Leon Day - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Leon Day

Leon Day

Born: October 30, 1916 in Alexandria, VA
Died: March 13, 1995 in Baltimore, MD
(78 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 170

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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995
• Buried: Arbutus Memorial Park (Arbutus, MD)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

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+
1934	BBS	NN2	17	SP	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1935	BE/EAS	EWA/NN2	18	SP	21	54	50	7	11	4	0	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.220	.264	.300	.564	43
1936	NE	NN2	19	SP	22	54	50	9	15	2	0	0	6	0		2			0	2			.300	.327	.340	.667	75
1937	MULT	EWA/NN2	20	SP	11	29	25	8	10	2	0	0	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	1		0	.400	.464	.480	.944	142
1938	NE	NN2	21	SP	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	31
1939	EAS/NE	MULT	22	SP	26	62	59	8	18	2	4	0	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.305	.328	.475	.802	110
1940	VEZ	MEX	23	SP	14	49	47	6	14	4	1	1	11	0		2	5		0	0			.298	.327	.489	.816	110
1941	NE	NN2	24	2B	54	213	196	29	65	12	5	4	26	4		14			0	3			.332	.376	.505	.881	145
1942	MULT	EWA/NN2	25	CF	48	160	147	26	46	6	2	2	30	1	0	13	0	0	0	0		0	.313	.369	.422	.791	124
1943	MULT	MULT	26	2B	35	138	124	18	33	5	1	0	9	2	0	10	1		1	3			.266	.326	.323	.649	74
1946	EAS/NE	MULT	29	SP	28	70	62	15	21	2	1	1	10	0	0	7	0	0	1	0		0	.339	.414	.452	.866	138
11	8			SP	264	834	765	126	234	39	14	8	110	7	0	56	6	0	2	11	0	0	.306	.355	.425	.780	112
162 Game Average						512	469	77	144	24	9	5	68	4	0	34	42	0	1	7	0	0	.306	.355	.425	.780	112

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+
10	Negro Leagues				250	785	718	120	220	35	13	7	99	7	0	54	1	0	2	11	0	0	.306	.357	.421	.777	112
1	vs Latin Leagues				14	49	47	6	14	4	1	1	11	0		2	5		0	0			.298	.327	.489	.816	110

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	Baltimore Black Sox			-	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
6	East All Stars			RP	9	7	7	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	18
9	Newark Eagles			SP	229	744	678	112	208	31	13	7	94	7		53			2	11			.307	.359	.422	.781	113
2	Homestead Grays			SP	2	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.167	.167	.333	.500	40
1	Azules de Veracruz			SP	14	49	47	6	14	4	1	1	11	0		2	5		0	0			.298	.327	.489	.816	110
1	NNL All Stars II			RP	3	12	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.273	.333	.273	.606	102
1	NNL North All Stars			-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0
1	Philadelphia Stars			2B	3	15	15	4	7	2	0	0	3	0		0			0	0			.467	.467	.600	1.067	174

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1934	BBS	NN2	1		.000	.331		0.0%	7.7%								0.0%	0.8%		.000	.093
1935	BE/EAS	EWA/NN2	54		.258	.355		5.6%			0.0%	8.9%					0.0%	1.5%		.080	.133
1936	NE	NN2	54		.303	.348		3.7%	8.8%								0.0%	1.6%		.040	.124
1937	MULT	EWA/NN2	29		.422	.348		10.3%			0.0%	8.3%					0.0%	1.6%		.080	.134
1938	NE	NN2	4		.235	.346		0.0%	9.3%								0.0%	1.5%		.000	.128
1939	EAS/NE	MULT	62		.353	.347		3.2%			0.0%	8.8%					0.0%	1.7%		.169	.121
1940	VEZ	MEX	49		.363	.353		4.1%	9.4%		10.2%	10.2%		0.40	0.92		2.0%	1.2%		.191	.127
1941	NE	NN2	213		.395	.330		6.6%	8.4%								1.9%	1.2%		.173	.112
1942	MULT	EWA/NN2	160		.376	.336		8.1%			0.0%	9.8%					1.3%	1.1%		.109	.101
1943	MULT	MULT	138		.311	.354		7.2%			0.7%	9.6%		10.00			0.0%	0.7%		.056	.103
1946	EAS/NE	MULT	70		.414	.346		10.0%			0.0%	9.4%					1.4%	1.0%		.113	.100
11	8		834		.359	.343		6.7%	9.1%		10.7%	9.8%		0.33	1.06		1.0%	1.2%		.119	.112

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
10	Negro Leagues		785		.358	.342		6.9%	9.1%		14.3%	8.5%		0.00	1.61		0.9%	1.2%		.114	.111
1	vs Latin Leagues		49		.363	.353		4.1%	9.4%		10.2%	10.2%		0.40	0.92		2.0%	1.2%		.191	.127

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	Baltimore Black Sox		1		.000	.331		0.0%	7.7%								0.0%	0.8%		.000	.093
6	East All Stars		7		.179	.312		0.0%	11.3%		14.3%	11.9%		0.00	1.05		0.0%	1.0%		.143	.089
9	Newark Eagles		744		.360	.343		7.1%	9.1%								0.9%	1.2%		.115	.112
2	Homestead Grays		6		.225	.341		0.0%	9.2%								0.0%	1.2%		.167	.112
1	Azules de Veracruz		49		.363	.353		4.1%	9.4%		10.2%	10.2%		0.40	0.92		2.0%	1.2%		.191	.127
1	NNL All Stars II		12		.302	.280		8.3%	4.9%								0.0%	0.4%		.000	.082
1	NNL North All Stars		0			.000			0.0%									0.0%			.000
1	Philadelphia Stars		15		.498	.369		0.0%	10.3%								0.0%	0.7%		.133	.108

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