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Tim Leary
Timothy James Leary

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.
School University of California, Los Angeles

Debut April 12, 1981
  vs. CHC 2.0 IP, 0 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game August 9, 1994
Born December 23, 1958 in Santa Monica, CA

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1981 22 NYM NL   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  0    2.0    0    0    0   0    1    3   0   1     7   0   0  0.00  3.46  inf 0.500
 1983 24 NYM NL   1   1   2   2   1   0   0  0   10.7   15   10    4   0    4    9   0   0    53   0   1  3.38  3.64  108 1.781
 1984 25 NYM NL   3   3  20   7   0   0   3  0   53.7   61   28   24   2   18   29   2   2   237   3   3  4.02  3.56   88 1.472
 1985 26 MIL AL   1   4   5   5   0   0   0  0   33.3   40   18   15   5    8   29   1   1   146   0   0  4.05  4.19  103 1.440
 1986 27 MIL AL  12  12  33  30   3   2   2  0  188.3  216   97   88  20   53  110   7   7   817   4   0  4.21  4.35  104 1.428
 1987 28 LAD NL   3  11  39  12   0   0  11  1  107.7  121   62   57  15   36   61   2   3   469   5   1  4.76  4.00   84 1.458
 1988 29 LAD NL  17  11  35  34   9   6   0  0  228.7  201   87   74  13   56  180   6   9   932   4   6  2.91  3.35  115 1.124
 1989 30 TOT NL   8  14  33  31   2   0   0  0  207.0  205   84   81  17   68  123   5  10   874  15   0  3.52  3.51  100 1.319
         LAD NL   6   7  19  17   2   0   0  0  117.3  107   45   44   9   37   59   2   4   481   7   0  3.38  3.43  102 1.227
         CIN NL   2   7  14  14   0   0   0  0   89.7   98   39   37   8   31   64   3   6   393   8   0  3.71  3.61   97 1.439
 1990 31 NYY AL   9  19  31  31   6   1   0  0  208.0  202  105   95  18   78  138   7  23   881   1   0  4.11  3.99   97 1.346
 1991 32 NYY AL   4  10  28  18   1   0   4  0  120.7  150   89   87  20   57   83   4  10   551   1   0  6.49  4.14   64 1.715
 1992 33 TOT AL   8  10  26  23   3   0   2  0  141.0  131   89   84  12   87   46   9   9   624   5   0  5.36  3.95   74 1.546
         NYY AL   5   6  18  15   2   0   2  0   97.0   84   62   60   9   57   34   4   7   414   2   0  5.57  3.95   71 1.454
         SEA AL   3   4   8   8   1   0   0  0   44.0   47   27   24   3   30   12   5   2   210   3   0  4.91  3.95   80 1.750
 1993 34 SEA AL  11   9  33  27   0   0   6  0  169.3  202  104   95  21   58   68   8   6   746   5   2  5.05  4.42   88 1.535
 1994 35 TEX AL   1   1   6   3   0   0   0  0   21.0   26   19   19   4   11    9   1   6   100   2   0  8.14  4.85   60 1.762
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .426  78 105 292 224  25   9  28  1 1491.3 1570  792  723 147  535  888  52  87  6437  45  13  4.36  3.93   90 1.411
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  13  38  29   3   1   3  0  196.3  206  104   95  19   70  117   6  11   848   5   1  4.36  3.93   90 1.411
 Career High     17  19  39  34   9   6  11  1  228.7  216  105   95  21   87  180   9  23   932  15   6  2.91  4.42  115 1.124
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 22 NYM NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1983 24 NYM NL   2    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   87    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1984 25 NYM NL  20   10    2    3   0  0   1    1   1  0   0   2  .300  .300  .600  149    6   3   0   0   0   0
 1987 28 LAD NL  39   23    1    7   1  0   0    5   0  0   0   5  .304  .304  .348   74    8   3   0   0   0   0
 1988 29 LAD NL  36   67    4   18   3  0   0    9   0  1   1  26  .269  .286  .313   74   21  13   1   0   1   0 SS
 1989 30 TOT NL  33   59    2    7   2  0   0    4   0  0   4  23  .119  .175  .153   -6    9   9   0   0   0   1
         LAD NL  19   33    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  14  .061  .061  .061  -65    2   6   0   0   0   1
         CIN NL  14   26    1    5   2  0   0    4   0  0   4   9  .192  .300  .269   62    7   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     293  163    9   36   6  0   1   19   1  1   5  57  .221  .247  .276   49   45  28   1   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         90    5   20   3  0   1   11   1  1   3  32  .221  .247  .276   49   25  15   1   0   1   1
 Career High     39   67    4   18   3  0   1    9   1  1   4  26                          21  13   1   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1981 22 NYM NL    1    1    0   0.0    90| .000  .260| .000  .325| .000  .373| .000  .698|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1983 24 NYM NL    3    2    0   0.0    96| .333  .262| .333  .330| .333  .388| .666  .719|  87  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1984 25 NYM NL   13   10    2   5.4    93| .300  .262| .300  .327| .600  .381| .900  .708| 149  .613   0.5   0.0 100%
 1987 28 LAD NL   26   19    3   4.2   104| .304  .267| .304  .336| .348  .415| .652  .751|  74  .448  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1988 29 LAD NL   83   64    7   3.0    88| .269  .254| .286  .317| .313  .373| .599  .690|  74  .366  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1989 30 TOT NL   72   62    3   1.3    91| .119  .255| .175  .323| .153  .380| .328  .703|  -6  .112  -8.3  -0.9   0%
         LAD NL   39   38    0   0.0    90| .061  .253| .061  .320| .061  .376| .122  .696| -65  .000  -7.1  -0.8   0%
         CIN NL   33   24    3   3.4    94| .192  .258| .300  .326| .269  .385| .569  .711|  62  .417  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      198  158   15   2.6    92| .221  .257| .247  .323| .276  .382| .523  .705|  49  .293 -11.3  -1.2     

