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Rick Leach
Richard Max Leach

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.
School University of Michigan

Debut April 30, 1981
  vs. SEA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 5, 1990
Born May 4, 1957 in Ann Arbor, MI

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1981 24 DET AL  54   83    9   16   3  1   1   11   0  1  16  15  .193  .320  .289   74   24   1   1   1   0   5
 1982 25 DET AL  82  218   23   52   7  2   3   12   4  0  21  29  .239  .303  .330   74   72   4   2   2   0   2
 1983 26 DET AL  99  242   22   60  17  0   3   26   2  2  19  21  .248  .305  .355   84   86   0   0   1   1   6
 1984 27 TOR AL  65   88   11   23   6  2   0    7   0  0   8  14  .261  .320  .375   89   33   0   1   0   0   3
 1985 28 TOR AL  16   35    2    7   0  1   0    1   0  0   3   9  .200  .263  .257   42    9   0   0   1   0   0
 1986 29 TOR AL 110  246   35   76  14  1   5   39   0  0  13  24  .309  .335  .435  106  107   0   7   3   0   6
 1987 30 TOR AL  98  195   26   55  13  1   3   25   0  1  25  25  .282  .371  .405  105   79   0   1   2   3   3
 1988 31 TOR AL  87  199   21   55  13  1   0   23   0  1  18  27  .276  .336  .352   94   70   0   0   3   0   8
 1989 32 TEX AL 110  239   32   65  14  1   1   23   2  1  32  33  .272  .358  .351  100   84   4   2   7   1   7
 1990 33 SFG NL  78  174   24   51  13  0   2   16   0  2  21  20  .293  .372  .402  118   70   0   0   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     799 1719  205  460 100 10  18  183   8  8 176 217  .268  .335  .369   94  634   9  14  20   6  42
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        349   42   93  20  2   4   37   2  2  36  44  .268  .335  .369   94  129   2   3   4   1   9
 Career High    110  246   35   76  17  2   5   39   4  2  32  33  .309  .358  .435  106  107   4   7   7   3   8
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1981 24 DET AL  101   75    7   2.5    92| .193  .261| .320  .326| .289  .379| .609  .705|  74  .289  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1982 25 DET AL  245  174   24   3.7    98| .239  .264| .303  .328| .330  .402| .633  .730|  74  .404  -7.7  -0.8 100%
 1983 26 DET AL  262  190   25   3.5    95| .248  .262| .305  .324| .355  .395| .660  .719|  84  .386  -4.9  -0.5  50%
 1984 27 TOR AL   97   69   10   3.9   100| .261  .268| .320  .332| .375  .405| .695  .736|  89  .432  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1985 28 TOR AL   38   28    3   2.9   102| .200  .266| .263  .332| .257  .413| .520  .745|  42  .297  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1986 29 TOR AL  266  183   35   5.1   103| .309  .265| .335  .333| .435  .413| .770  .747| 106  .541   2.2   0.2   0%
 1987 30 TOR AL  224  145   30   5.5   108| .282  .267| .371  .336| .405  .429| .776  .765| 105  .548   2.3   0.2   0%
 1988 31 TOR AL  217  153   22   3.8    94| .276  .259| .336  .324| .352  .391| .688  .715|  94  .438  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1989 32 TEX AL  278  188   31   4.4    95| .272  .263| .358  .328| .351  .387| .709  .715| 100  .507   1.3   0.1  66%
 1990 33 SFG NL  196  127   27   5.7    95| .293  .260| .372  .325| .402  .390| .774  .715| 118  .616   5.2   0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     1924 1332  214   4.3    98| .268  .263| .335  .329| .369  .400| .704  .729|  94  .476  -9.6  -1.0  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1984 27 TOR AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    2    3    3   1    2    0   0   0     7   0   0 27.00  4.12   15 4.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    2    3    3   1    2    0   0   0     7   0   0 27.00  4.12   15 4.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0   68.0  136  204  204  68  136    0   0   0   476   0   0 27.00  4.12   15 4.000

