Dixie Leverett
[edit] Biography
Born on March 29, 1894 in Georgetown, Texas, Dixie Leverett (Gorham Vance Leverett) played for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Braves over the course of his 5 year career. Leverett broke into the bigs on May 6, 1922 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 3.34 ERA in 223.2 innings pitched in 1922, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Dixie Leverett's best season was 1922, when he posted a 3.34 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 60 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1922
| CHI
| A
| 33
| 27
| 13
| 10
| 3.34
| 60
| 95
| 83
| 16
| 4
| 2
| 223.2
| 224
| 11
| 79
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1923
| CHI
| A
| 38
| 24
| 10
| 13
| 4.06
| 64
| 108
| 87
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 192.2
| 212
| 6
| 64
| 0
| 1
| 6
|
| 1924
| CHI
| A
| 21
| 11
| 2
| 3
| 5.82
| 29
| 72
| 64
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 99
| 123
| 2
| 41
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| 1926
| CHI
| A
| 6
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 6.00
| 12
| 18
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 31
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1929
| BOS
| N
| 24
| 12
| 3
| 7
| 6.36
| 28
| 81
| 69
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 97.2
| 135
| 5
| 30
| 0
| 3
| 5
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 24
| 12
| 3
| 7
| 6.36
| 28
| 81
| 69
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 97.2
| 135
| 5
| 30
| 0
| 3
| 5
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 98
| 65
| 26
| 27
| 4.17
| 165
| 293
| 250
| 30
| 4
| 5
| 539.1
| 590
| 20
| 191
| 0
| 8
| 12
|
| Total
|
|
| 122
| 77
| 29
| 34
| 4.51
| 193
| 374
| 319
| 33
| 4
| 6
| 637
| 725
| 25
| 221
| 0
| 11
| 17
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1922
| CHI
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 51
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1923
| CHI
| A
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 49
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1924
| CHI
| A
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 25
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| 1926
| CHI
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1929
| BOS
| N
| P
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 20
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 122
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 152
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1922
| CHI
| A
| 33
| 83
| 6
| 21
| 0
| 12
| .253
| .279
| .349
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 25
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1923
| CHI
| A
| 38
| 60
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 3
| .267
| .362
| .317
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 18
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| CHI
| A
| 21
| 32
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .188
| .212
| .250
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| CHI
| A
| 6
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .143
| .143
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| BOS
| N
| 24
| 32
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .188
| .235
| .219
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 24
| 32
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .188
| .235
| .219
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 98
| 182
| 17
| 44
| 0
| 17
| .242
| .292
| .313
| 11
| 1
| 12
| 57
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 122
| 214
| 20
| 50
| 0
| 19
| .234
| .284
| .299
| 12
| 1
| 14
| 67
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Boston Braves from Indianapolis (American Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 3, 1928).
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