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Leon Day

Leon Day

Born: October 30, 1916 in Alexandria, VA
Died: March 13, 1995 in Baltimore, MD
(78 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 170

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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995
• Buried: Arbutus Memorial Park (Arbutus, MD)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1934	BBS	NN2	17	SP	0	0		2	1		0	0	0	3.0	12	12	11	0	2	2	0		2	25	36.00	13
1935	BE/EAS	EWA/NN2	18	SP	7	4	.636	18	13	0	8	0	2	107.2	63	52	109	5	43	65	0	0	10	469	4.35	117
1936	NE	NN2	19	SP	5	5	.500	12	11	1	6	1	0	76.1	39	34	69	3	39	54	0		1	330	4.01	133
1937	MULT	EWA/NN2	20	SP	3	0	1.000	7	4	3	2	1	2	37.0	23	21	36	4	12	29	0	0	0	158	5.11	95
1938	NE	NN2	21	SP	1	1	.500	2	2	0	1	1	0	9.2	3	3	6	2	2	3	0		0	37	2.79	188
1939	EAS/NE	MULT	22	SP	9	7	.563	21	14	5	9	2	0	117.0	66	56	111	9	52	66	1	0	2	508	4.31	112
1940	VEZ	MEX	23	SP	6	0	1.000	9	6		4	0		67.0	27	24	61		26	29			0	282	3.22	146
1941	NE	NN2	24	2B	3	3	.500	6	5	1	3	0	0	39.1	25	22	45	1	22	32	0	0	0	175	5.03	89
1942	MULT	EWA/NN2	25	CF	10	2	.833	14	10	3	10	2	0	98.1	20	18	61	3	33	97	1	0	0	384	1.65	243
1943	MULT	MULT	26	2B	4	3	.571	12	7	5	3	0	0	63.2	32	26	57	1	27	47	0	0	0	258	3.68	155
1946	EAS/NE	MULT	29	SP	13	2	.867	19	17	2	14	3	1	141.0	48	39	107	4	55	116	0	0	3	590	2.49	176
11	6			SP	61	27	.693	122	90	20	60	10	5	760.0	358	307	673	32	313	540	2	0	18	3216	3.64	133
162 Game Average					20	9	.693	39	29	8	19	3	2	243.2	115	98	216	11	100	173	1	0	6	1032	3.64	133

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
10	Negro Leagues				55	27	.671	113	84	20	56	10	5	693.0	331	283	612	32	287	511	2	0	18	2934	3.68	132
1	vs Latin Leagues				6	0	1.000	9	6		4	0		67.0	27	24	61		26	29			0	282	3.22	146

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Baltimore Black Sox			-	0	0		2	1		0	0	0	3.0	12	12	11	0	2	2	0		2	25	36.00	13
6	East All Stars			RP	1	0	1.000	9	0	6	0	0	2	21.1	4	2	13	0	8	22	0	0	0	83	0.84	909
9	Newark Eagles			SP	53	26	.671	99	80	14	54	10	3	646.0	303	259	568	29	269	462	2	0	16	2734	3.61	134
2	Homestead Grays			SP	1	0	1.000	2	2	0	1	0	0	13.2	10	9	14	3	2	17	0	0	0	55	5.93	82
1	Azules de Veracruz			SP	6	0	1.000	9	6		4	0		67.0	27	24	61		26	29			0	282	3.22	146
1	NNL All Stars II			RP	0	1	.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	2	1	6	0	6	8			0	37	1.00	929

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1934	BBS	NN2	17	SP	3.0		4.33	1.42		8.0%	12.4%		8.0%	7.8%		1.00	1.60		0.0%	0.9%
1935	BE/EAS	EWA/NN2	18	SP	107.2		1.41	1.52		13.9%	12.1%		9.2%	13.6%		1.51	1.30		1.1%	1.9%
1936	NE	NN2	19	SP	76.1		1.41	1.54		16.4%	11.4%		11.8%	8.9%		1.38	1.28		0.9%	1.5%
1937	MULT	EWA/NN2	20	SP	37.0		1.30	1.46		18.4%	11.3%		7.6%	8.2%		2.42	1.40		2.5%	2.1%
1938	NE	NN2	21	SP	9.2		0.83	1.49		8.1%	11.0%		5.4%	9.0%		1.50	1.22		5.4%	1.4%
1939	EAS/NE	MULT	22	SP	117.0		1.39	1.45		13.0%	15.1%		10.2%	10.3%		1.27	1.33		1.8%	2.1%
1940	VEZ	MEX	23	SP	67.0		1.30	1.54		10.3%	12.0%		9.2%	9.6%		1.12	1.25
1941	NE	NN2	24	2B	39.1		1.70	1.43		18.3%	11.8%		12.6%	8.3%		1.45	1.41		0.6%	1.2%
1942	MULT	EWA/NN2	25	CF	98.1		0.96	1.37		25.3%	15.9%		8.6%	9.1%		2.94	1.41		0.8%	0.7%
1943	MULT	MULT	26	2B	63.2		1.32	1.68		18.2%	11.6%		10.5%	9.9%		1.74	1.14		0.4%	0.9%
1946	EAS/NE	MULT	29	SP	141.0		1.15	1.42		19.7%	14.1%		9.3%	8.1%		2.11	1.35		0.7%	1.0%
11	6			SP	760.0		1.30	1.48		16.8%	12.0%		9.7%	9.1%		1.73	1.32		1.1%	1.3%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
10	Negro Leagues				693.0		1.30	1.48		17.4%	12.0%		9.8%	9.1%		1.78	1.33		1.1%	1.3%
1	vs Latin Leagues				67.0		1.30	1.54		10.3%	12.0%		9.2%	9.6%		1.12	1.25