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1981 24 DET AL 1B 32 133 14 0 15 1.000 .993 4.59 8.57 10.20 10.06 10 129.7 RF 15 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.07 1.75 1.47 2.16 12 98.0 DH 2 1982 25 DET AL 1B 56 410 28 2 36 .995 .992 7.82 8.51 9.86 9.85 47 399.7 OF 14 20 1 0 0 1.000 .981 1.50 2.15 1.73 2.47 13 109.0 RF 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.50 1.90 1.78 2.27 9 76.0 LF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.90 1.36 2.29 4 33.0 DH 4 1983 26 DET AL 1B 73 447 45 3 37 .994 .992 6.74 8.24 9.59 9.90 51 461.7 OF 13 18 0 1 0 .947 .984 1.38 2.16 1.95 2.50 10 83.0 RF 11 18 0 1 0 .947 .978 1.64 1.85 2.13 2.25 9 76.0 DH 3 LF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 2.57 2.31 1 7.0 1984 27 TOR AL OF 23 23 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.04 2.17 2.05 2.51 11 105.3 RF 17 19 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.18 1.88 1.91 2.23 11 94.3 1B 15 69 13 0 9 1.000 .992 5.47 8.25 10.44 9.75 4 70.7 DH 6 LF 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 1.80 1.12 2.25 0 8.0 CF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.60 6.00 3.00 0 3.0 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1985 28 TOR AL 1B 10 72 6 1 8 .987 .991 7.80 8.67 10.97 9.76 4 64.0 OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 2.10 2.45 2.45 2 22.0 RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.83 1.38 2.15 1 13.0 LF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 1.80 4.00 2.20 1 9.0 1986 29 TOR AL DH 42 OF 39 44 0 1 0 .978 .980 1.13 2.06 1.67 2.39 24 237.7 RF 20 22 0 1 0 .957 .973 1.10 1.79 1.69 2.11 11 117.0 LF 19 20 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.05 1.77 1.49 2.24 13 120.7 1B 7 63 5 2 11 .971 .991 9.71 8.61 9.76 9.42 6 62.7 1987 30 TOR AL OF 43 51 1 1 0 .981 .979 1.21 2.00 1.93 2.31 29 243.0 DH 30 RF 22 33 1 1 0 .971 .980 1.55 1.75 2.05 2.12 20 149.0 LF 21 16 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.76 1.73 1.53 2.11 9 94.0 1B 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.20 8.50 6.00 9.60 0 9.0 1988 31 TOR AL OF 49 74 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.53 2.14 2.37 2.47 34 284.7 RF 36 61 1 0 0 1.000 .973 1.72 1.89 2.45 2.24 28 227.3 DH 25 LF 14 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 0.79 1.85 1.73 2.26 6 57.3 1B 4 19 4 0 1 1.000 .991 5.75 8.40 9.86 9.56 2 21.0 1989 32 TEX AL DH 44 OF 41 57 1 3 0 .951 .980 1.41 2.12 1.95 2.42 32 268.3 LF 37 55 1 3 0 .949 .977 1.51 1.83 1.91 2.16 32 264.3 1B 4 17 1 0 2 1.000 .994 4.50 8.35 12.46 9.76 1 13.0 RF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.25 0 4.0 1990 33 SFG NL OF 52 86 3 1 0 .989 .981 1.71 2.01 2.50 2.39 42 320.0 RF 40 70 2 1 0 .986 .981 1.80 1.82 2.69 2.22 33 241.0 LF 13 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.08 1.71 1.59 2.19 9 79.0 1B 7 37 2 0 4 1.000 .992 5.57 7.89 10.97 9.59 3 32.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1981 24 DET AL 1B 32 133 14 0 15 1.000 .993 4.59 8.57 10.20 10.06 10 129.7 1982 25 DET AL 1B 56 410 28 2 36 .995 .992 7.82 8.51 9.86 9.85 47 399.7 1983 26 DET AL 1B 73 447 45 3 37 .994 .992 6.74 8.24 9.59 9.90 51 461.7 1984 27 TOR AL 1B 15 69 13 0 9 1.000 .992 5.47 8.25 10.44 9.75 4 70.7 1985 28 TOR AL 1B 10 72 6 1 8 .987 .991 7.80 8.67 10.97 9.76 4 64.0 1986 29 TOR AL 1B 7 63 5 2 11 .971 .991 9.71 8.61 9.76 9.42 6 62.7 1987 30 TOR AL 1B 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.20 8.50 6.00 9.60 0 9.0 1988 31 TOR AL 1B 4 19 4 0 1 1.000 .991 5.75 8.40 9.86 9.56 2 21.0 1989 32 TEX AL 1B 4 17 1 0 2 1.000 .994 4.50 8.35 12.46 9.76 1 13.0 1990 33 SFG NL 1B 7 37 2 0 4 1.000 .992 5.57 7.89 10.97 9.59 3 32.0 1984 27 TOR AL CF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.60 6.00 3.00 0 3.0 1981 24 DET AL DH 2 1982 25 DET AL DH 4 1983 26 DET AL DH 3 1984 27 TOR AL DH 6 1986 29 TOR AL DH 42 1987 30 TOR AL DH 30 1988 31 TOR AL DH 25 1989 32 TEX AL