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James
Leggett		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: January 8, 1922 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 30 SF CL $ 8,180,000  
1953 31 HOU PL $ 8,180,000  
1954 32 SLC PL $ 8,180,000  
1955 33 SLC PL $ 8,180,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 8,180,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,180,000  
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 30 SF CL $ 8,180,000  
1953 31 HOU PL $ 8,180,000  
1954 32 SLC PL $ 8,180,000  
1955 33 SLC PL $ 8,180,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 8,180,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,180,000  
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Arm or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1952 30 SF CL 5 25 .167 39 33 10 0 3 248.3 260 145 19 105 238 5.26 .275 .354 .433 .788 9.0
1953 31 SF CL 2 2 .500 8 7 2 0 2 35.0 26 14 3 15 36 3.60 .208 .301 .352 .653 3.2
  HOU PL 7 17 .292 29 26 6 0 0 203.3 199 117 19 92 180 5.18 .258 .347 .425 .772 7.3
  TOT   9 19 .321 37 33 8 0 2 238.3 225 131 22 107 216 4.95 .251 .340 .415 .755 10.5
1954 32 HOU PL 5 5 .500 12 12 2 1 0 87.0 83 49 11 46 63 5.07 .252 .352 .429 .780 3.8
  SLC PL 11 7 .611 25 25 5 2 0 178.0 169 97 21 82 149 4.90 .251 .340 .421 .761 7.8
  TOT   16 12 .571 37 37 7 3 0 265.0 252 146 32 128 212 4.96 .252 .344 .424 .767 11.6
1955 33 SLC PL 9 8 .529 23 23 7 2 0 166.0 151 82 20 64 137 4.45 .244 .324 .411 .735 10.8
4 Years Sim 39 64 .379 136 126 32 5 5 917.7 888 504 93 404 803 4.94 .257 .342 .422 .764 41.8
Season Average 9 16 .360 34 31 8 1 1 229.4 222 126 23 101 200 4.94 .257 .342 .422 .764  
Career Highs 16 25 .571 39 37 10 3 3 265.0 260 146 32 128 238 5.26 .275 .354 .433 .788  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   439 273 49 222 432   .248 .331 .418 .750
vs LH   449 231 44 182 371   .266 .337 .425 .763
Home 21 33 .389 67 63 17 5 2 469.3 424 247 47 207 424 4.74 .242 .322 .398 .721
Away 18 31 .367 69 63 15 0 3 448.3 464 257 46 197 379 5.16 .272 .347 .446 .793
Mar/Apr 4 6 .400 16 12 3 1 2 99.0 92 45 10 40 82 4.09 .252 .326 .411 .737
May 5 14 .263 26 26 8 2 0 175.7 167 108 22 90 160 5.53 .255 .345 .451 .797
June 10 7 .588 21 21 5 0 0 152.7 147 83 12 59 115 4.89 .257 .326 .393 .720
July 4 14 .222 20 20 5 0 0 146.3 141 100 13 66 136 6.15 .254 .333 .415 .748
August 10 15 .400 31 31 7 1 0 233.7 229 109 21 97 213 4.20 .259 .332 .413 .745
Sep/Oct 6 8 .429 22 16 4 1 3 110.3 112 59 15 52 97 4.81 .261 .341 .450 .791
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 30 SF CL 39 82 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 32 .037 .071 .037 .107 -5.0 0.0
1953 31 SF CL 8 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2 0.0
  HOU PL 29 73 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 35 .055 .080 .082 .162 -3.3 0.0
  TOT   37 86 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 42 .047 .068 .070 .138 -4.5 0.0
1954 32 HOU PL 12 31 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 .065 .065 .065 .129 -1.9 0.0
  SLC PL 25 57 4 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 27 .123 .153 .123 .275 -0.6 0.0
  TOT   37 88 5 9 0 0 0 8 0 0 2 39 .102 .122 .102 .224 -2.5 0.0
1955 33 SLC PL 23 56 3 8 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 17 .143 .138 .179 .317 0.7 0.0
4 Years Sim 136 312 11 24 4 0 0 16 0 1 6 130 .077 .097 .090 .186 -11.3 0.0
162 Game Average 371 13 28 4 0 0 19 0 1 7 154 .077 .097 .090 .186 -13.5  
Career Highs 39 88 5 9 2 0 0 8 0 1 3 42 .143 .138 .179 .317 0.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   240 10 21 4 0 0 13 0 1 3 105 .088 .098 .104 .202 -8.9
