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Rick
Leach		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: May 4, 1957 in Ann Arbor, MI, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1989   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1981 24 SDP NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0
1982 25 PHI NL 36 82 5 19 1 0 1 8 0 0 1 17 .232 .238 .280 .519 5.2 0.7
1983 26 PHI NL 19 29 1 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .276 .276 .345 .621 2.2 0.1
  TEX AL 31 113 13 32 4 0 1 11 0 0 3 11 .283 .297 .345 .642 10.4 0.1
  TOT   50 142 14 40 6 0 1 14 0 0 3 14 .282 .293 .345 .638 12.5 0.2
1984 27 TEX AL 152 526 63 154 35 2 7 71 3 2 50 64 .293 .351 .407 .758 71.6 14.1
1985 28 TEX AL 132 362 29 82 18 4 5 42 0 0 33 47 .227 .288 .340 .627 32.6 0.9
1986 29 TEX AL 161 654 75 154 22 2 15 66 1 1 41 91 .235 .279 .344 .623 58.3 6.1
1987 30 TEX AL 155 627 73 175 27 3 13 82 0 5 30 73 .279 .311 .394 .705 68.4 10.7
1988 31 TEX AL 75 249 31 76 21 0 5 35 0 0 16 45 .305 .347 .450 .797 35.6 6.7
1989 32 TEX AL 73 221 28 60 19 0 3 35 0 0 17 41 .271 .324 .398 .722 24.3 3.6
1990 33 TEX AL 156 565 66 159 35 1 12 94 0 1 36 108 .281 .321 .411 .732 69.9 11.2
1991 34 KCR AL 154 616 84 191 43 2 8 87 0 0 27 114 .310 .336 .425 .762 81.4 19.2
1992 35 KCR AL 151 539 78 160 39 3 13 95 1 1 44 90 .297 .349 .453 .801 78.8 17.9
1993 36 KCR AL 43 137 11 31 3 0 3 17 0 0 8 27 .226 .267 .314 .581 9.3 0.0
13 Years Sim 1340 4721 557 1301 269 17 86 646 5 10 307 731 .276 .318 .394 .712 548.1 91.3
162 Game Average 570 67 157 32 2 10 78 0 1 37 88 .276 .318 .394 .712 66.3  
Career Highs 161 654 84 191 43 4 15 95 3 5 50 114 .310 .500 .453 .801 81.4  
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
1982 25 PHI NL 1B 28 26 194.0 233 14 1 18 .996 11.46   0.1
1983 26 PHI NL 1B 13 12 53.8 67 6 1 7 .986 12.21   0.1
    CF 1 1 3.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TEX AL 1B 20 19 220.6 276 23 2 27 .993 12.20   0.2
    CF 1 1 12.9 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.40   0.0
  TOT   1B 33 31 274.4 343 29 3 34 .992 12.20   0.3
      CF 2 2 16.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1984 27 TEX AL 1B 146 131 1200.0 1325 119 7 148 .995 10.83   1.3
1985 28 TEX AL 1B 114 93 841.0 936 72 6 97 .994 10.79   0.5
    CF 5 0 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1986 29 TEX AL 1B 161 161 1431.7 1725 105 10 151 .995 11.50   1.7
1987 30 TEX AL 1B 154 148 1327.3 1576 139 8 133 .995 11.63   3.5
1988 31 TEX AL 1B 15 12 114.0 151 8 0 13 1.000 12.55   0.2
    CF 6 3 38.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.33   0.1
    SS 2 2 18.0 3 2 0 2 1.000 2.50   0.1
1989 32 TEX AL 1B 11 10 93.3 99 10 0 8 1.000 10.51   0.2
    CF 4 2 19.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.33   0.1
1990 33 TEX AL 1B 153 151 1322.7 1484 97 7 138 .996 10.76   2.5
1991 34 KCR AL 1B 152 152 1337.0 1427 118 13 126 .992 10.40   2.6
1992 35 KCR AL 1B 148 143 1248.7 1341 111 10 114 .993 10.47   2.3
1993 36 KCR AL 1B 41 35 306.0 309 17 2 31 .994 9.59   0.7
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  1B 1156 1093 9690.0 10949 839 67 1011 .994 10.95   15.8
  CF 18 7 89.0 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.22   0.3
  SS 3 2 19.0 3 3 0 2 1.000 2.84   0.1
Career Totals   1177 1102 9798.0 10973 843 67 1013 .994 10.85   16.2
Career Highs   161 161 1431.7 1725 139 13 151 1.000 11.63    
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
1986 29 TEX AL 11 44 3 14 1 0 0 7 0 0 3 6 .318 .347 .341 .688
1987 30 TEX AL 5 17 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .235 .316 .294 .610
1989 32 TEX AL 12 47 4 16 2 2 0 6 0 0 3 6 .340 .380 .468 .848
1990 33 TEX AL 9 32 2 6 2 0 1 4 0 0 4 3 .188 .278 .344 .622
1991 34 KCR AL 14 52 6 20 4 1 1 8 0 0 2 8 .385 .400 .558 .958
1992 35 KCR AL 9 35 3 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 6 .200 .243 .314 .558
Career Post-Season Batting 60 227 19 67 11 3 3 29 0 0 16 32 .295 .337 .410 .747
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
1991-9-.310
 Games
1986-8-161
 At-Bats
1986-2-654
1987-6-627
 Hits
1987-10-175
1991-9-191
 Singles
1987-3-132
 Doubles
1991-6-43
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
 
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  1. Roy Howell (949)
  2. Bob Watson (934)
  3. Dave Revering (927)
  4. Jeff Conine (921)
  5. Hal McRae (915)
  6. Dwight Smith (912)
  7. Chris Chambliss (911)
  8. Mike Anderson (907)
  9. Mike Hargrove (904)
  10. Glenn Davis (904)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 117th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1981
Drafted in 3rd round, 57th overall pick, by San Diego in 1981
Traded from San Diego to Philadelphia on 7/16/1982 (Going to SDP: P D. Palmer, P D. Rucker, 2B T. Herr. Going to PHI: P C. Hough, 1B R. Leach, CF G. Richards)
Had first career hit on 7/20/1982, off Dave Stieb (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/1/1982, off Nolan Ryan (LAD)
Traded from Philadelphia to Texas on 7/31/1983 (Going to TEX: 2B J. Samuel, 1B R. Leach. Going to PHI: P J. Garvin)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Kansas City on 7/8/1986
Signed as a free agent by Texas on 2/4/1988 to a 3-year deal worth $4,720,000 per year
Won World Championship with Texas in 1989
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/9/1991 to a 3-year deal worth $3,333,333 per year
Injured on 5/15/1993 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 3/1/1994 to a minor league contract
Released by St. Louis on 6/16/1994
 
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