Hubert Benjamin Leonard

Full Name: Hubert Benjamin Leonard	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10.5"/185	First Game: April 12, 1913
Birthdate: April 16, 1892	Final Game: July 19, 1925
Birthplace: Birmingham, Ohio	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: July 11, 1952
Deathplace: Fresno, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on April 16, 1892 in Birmingham, Ohio, Dutch Leonard (Hubert Benjamin Leonard) played for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 11 year career. Leonard broke into the bigs on April 12, 1913 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 2.39 ERA in 259.1 innings pitched in 1913, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Dutch Leonard's best season was 1914, when he posted a .96 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 176 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1913	BOS	A	42	28	14	16	2.39	144	108	69	14	3	1	259.1	245	0	94	6	4
1914	BOS	A	36	25	19	5	.96	176	34	24	17	7	3	224.2	139	3	60	2	8
1915	BOS	A	32	21	15	7	2.36	116	57	48	10	2	0	183.1	130	3	67	2	14
1916	BOS	A	48	34	18	12	2.36	144	87	72	17	6	6	274	244	6	66	8	8
1917	BOS	A	37	36	16	17	2.17	144	90	71	26	4	1	294.1	257	4	72	7	5
1918	BOS	A	16	16	8	6	2.72	47	51	38	12	3	0	125.2	119	0	53	7	2
1919	DET	A	29	28	14	13	2.77	102	89	67	18	4	0	217.1	212	7	65	4	7
1920	DET	A	28	27	10	17	4.33	76	107	92	10	3	0	191.1	192	8	63	13	8
1921	DET	A	36	32	11	13	3.75	120	125	102	16	1	1	245	273	15	63	7	10
1924	DET	A	9	7	3	2	4.56	26	32	26	3	0	1	51.1	68	1	18	1	1
1925	DET	A	18	18	11	4	4.51	65	73	63	9	0	0	125.2	143	7	43	4	1
Total			331	272	139	112	2.76	1160	853	672	152	33	13	2192	2022	54	664	61	68

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1913	BOS	A	P	42	5	68	8	0	.901
1914	BOS	A	P	36	6	41	2	1	.959
1915	BOS	A	P	32	3	30	2	0	.943
1916	BOS	A	P	48	7	49	3	1	.949
1917	BOS	A	P	37	5	60	1	2	.985
1918	BOS	A	P	16	4	25	2	2	.935
1919	DET	A	P	29	7	40	3	1	.940
1920	DET	A	P	28	7	41	2	0	.960
1921	DET	A	P	36	4	50	3	1	.947
1924	DET	A	P	9	0	11	1	0	.917
1925	DET	A	P	18	5	17	1	0	.957
Total			P	331	53	432	28	8	.945

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH
1913	BOS	A	42	83	9	15	3	.181	.261	.217	1	1	8	24	1	3
1914	BOS	A	36	68	3	10	4	.147	.194	.162	1	0	4	11	0	9
1915	BOS	A	32	53	8	14	3	.264	.381	.321	1	1	9	12	1	3
1916	BOS	A	48	85	2	17	10	.200	.253	.235	3	0	6	16	0	4
1917	BOS	A	37	104	5	9	1	.087	.144	.115	3	0	7	23	0	2
1918	BOS	A	16	43	2	8	3	.186	.286	.186	0	0	6	6	0	2
1919	DET	A	29	71	2	11	4	.155	.178	.155	0	0	2	8	0	6
1920	DET	A	28	57	2	12	5	.211	.308	.263	3	0	8	8	0	3
1921	DET	A	36	82	6	14	5	.171	.218	.183	1	0	5	13	0	5
1924	DET	A	9	19	2	4	2	.211	.250	.211	0	0	1	4	0	1
1925	DET	A	18	50	6	10	6	.200	.231	.260	3	0	2	7	0	1
Total			331	715	47	124	46	.173	.237	.201	16	2	58	132	2	39

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Traded by Boston Red Sox with Ernie Shore and Duffy Lewis to New York Yankees in exchange for Frank Gilhooley, Slim Love, Ray Caldwell, Roxy Walters and $15000 (December 18, 1918).
Sold by New York Yankees to Detroit Tigers for $12000 (May 17, 1919).

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