Ron LeFlore

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: June 16, 1948 in Detroit, MI us

High School: Eastern HS (Detroit, MI)

Debut: August 1, 1974 (Age 26-046d, 13,523rd in major league history)
vs. MIL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 3, 1982 (Age 34-079d)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Ken Fishkin

Full Name: Ronald LeFlore

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Relatives: Cousin of Todd Steverson

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.0

4458

1283

.288

731

RBI

353

455

OBP

.342

SLG

.392

OPS

.734

OPS+

104

Summary of 59 Home Runs

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

6 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 20 go ahead

3 Tms
DET	51
MON	4
CHW	4

Platoon
vs LHP	30
vs RHP	29

Home/Road
Home	31
Away	28

Outs
0	28
1	16
2	15

15 Opps
TOR	8
MIL	8
MIN	6
KCR	6
BOS	5
NYY	5
BAL	5
CLE	4
LAD	3
CAL	3
TEX	2
ATL	1
SEA	1
DET	1
CHW	1

42 Pitchers
Jerry Garvin	5
Ross Grimsley	3
Rick Wise	2
Mike Caldwell	2
Doyle Alexander	2
Mike Willis	2
Ron Guidry	2
Larry Gura	2
Paul Splittorff	2
Jerry Augustine	2
Dick Tidrow	2
Don Sutton	2
Jerry Koosman	2
Terry Felton	1
Rudy May	1
Steve Renko	1
Larry Pashnick	1
Wayne Simpson	1
Bill Travers	1
Bert Blyleven	1
Rick Waits	1
Allen Ripley	1
Nelson Briles	1
Jim Colborn	1
Bob Stanley	1
Tom Burgmeier	1
Mike Flanagan	1
Jim Slaton	1
Mike Kekich	1
Wilbur Wood	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Dave Lemanczyk	1
Paul Hartzell	1
Rick Sutcliffe	1
Andy Hassler	1
Steve Stone	1
Luis Tiant	1
Bill Campbell	1
Ed Sprague	1
Eric Raich	1
Marty Pattin	1
Tom Buskey	1

14 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	27
ClevelandStd (CLE)	4
County Stad (MIL)	4
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	4
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1

Where Hit
7	26
9	16
8	8
89	1
78	1

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	55
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	43
1--	8
-2-	5
12-	2
123	1

79 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	43
1 on	13
2 on	2
3 on	1
Any on	16

Inning
1	6
2	5
3	10
4	5
5	12
6	4
7	7
8	6
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	21
4-6	21
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	6
+2	4
+1	9
Tied	20
-1	1
-2	7
-3	3
-4..	4

Ahead	24
Tied	20
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	51
LF	4
DH	3
PH	1

