Rick Leach

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: May 4, 1957 in Ann Arbor, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 11th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Southwestern HS (Flint, MI), the Philadelphia Phillies in the 24th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) and the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (13th) of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI).

High School: Southwestern HS (Flint, MI)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: April 30, 1981 (Age 23-361d, 14,447th in major league history)
vs. SEA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 5, 1990 (Age 33-093d)
vs. LAD 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Full Name: Richard Max Leach

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

1719

460

.268

205

RBI

183

OBP

.335

SLG

.369

OPS

.704

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 7	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	3	1B
2	4	Apr 8	DET		CHW	L,3-6	GS	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
3	9 (4)	Apr 15	DET	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
4	11 (1)	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
5	13 (1)	Apr 22	DET		SEA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	19 (5)	May 1 (2)	DET	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
7	21 (1)	May 4	DET	@	SEA	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
8	27 (5)	May 12	DET		OAK	L,4-11	GS	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	30 (2)	May 15	DET	@	KCR	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
10	32 (1)	May 17	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	50	11.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
11	34 (1)	May 19	DET		TEX	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
12	35	May 20	DET		TEX	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
13	37 (1)	May 22	DET		TEX	W,12-5	GF	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
14	38	May 23	DET	@	TOR	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
15	39	May 24	DET	@	TOR	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
16	43 (3)	May 28	DET		MIN	W,6-1	GS	24	7.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
17	45 (1)	May 30	DET		TOR	L,4-6	GS	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	46	Jun 1	DET		TOR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
19	47	Jun 2	DET		TOR	L,1-6	CG	35	9.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
20	50 (2)	Jun 5	DET	@	TEX	W,5-4	GS	25	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
21	54 (3)	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	16	0	0	16	3	1B
22	55	Jun 10	DET		CLE	W,7-1	GS	27	7.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
23	56	Jun 11	DET		CLE	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
24	58 (1)	Jun 12 (2)	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
25	59	Jun 14	DET		BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
26	62 (2)	Jun 17	DET	@	CLE	W,11-4	GS	19	4.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
27	63	Jun 18	DET	@	CLE	L,8-12	CG	43	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
28	64	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
29	65	Jun 20	DET		MIL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
30	68 (2)	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	W,9-0	GF	9	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
31	72 (3)	Jun 29	DET	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	7	0	0	7	1	1B
32	73	Jun 30	DET	@	MIL	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	74	Jul 1	DET		BAL	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
34	79 (4)	Jul 10	DET		OAK	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
35	82 (2)	Jul 13	DET		CAL	W,7-1	GS	25	6.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
36	83	Jul 14	DET	@	SEA	W,4-2	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
37	89 (5)	Jul 20	DET	@	OAK	L,2-9	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
38	90	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	CAL	W,5-1	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
39	94 (3)	Jul 24	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS	39	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
40	96 (1)	Jul 27	DET		SEA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
41	98 (1)	Jul 29 susp	DET		KCR	W,10-1	GF	13	4.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
42	100 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	DET		KCR	W,8-6	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	102 (1)	Aug 1	DET		KCR	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
44	104 (1)	Aug 3	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
45	105	Aug 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
46	108 (2)	Aug 7	DET	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
47	109	Aug 8 (1)	DET		CHW	L,4-5	GS	19	4.0	4	1	1	6	0	1B
48	110	Aug 8 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-2	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
49	111	Aug 9	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
50	112	Aug 11	DET		NYY	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
51	113	Aug 12	DET		NYY	W,7-6	GS	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
52	114	Aug 13	DET		NYY	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
53	115	Aug 14	DET		NYY	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
54	118 (2)	Aug 17	DET	@	KCR	W,10-4	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
55	119	Aug 19	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
56	120	Aug 20	DET	@	MIN	W,9-1	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
57	121	Aug 21	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
58	123 (1)	Aug 23	DET	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
59	124	Aug 24	DET	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
60	125	Aug 25	DET		CHW	W,10-1	GF	8	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
61	128 (2)	Aug 28	DET		TOR	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	3	1	9	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	132 (3)	Sep 1	DET		TEX	W,5-0	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
63	134 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	TOR	L,7-8	GS	36	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
64	137 (2)	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
65	139 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
66	141 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
67	142	Sep 10	DET	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	RF
68	143	Sep 11	DET	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
69	144	Sep 12	DET		CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	145	Sep 13	DET		CLE	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
71	146	Sep 14	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
72	148 (1)	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
73	149	Sep 18	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF 1B
74	150	Sep 20	DET		BAL	W,14-1	GF	17	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
75	152 (1)	Sep 21 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
76	153	Sep 22	DET		BAL	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
77	154	Sep 23	DET		BOS	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
78	156 (1)	Sep 25	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
79	158 (1)	Sep 28	DET	@	BAL	W,9-5	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
80	159	Sep 29	DET	@	BAL	W,9-4	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
81	160	Sep 30	DET		MIL	L,2-6	GS	27	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
82	161	Oct 1	DET		MIL	L,1-10	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
83	162	Oct 2	DET		MIL	L,4-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
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