Sam Leever
[edit] Biography
Born on December 23, 1871 in Goshen, Ohio, Sam Leever (Samuel Leever) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates for his entire 13 year career. Leever broke into the bigs on May 26, 1898 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.18 ERA in 379 innings pitched in 1899, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Sam Leever's best season was 1903, when he posted a 2.06 ERA, won 25 games and struck out 90 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1898
| PIT
| N
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 2.45
| 15
| 10
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 26
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1899
| PIT
| N
| 51
| 39
| 21
| 23
| 3.18
| 121
| 191
| 134
| 35
| 4
| 3
| 379
| 353
| 7
| 122
| 0
| 8
| 11
|
| 1900
| PIT
| N
| 30
| 29
| 15
| 13
| 2.71
| 84
| 101
| 70
| 25
| 3
| 0
| 232.2
| 236
| 2
| 48
| 0
| 10
| 10
|
| 1901
| PIT
| N
| 21
| 20
| 14
| 5
| 2.86
| 82
| 82
| 56
| 18
| 2
| 0
| 176
| 182
| 2
| 39
| 0
| 5
| 7
|
| 1902
| PIT
| N
| 28
| 26
| 15
| 7
| 2.39
| 86
| 73
| 59
| 23
| 4
| 2
| 222
| 203
| 2
| 31
| 0
| 3
| 8
|
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| 36
| 34
| 25
| 7
| 2.06
| 90
| 99
| 65
| 30
| 7
| 1
| 284.1
| 255
| 2
| 60
| 0
| 6
| 5
|
| 1904
| PIT
| N
| 34
| 32
| 18
| 11
| 2.17
| 63
| 85
| 61
| 26
| 1
| 0
| 253.1
| 224
| 2
| 54
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1905
| PIT
| N
| 33
| 29
| 20
| 5
| 2.70
| 81
| 94
| 69
| 20
| 3
| 1
| 229.2
| 199
| 3
| 54
| 0
| 5
| 12
|
| 1906
| PIT
| N
| 36
| 31
| 22
| 7
| 2.32
| 76
| 84
| 67
| 25
| 6
| 0
| 260.1
| 232
| 3
| 48
| 0
| 3
| 7
|
| 1907
| PIT
| N
| 31
| 24
| 14
| 9
| 1.66
| 65
| 70
| 40
| 17
| 5
| 0
| 216.2
| 182
| 3
| 46
| 0
| 1
| 8
|
| 1908
| PIT
| N
| 38
| 20
| 15
| 7
| 2.10
| 28
| 60
| 45
| 14
| 4
| 2
| 192.2
| 179
| 1
| 41
| 0
| 3
| 6
|
| 1909
| PIT
| N
| 19
| 4
| 8
| 1
| 2.83
| 23
| 30
| 22
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 70
| 74
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1910
| PIT
| N
| 26
| 8
| 6
| 5
| 2.76
| 33
| 45
| 34
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 111
| 104
| 2
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 388
| 299
| 194
| 100
| 2.47
| 847
| 1024
| 731
| 241
| 39
| 13
| 2660.2
| 2449
| 29
| 587
| 0
| 46
| 90
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1898
| PIT
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| PIT
| N
| P
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 100
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1900
| PIT
| N
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 52
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1901
| PIT
| N
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 54
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1902
| PIT
| N
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 42
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1902
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 76
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1904
| PIT
| N
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 67
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1905
| PIT
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 70
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .906
|
| 1906
| PIT
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 52
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1907
| PIT
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 39
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1908
| PIT
| N
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 44
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1909
| PIT
| N
| P
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1910
| PIT
| N
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 35
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 388
| 0
| 0
| 83
| 659
| 34
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1898
| PIT
| N
| 5
| 12
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .250
| .357
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| PIT
| N
| 51
| 146
| 15
| 33
| 0
| 18
| .226
| .271
| .322
| 6
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1900
| PIT
| N
| 30
| 88
| 9
| 18
| 1
| 5
| .205
| .222
| .307
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| PIT
| N
| 21
| 71
| 10
| 13
| 0
| 4
| .183
| .247
| .197
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| PIT
| N
| 29
| 90
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 8
| .178
| .204
| .256
| 3
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| 36
| 115
| 11
| 19
| 0
| 12
| .165
| .193
| .183
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| PIT
| N
| 34
| 99
| 12
| 26
| 1
| 14
| .263
| .305
| .354
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| PIT
| N
| 33
| 88
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 5
| .102
| .141
| .148
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| PIT
| N
| 36
| 95
| 9
| 20
| 0
| 5
| .211
| .257
| .242
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| PIT
| N
| 31
| 73
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 2
| .151
| .195
| .151
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| PIT
| N
| 38
| 61
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 3
| .148
| .212
| .180
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| PIT
| N
| 19
| 24
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .167
| .259
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| PIT
| N
| 26
| 31
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .065
| .121
| .065
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 389
| 993
| 90
| 183
| 2
| 78
| .184
| .228
| .236
| 17
| 14
| 49
| 8
| 7
| 25
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
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