Leon Day
Baltimore Black Sox 1934; Brooklyn Eagles 1935; Newark Eagles 1936; Homestead Grays 1937; Newark Eagles 1937–1939; Newark Eagles 1941; Homestead Grays 1942; Newark Eagles 1942–1943; Philadelphia Stars 1943; Newark Eagles 1946
Percentile snapshot
1942 season — qualified batters
of 147 qualified 1942 batters (min 108 PA)
1946 season — qualified pitchers
of 78 qualified 1946 pitchers (min 64 IP)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -88.6 | -100.0 | .000 | -1.0 |
| 1935 | 18 | 46 | 43 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .209 | .261 | .279 | .540 | 43.2 | 36.3 | .253 | 1.7 |
| 1936 | 16 | 39 | 36 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .361 | .378 | .417 | .795 | 101.6 | 102.9 | .366 | 1.8 |
| 1937 | 9 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .391 | .440 | .435 | .875 | 125.8 | 127.1 | .403 | 0.4 |
| 1938 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 37.9 | 32.4 | .231 | 0.3 |
| 1939 | 22 | 54 | 51 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .353 | .377 | .549 | .926 | 133.5 | 143.2 | .416 | 2.3 |
| 1941 | 52 | 205 | 188 | 24 | 60 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .319 | .366 | .484 | .850 | 130.1 | 136.8 | .389 | 1.7 |
| 1942 | 46 | 158 | 145 | 26 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .317 | .373 | .428 | .801 | 123.0 | 128.1 | .380 | 4.3 |
| 1943 | 30 | 125 | 112 | 15 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .268 | .328 | .330 | .658 | 79.9 | 75.1 | .321 | 0.9 |
| 1946 | 24 | 65 | 58 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .362 | .431 | .483 | .914 | 147.7 | 154.8 | .434 | 4.9 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 36.00 | 4.333 | 6.00 | 6.74 | 149.3 | 12.5 | -1.0 |
| 1935 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 103 | 50 | 41 | 62 | 5 | 103.7 | 4.34 | 1.389 | 5.38 | 4.96 | 97.3 | 117.5 | 1.7 |
| 1936 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 69 | 34 | 39 | 54 | 3 | 76.3 | 4.01 | 1.415 | 6.37 | 4.68 | 91.7 | 127.4 | 1.8 |
| 1937 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 34.0 | 5.56 | 1.382 | 6.62 | 5.15 | 103.2 | 89.8 | 0.4 |
| 1938 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9.7 | 2.79 | .828 | 2.79 | 6.65 | 131.6 | 180.9 | 0.3 |
| 1939 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 101 | 50 | 44 | 61 | 8 | 105.7 | 4.26 | 1.372 | 5.20 | 4.89 | 100.9 | 113.8 | 2.3 |
| 1941 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 22 | 22 | 32 | 1 | 39.3 | 5.03 | 1.703 | 7.32 | 4.02 | 91.1 | 87.7 | 1.7 |
| 1942 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 58 | 18 | 31 | 87 | 3 | 94.0 | 1.72 | .947 | 8.33 | 2.77 | 70.7 | 227.6 | 4.3 |
| 1943 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 25 | 20 | 39 | 1 | 52.7 | 4.27 | 1.329 | 6.66 | 4.03 | 83.8 | 112.6 | 0.9 |
| 1946 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 98 | 36 | 51 | 109 | 3 | 133.0 | 2.44 | 1.120 | 7.38 | 3.54 | 80.2 | 181.2 | 4.9 |
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
Pitching
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941-08-10 | NE @ BEG Gameday | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 1946-07-26 | NE @ HOM Gameday | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1941-07-27 | NE @ HSL Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1942-07-29 | NE @ CLB Gameday | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1939-07-23 | BEG @ NE Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942-07-24 | NE @ BEG Gameday | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| 1942-09-20 | HOM @ KCM Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| 1942-08-02 | CLB @ NE Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| 1943-06-11 | NE @ BEG Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| 1946-06-18 | HOM @ NE Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 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.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.