OrderPos
1st	58
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	24
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1974-08-12	DET		KCR	Nelson Briles	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	-2-	2	1	8	0.147	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Lamont Scores
2	2	2	1	1974-08-26	DET		CAL	Andy Hassler	ahead 4-1	b 5	0	---	1	1	8	0.045	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1975-04-13 (2)	DET	@	NYY	Rudy May	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.102	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
4	4	2	1	1975-04-27	DET		BOS	Rick Wise	tied 2-2	b 4	1	---	1	1	8	0.135	67%		Home Run
5	5	3	1	1975-04-29	DET	@	BAL	Ross Grimsley	ahead 3-2	t 10	1	---	1	1	8	0.093	93%		Home Run (Deep CF)
6	6	4	1	1975-05-27	DET		MIN	Bert Blyleven	ahead 4-0	b 5	0	---	1	1	8	0.028	96%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
7	7	5	1	1975-07-01	DET	@	CLE	Tom Buskey	ahead 4-2	t 8	2	1--	2	1	8	0.104	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Rodríguez Scores
8	8	6	1	1975-07-06 (1)	DET		MIL	Ed Sprague	ahead 4-3	b 4	0	---	1	1	8	0.102	79%		Home Run
9	9	7	1	1975-07-08	DET		CHW	Wilbur Wood	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	1	8	0.129	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	8	1	1975-08-05	DET	@	CLE	Eric Raich	behind 0-5	t 3	0	---	1	1	8	0.045	13%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1976-05-26 (2)	DET		BAL	Ross Grimsley	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	-2-	2	1	8	0.151	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Scrivener Scores
12	12	2	1	1976-06-23	DET	@	MIL	Jim Colborn	behind 0-8	t 7	2	12-	3	1	8	0.010	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Freehan Scores; P. García Scores
13	13	3	1	1976-07-20	DET	@	MIN	Bill Campbell	ahead 4-3	t 7	0	-2-	2	1	8	0.132	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Kimm Scores
14	14	4	1	1976-08-30	DET	@	CAL	Paul Hartzell	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	1	8	0.143	64%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1977-04-14	DET	@	TOR	Jerry Garvin	tied 2-2	t 8	0	---	1	1	8	0.246	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	2	1	1977-05-10	DET		MIN	Tom Burgmeier	behind 4-7	b 9	2	---	1	1	8	0.011	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	3	1	1977-05-12	DET	@	MIL	Bill Travers	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	---	1	1	8	0.060	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	4	1	1977-06-16	DET		TOR	Jerry Garvin	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	1	8	0.111	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	5	2	1977-06-16	DET		TOR	Jerry Garvin	tied 1-1	b 5	2	---	1	1	8	0.152	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	6	1	1977-06-17	DET	@	CLE	Rick Waits	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	---	1	1	8	0.088	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	7	1	1977-07-03 (2)	DET	@	NYY	Dick Tidrow	tied 6-6	t 9	0	---	1	1	8	0.338	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	8	1	1977-07-05 (2)	DET	@	BAL	Ross Grimsley	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	1--	2	1	8	0.150	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Scrivener Scores
23	23	9	1	1977-07-14	DET	@	KCR	Larry Gura	behind 2-4	t 9	2	---	1	1	8	0.025	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	10	1	1977-07-17 (2)	DET	@	TOR	Dave Lemanczyk	behind 0-2	t 3	2	-2-	2	1	8	0.190	46%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Mankowski Scores
25	25	11	1	1977-07-25	DET		TOR	Mike Willis	ahead 4-0	b 6	1	---	1	1	8	0.026	97%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
26	26	12	1	1977-08-05 (1)	DET		TEX	Gaylord Perry	behind 1-3	b 8	2	---	1	9	PH	0.107	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	13	1	1977-08-06	DET		TEX	Doyle Alexander	tied 5-5	b 7	0	---	1	1	8	0.196	79%		Home Run
28	28	14	1	1977-08-10	DET		MIL	Jerry Augustine	behind 0-2	b 3	1	-2-	2	1	8	0.179	53%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Rodríguez Scores
29	29	15	1	1977-08-15	DET		SEA	Mike Kekich	ahead 9-0	b 5	2	1--	2	1	8	0.003	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Veryzer Scores
30	30	16	1	1977-08-23	DET	@	CAL	Wayne Simpson	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	---	1	1	8	0.124	82%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1978-04-08	DET		TOR	Jerry Garvin	behind 1-4	b 7	1	---	1	1	8	0.079	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	2	1	1978-04-14	DET	@	TOR	Jerry Garvin	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.102	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
33	33	3	1	1978-04-15	DET	@	TOR	Mike Willis	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---	1	1	8	0.202	70%		Home Run (CF-RF)
34	34	4	1	1978-05-17	DET	@	MIL	Jerry Augustine	tied 1-1	t 3	0	---	1	1	8	0.119	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	5	1	1978-05-28 (1)	DET	@	BOS	Allen Ripley	behind 1-2	t 5	1	---	1	1	8	0.138	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	6	1	1978-06-22	DET		NYY	Ron Guidry	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.101	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	7	1	1978-08-14	DET		KCR	Marty Pattin	ahead 10-2	b 8	0	---	1	1	8	0.000	100%		Home Run (LF-CF)
38	38	8	1	1978-08-25	DET		MIL	Mike Caldwell	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	12-	3	1	8	0.184	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Rodríguez Scores; A. Trammell Scores
39	39	9	1	1978-09-02	DET	@	KCR	Paul Splittorff	behind 0-6	t 6	0	---	1	1	8	0.019	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	10	1	1978-09-03	DET	@	KCR	Larry Gura	tied 1-1	t 5	2	---	1	1	8	0.156	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	11	1	1978-09-12	DET		NYY	Dick Tidrow	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	---	1	1	8	0.054	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	12	1	1978-09-27	DET	@	BOS	Luis Tiant	behind 1-4	t 6	1	---	1	1	8	0.076	19%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1979-04-27	DET		MIN	Jerry Koosman	behind 0-4	b 3	1	1--	2	1	DH	0.134	31%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Machemer Scores
44	44	2	1	1979-05-06	DET	@	MIN	Jerry Koosman	behind 4-6	t 7	1	1--	2	1	8	0.262	46%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Trammell Scores
45	45	3	1	1979-08-03 (2)	DET		KCR	Paul Splittorff	tied 2-2	b 5	2	---	1	1	DH	0.151	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	4	1	1979-09-03	DET	@	CLE	Rick Wise	behind 1-3	t 5	2	1--	2	1	8	0.230	45%		Home Run (Deep CF); A. Trammell Scores
47	47	5	1	1979-09-08	DET		NYY	Ron Guidry	behind 3-5	b 8	1	---	1	1	DH	0.124	25%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	6	1	1979-09-18	DET		BAL	Mike Flanagan	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	1	1	8	0.117	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	7	1	1979-09-20	DET		BAL	Steve Stone	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.095	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	8	1	1979-09-29	DET		BOS	Steve Renko	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	---	1	1	8	0.099	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	9	1	1979-09-30	DET		BOS	Bob Stanley	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	---	1	1	8	0.063	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1980-06-18	MON	@	LAD	Don Sutton	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	7	0.106	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	2	2	1980-06-18	MON	@	LAD	Rick Sutcliffe	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	---	1	1	7	0.087	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	3	1	1980-08-02	MON		ATL	Doyle Alexander	ahead 3-0	b 4	1	---	1	1	7	0.053	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	4	1	1980-08-31 (2)	MON	@	LAD	Don Sutton	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	7	0.106	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	1982-04-27	CHW	@	MIL	Jim Slaton	ahead 3-0	t 2	0	123	4	1	8	0.078	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Baines Scores; A. Rodríguez Scores/unER; B. Almon Scores
57	57	2	1	1982-04-29	CHW		DET	Larry Pashnick	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	1--	2	1	8	0.144	89%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Almon Scores
58	58	3	1	1982-05-13	CHW		MIL	Mike Caldwell	ahead 7-1	b 6	0	1--	2	1	8	0.008	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Almon Scores
59	59	4	1	1982-06-22	CHW		MIN	Terry Felton	tied 5-5	b 8	0	---	1	1	8	0.262	87%		Home Run