vs LH   72 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 25 .042 .092 .042 .134 -4.1
Home 67 154 6 13 2 0 0 8 0 1 3 61 .084 .107 .097 .204 -5.9
Away 69 158 5 11 2 0 0 8 0 0 3 69 .070 .086 .082 .169 -7.2
RISP   78 0 10 2 0 0 16 0 0 1 28 .128 .146 .154 .300 -0.7
Close/Late   29 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .138 .167 .172 .339 0.2
Mar/Apr 12 32 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .125 .152 .156 .308 -0.1
May 26 57 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 26 .018 .050 .018 .068 -4.2
June 21 55 4 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 19 .127 .143 .145 .288 -0.9
July 20 50 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 28 .060 .096 .060 .156 -2.3
August 31 81 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 30 .062 .062 .086 .148 -4.7
Sep/Oct 22 37 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 .108 .128 .108 .236 -0.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1952 30 SF CL P 39 33 248.3 8 22 3 2 .909 1.09    
1953 31 SF CL P 8 7 35.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.03    
  HOU PL P 29 26 203.3 8 16 1 3 .960 1.06    
  TOT   P 37 33 238.3 9 19 1 4 .966 1.06    
1954 32 HOU PL P 12 12 87.0 6 10 1 1 .941 1.65    
  SLC PL P 25 25 178.0 12 21 1 1 .971 1.67    
  TOT   P 37 37 265.0 18 31 2 2 .961 1.66    
1955 33 SLC PL P 23 23 166.0 11 12 1 1 .958 1.25    
Career Totals   136 126 917.7 46 84 7 9 .949 1.27    
Career Highs   39 37 265.0 18 31 3 4 .966 1.66    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
CAR-28-4.94
 Wins
1954-6-16
CAR-45-39
 Losses
1952-1-25
1953-2-17
CAR-1-64
 Winning Pct
CAR-31-.379
 Games Started
1954-8-37
CAR-25-126
 Complete Games
CAR-39-32
Shutouts
1954-1-3
1955-8-2
CAR-17-5
 Innings Pitched
CAR-28-917.7
 Hits Allowed
CAR-33-888
 Homeruns Allowed
1954-5-32
CAR-18-93
 Strikeouts
1952-6-238
1953-9-180
1954-8-212
CAR-15-803
 Walks Allowed
1952-5-105
1954-6-128
CAR-10-404
Walks per 9IP
CAR-24-4.0
 Hits per 9IP
1953-5-8.8
1954-10-8.6
1955-3-8.2
CAR-11-8.7
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1952-5-8.6
1953-2-8.0
1954-9-7.2
1955-9-7.4
CAR-7-7.9
 WHiP
1953-9-1.43
1955-6-1.30
CAR-19-1.41
 OAVG
1953-6-.258
1954-10-.252
1955-5-.244
CAR-12-.257
 OOBP
1955-10-.324
CAR-25-.342
OSLG
CAR-22-.422
 OOPS
CAR-23-.764
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1
   Gray Ink Test: 33
 
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  1. Juan Daggett (956)
  2. Steven Caesar (954)
  3. Michael Donnelly (928)
  4. Matt Freeborn (921)
  5. Bill Pelfrey (918)
  6. Antonio Padula (909)
  7. Richard Sanders (900)
  8. Everett Colletti (896)
  9. Eduardo Garza (894)
  10. Guillermo Rios (892)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Dante Ruiz (986)
  2. Carl Nicosia (985)
  3. Alexander Lenihan (982)
  4. Eduardo Garza (975)
  5. Fabian Cordova (973)
  6. Gerald Adkisson (969)
  7. Joshua Stephens (962)
  8. Steven Caesar (962)
  9. Billy Delucia (955)
  10. Juan Daggett (955)
History
Drafted in 10th round, 181st overall pick, by San Francisco in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/28/1952, off Walter Meas (SD)
Earned first career win on 6/20/1952
Traded from San Francisco to Houston on 5/26/1953 (Going to HOU: P James Leggett, P Frederick Alexander. Going to SF: 3B George Hoyle, CF Dean Govea)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1954, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Traded from Houston to Salt Lake City on 6/2/1954 (Going to HOU: P Harry Robin. Going to SLC: P James Leggett)
 
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