DH 44 1982 25 DET AL LF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.90 1.36 2.29 4 33.0 1983 26 DET AL LF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 2.57 2.31 1 7.0 1984 27 TOR AL LF 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 1.80 1.12 2.25 0 8.0 1985 28 TOR AL LF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 1.80 4.00 2.20 1 9.0 1986 29 TOR AL LF 19 20 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.05 1.77 1.49 2.24 13 120.7 1987 30 TOR AL LF 21 16 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.76 1.73 1.53 2.11 9 94.0 1988 31 TOR AL LF 14 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 0.79 1.85 1.73 2.26 6 57.3 1989 32 TEX AL LF 37 55 1 3 0 .949 .977 1.51 1.83 1.91 2.16 32 264.3 1990 33 SFG NL LF 13 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.08 1.71 1.59 2.19 9 79.0 1981 24 DET AL OF 15 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.07 2.16 1.47 2.48 12 98.0 1982 25 DET AL OF 14 20 1 0 0 1.000 .981 1.50 2.15 1.73 2.47 13 109.0 1983 26 DET AL OF 13 18 0 1 0 .947 .984 1.38 2.16 1.95 2.50 10 83.0 1984 27 TOR AL OF 23 23 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.04 2.17 2.05 2.51 11 105.3 1985 28 TOR AL OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 2.10 2.45 2.45 2 22.0 1986 29 TOR AL OF 39 44 0 1 0 .978 .980 1.13 2.06 1.67 2.39 24 237.7 1987 30 TOR AL OF 43 51 1 1 0 .981 .979 1.21 2.00 1.93 2.31 29 243.0 1988 31 TOR AL OF 49 74 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.53 2.14 2.37 2.47 34 284.7 1989 32 TEX AL OF 41 57 1 3 0 .951 .980 1.41 2.12 1.95 2.42 32 268.3 1990 33 SFG NL OF 52 86 3 1 0 .989 .981 1.71 2.01 2.50 2.39 42 320.0 1984 27 TOR AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1981 24 DET AL RF 15 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.07 1.75 1.47 2.16 12 98.0 1982 25 DET AL RF 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.50 1.90 1.78 2.27 9 76.0 1983 26 DET AL RF 11 18 0 1 0 .947 .978 1.64 1.85 2.13 2.25 9 76.0 1984 27 TOR AL RF 17 19 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.18 1.88 1.91 2.23 11 94.3 1985 28 TOR AL RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.83 1.38 2.15 1 13.0 1986 29 TOR AL RF 20 22 0 1 0 .957 .973 1.10 1.79 1.69 2.11 11 117.0 1987 30 TOR AL RF 22 33 1 1 0 .971 .980 1.55 1.75 2.05 2.12 20 149.0 1988 31 TOR AL RF 36 61 1 0 0 1.000 .973 1.72 1.89 2.45 2.24 28 227.3 1989 32 TEX AL RF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.25 0 4.0 1990 33 SFG NL RF 40 70 2 1 0 .986 .981 1.80 1.82 2.69 2.22 33 241.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 293 395 8 7 0 .983 .981 1.38 2.09 2.05 2.42 209 1771.0 116 1 177# 1B* 213 1273 118 8 123 .994 .992 6.53 8.39 9.91 9.85 128 1263.3 RF* 177 256 5 4 0 .985 .978 1.47 1.83 2.14 2.20 134 1095.7 DH 156 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 116 128 1 3 0 .977 .977 1.11 1.79 1.73 2.19 75 672.3 CF* 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.60 6.00 3.00 0 3.0 P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 507 1668 126 15 123 .992 .989 3.54 4.73 5.32 5.51 337 3035
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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Transactions 

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 11th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 24th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft.

March 24, 1984: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

April 3, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

January 23, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

April 8, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Toronto Blue Jays$162,500
1987Toronto Blue Jays$259,110
1988Toronto Blue Jays$300,000
1989Texas Rangers$350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,071,610

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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