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1981 22 NYM NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.70  0.00  1.80    1    2.0
 1983 24 NYM NL   P    2      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  0.70  3.36  1.93    2   10.7
 1984 25 NYM NL   P   20      3    4    1    0  .875  .959  0.35  0.67  1.17  1.88    7   53.7
 1985 26 MIL AL   P    5      1    7    0    0 1.000  .952  1.60  0.70  2.16  1.86    5   33.3
 1986 27 MIL AL   P   33     22   26    1    1  .980  .956  1.45  0.68  2.29  1.83   30  188.3
 1987 28 LAD NL   P   39      9   18    0    2 1.000  .954  0.69  0.62  2.26  1.91   12  107.7
 1988 29 LAD NL   P   35     24   34    1    4  .983  .956  1.66  0.69  2.28  1.96   34  228.7
 1989 30 TOT NL   P   33     20   31    2    2  .962  .946  1.55  0.63  2.22  1.87   31  207.0
         LAD NL   P   19     16   16    1    2  .970  .947  1.68  0.63  2.46  1.87   17  117.3
         CIN NL   P   14      4   15    1    0  .950  .945  1.36  0.63  1.91  1.87   14   89.7
 1990 31 NYY AL   P   31     14   36    4    4  .926  .952  1.61  0.59  2.16  1.78   31  208.0
 1991 32 NYY AL   P   28      9   12    1    3  .955  .955  0.75  0.58  1.57  1.80   18  120.7
 1992 33 TOT AL   P   26     10   18    0    3 1.000  .956  1.08  0.56  1.79  1.72   23  141.0
         NYY AL   P   18      7   10    0    1 1.000  .955  0.94  0.56  1.58  1.72   15   97.0
         SEA AL   P    8      3    8    0    2 1.000  .957  1.38  0.56  2.25  1.72    8   44.0
 1993 34 SEA AL   P   33     14   28    0    3 1.000  .952  1.27  0.56  2.23  1.79   27  169.3
 1994 35 TEX AL   P    6      3    4    0    0 1.000  .959  1.17  0.52  3.00  1.71    3   21.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1981 22 NYM NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.70  0.00  1.80    1    2.0
 1983 24 NYM NL   P    2      1    3    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  0.70  3.36  1.93    2   10.7
 1984 25 NYM NL   P   20      3    4    1    0  .875  .959  0.35  0.67  1.17  1.88    7   53.7
 1985 26 MIL AL   P    5      1    7    0    0 1.000  .952  1.60  0.70  2.16  1.86    5   33.3
 1986 27 MIL AL   P   33     22   26    1    1  .980  .956  1.45  0.68  2.29  1.83   30  188.3
 1987 28 LAD NL   P   39      9   18    0    2 1.000  .954  0.69  0.62  2.26  1.91   12  107.7
 1988 29 LAD NL   P   35     24   34    1    4  .983  .956  1.66  0.69  2.28  1.96   34  228.7
 1989 30 TOT NL   P   33     20   31    2    2  .962  .946  1.55  0.63  2.22  1.87   31  207.0
         LAD NL   P   19     16   16    1    2  .970  .947  1.68  0.63  2.46  1.87   17  117.3
         CIN NL   P   14      4   15    1    0  .950  .945  1.36  0.63  1.91  1.87   14   89.7
 1990 31 NYY AL   P   31     14   36    4    4  .926  .952  1.61  0.59  2.16  1.78   31  208.0
 1991 32 NYY AL   P   28      9   12    1    3  .955  .955  0.75  0.58  1.57  1.80   18  120.7
 1992 33 TOT AL   P   26     10   18    0    3 1.000  .956  1.08  0.56  1.79  1.72   23  141.0
         NYY AL   P   18      7   10    0    1 1.000  .955  0.94  0.56  1.58  1.72   15   97.0
         SEA AL   P    8      3    8    0    2 1.000  .957  1.38  0.56  2.25  1.72    8   44.0
 1993 34 SEA AL   P   33     14   28    0    3 1.000  .952  1.27  0.56  2.23  1.79   27  169.3
 1994 35 TEX AL   P    6      3    4    0    0 1.000  .959  1.17  0.52  3.00  1.71    3   21.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 292    130  221   10   22  .972  .953  1.20  0.62  2.12  1.84  224 1491.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       292    130  221   10   22  .972  .953  1.20  0.62  2.12  1.84  224   1491
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1988   NLCS  LAD NYM     W   2   1   6.23  0  1  0  0   4.1   8   3   3   3 
        WS    LAD OAK     W   2   0   1.35  0  0  0  0   6.2   6   1   2   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      2-0   4   1   3.27  0  1  0  0  11    14   4   5   7 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1988   NLCS  LAD NYM     W   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    LAD OAK     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   2-0   4   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Silver Sluggers
1988-NL--P

