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Lefty Leifield
Albert Peter Leifield

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 3, 1905
Final Game September 24, 1920
Born September 5, 1883 in Trenton, IL
Died October 10, 1970 in Alexandria, VA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1905 21 PIT NL   5   2   8   7   6   1   1  0   56.0   52   23   18   0   14   10   4   0   228       0  2.89  2.99  103 1.179
 1906 22 PIT NL  18  13  37  31  24   8   5  1  255.7  214   90   53   3   68  111  14   3  1008       0  1.87  2.68  144 1.103
 1907 23 PIT NL  20  16  40  33  24   6   7  1  286.0  270  107   74   1  100  112  12   4  1166       0  2.33  2.44  105 1.294
 1908 24 PIT NL  15  14  34  26  18   5   6  2  218.7  168   69   51   1   86   87  12   3   891       0  2.10  2.30  110 1.162
 1909 25 PIT NL  19   8  32  27  13   3   3  0  201.7  172   76   53   4   54   43   6   1   810       0  2.37  2.56  108 1.121
 1910 26 PIT NL  15  13  40  30  13   3   8  2  218.3  197   84   64   6   67   64  10   3   857       1  2.64  3.14  119 1.209
 1911 27 PIT NL  16  16  42  37  26   2   4  1  318.0  301  114   93   7   82  111  16   2  1254       1  2.63  3.42  130 1.204
 1912 28 TOT NL   8   4  19  10   5   2   5  0   94.3   97   41   30   0   31   31   5   0   408       0  2.86  3.29  115 1.357
         PIT NL   1   2   6   1   1   1   2  0   23.7   29   15   11   0   10    8   2   0   112       0  4.18  3.26   78 1.648
         CHC NL   7   2  13   9   4   1   3  0   70.7   68   26   19   0   21   23   3   0   296       0  2.42  3.30  136 1.259
 1913 29 CHC NL   0   1   6   1   0   0   2  0   21.3   28   14   13   0    5    4   0   0    93       0  5.48  3.16   58 1.547
 1918 34 SLB AL   2   6  15   6   3   1   6  0   67.0   61   23   19   1   19   22   2   0   266       0  2.55  2.74  107 1.194
 1919 35 SLB AL   6   4  19   9   6   2   6  0   92.0   96   40   30   4   25   18   4   0   385       0  2.93  3.31  113 1.315
 1920 36 SLB AL   0   0   4   0   0   0   3  0    9.0   17   12    7   0    3    3   0   1    45       0  7.00  3.90   56 2.222
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .561 124  97 296 217 138  33  56  7 1838.0 1673  693  505  27  554  616  85  17  7411       2  2.47  2.85  115 1.212
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    16  12  39  28  18   4   7  0  243.3  221   91   66   3   73   81  11   2   982   0   0  2.47  2.85  115 1.212
 Career High     20  16  42  37  26   8   8  2  318.0  301  114   93   7  100  112  16   4  1254   0   1  1.87  3.42  144 1.103

