 51 18 5 2 218.2 168 1 86 0 3 12
1909 PIT N 32 27 19 8 2.37 43 76 53 13 3 0 201.2 172 4 54 0 1 6
1910 PIT N 40 30 15 13 2.64 64 84 64 13 3 2 218.1 197 6 67 0 3 10
1911 PIT N 42 37 16 16 2.63 111 114 93 26 2 1 318 301 7 82 2 2 16
1912 PIT N 6 1 1 2 4.18 8 15 11 1 1 0 23.2 29 0 10 0 0 2
1912 CHI N 13 9 7 2 2.42 23 26 19 4 1 0 70.2 68 0 21 0 0 3
1912 TOT N 19 10 8 4 2.86 31 41 30 5 2 0 94.1 97 0 31 0 0 5
1913 CHI N 6 1 0 1 5.48 4 14 13 0 0 0 21.1 28 0 5 0 0 0
1918 STL A 15 6 2 6 2.55 22 23 19 3 1 0 67 61 1 19 0 0 2
1919 STL A 19 9 6 4 2.93 18 40 30 6 2 0 92 96 4 25 0 0 4
1920 STL A 4 0 0 0 7.00 3 12 7 0 0 0 9 17 0 3 0 1 0
Total NL 258 202 116 87 2.42 573 618 449 129 30 7 1670 1499 22 507 2 16 79
Total AL 38 15 8 10 3.00 43 75 56 9 3 0 168 174 5 47 0 1 6
Total 296 217 124 97 2.47 616 693 505 138 33 7 1838 1673 27 554 2 17 85

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1905 PIT N P 8 0 0 5 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1906 PIT N P 37 0 0 12 78 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1907 PIT N P 40 0 0 18 94 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 .949
1908 PIT N P 34 0 0 6 62 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .932
1909 PIT N P 32 0 0 6 53 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1910 PIT N P 40 0 0 13 75 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1911 PIT N LF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1911 PIT N OF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1911 PIT N P 42 37 315.2 12 82 7 6 0 1 34 36 4 .931
1912 PIT N P 6 0 0 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1912 CHI N P 13 0 0 6 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1912 TOT N P 19 0 0 10 31 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1913 CHI N P 6 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1918 STL A P 15 0 0 2 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1919 STL A P 19 0 0 1 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1920 STL A P 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 296 37 315.2 85 558 27 23 0 1 34 36 4 .960
Total LF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1905 PIT N 8 20 2 7 0 5 .350 .409 .500 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1906 PIT N 37 88 6 11 0 3 .125 .181 .125 0 0 6 0 0 4 1 0 0
1907 PIT N 40 102 5 15 0 4 .147 .179 .225 2 3 4 0 0 2 0 0 0
1908 PIT N 34 75 6 17 0 2 .227 .266 .267 1 1 4 0 0 3 2 0 0
1909 PIT N 32 73 2 14 0 8 .192 .224 .288 1 3 3 0 0 2 1 0 0
1910 PIT N 40 60 6 11 0 4 .183 .269 .217 2 0 7 15 0 9 0 0 0
1911 PIT N 43 102 12 24 0 2 .235 .355 .255 2 0 17 17 2 3 1 0 0
1912 PIT N 6 7 2 1 0 0 .143 .333 .143 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0
1912 CHI N 13 26 3 3 0 1 .115 .148 .231 1 1 1 12 0 3 0 0 0
1912 TOT N 19 33 5 4 0 1 .121 .194 .212 1 1 3 16 0 3 0 0 0
1913 CHI N 7 7 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1918 STL A 15 19 0 1 0 1 .053 .100 .105 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0
1919 STL A 19 30 1 3 0 0 .100 .129 .100 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0
1920 STL A 4 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 260 560 45 103 0 29 .184 .248 .234 10 9 46 51 2 26 5 0 0
Total AL 38 51 1 4 0 1 .078 .113 .098 1 0 2 12 0 0 0 0 0
Total 298 611 46 107 0 30 .175 .238 .223 11 9 48 63 2 26 5 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Tommy Leach to Chicago Cubs in exchange for King Cole and Solly Hofman (May 30, 1912).

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