#46 Leon Day, Starting Pitcher, 23 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubs Sunday, 10/22/1940 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Leon Day
10/30/1916 23 NEGRO,LG,PLAYER 5"8 175
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Loyal Some ability 2 / 6 (Fair) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Average Normal Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 2,664,286 1940 (Arbitration eligible) 4 Year(s), 76 Days (764 total Days) 172 Day(s) 5 Year(s), 0 Days (860 total Days) 6 Year(s) Arbitration eligible 1 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 6 | 5 | 8 | 91-94 Mph |
Versus LHB | 6 | 5 | 8 | |
Versus RHB | 6 | 4 | 8 | |
Talent | 7 | 4 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 63 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Versus RHP | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Talent | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 9 8 3 3 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 8 (Range), .953 (Fielding Pct.) 2B : 8 (Range), .966 (Fielding Pct.) CF : 7 (Range), .950 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 10
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 32 | 32 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 6.47 | 243.1 | 259 | 194 | 175 | 144 | 185 | 16 | 50.0 | 1 | 8 | 25.0 |
Projected | 32 | 32 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 6.47 | 243.0 | 259 | 194 | 175 | 144 | 185 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 14.9 | 9.6 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 5.56 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 473 | 144 | 53 | 13 | 20 | 105 | 106 | 80 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .399 | .598 | .998 |
vs. RHB | 470 | 115 | 42 | 8 | 20 | 84 | 88 | 64 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .326 | .496 | .822 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 16 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 6.14 | 132.0 | 140 | 101 | 90 | 70 | 99 |
Road | 16 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6.87 | 111.1 | 119 | 93 | 85 | 74 | 86 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5.87 | 38.1 | 32 | 31 | 25 | 32 | 40 |
May | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10.36 | 28.2 | 42 | 33 | 33 | 17 | 14 |
June | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6.81 | 39.2 | 53 | 32 | 30 | 14 | 25 |
July | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.68 | 50.2 | 50 | 36 | 32 | 22 | 43 |
August | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.08 | 39.0 | 37 | 27 | 22 | 26 | 35 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6.32 | 47.0 | 45 | 35 | 33 | 33 | 28 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1936 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.12 | 26.0 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1.31 | .282 | PHA CHC |
1937 | 39 | 39 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 5.19 | 320.2 | 306 | 205 | 185 | 48 | 144 | 237 | 24 | 0 | 1.40 | .274 | CHC |
1938 | 38 | 38 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 5.49 | 301.2 | 308 | 202 | 184 | 56 | 113 | 239 | 19 | 3 | 1.40 | .285 | CHC |
1939 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 4.86 | 272.0 | 259 | 159 | 147 | 37 | 116 | 195 | 20 | 0 | 1.38 | .274 | CHC |
1940 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 6.47 | 243.1 | 259 | 194 | 175 | 40 | 144 | 185 | 16 | 1 | 1.66 | .305 | CHC |
Total | 145 | 145 | 49 | 74 | 0 | 5.41 | 1163.2 | 1155 | 771 | 700 | 184 | 528 | 875 | 82 | 4 | 1.45 | .284 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1934, AAA | 31 | 31 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3.60 | 245.0 | 237 | 117 | 98 | 40 | 84 | 247 | 11 | 1 | 1.31 | .301 |
1935, AAA | 31 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2.74 | 256.1 | 233 | 97 | 78 | 27 | 89 | 276 | 16 | 2 | 1.26 | .308 |
1936, AAA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 | 8.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1.38 | .269 |
1937, AAA | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 | 27.0 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1.11 | .323 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1936 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | PHA CHC |
1937 | 39 | 116 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 33 | 6 | 2 | .181 | .211 | .233 | .444 | CHC |
1938 | 38 | 110 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 4 | .136 | .150 | .200 | .350 | CHC |
1939 | 33 | 95 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 4 | .168 | .186 | .200 | .386 | CHC |
1940 | 34 | 83 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 1 | .145 | .174 | .193 | .367 | CHC |
Total | 147 | 413 | 65 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 101 | 19 | 11 | .157 | .180 | .206 | .386 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 32 | 32 | 10 | 53 | 2 | 64 | 1 | .984 | 243.1 | 2.37 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1934... Traded from Philadelphia (A) to Chicago (N) on 6/19/1936 (Going to CHC: P Leon Day, P Ed Walsh. Going to PHA: P Satchel Paige, P William Mccall, 2B Sam Bankhead, SS Calvin Chapman, RF Doc Cramer) ... Injured on 6/23/1936 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks... Had first career hit on 10/4/1936, off Wayne Carr (STL)... Earned first career win on 4/10/1937... Hit first career homerun on 7/1/1937, off Julio Bonetti (STL)... Won Player of the Week award on 9/18/1938, winning 2 games with a 2.00 ERA... Injured on 8/18/1939 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 3 weeks... 1/31/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,664,286 through salary arbitration...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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Losses 1937 - 18 - 4th 1938 - 18 - 3rd 1939 - 16 - 10th
| IP 1937 - 320.2 - 6th
| K's 1937 - 237 - 6th 1938 - 239 - 5th 1939 - 195 - 10th
| BB 1937 - 144 - 4th 1938 - 113 - 8th 1939 - 116 - 9th
| CG 1937 - 24 - 7th
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SHO 1938 - 3 - 5th
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