Sac. Hits
1988 NL-13-6

Wins
1988 NL-17-8

Strikeouts/9IP
1988 NL-7.08-9

Strikeouts
1988 NL-180-6

Games Started
1988 NL-34-4

Comp. Games
1988 NL-9-6
1990 AL-6-8

Shutouts
1986 AL-2-9
1988 NL-6-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1992 AL-87-9

SO to Walk
1988 NL-3.21-4

Losses
1989 NL-14-4
1990 AL-19-1

Wild Pitches
1988 NL-9-10
1989 NL-10-9
1990 AL-23-1
1991 AL-10-9

Hit Batsmen
1990 AL-7-8
1992 AL-9-6
1993 AL-8-9

          

Gray Ink: Pitching - 15 (1211) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (1232) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1979 amateur draft.

January 18, 1985: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the New York Mets to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Danny Darwin to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Jim Sundberg to the Kansas City Royals. The Kansas City Royals sent Don Slaught to the Texas Rangers. The Kansas City Royals sent Frank Wills to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Nance (minors) (January 30, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

December 10, 1986: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Tim Crews to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Greg Brock.

July 18, 1989: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Mariano Duncan to the Cincinnati Reds for Kal Daniels and Lenny Harris.

December 12, 1989: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Van Snider to the New York Yankees for Hal Morris and Rodney Imes (minors).

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

November 19, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

August 22, 1992: Traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the Seattle Mariners for Sean Twitty (minors).

October 29, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

March 2, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

April 1, 1994: Released by the Montreal Expos.

April 16, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

June 23, 1994: Released by the Montreal Expos.

June 29, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 14, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Milwaukee Brewers$90,000
1987Los Angeles Dodgers$170,000
1988Los Angeles Dodgers$190,000
1989Los Angeles Dodgers$670,000
1990New York Yankees$825,000
1991New York Yankees$1,975,000
1992New York Yankees$2,175,000
1993Seattle Mariners$1,800,000
Career (may be incomplete)$7,895,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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