Dixie Leverett
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[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
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
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| 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
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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