Leroy
McKenzie
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: November 5, 1925 in Usa
 
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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 26 OKC PL $ 300,000  
1953 27 LAA CL $ 4,000,000  
1954 28 LAA CL $ 4,000,000  
1955 29 OKC PL $ 4,000,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000  
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 26 POR CL 62 240 33 72 19 4 6 34 14 5 14 19 .300 .342 .488 .830 37.9 5.8
  OKC PL 60 198 47 74 10 3 11 52 12 4 23 22 .374 .439 .621 1.061 47.7 9.1
  TOT   122 438 80 146 29 7 17 86 26 9 37 41 .333 .388 .548 .935 85.6 14.9
1953 27 LAA CL 132 478 75 148 28 6 9 85 20 10 63 51 .310 .389 .450 .839 81.3 13.7
1954 28 DAL PL 87 305 64 111 14 3 7 42 24 11 50 34 .364 .454 .498 .952 66.5 11.2
  LAA CL 48 188 35 62 8 2 6 23 15 6 23 17 .330 .407 .489 .896 36.8 6.9
  TOT   135 493 99 173 22 5 13 65 39 17 73 51 .351 .436 .495 .931 103.3 18.1
1955 29 LAA CL 55 177 33 48 12 1 2 26 11 3 26 16 .271 .364 .384 .748 27.2 4.7
  OKC PL 71 241 48 64 12 5 3 36 14 5 33 31 .266 .355 .394 .749 36.0 4.5
  TOT   126 418 81 112 24 6 5 62 25 8 59 47 .268 .359 .390 .749 63.1 9.2
4 Years Sim 515 1827 335 579 103 24 44 298 110 44 232 190 .317 .395 .472 .867 333.3 56.0
162 Game Average 574 105 182 32 7 13 93 34 13 72 59 .317 .395 .472 .867 104.8  
Career Highs 135 493 99 173 29 7 17 86 39 17 73 51 .351 .436 .548 .935 103.3  
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   1555 293 508 90 22 33 244 99 39 205 154 .327 .406 .477 .882 291.2
vs LH   272 42 71 13 2 11 54 11 5 27 36 .261 .330 .445 .775 40.0
Home 261 908 173 312 61 13 24 175 50 20 120 90 .344 .419 .519 .938 185.2
Away 254 919 162 267 42 11 20 123 60 24 112 100 .291 .370 .425 .796 146.1
RISP   484 0 162 33 10 16 253 0 0 74 48 .335 .416 .543 .959 102.9
Pinch Hitting   33 8 12 4 0 0 8 0 1 7 2 .364 .475 .485 .960 6.9
Close/Late   196 37 53 5 3 6 31 0 0 33 24 .270 .378 .418 .796 32.4
Mar/Apr 59 209 39 68 19 0 3 28 11 7 31 20 .325 .413 .459 .873 37.7
May 95 321 58 99 19 7 8 52 16 6 33 22 .308 .371 .486 .857 55.8
June 94 350 70 117 23 3 8 52 16 5 45 36 .334 .412 .486 .898 66.9
July 97 351 56 115 15 6 7 54 26 11 43 46 .328 .402 .464 .866 63.7
August 101 360 57 94 16 4 9 64 22 9 48 39 .261 .348 .403 .751 53.0
Sep/Oct 69 236 55 86 11 4 9 48 19 6 32 27 .364 .445 .559 1.005 54.0
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   DWS
1952 26 POR CL CF 53 51 467.2 137 4 2 1 .986 2.72   1.4
    LF 4 1 13.9 3 1 0 1 1.000 2.59   0.0
    3B 1 0 4.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.0
  OKC PL CF 51 50 403.8 119 4 1 1 .992 2.74   2.1
    LF 4 1 12.1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.49   0.0
    3B 0 0 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.43   0.0
  TOT   CF 104 101 871.0 256 8 3 2 .989 2.73   3.5
      LF 8 2 26.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 2.08   0.0
      3B 1 0 8.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1953 27 LAA CL CF 79 79 688.3 164 6 1 0 .994 2.22   2.1
    LF 36 34 299.0 47 3 1 1 .980 1.51    
    RF 15 15 131.0 29 2 0 0 1.000 2.13    
1954 28 DAL PL LF 54 50 429.0 103 3 3 1 .972 2.22   1.2
    RF 30 30 259.2 42 3 1 1 .978 1.56   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LAA CL LF 30 28 256.7 62 1 2 0 .969 2.21   1.1
