Tommy Leach

Positions: Centerfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-6, 150lb (168cm, 68kg)

Born: November 4, 1877 in French Creek, NY us

Died: September 29, 1969 in Haines City, FL

Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Haines City, FL

Debut: September 28, 1898 (Age 20-328d, 2,109th in major league history)

Last Game: September 2, 1918 (Age 40-302d)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1899 season

Full Name: Thomas William Leach

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1909 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

47.1

7959

2143

.269

1355

RBI

812

361

OBP

.340

SLG

.370

OPS

.710

OPS+

109

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 63 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

5 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 9 go ahead, 46 lacking some details

3 Tms
PIT	43
CHC	15
LOU	5

Platoon
vs RHP	47
vs LHP	16

Home/Road
Away	34
Home	29

Outs
Unk	34
1	13
0	12
2	4

9 Opps
STL	20
NYG	12
BRO	12
BSN	9
PHI	4
CIN	3
PIT	1
WHS	1
CHC	1

49 Pitchers
Rube Marquard	3
Slim Sallee	2
Bob Harmon	2
Erskine Mayer	2
Frank Kitson	2
Pat Ragan	2
Henry Schmidt	2
Luther Taylor	2
Clarence Currie	2
Mal Eason	2
Bugs Raymond	2
Vic Willis	2
Hooks Wiltse	2
Roscoe Miller	1
Earl Moore	1
Joe McGinnity	1
Doc Scanlan	1
Jim Pastorius	1
Bill Dinneen	1
Jack Powell	1
Tom McCarthy	1
Mike Sullivan	1
Brickyard Kennedy	1
Babe Adams	1
Nap Rucker	1
Chick Smith	1
Art Fromme	1
George Suggs	1
Rube Geyer	1
Chick Fraser	1
Cy Seymour	1
Jack Harper	1
Irvin Wilhelm	1
Jack Taylor	1
Steamboat Williams	1
Patsy Flaherty	1
Mordecai Brown	1
Joe Oeschger	1
Win Kellum	1
Mike O'Neill	1
Cliff Curtis	1
Irv Higginbotham	1
Kid Nichols	1
Christy Mathewson	1
Rube Benton	1
Earl Yingling	1
Joe Corbett	1
Red Ames	1
Lefty Tyler	1

11 Parks
Expo Pk (PIT)	14
Robison Fld (STL)	11
WestSide Grd (CHI)	10
South End (BOS)	7
WashingtonPk (NYC)	5
Forbes Fld (PIT)	5
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	4
Baker Bowl (PHI)	3
Polo Grounds (NYC)	2
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	1
Eclipse Pk 2 (LOU)	1

Where Hit
7	5
8	2
78	1

45 Inside the Park

2 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	59
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	8
12-	2
-23	2
-2-	1

109 RBI
RISP	5
0 on	8
1 on	1
2 on	4
Any on	5

Inning
1	21
2	6
3	5
4	3
5	8
6	4
7	8
8	5
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	32
4-6	15
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	1
+2	3
+1	2
Tied	7
-1	1
-2	1
-3	1
Unk	46