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1	Baltimore Black Sox			-	3.0		4.33	1.42		8.0%	12.4%		8.0%	7.8%		1.00	1.60		0.0%	0.9%
6	East All Stars			RP	21.1		0.98	1.17		26.5%	15.8%		9.6%	11.4%		2.75	1.64		0.0%	1.5%
9	Newark Eagles			SP	646.0		1.30	1.48		16.9%	11.9%		9.8%	9.0%		1.72	1.32		1.1%	1.3%
2	Homestead Grays			SP	13.2		1.17	1.38		30.9%	11.8%		3.6%	8.4%		8.50	1.42		5.5%	1.2%
1	Azules de Veracruz			SP	67.0		1.30	1.54		10.3%	12.0%		9.2%	9.6%		1.12	1.25
1	NNL All Stars II			RP	9.0		1.33	2.39		21.6%	9.1%		16.2%	14.2%		1.33	0.64		0.0%	0.3%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1934	BBS	NN2	17	SP	2	25	21	12	11	2	1	0	1		2	2		2	0		0	.524	.600	.714	1.314
1935	BE/EAS	EWA/NN2	18	SP	18	469	402	63	109	24	4	5	14	1	43	65	1	10	14	0	7	.271	.356	.388	.744
1936	NE	NN2	19	SP	12	330	282	39	69	12	2	3	6		39	54		1	8		7	.245	.339	.333	.672
1937	MULT	EWA/NN2	20	SP	7	158	143	23	36	7	1	4	1	0	12	29	0	0	3		2	.252	.310	.399	.708
1938	NE	NN2	21	SP	2	37	35	3	6	0	0	2	0		2	3		0	0		0	.171	.216	.343	.559
1939	EAS/NE	MULT	22	SP	21	508	449	66	111	13	3	9	2	1	52	66	1	2	5	0	8	.247	.328	.350	.678
1940	VEZ	MEX	23	SP	9	282	0	27	61						26	29		0					3.346
1941	NE	NN2	24	2B	6	175	150	25	45	7	5	1	1		22	32	0	0	3		3	.300	.390	.433	.823
1942	MULT	EWA/NN2	25	CF	14	384	351	20	61	8	1	3	2	0	33	97	0	0	0		3	.174	.245	.228	.473
1943	MULT	MULT	26	2B	12	258	226	32	57	8	4	1	5		27	47	0	0	5		0	.252	.332	.336	.668
1946	EAS/NE	MULT	29	SP	19	590	522	48	107	9	0	4	7	0	55	116	0	3	10		9	.205	.284	.245	.530
11	6			SP	122	3216	2581	358	673	90	21	32	39	2	313	540	2	18	48	0	39	.261	.345	.325	.670

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
10	Negro Leagues				113	2934	2581	331	612	90	21	32	39	2	287	511	2	18	48	0	39	.237	.318	.325	.643
1	vs Latin Leagues				9	282	0	27	61						26	29		0				.000	3.346	.000	.000

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Baltimore Black Sox			-	2	25	21	12	11	2	1	0	1		2	2		2	0		0	.524	.600	.714	1.314
6	East All Stars			RP	9	83	73	4	13	3	0	0	0	2	8	22	1	0	2	0	0	.178	.259	.219	.478
9	Newark Eagles			SP	99	2734	2405	303	568	83	20	29	38	0	269	462	1	16	44	0	38	.236	.317	.323	.641
2	Homestead Grays			SP	2	55	52	10	14	2	0	3	0		2	17		0	1		1	.269	.296	.481	.777
1	Azules de Veracruz			SP	9	282	0	27	61						26	29		0				.000	3.346	.000	.000
1	NNL All Stars II			RP	1	37	30	2	6	0	0	0			6	8		0	1			.200	.333	.200	.533

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