Freddy Leach

Left Field

1923—1932

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Left Field RANK
NR

Player Detail

Frederick
GIVEN NAME
Leach
SURNAME
November 23, 1897, in Springfield, MO
BORN
December 10, 1981, in Hagerman, ID, USA
DIED
1923—1932
Playing Career
Played from 25-34
PLAYING AGE
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Giants
Boston Braves
Teams Played For
Left Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Philadelphia Phillies
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
UNKNOWN
BATTING ORDER
5-11 / 183
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
May 24, 1923
Major League Debut
September 20, 1932
FINAL GAME

Related Content

WHO IS Freddy Leach?

Freddy Leach had a peculiar habit in the outfield: when he was in left field, he would position himself so he was facing the center fielder and point his toes in that direction. As a result, he had to turn his head and peer over his right shoulder to see home plate. Freddy felt it gave him an edge at going back on the baseball. He hit .300 six times, but was most famous for being traded straight-up for Lefty O’Doul.
Freddy abruptly quit baseball at the age of 34 because he preferred to farm potatoes in Idaho. He did just that for more than 40 years until his retirement from the spud business in the early 1970s.
  • Freddy Leach Scouting Report

55

HITTING

55

POWER

40

RUNNING

30

FIELDING

30

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
991
1147
72
509
.307

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
NR
55.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.787
.798
98.6

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.307
.341
.446

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Rigg Stephenson
Lefty O'Doul

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Freddy Leach Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Leach
561
172
82
29
8
11
76
24
28
5
250
201
.307
.341
.446
787
AVG LF
538
163
84
28
8
9
45
39
10
235
212
.303
.361
.437
.798

Freddy Leach Rankings

AT Left Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
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NR
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Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Left Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Freddy Leach PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
8.0
NA
NA
NA
1.30
68.6
43.2
31.4
22.4
4.81
BLUE = Freddy Leach
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
368.7
208.0
151.6
101.2
26.4
BLUE = Freddy Leach
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF