John Leary
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 180 lb
BornMay 2, 1891 · Waltham, MA, USA
MLB debutApril 14, 1914
Final gameSeptember 27, 1915
Seasons2 (1914–1915)
St. Louis Browns 1914–1915
Percentile snapshot
1914 season — qualified batters
of 164 qualified 1914 batters (min 492 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 144 | 552 | 533 | 35 | 141 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 10 | 71 | 9 | 15 | .265 | .282 | .343 | .625 | 81.8 | 90.2 | .300 | -0.4 |
| 1915 | 75 | 238 | 227 | 19 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 4 | .242 | .268 | .286 | .554 | 62.5 | 68.4 | .271 | -0.6 |
Career totals
G
219
PA
790
AB
760
R
54
H
196
2B
38
3B
7
HR
0
RBI
60
BB
15
SO
107
SB
11
BA
.2579
OBP
.2778
SLG
.3263
OPS
.6041
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914-06-03 | BAL @ DET Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1914-06-18 | ATH @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1914-05-07 | BAL @ CLE Gameday | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1914-07-11 | BAL @ ATH Gameday | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1915-06-22 | BAL @ DET Gameday | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914-04-14 | BAL @ DET Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914-04-16 | BAL @ DET Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914-04-17 | BAL @ DET Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914-04-18 | BAL @ CWS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914-04-19 | BAL @ CWS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.