    RF 16 16 155.1 25 1 0 1 1.000 1.51   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 84 78 685.7 165 4 5 1 .971 2.22   2.3
      RF 46 46 414.3 67 4 1 2 .986 1.54   0.0
      CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1955 29 LAA CL LF 28 28 217.3 39 1 1 0 .976 1.66   1.0
    CF 14 11 99.8 20 1 1 0 .955 1.89   0.0
    RF 9 9 73.5 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
    1B 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29   0.0
  OKC PL LF 36 36 294.3 53 2 2 0 .965 1.68   0.4
    CF 18 14 135.2 28 2 1 1 .968 2.00   0.0
    RF 12 12 99.5 23 0 1 0 .958 2.08   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.83   0.0
  CF 216 205 1796.3 468 17 6 3 .988 2.43   5.6
  LF 192 178 1522.3 309 11 9 3 .973 1.89   3.6
  RF 82 82 718.3 136 6 2 2 .986 1.78   0.0
  3B 1 0 8.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  1B 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
Career Totals   492 465 4048.9 916 36 17 8 .982 2.12   9.2
Career Highs   131 128 1118.3 261 11 6 3 .992 2.70    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 26 OKC PL 5 13 2 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 .231 .286 .308 .593
1954 28 LAA CL 5 20 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .350 .381 .450 .831
Career Post-Season Batting 10 33 3 10 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 .303 .343 .394 .737
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
XR
CAR-41-333.3
Runs
CAR-37-335
Hits
CAR-42-579
Singles
CAR-31-408
Triples
CAR-26-24
Stolen Bases
CAR-39-110
Caught Stealing
CAR-35-44
Walks
CAR-34-232
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 0
   Hall of Fame Standards: 43
 
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History
Drafted in 22nd round, 431st overall pick, by Portland in 1952
Had first career hit (double) on 4/15/1952, off Steven Caesar (SF)
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1952, off Walter Meas (SD)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1952, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Portland to Oklahoma on 7/7/1952 (Going to OKC: CF Leroy McKenzie. Going to POR: P Jimmy Vanalstyne)
7/21/1952: Signed a contract extension with Oklahoma, $3,930,000 per year, for 4 years
8/4/1952: Signed a contract extension with Oklahoma, $4,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Oklahoma to Los Angeles on 2/13/1953 (Going to OKC: 1B Rod Madera. Going to LA: 1B Bernie Opitz, CF Leroy McKenzie)
Traded from Los Angeles to Dallas on 2/28/1954 (Going to DAL: CF Leroy McKenzie, RF Jose Napoles. Going to LA: P Francis Osgood, P Charles Beecher, P James Palafox, P Jerry Ward)
Drove in 6 runs against New Orleans on 4/17/1954
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Omaha on 7/13/1954
Traded from Dallas to Los Angeles on 7/28/1954 (Going to DAL: RF Faustino Castaneda, 3B Pete Rustin. Going to LA: CF Leroy McKenzie, 2B Robert George, P Pablo Herrero)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Long Beach on 8/27/1954
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1954, hitting .542 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Traded from Los Angeles to Oklahoma on 6/23/1955 (Going to LA: C Robert Nicol, P Lawrence Choice. Going to OKC: 1B Kevin Pazos, CF Leroy McKenzie)
7/21/1955: Signed a contract extension with Oklahoma, $4,350,000 per year, for 2 years