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1905 21 PIT NL   8   20    2    7   1  1   0    5   0      2      .350  .409  .500  167   10   0           0    
 1906 22 PIT NL  37   88    6   11   0  0   0    3   1      6      .125  .181  .125   -6   11   4           0    
 1907 23 PIT NL  40  102    5   15   2  3   0    4   0      4      .147  .179  .225   26   23   2           0    
 1908 24 PIT NL  34   75    6   17   1  1   0    2   2      4      .227  .266  .267   70   20   3           0    
 1909 25 PIT NL  32   73    2   14   1  3   0    8   1      3      .192  .224  .288   55   21   2           0    
 1910 26 PIT NL  40   60    6   11   2  0   0    4   0      7  15  .183  .269  .217   38   13   9           0    
 1911 27 PIT NL  43  102   12   24   2  0   0    2   1     17  17  .235  .355  .255   69   26   3           2    
 1912 28 TOT NL  19   33    5    4   1  1   0    1   0      3  16  .121  .194  .212   11    7   3           0    
         PIT NL   6    7    2    1   0  0   0    0   0      2   4  .143  .333  .143   33    1   0           0    
         CHC NL  13   26    3    3   1  1   0    1   0      1  12  .115  .148  .231    3    6   3           0    
 1913 29 CHC NL   7    7    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1918 34 SLB AL  15   19    0    1   1  0   0    1   0      1   5  .053  .100  .105  -37    2   0           0    
 1919 35 SLB AL  19   30    1    3   0  0   0    0   0      1   5  .100  .129  .100  -36    3   0           0    
 1920 36 SLB AL   4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     298  611   46  107  11  9   0   30   5  0  48  63  .175  .238  .223   36  136  26   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        332   25   58   6  5   0   16   3  0  26  34  .175  .238  .223   36   74  14   0   0   1   0
 Career High     43  102   12   24   2  3   0    8   2  0  17  17                          26   9   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1905 21 PIT NL   22   13    4   8.2    86| .350  .268| .409  .330| .500  .350| .909  .680| 167  .823   1.6   0.2     
 1906 22 PIT NL   98   81    2   0.6    79| .125  .257| .181  .325| .125  .328| .306  .652|  -6  .053 -11.1  -1.3     
 1907 23 PIT NL  108   89    4   1.2    77| .147  .254| .179  .321| .225  .323| .404  .644|  26  .149  -9.5  -1.2     
 1908 24 PIT NL   82   61    5   2.2    72| .227  .247| .266  .308| .267  .318| .533  .626|  70  .365  -2.8  -0.3     
 1909 25 PIT NL   78   61    5   2.2    80| .192  .258| .224  .326| .288  .332| .512  .658|  55  .332  -4.6  -0.5     
 1910 26 PIT NL   76   58    3   1.4    93| .183  .271| .269  .346| .217  .359| .486  .705|  38  .145  -4.8  -0.5     
 1911 27 PIT NL  124   81    9   3.0    99| .235  .273| .355  .351| .255  .376| .610  .727|  69  .369  -3.3  -0.4     
 1912 28 TOT NL   39   32    1   0.8   100| .121  .280| .194  .350| .212  .381| .406  .731|  11  .049  -4.3  -0.5     
         PIT NL    9    6    0   0.0    99| .143  .279| .333  .349| .143  .380| .476  .729|  33  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
         CHC NL   30   26    1   1.0   100| .115  .280| .148  .350| .231  .382| .379  .732|   3  .069  -3.7  -0.4     
 1913 29 CHC NL    7    7    0   0.0    91| .000  .270| .000  .334| .000  .367| .000  .701|-100  .000  -1.8  -0.2     
 1918 34 SLB AL   20   18    0   0.0    80| .053  .257| .100  .328| .105  .328| .205  .655| -37  .000  -3.2  -0.4     
 1919 35 SLB AL   31   27    0   0.0    97| .100  .279| .129  .345| .100  .374| .229  .719| -36  .000  -5.6  -0.6     
 1920 36 SLB AL    2    2    0   0.0   109| .000  .295| .000  .360| .000  .405| .000  .765|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      687  530   33   1.7    85| .175  .262| .238  .332| .223  .344| .461  .676|  36  .206 -49.9  -5.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1905 21 PIT NL P 8 5 19 0 0 1.000 .941 3.00 2.42 3.86 2.97 7 56.0 1906 22 PIT NL P 37 12 78 3 3 .968 .948 2.43 2.40 3.17 3.05 31 255.7 1907 23 PIT NL P 40 18 94 6 3 .949 .950 2.80 2.27 3.52 2.97 33 286.0 1908 24 PIT NL P 34 6 62 5 4 .932 .952 2.00 2.13 2.80 2.99 26 218.7 1909 25 PIT NL P 32 6 53 3 1 .952 .939 1.84 1.95 2.63 2.84 27 201.7 1910 26 PIT NL P 40 13 75 2 2 .978 .945 2.20 1.77 3.63 2.82 30 218.3 1911 27 PIT NL P 42 12 82 7 6 .931 .943 2.24 1.72 2.66 2.77 37 318.0 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1 0 0 1912 28 TOT NL P 19 10 31 1 2 .976 .947 2.16 1.55 3.91 2.55 10 94.4 PIT NL P 6 4 10 0 0 1.000 .946 2.33 1.55 5.32 2.54 1 23.7 CHC NL P 13 6 21 1 2 .964 .947 2.08 1.55 3.44 2.55 9 70.7 1913 29 CHC NL P 6 0 10 0 0 1.000 .952 1.67 1.57 4.23 2.62 1 21.3 1918 34 SLB AL P 15 2 23 0 1 1.000 .951 1.67 1.85 3.36 2.82 6 67.0 1919 35 SLB AL P 19 1 30 0 1 1.000 .948 1.63 1.76 3.03 2.83 9 92.0 1920 36 SLB AL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 1.65 1.00 2.70 0 9.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1911 27 PIT NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1 0 0 1905 21 PIT NL P 8 5 19 0 0 1.000 .941 3.00 2.42 3.86 2.97 7 56.0 1906 22 PIT NL P 37 12 78 3 3 .968 .948 2.43 2.40 3.17 3.05 31 255.7 1907 23 PIT NL P 40 18 94 6 3 .949 .950 2.80 2.27 3.52 2.97 33 286.0 1908 24 PIT NL P 34 6 62 5 4 .932 .952 2.00 2.13 2.80 2.99 26 218.7 1909 25 PIT NL P 32 6 53 3 1 .952 .939 1.84 1.95 2.63 2.84 27 201.7 1910 26 PIT NL P 40 13 75 2 2 .978 .945 2.20 1.77 3.63 2.82 30 218.3 1911 27 PIT NL P 42 12 82 7 6 .931 .943 2.24 1.72 2.66 2.77 37 318.0 1912 28 TOT NL P 19 10 31 1 2 .976 .947 2.16 1.55 3.91 2.55 10 94.4 PIT NL P 6 4 10 0 0 1.000 .946 2.33 1.55 5.32 2.54 1 23.7 CHC NL P 13 6 21 1 2 .964 .947 2.08 1.55 3.44 2.55 9 70.7 1913 29 CHC NL P 6 0 10 0 0 1.000 .952 1.67 1.57 4.23 2.62 1 21.3 1918 34 SLB AL P 15 2 23 0 1 1.000 .951 1.67 1.85 3.36 2.82 6 67.0 1919 35 SLB AL P 19 1 30 0 1 1.000 .948 1.63 1.76 3.03 2.83 9 92.0 1920 36 SLB AL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 1.65 1.00 2.70 0 9.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 296 85 558 27 23 .960 .947 2.17 1.97 217 1838.0 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 297 85 558 27 23 .960 .947 2.16 1.97
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1909   WS    PIT DET     W   1   1  11.25  0  1  0  0   4     7   5   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1909   WS    PIT DET     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1906 NL-1.87-5
1911 NL-2.63-6
Car-2.47-37

