MLB / Players

Leo Birdine

HandednessThrows Right
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 170 lb
BornMarch 23, 1895 · Leesburg, TX, USA
Seasons4 (1927–1930)

Birmingham Black Barons 1927; Memphis Red Sox 1927; Birmingham Black Barons 1928–1930; Memphis Red Sox 1930

Percentile snapshot

1929 season — qualified pitchers

G
27
39.5
GS
19
37.8
W
4
5.9
L
13
22.7
SV
0
0
CG
9
28.6
SHO
0
0
H
209
45.4
ER
110
13.4
BB
43
73.1
SO
39
16
HR
9
49.6
IP
145.7
30.3
ERA
6.80
2.5
WHIP
1.730
3.4
K/9
2.41
21.8
FIP
4.75
37.8
FIP-
105.2
25.2
ERA+
66.4
1.7
sWAR
-2.1
0

of 120 qualified 1929 pitchers (min 89 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
-2.7
0.7

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19271323235601010000.261.261.348.60958.462.7.275-0.1
192842107103102012071100.194.217.243.46027.425.3.2140.5
1929581901781849622143120.275.295.365.66071.271.2.299-2.1
1930716141400002000.286.375.286.66187.780.3.324-1.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19272100000556208.75.191.2692.084.75119.376.7-0.1
19282617980801527237355136.74.741.3832.304.53106.090.10.5
1929271941309020911043399145.76.801.7302.414.75105.266.4-2.1
19304201000301954212.313.862.8382.926.75148.232.9-1.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
120
PA
336
AB
318
R
34
H
79
2B
7
3B
5
HR
2
RBI
22
BB
6
SO
2
SB
2
BA
.2484
OBP
.2713
SLG
.3208
OPS
.5921

Pitching

G (P)
59
GS
39
W
13
L
22
SV
0
CG
17
SHO
0
IP
303
SO (P)
80
BB allowed
91
ERA
6.112
WHIP
1.6055
K/9
2.37

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1930-05-29BBB @ SLS Gameday111000001
1930-05-31BBB @ KCM Gameday301000001
1930-06-13CUB @ MEM Gameday301000011
1930-06-15CUB @ MEM Gameday301000001
1930-04-25CUB @ MEM Gameday000000000

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1930-05-21BEG @ BBB Gameday2.2664120
1930-05-29BBB @ SLS Gameday3.2854110
1930-06-26MEM @ BBB Gameday0.1343111
1930-05-31BBB @ KCM Gameday5.213108201
1930-04-25CUB @ MEM Gameday0.0000000

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.