Tommy Leach

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 6 in · 150 lb

BornNovember 4, 1877 · French Creek, NY, USA

MLB debutSeptember 28, 1898

Final gameSeptember 2, 1918

Seasons19 (1898–1918)

Louisville Colonels 1898–1899; Pittsburgh Pirates 1900–1911; Chicago Cubs 1912; Pittsburgh Pirates 1912; Chicago Cubs 1913–1914; Cincinnati Reds 1915; Pittsburgh Pirates 1918

Percentile snapshot

1914 season — qualified batters

153

83.4

676

98.2

577

90.8

79.1

152

76.7

73.6

85.3

RBI

51.5

94.5

31.3

37.4

.263

38.7

OBP

.353

58.9

SLG

.373

55.2

OPS

.726

58.3

wRC+

117.8

68.7

OPS+

115.6

66.3

wOBA

.353

58.9

sWAR

4.0

84.7

of 164 qualified 1914 batters (min 483 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

110.1

61.7

OPS+

110.7

63.4

sWAR

46.1

98.5

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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
1898	3	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	-37.5	-42.8	.096	-0.1
1899	106	454	406	75	117	10	6	5	57	37	27	19	0	.288	.349	.379	.728	99.2	99.5	.351	1.7
1900	51	186	160	20	34	1	2	1	16	21	16	8	0	.213	.304	.263	.566	65.7	56.9	.285	-0.1
1901	98	408	374	64	114	12	13	2	44	20	32	16	0	.305	.347	.422	.769	119.8	123.3	.362	2.5
1902	135	576	514	97	143	14	22	6	85	45	45	25	0	.278	.341	.426	.767	132.3	136.1	.372	4.4
1903	127	561	507	97	151	16	17	7	87	40	32	22	0	.298	.352	.438	.789	118.9	123.7	.375	3.4
1904	146	633	579	92	149	15	12	2	56	45	47	23	0	.257	.316	.335	.651	99.9	100.0	.317	2.5
1905	131	554	499	71	128	10	14	2	53	37	44	17	0	.257	.309	.345	.654	93.4	94.8	.316	1.6
1906	133	526	476	66	136	10	7	1	39	33	19	21	0	.286	.333	.342	.676	107.2	108.5	.333	2.4
1907	149	617	547	102	166	19	12	4	43	40	36	43	0	.303	.352	.404	.756	135.7	136.9	.368	5.0
1908	152	666	583	93	151	24	16	5	41	54	40	24	0	.259	.324	.381	.705	125.0	125.4	.342	4.6
1909	151	682	587	126	153	29	8	6	43	66	49	27	0	.261	.337	.368	.705	118.7	118.8	.347	4.1
1910	135	587	529	83	143	24	5	4	52	38	62	18	0	.270	.319	.357	.677	91.8	95.2	.328	1.6
1911	108	446	386	60	92	12	6	3	43	46	50	19	0	.238	.323	.324	.646	82.0	80.7	.317	0.7
1912	110	439	362	74	93	14	5	2	51	67	29	20	0	.257	.377	.340	.717	105.3	98.5	.356	1.9
1913	131	540	456	99	131	23	10	6	32	77	44	21	0	.287	.391	.421	.812	135.2	131.8	.388	4.4
1914	153	676	577	80	152	24	9	7	46	79	50	16	0	.263	.353	.373	.726	117.8	115.6	.353	4.0
1915	107	396	335	42	75	7	5	0	17	56	38	20	14	.224	.338	.275	.613	91.8	84.1	.311	1.0
1918	30	94	72	14	14	2	3	0	5	19	5	2	0	.194	.363	.306	.668	115.2	102.0	.343	0.4

Career totals

2,156

173rd-most career G

9,051

161st-most career PA

7,959

159th-most career AB

1,355

109th-most career R

2,143

213th-most career H

266

172

23rd-most career 3B

RBI

810

820

251st-most career BB

666

361

102nd-most career SB

.2693

OBP

.3399

SLG

.3696

OPS

.7095

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	TB
1902-08-14	PIT @ ATL Gameday	5	3	4	1	0	2	3	11
1903-09-23	SF @ PIT Gameday	5	3	5	0	1	1	4	10
1902-08-22	LAD @ PIT Gameday	5	3	4	0	1	1	5	9
1908-06-01	PIT @ CHC Gameday	5	4	4	0	1	1	2	9
1903-10-01	PIT @ BOS Gameday	5	1	4	0	2	0	1	8

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1901-04-20	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-23	PIT @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-24	PIT @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-27	STL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-29	STL @ PIT 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.