Ahead	7
Tied	7
Behind	3
Unk	46

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	33
3B	28
RF	1
SS	1

OrderPos
2nd	21
1st	14
Unk	9
3rd	7
7th	4
5th	3
6th	3
4th	2

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	6
Low Lev	4

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1899	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1899-06-03	LOU	@	NYG	Cy Seymour		t 4			2	7	5			IPHR
2	2	2	1	1899-08-14	LOU	@	BRO	Brickyard Kennedy		t 1			1	3	5			IPHR
3	3	3	1	1899-08-17 (1)	LOU	@	BSN	Kid Nichols		t 1			2	3	5
4	4	4	1	1899-08-18 (2)	LOU	@	BSN	Mike Sullivan		t 3			1	3	5
5	5	5	1	1899-09-02	LOU		WHS	Bill Dinneen		b 3			3	3	5			IPHR
1900	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1900-09-10	PIT	@	BRO	Frank Kitson		t 8			3	5	9			IPHR
1901	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1901-07-26	PIT	@	STL	Jack Powell		t 6			1	7	6			IPHR
8	8	2	1	1901-08-19	PIT	@	STL	Jack Harper		t 2	2		1	7	5			IPHR
1902	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1902-05-21	PIT		NYG	Luther Taylor		b 2			1		5			IPHR
10	10	2	1	1902-08-13 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	Vic Willis		t 7			2		5
11	11	3	1	1902-08-14	PIT	@	BSN	Mal Eason		t 1			1	2	5
12	12	4	2	1902-08-14	PIT	@	BSN	Mal Eason		t 8			1	2	5
13	13	5	1	1902-08-19	PIT		NYG	Roscoe Miller		b 1			1		5			IPHR
14	14	6	1	1902-08-22 (1)	PIT		BRO	Frank Kitson		b 8			2		5			IPHR
1903	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1903-04-30	PIT	@	STL	Mordecai Brown		t 6			4		5			IPHR
16	16	2	1	1903-05-21	PIT	@	BRO	Henry Schmidt		t 5			2	6	5			IPHR
17	17	3	2	1903-05-21	PIT	@	BRO	Henry Schmidt		t 7			2	6	5			IPHR
18	18	4	1	1903-07-24	PIT		STL	Mike O'Neill		b 1			3		5			IPHR
19	19	5	1	1903-07-30	PIT	@	STL	Clarence Currie		t 3			1		5			IPHR
20	20	6	1	1903-08-31	PIT	@	STL	Clarence Currie		t 1	0		1		5			IPHR
21	21	7	1	1903-09-23	PIT		NYG	Luther Taylor		b 8			2		5			IPHR
1904	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1904-06-21	PIT	@	STL	Joe Corbett		t 1	0		1	1	5			Lead-Off,IPHR
23	23	2	1	1904-09-16	PIT	@	STL	Jack Taylor		t 1	0		1	1	5			Lead-Off,IPHR
1905	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1905-05-31	PIT		STL	Win Kellum		b 4			2	7	5			IPHR
25	25	2	1	1905-07-15	PIT	@	NYG	Joe McGinnity		t 7			2	3	8			Bounced
1906	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1906-09-03 (2)	PIT		STL	Irv Higginbotham		b 4			2	4	8			IPHR
1907	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1907-07-23	PIT	@	BSN	Patsy Flaherty		t 1			1	2	8			IPHR
28	28	2	1	1907-08-12	PIT		NYG	Christy Mathewson		b 3			1	2	8			Bounced
29	29	3	1	1907-08-16	PIT	@	BRO	Nap Rucker	behind 1-3	t 7	1		4	2	8			IPHR
30	30	4	1	1907-09-14	PIT		STL	Bugs Raymond		b 7			2	2	8			IPHR
1908	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1908-06-01	PIT	@	CHC	Chick Fraser		t 1	1		1	2	5			IPHR
32	32	2	1	1908-06-03	PIT		STL	Bugs Raymond		b 1			2	2	5			IPHR
33	33	3	1	1908-07-10	PIT		NYG	Hooks Wiltse	tied 6-6	b 9			1	2	5			Walk-Off,IPHR
34	34	4	1	1908-07-21	PIT		BRO	Jim Pastorius		b 1	1		1	2	5			IPHR
35	35	5	1	1908-09-30	PIT		STL	Art Fromme		b 6			1	3	5			IPHR
1909	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1909-04-26	PIT	@	STL	Slim Sallee		t 1	1		1	2	5
37	37	2	1	1909-05-25	PIT	@	BSN	Tom McCarthy		t 7			2	2	8
38	38	3	1	1909-06-15	PIT		BRO	Doc Scanlan		b 5			1	2	8			IPHR
39	39	4	1	1909-07-10	PIT	@	NYG	Hooks Wiltse		t 1	1		1	2	8
40	40	5	1	1909-08-23	PIT	@	PHI	Earl Moore		t 5			1	2	8			IPHR
41	41	6	1	1909-08-26	PIT	@	NYG	Red Ames		t 7			2	2	8			IPHR
1910	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1910-05-18	PIT		BSN	Cliff Curtis		b 1	1		1	2	8
43	43	2	1	1910-07-21 (2)	PIT		BRO	Irvin Wilhelm		b 5	1		4	2	8			IPHR
44	44	3	1	1910-09-05 (1)	PIT		STL	Bob Harmon		b 1	1		1	2	8			IPHR
45	45	4	1	1910-09-05 (2)	PIT		STL	Vic Willis		b 2	1		3	2	8			IPHR
1911	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1911-04-24	PIT	@	STL	Slim Sallee		t 6	0		1	2	8			IPHR
47	47	2	1	1911-09-07	PIT	@	STL	Rube Geyer	ahead 1-0	t 9	2		4	4	8			IPHR
48	48	3	1	1911-09-16	PIT		NYG	Rube Marquard	behind 0-1	b 1	1		2	3	8			IPHR
1912	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1912-08-27	CHC		BRO	Earl Yingling	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	8	0.105	66%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (LF-CF)
50	50	2	1	1912-08-29	CHC		STL	Bob Harmon	ahead 8-4	b 7	1	-2-	2	5	8	0.019	99%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; H. Zimmerman Scores
1913	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1913-05-02	CHC		CIN	Chick Smith	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	---	1	1	8	0.107	82%		Home Run (Deep CF)
52	52	2	1	1913-05-14	CHC	@	NYG	Rube Marquard	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	-23	3	6	8	0.121	88%		Home Run (Deep CF); M. Mitchell Scores; H. Zimmerman Scores
53	53	3	1	1913-06-07	CHC		BSN	Lefty Tyler	behind 2-5	b 5	0	-23	3	1	8	0.220	56%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Bresnahan Scores; J. Archer Scores
54	54	4	1	1913-07-03	CHC		CIN	George Suggs	ahead 2-0	b 5	0	---	1	1	8	0.071	89%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
55	55	5	1	1913-07-12	CHC	@	BRO	Pat Ragan	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	---	1	1	8	0.070	84%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
56	56	6	1	1913-08-03	CHC		BRO	Pat Ragan		b 2			3	1	8			IPHR
1914	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1914-05-20	CHC		PHI	Joe Oeschger	ahead 7-5	b 8	2	12-	3	1	8	0.048	100%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; F. Schulte Scores/unER; R. Bresnahan Scores/unER; T. Leach Scores/unER
58	58	2	1	1914-06-19	CHC	@	PHI	Erskine Mayer	tied 6-6	t 10	0	---	1	1	8	0.349	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	3	1	1914-07-01	CHC		CIN	Rube Benton	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.111	66%	Lead-Off,IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
60	60	4	1	1914-08-01	CHC	@	PHI	Erskine Mayer	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.105	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	5	1	1914-08-04	CHC	@	NYG	Rube Marquard	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.111	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	6	1	1914-09-06	CHC		PIT	Babe Adams	tied 0-0	b 3	1	12-	3	1	8	0.257	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Corriden Scores; H. Vaughn Scores
63	63	7	1	1914-10-04 (2)	CHC	@	STL	Steamboat Williams		t 5			1	1	8			IPHR

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5 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 9 go ahead, 46 lacking some details

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