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Leon Durham

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Full Name: Leon Durham Primary Position: 1B,OF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185 First Game: May 27, 1980
Birthdate: July 31, 1957 Final Game: September 17, 1989
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Leon Durham (Leon Durham) was born on July 31, 1957 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on May 27, 1980 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1980, his rookie year, he hit .271 with 8 home runs and 42 RBI. Durham played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Leon Durham's best season was 1982, when he slugged 22 home runs, stole 28 bases, hit for a .312 average and knocked in 90 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1980 STL N 96 303 42 82 8 42 .271 .309 .426 15 4 18 55 1 3 8 1 3
1981 CHI N 87 328 42 95 10 35 .290 .344 .460 14 6 27 53 0 0 25 6 6
1982 CHI N 148 539 84 168 22 90 .312 .388 .521 33 7 66 77 2 0 28 14 11
1983 CHI N 100 337 58 87 12 55 .258 .381 .466 18 8 66 83 3 0 12 12 4
1984 CHI N 137 473 86 132 23 96 .279 .369 .505 30 4 69 86 1 0 16 11 8
1985 CHI N 153 542 58 153 21 75 .282 .357 .465 32 2 64 99 0 0 7 24 5
1986 CHI N 141 484 66 127 20 65 .262 .350 .452 18 7 67 98 1 0 8 16 6
1987 CHI N 131 439 70 120 27 63 .273 .348 .513 22 1 51 92 0 0 2 9 6
1988 CIN N 21 51 4 11 1 2 .216 .286 .333 3 0 5 12 0 0 0 1 0
1988 CHI N 24 73 10 16 3 6 .219 .305 .452 6 1 9 20 0 0 0 2 0
1988 TOT N 45 124 14 27 4 8 .218 .297 .403 9 1 14 32 0 0 0 3 0
1989 STL N 29 18 2 1 0 1 .056 .182 .111 1 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0
Total 1067 3587 522 992 147 530 .277 .356 .475 192 40 444 679 9 3 106 96 49

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Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1980 STL N RF 42 36 308 95 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1980 STL N CF 2 2 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 STL N LF 34 30 250.2 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 STL N OF 77 68 573.2 136 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1980 STL N 1B 8 4 52.2 44 8 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1981 CHI N RF 83 83 721.2 158 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1981 CHI N 1B 3 1 18 16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 CHI N OF 83 83 721.2 159 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1982 CHI N RF 91 71 648 145 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1982 CHI N CF 73 71 595.1 149 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1982 CHI N OF 143 142 1243.1 301 11 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1982 CHI N 1B 1 1 8 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 CHI N OF 95 92 794.2 168 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1983 CHI N 1B 6 5 31.1 35 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 CHI N LF 51 50 435 71 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .935
1983 CHI N RF 4 2 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 CHI N CF 40 40 336.2 93 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1984 CHI N 1B 130 126 1114 1162 96 7 96 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1985 CHI N 1B 151 144 1272.1 1421 107 7 121 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1986 CHI N 1B 141 133 1178.1 1231 80 7 101 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1987 CHI N 1B 123 114 1004 1049 57 11 90 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1988 CIN N 1B 17 14 121.1 129 6 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1988 CHI N 1B 20 19 163 167 15 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1988 TOT N 1B 37 33 284.1 296 21 2 24 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1989 STL N 1B 18 2 44 44 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 .961
Total 1B 618 563 5007 5308 377 37 448 0 0 0 0 0 .994
Total OF 398 385 3333.1 764 31 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 .970
Total CF 115 113 947 245 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .966
Total RF 220 192 1700.2 402 20 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 .977
Total LF 85 80 685.2 117 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .960

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (15th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1976 - signed June 22, 1976).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Ken Reitz and a player to be named later to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bruce Sutter (December 9, 1980); Chicago Cubs received Ty Waller (December 22, 1980).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Pat Perry and cash (May 19, 1988).
  • Released by Cincinnati Reds (November 8, 1988).
  • Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (February 15, 1989).
  • Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).

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