Al Leiter

Full Name: Alois Terry Leiter	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/200	First Game: September 15, 1987
Birthdate: October 23, 1965	Final Game: October 2, 2005
Birthplace: Toms River, New Jersey	MLB Experience: 19 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on October 23, 1965 in Toms River, New Jersey, Al Leiter (Alois Terry Leiter) played for the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Florida Marlins and New York Mets over the course of his 19 year career. Leiter broke into the bigs on September 15, 1987 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.92 ERA in 57.1 innings pitched in 1988, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Al Leiter's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1998, when he posted a 2.47 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 174 batters. However, others believe that it was 2000, when he posted a 3.20 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 200 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1987	NY	A	4	4	2	2	6.35	28	16	16	0	0	0	22.2	24	2	15	0	4	0
1988	NY	A	14	14	4	4	3.92	60	27	25	0	0	0	57.1	49	7	33	0	1	5
1989	TOR	A	1	1	0	0	4.05	4	3	3	0	0	0	6.2	9	1	2	0	1	0
1989	NY	A	4	4	1	2	6.07	22	20	18	0	0	0	26.2	23	1	21	0	1	2
1989	TOT	A	5	5	1	2	5.67	26	23	21	0	0	0	33.1	32	2	23	0	2	2
1990	TOR	A	4	0	0	0	.00	5	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	1	0	2	0	0	0
1991	TOR	A	3	0	0	0	27.00	1	5	5	0	0	0	1.2	3	0	5	0	0	0
1992	TOR	A	1	0	0	0	9.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
1993	TOR	A	34	12	9	6	4.11	66	52	48	1	1	2	105	93	8	56	2	2	4
1994	TOR	A	20	20	6	7	5.08	100	68	63	1	0	0	111.2	125	6	65	3	7	2
1995	TOR	A	28	28	11	11	3.64	153	80	74	2	1	0	183	162	15	108	1	14	6
1996	FLA	N	33	33	16	12	2.93	200	74	70	2	1	0	215.1	153	14	119	3	5	11
1997	FLA	N	27	27	11	9	4.34	132	78	73	0	0	0	151.1	133	13	91	4	2	12
1998	NY	N	28	28	17	6	2.47	174	55	53	4	2	0	193	151	8	71	2	4	11
1999	NY	N	32	32	13	12	4.23	162	107	100	1	1	0	213	209	19	93	8	4	9
2000	NY	N	31	31	16	8	3.20	200	84	74	2	1	0	208	176	19	76	1	4	11
2001	NY	N	29	29	11	11	3.31	142	81	69	0	0	0	187.1	178	18	46	3	5	4
2002	NY	N	33	33	13	13	3.48	172	99	79	2	2	0	204.1	194	23	69	5	1	8
2003	NY	N	30	30	15	9	3.99	139	83	80	1	1	0	180.2	176	15	94	11	5	9
2004	NY	N	30	30	10	8	3.21	117	65	62	0	0	0	173.2	138	16	97	8	1	11
2005	NY	A	16	10	4	5	5.49	45	42	38	0	0	0	62.1	66	4	38	0	2	6
2005	FLA	N	17	16	3	7	6.64	52	61	59	0	0	0	80	88	9	60	2	0	6
2005	Total		33	26	7	12	6.13	97	103	97	0	0	0	142.1	154	13	98	2	2	12
Total	NL		290	289	125	95	3.58	1490	787	719	12	8	0	1806.2	1596	154	816	47	31	92
Total	AL		129	93	37	37	4.48	484	314	291	4	2	2	584.1	556	44	347	6	32	25
Total			419	382	162	132	3.80	1974	1101	1010	16	10	2	2391	2152	198	1163	53	63	117

