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Leon Wagner

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Full Name: Leon Lamar Wagner Primary Position: OF,LF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/195 First Game: June 22, 1958
Birthdate: May 13, 1934 Final Game: October 2, 1969
Birthplace: Chattanooga, Tennessee MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: January 3, 2004
Deathplace: Los Angeles, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Leon Wagner (Leon Lamar Wagner) was born on May 13, 1934 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He made his Major League debut on June 22, 1958 for the San Francisco Giants. In 1958, his rookie year, he hit .317 with 13 home runs and 35 RBI. Wagner played for the San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Angels, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Leon Wagner's best season was 1962, when he slugged 37 home runs and knocked in 107 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1958 SF N 74 221 31 70 13 35 .317 .371 .534 9 0 18 34 1 0 1 3 1
1959 SF N 87 129 20 29 5 22 .225 .361 .419 4 3 25 24 3 0 0 6 4
1960 STL N 39 98 12 21 4 11 .214 .333 .357 2 0 17 17 1 0 0 3 1
1961 LA A 133 453 74 127 28 79 .280 .348 .517 19 2 48 65 3 0 5 2 5
1962 LA A 160 612 96 164 37 107 .268 .326 .500 21 5 50 87 5 7 7 4 5
1963 LA A 149 550 73 160 26 90 .291 .352 .456 11 1 49 73 7 0 5 8 5
1964 CLE A 163 641 94 162 31 100 .253 .316 .434 19 2 56 121 6 2 14 12 13
1965 CLE A 144 517 91 152 28 79 .294 .369 .495 18 1 60 52 3 0 12 8 6
1966 CLE A 150 549 70 153 23 66 .279 .334 .441 20 0 46 69 1 0 5 9 12
1967 CLE A 135 433 56 105 15 54 .242 .317 .386 15 1 37 76 12 2 3 6 5
1968 CLE A 38 49 5 9 0 6 .184 .273 .265 4 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 2
1968 CHI A 69 162 14 46 1 18 .284 .366 .352 8 0 21 31 0 0 2 2 2
1968 TOT A 107 211 19 55 1 24 .261 .345 .332 12 0 27 37 0 0 2 2 4
1969 SF N 11 12 0 4 0 2 .333 .467 .333 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
Total NL 211 460 63 124 22 70 .270 .362 .459 15 3 62 76 6 0 1 13 6
Total AL 1141 3966 573 1078 189 599 .272 .337 .455 135 12 373 580 37 11 53 51 55
Total 1352 4426 636 1202 211 669 .272 .340 .455 150 15 435 656 43 11 54 64 61

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1958 SF N OF 57 56 433.1 89 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .949
1958 SF N LF 57 56 433.1 94 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1959 SF N LF 28 24 190 50 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1959 SF N OF 28 24 190 48 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1960 STL N RF 4 4 32 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1960 STL N OF 32 26 236.1 48 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1960 STL N LF 29 22 204.1 41 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1961 LA A RF 14 12 104.2 19 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1961 LA A OF 116 113 980 187 12 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1961 LA A LF 104 101 875.1 157 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1962 LA A RF 63 60 524 103 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1962 LA A OF 156 154 1370 269 7 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1962 LA A LF 102 94 846 165 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1963 LA A LF 136 134 1175 243 8 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1963 LA A RF 7 6 61.2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 LA A OF 141 140 1236.2 254 7 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1964 CLE A LF 163 160 1443 250 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1964 CLE A OF 163 160 1443 254 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1965 CLE A OF 134 132 1145 175 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1965 CLE A LF 134 132 1145 179 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1966 CLE A OF 139 138 1130.2 185 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1966 CLE A LF 139 138 1130.2 182 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1967 CLE A LF 117 115 894 137 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1967 CLE A OF 117 115 894 142 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1968 CLE A RF 3 3 20.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 CLE A OF 10 10 58.1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
1968 CLE A LF 7 7 38 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
1968 CHI A LF 10 7 70 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1968 CHI A OF 46 41 321.1 48 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1968 CHI A RF 36 34 251.1 32 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1968 TOT A LF 17 14 108 15 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .789
1968 TOT A OF 56 51 379.2 51 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .895
1968 TOT A RF 39 37 271.2 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1969 SF N OF 1 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 SF N LF 1 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 1027 991 8453.2 1516 49 59 5 0 0 0 0 0 .964
Total OF 1140 1110 9447.2 1705 51 65 5 0 0 0 0 0 .964
Total RF 127 119 994 175 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .967

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1954).
  • Traded by San Francisco Giants with Daryl Spencer to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Don Blasingame (December 15, 1959).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Cal Browning, cash and a player to be named later to Toronto (International) in exchange for Al Cicotte (October 11, 1960); Toronto (International) received Ellis Burton (January 26, 1961).
  • Traded by Toronto (International) to Los Angeles Angels in exchange for Lou Johnson (April 13, 1961).
  • Traded by Los Angeles Angels to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Barry Latman and a player to be named later (December 2, 1963); Los Angeles Angels received Joe Adcock (December 6, 1963).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Russ Snyder (June 13, 1968).
  • Sold by Chicago White Sox to Cincinnati Reds (December 5, 1968).
  • Returned to Chicago White Sox (April 5, 1969).
  • Released by Chicago White Sox (April 5, 1969).
  • Signed by San Francisco Giants (@May, 1969).
  • Released by San Francisco Giants (October 8, 1969).

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