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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	11	11	0	2	2	0		2	25	33.00	13
1935	EAS/BE	EWA/NN2	18	SP	7	4	.636	18	13		8	0	2	107.2	63	53	109	5	43	65	0	0	10	469	4.43	115
1936	NE	NN2	19	SP	5	5	.500	12	11		6	1	0	76.1	39	28	69	3	39	54	0		1	330	3.30	151
1937	MULT	EWA/NN2	20	SP	3	0	1.000	7	4		2	1	2	37.0	23	21	36	4	12	29	0	0	0	158	5.11	97
1938	NE	NN2	21	SP	1	1	.500	2	2		1	1	0	9.2	3	3	6	2	2	3	0		0	37	2.79	178
1939	EAS/NE	MULT	22	SP	7	4	.636	16	12		7	1	0	99.0	55	38	89	0	33	35	0	0	1	20	3.45	136
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	2	3	.400	5	5		3	0	0	34.2	25	22	42	1	22	22	0	0	0	158	5.71	75
1942	MULT	EWA/NN2	25	CF	9	2	.818	12	9		9	2	0	87.2	18	16	52	0	29	96	1	0	0	17	1.64	230
1943	MULT	MULT	26	2B	4	3	.571	12	7		3	0	0	63.2	32	27	57	1	27	47	0	0	0	260	3.82	150
1946	EAS/NE	MULT	29	SP	13	2	.867	19	17		14	3	1	140.0	48	38	107	4	55	116	0	0	3	590	2.44	176
11	6			SP	57	24	.704	114	87		57	9	5	725.2	345	281	639	20	290	498	1	0	17	2346	3.49	136
162 Game Average					19	8	.704	39	29		19	3	2	245.1	117	95	216	10	98	168	0	0	6	1023	3.49	136

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				51	24	.680	105	81		53	9	5	658.2	318	257	578	20	264	469	1	0	17	2064	3.51	135
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	11	11	0	2	2	0		2	25	33.00	13
6	East All Stars			RP	1	0	1.000	9	0		0	0	2	21.1	4	3	13	0	8	22	0	0	0	82	1.27	657
9	Newark Eagles			SP	49	23	.681	91	77		51	9	3	611.2	290	233	534	17	246	418	1	0	15	1896	3.43	137
2	Homestead Grays			SP	1	0	1.000	2	2		1	0	0	13.2	10	9	14	3	2	19	0		0	24	5.93	81
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		1	0	0	9.0	2	1	6	0	6	8	0		0	37	1.00	936

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%	12.6%		8.0%	7.7%		1.00	1.64		0.0%	0.9%
1935	EAS/BE	EWA/NN2	18	SP	107.2		1.41	1.53		13.9%	12.0%		9.2%	14.1%		1.51	1.30		1.1%	1.9%
1936	NE	NN2	19	SP	76.1		1.41	1.53		16.4%	11.5%		11.8%	8.9%		1.38	1.29		0.9%	1.5%
1937	MULT	EWA/NN2	20	SP	37.0		1.30	1.47		18.4%	11.3%		7.6%	8.2%		2.42	1.38		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	1.23		5.4%	1.4%
1939	EAS/NE	MULT	22	SP	99.0		1.23	1.44		8.5%	14.4%		8.0%	10.1%		1.06	1.32		0.0%
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	34.2		1.85	1.39		13.9%	11.8%		13.9%	8.2%		1.00	1.43		0.6%	1.2%
1942	MULT	EWA/NN2	25	CF	87.2		0.92	1.32		28.4%	15.6%		8.6%	9.1%		3.31	1.42		0.0%
1943	MULT	MULT	26	2B	63.2		1.32	1.67		18.1%	11.6%		10.4%	9.7%		1.74	1.16		0.4%	0.9%
1946	EAS/NE	MULT	29	SP	140.0		1.16	1.42		19.7%	13.8%		9.3%	8.1%		2.11	1.35		0.7%	1.0%
11	6			SP	725.2		1.28	1.47		16.3%	11.8%		9.5%	9.0%		1.72	1.32		1.0%	1.2%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
10	Negro Leagues				658.2		1.28	1.47		16.9%	11.8%		9.5%	8.9%		1.78	1.33		1.0%	1.2%
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%	12.6%		8.0%	7.7%		1.00	1.64		0.0%	0.9%
6	East All Stars			RP	21.1		0.98	1.25		26.8%	15.8%		9.8%	11.8%		2.75	1.60		0.0%	1.5%
9	Newark Eagles			SP	611.2		1.28	1.46		16.2%	11.7%		9.6%	8.8%		1.70	1.32		0.9%	1.2%
2	Homestead Grays			SP	13.2		1.17	1.37		33.3%	11.7%		3.5%	8.3%		9.50	1.41		12.5%	1.5%
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	2.38		21.6%	9.1%		16.2%	13.8%		1.33	0.66		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	EAS/BE	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	142	23	36	7	1	4	1	0	12	29	0	0	4	0	2	.254	.312	.401	.713
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	16	20	17	55	89	0	0	0	0	1	33	35	0	1	0	0	0	5.235	2.412	5.235	7.647
1940	VEZ	MEX	23	SP	9	282		27	61						26	29		0
1941	NE	NN2	24	2B	5	158	133	25	42	6	5	1	1		22	22	0	0	3		3	.316	.413	.459	.872
1942	MULT	EWA/NN2	25	CF	12	17	14	18	52	0	0	0	0	0	29	96	0	0	1	0	0	3.714	1.884	3.714	5.598
1943	MULT	MULT	26	2B	12	260	226	32	57	8	4	1	5		27	47		0	7	0	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	0	9	.205	.284	.245	.530
11	6			SP	114	2346	1794	345	639	68	17	20	35	2	290	498	1	17	47	0	28	.245	.329	.336	.664

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				105	2064	1794	318	578	68	17	20	35	2	264	469	1	17	47	0	28	.245	.329	.336	.664
1	vs Latin Leagues				9	282		27	61						26	29		0				.000	.000	.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	82	71	4	13	3	0	0	0	2	8	22	1	0	3	0	0	.183	.266	.225	.491
9	Newark Eagles			SP	91	1896	1651	290	534	62	16	17	34		246	418	0	15	41		27	.243	.326	.331	.657
2	Homestead Grays			SP	2	24	21	10	14	1	0	3	0		2	19		0	2		1	.429	.455	.905	1.359
1	Azules de Veracruz			SP	9	282		27	61						26	29		0				.000	.000	.000	.000
1	NNL All Stars II			RP	1	37	30	2	6	0	0	0	0		6	8		0	1			.200	.333	.200	.533

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