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1987	NY	A	P	4	4	22.2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1988	NY	A	P	14	14	57.1	0	11	1	0	1	3	4	1	.917
1989	TOR	A	P	1	1	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000
1989	NY	A	P	4	4	26.2	1	2	0	0	0	4	3	1	1.000
1989	TOT	A	P	5	5	33.1	1	2	0	0	0	6	3	1	1.000
1990	TOR	A	P	4	0	6.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1991	TOR	A	P	3	0	1.2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1992	TOR	A	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1993	TOR	A	P	34	12	105	4	12	1	0	0	7	5	0	.941
1994	TOR	A	P	20	20	111.2	3	13	0	2	2	3	4	0	1.000
1995	TOR	A	P	28	28	183	7	15	0	2	7	10	9	1	1.000
1996	FLA	N	P	33	33	215.1	8	22	2	3	3	7	9	1	.938
1997	FLA	N	P	27	27	151.1	0	14	0	1	0	12	16	2	1.000
1998	NY	N	P	28	28	193	4	18	0	0	2	11	4	0	1.000
1999	NY	N	P	32	32	213	3	18	4	1	2	26	8	2	.840
2000	NY	N	P	31	31	208	5	34	0	2	1	22	13	9	1.000
2001	NY	N	P	29	29	187.1	6	22	2	2	1	17	5	3	.933
2002	NY	N	P	33	33	204.1	1	31	3	2	0	29	12	3	.914
2003	NY	N	P	30	30	180.2	4	27	0	4	0	21	11	4	1.000
2004	NY	N	P	30	30	173.2	7	26	0	4	0	16	7	5	1.000
2005	NY	A	P	16	10	62.1	2	5	1	1	1	4	1	0	.875
2005	FLA	N	P	17	16	80	1	12	0	1	0	11	2	0	1.000
2005	Total		P	33	26	142.1	3	17	1	2	1	15	3	0	.952
Total			P	419	382	2391	57	286	14	25	20	206	113	32	.961

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1987	NY	A	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	NY	A	14	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	TOR	A	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	NY	A	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	TOT	A	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	TOR	A	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	TOR	A	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	TOR	A	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	TOR	A	34	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	TOR	A	20	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	TOR	A	28	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	FLA	N	33	70	3	7	1	.100	.149	.100	0	0	4	45	7	1
1997	FLA	N	27	48	2	5	1	.104	.157	.104	0	0	3	25	2	3
1998	NY	N	28	57	1	6	4	.105	.203	.158	3	0	7	32	5	0
1999	NY	N	32	57	1	6	5	.105	.136	.140	2	0	2	29	11	0
2000	NY	N	31	58	1	3	0	.052	.113	.052	0	0	4	33	9	1
2001	NY	N	29	62	2	4	3	.065	.094	.097	0	1	2	28	0	0
2002	NY	N	33	53	3	8	2	.151	.262	.170	1	0	8	28	3	2
2003	NY	N	30	53	2	1	0	.019	.055	.019	0	0	2	28	5	2
2004	NY	N	30	54	0	5	0	.093	.140	.111	1	0	3	30	2	1
2005	NY	A	16	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	FLA	N	17	18	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	12	4	0
2005	Total		33	18	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	12	4	0
Total	NL		290	530	15	45	16	.085	.142	.102	7	1	35	290	48	10
Total	AL		129	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			419	530	15	45	16	.085	.142	.102	7	1	35	290	48	10

[edit] Transactions

Selected by New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1984 - signed June 23, 1984).
Traded by New York Yankees to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Jesse Barfield (April 30, 1989).
Granted free agency (November 6, 1995).
Signed by Florida Marlins (December 14, 1995).
Traded by Florida Marlins with Ralph Milliard to New York Mets in exchange for A.J. Burnett, Jesus Sanchez and Robert Stratton (February 6, 1998).
Granted free agency (November 11, 2004).
Signed by Florida Marlins (December 8, 2004).
Sent to New York Yankees by Florida Marlins for future considerations (July 16, 2005).
Granted free agency (November 4, 2005).
Signed by New York Yankees (January 6, 2006).