Wins
1907 NL-20-5
1909 NL-19-7

Won-Loss %
1909 NL-.704-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1906 NL-1.103-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1908 NL-6.91-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1909 NL-2.41-9
1911 NL-2.32-7

Games
1907 NL-40-5
1911 NL-42-9

Saves
1907 NL-1-8
1908 NL-2-6
1910 NL-2-9

Innings
1907 NL-286.0-7
1911 NL-318.0-3

Strikeouts
1907 NL-112-10

Games Started
1907 NL-33-6
1911 NL-37-2

Comp. Games
1907 NL-24-9
1911 NL-26-4

Shutouts
1906 NL-8-2
1907 NL-6-4
1908 NL-5-9
Car-33-87

Home Runs Allow.
1910 NL-6-5

Bases On Balls Allow.
1907 NL-100-7
1908 NL-86-7

Hits Allowed
1907 NL-270-5
1911 NL-301-2

Losses
1907 NL-16-8
1911 NL-16-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1907 NL-74-8
1911 NL-93-8

Hit Batsmen
1906 NL-14-4
1907 NL-12-6
1908 NL-12-5
1910 NL-10-7
1911 NL-16-1
Car-85-96

Batters Faced
1907 NL-1166-6
1911 NL-1254-5

Adjusted ERA+
1906 NL-144-5
1910 NL-119-10
1911 NL-130-7

Oldest Player
1919 AL-35-9
1920 AL-36-6

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 55 (451) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 25.0 (202) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 44.0 (295) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

May 30, 1912: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Tommy Leach to the Chicago Cubs for King Cole and Solly Hofman.


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