Buck Leonard

Walter Fenner Leonard

Born: September 8, 1907 in Rocky Mount, NC
Died: November 27, 1997 in Rocky Mount, NC
(90 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 5'10"

Wt: 185

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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972
• Buried: Garden of Gethsemane Cemetery (Rocky Mount, NC)
• Relatives: Charlie Leonard (Brother)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1933	BRG	IND	25	1B	1	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.600	.600	.800	1.400	285
1934	HG	IND	26	1B	20	86	78	12	26	3	0	3	17	0		6			0	2			.333	.381	.487	.868	168
1935	HG	NN2	27	1B	39	175	153	29	59	17	3	4	34	5		17			1	4			.386	.450	.614	1.065	166
1936	HG	NN2	28	1B	31	138	111	32	38	3	3	6	30	2		25			0	2			.342	.463	.586	1.049	168
1937	HG	NN2	29	1B	39	183	157	50	59	12	3	13	52	2		22			2	2			.376	.459	.739	1.197	209
1938	HG	NN2	30	1B	37	157	132	33	55	10	5	7	48	1		21			0	4			.417	.497	.727	1.224	222
1939	HG	MULT	31	1B	37	160	129	38	51	11	0	12	51	3		25				6			.395	.494	.760	1.253	236
1940	HG	NN2	32	1B	49	206	168	44	62	12	3	8	48	2		34				4			.369	.475	.619	1.094	187
1941	HG	NN2	33	1B	46	198	158	54	56	9	6	11	39	6		37				3			.354	.477	.696	1.173	240
1942	HG	NN2/WS	34	1B	34	137	116	19	26	5	0	0	13	3		20			1	0			.224	.343	.267	.610	77
1943	HG/SAS	MULT	35	1B	75	347	284	80	92	19	9	4	67	3		55			2	6	0		.324	.437	.496	.933	155
1944	HG	NN2/WS	36	1B	54	236	195	52	68	15	6	8	45	2		34			1	6	0		.349	.448	.610	1.058	189
1945	HG	NN2/WS	37	1B	40	172	148	31	50	5	3	5	31	0		20			2	2			.338	.424	.514	.937	174
1946	HG	NN2	38	1B	50	209	169	37	57	7	4	7	47	3		38			0	2			.337	.459	.550	1.009	190
1947	HG	NN2	39	1B	32	124	102	17	31	5	1	6	23	2		22			0	0			.304	.427	.549	.976	166
15	3			1B	584	2533	2105	530	733	134	46	94	546	34		376			9	43	0		.348	.449	.590	1.039	184
162 Game Average						703	584	147	203	37	13	26	151	9		104			4	12	0		.348	.449	.590	1.039	184

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants			1B	1	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.600	.600	.800	1.400	285
14	Homestead Grays			1B	582	2523	2097	526	730	133	46	94	545	34		374			9	43	0		.348	.449	.590	1.039	184
1	South All Stars			1B	1	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		2			0	0	0		.000	.400	.000	.400	34

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1933	BRG	IND	5	.645	.335	0.0%	8.0%					0.0%	1.0%	.200	.104
1934	HG	IND	86	.392	.298	7.0%	8.4%					3.5%	1.4%	.154	.099
1935	HG	NN2	175	.460	.356	9.7%	8.8%					2.3%	1.5%	.229	.136
1936	HG	NN2	138	.465	.352	18.1%	8.9%					4.3%	1.6%	.243	.123
1937	HG	NN2	183	.506	.341	12.0%	8.2%					7.1%	1.4%	.363	.127
1938	HG	NN2	157	.522	.340	13.4%	9.3%					4.5%	1.5%	.311	.126
1939	HG	MULT	160	.523	.340	15.6%			8.4%			7.5%	1.8%	.364	.112
1940	HG	NN2	206	.479	.347	16.5%	9.5%					3.9%	1.4%	.250	.121
1941	HG	NN2	198	.509	.316	18.7%	8.1%					5.6%	1.2%	.342	.102
1942	HG	NN2/WS	137	.312	.328	14.6%			9.3%			0.0%	1.1%	.043	.097
1943	HG/SAS	MULT	347	.435	.349	15.9%			9.6%			1.2%	0.7%	.173	.098
1944	HG	NN2/WS	236	.469	.338	14.4%			8.5%			3.4%	0.9%	.262	.100
1945	HG	NN2/WS	172	.436	.326	11.6%			8.6%			2.9%	0.8%	.176	.086
1946	HG	NN2	209	.467	.332	18.2%	8.5%					3.3%	0.9%	.213	.088
1947	HG	NN2	124	.451	.343	17.7%	8.9%					4.8%	1.0%	.245	.104
15	3		2533	.463	.338	14.8%	8.8%					3.7%	1.2%	.241	.108

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	Brooklyn Royal Giants		5	.645	.335	0.0%	8.0%					0.0%	1.0%	.200	.104
14	Homestead Grays		2523	.463	.338	14.8%	8.8%					3.7%	1.2%	.242	.108
1	South All Stars		5	.310	.300	40.0%	4.7%					0.0%	0.3%	.000	.079

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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