Eddie Leon
[edit] Biography
Eddie Leon (Eduardo Antonio Leon) was born on August 11, 1946 in Tucson, Arizona. He made his Major League debut on September 9, 1968 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1969, his rookie year, he hit .239 with 3 home runs and 19 RBI. Leon played for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees over the course of his 8 year career.
Most people believe that Eddie Leon's best season was 1970, when he knocked in 56 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1968
| CLE
| A
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| CLE
| A
| 64
| 213
| 20
| 51
| 3
| 19
| .239
| .300
| .310
| 6
| 0
| 19
| 37
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 3
| 3
|
| 1970
| CLE
| A
| 152
| 549
| 58
| 136
| 10
| 56
| .248
| .308
| .353
| 20
| 4
| 47
| 89
| 2
| 23
| 1
| 2
| 11
|
| 1971
| CLE
| A
| 131
| 429
| 35
| 112
| 4
| 35
| .261
| .317
| .326
| 12
| 2
| 34
| 69
| 1
| 12
| 3
| 5
| 16
|
| 1972
| CLE
| A
| 89
| 225
| 14
| 45
| 4
| 16
| .200
| .265
| .271
| 2
| 1
| 20
| 47
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 10
|
| 1973
| CHI
| A
| 127
| 399
| 37
| 91
| 3
| 30
| .228
| .291
| .291
| 10
| 3
| 34
| 103
| 3
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 10
|
| 1974
| CHI
| A
| 31
| 46
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .109
| .143
| .130
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1975
| NY
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 601
| 1862
| 165
| 440
| 24
| 159
| .236
| .296
| .313
| 51
| 10
| 156
| 358
| 7
| 55
| 7
| 11
| 54
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1968
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 6
| 0
| 13
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1969
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 64
| 64
| 558
| 114
| 185
| 15
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1970
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 23
| 12
| 123.1
| 26
| 40
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1970
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 1.1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 140
| 138
| 1190.2
| 342
| 378
| 13
| 102
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1971
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 22
| 17
| 143
| 36
| 54
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1971
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 109
| 106
| 900
| 235
| 271
| 9
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1972
| CLE
| A
| 2B
| 39
| 26
| 244.1
| 51
| 84
| 1
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| 1972
| CLE
| A
| SS
| 35
| 28
| 257
| 52
| 95
| 5
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1973
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 122
| 119
| 1052.2
| 198
| 382
| 17
| 78
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1973
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 3
| 3
| 26
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| CHI
| A
| DH
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1974
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 7
| 6
| 41.1
| 20
| 14
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1974
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 8.1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 21
| 6
| 86.2
| 17
| 33
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1975
| NY
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 9.2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 298
| 279
| 2402.1
| 652
| 757
| 24
| 202
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 294
| 246
| 2234.2
| 446
| 794
| 47
| 177
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (9th pick overall) of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1965).
- Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (3rd pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1966).
- Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 6, 1967).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Walt Williams (October 19, 1972).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox to New York Yankees in exchange for Cecil Upshaw (December 5, 1974).
- Released by New York Yankees (May 5, 1975).
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