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.

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[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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