Dutch Leonard

1933–1953 · 20 seasons · Bats right, throws right · Born 1909

More than one Major Leaguer has this name. This page is the Dutch Leonard who played 1933–1953. The other one:

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Pitching: 14 of 18 columns. Folded away: HR, BFP, CG, SHO. Hitting: 17 of 26 columns. Folded away: CS, TB, HBP, wOBA, wRAA, WAR: Bat, WAR: Field, WAR: Run, WAR: Pos.

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Pitching

SeasonTeamLgGGSIPWLSVSOBBHERERAWHIPWARFIP
1933Brooklyn DodgersNL10340.023061042132.921.300.53.36
1934Brooklyn DodgersNL4420183.7141155833210673.281.321.74.04
1935Brooklyn DodgersNL4311137.72984129152603.921.310.94.29
1936Brooklyn DodgersNL16032.00018534133.661.220.34.14
1938Washington SenatorsAL3331223.3121506853221853.421.233.43.93
1939Washington SenatorsAL3434269.3208088592731063.541.234.03.90
1940Washington SenatorsAL3535289.014190124783281123.491.414.33.83
1941Washington SenatorsAL3433256.0181309154271983.441.275.43.07
1942Washington SenatorsAL6535.022015528164.110.940.82.52
1943Washington SenatorsAL3130219.7111315146218803.281.202.73.40
1944Washington SenatorsAL3231229.3141406237222783.061.133.83.11
1945Washington SenatorsAL3129216.017719635208512.131.134.82.64
1946Washington SenatorsAL2623161.7101006236182643.561.352.33.29
1947Philadelphia PhilliesNL3229235.01712010357224702.681.204.23.35
1948Philadelphia PhilliesNL3430225.7121709254226632.511.244.53.25
1949Chicago CubsNL3328180.071608343198834.151.344.52.71
1950Chicago CubsNL35174.0516282770313.771.310.34.23
1951Chicago CubsNL41181.71063302869242.651.190.93.32
1952Chicago CubsNL45066.72211372456162.161.200.73.08
1953Chicago CubsNL45062.7238272472324.601.53-0.34.79
Career20 seasons6403743218.3191181441170737330411623.251.2649.6

Hitting

SeasonTeamLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPSWAR
1933Brooklyn DodgersNL101311100000010.000.000.000.000-0.3
1934Brooklyn DodgersNL44726731231040160.179.179.254.433-0.6
1935Brooklyn DodgersNL434139111002190.026.050.051.101-0.8
1936Brooklyn DodgersNL1665120000010.400.400.400.8000.0
1938Washington SenatorsAL338682101932052120.232.250.317.567-0.3
1939Washington SenatorsAL341099522130021120.221.229.253.482-0.7
1940Washington SenatorsAL3511010161600041110.158.167.158.325-1.3
1941Washington SenatorsAL34100881920081130.102.112.125.237-1.5
1942Washington SenatorsAL61210110000110.100.182.100.282-0.1
1943Washington SenatorsAL3180670700032101.104.130.104.235-1.2
1944Washington SenatorsAL32887961810014100.228.265.241.506-0.3
1945Washington SenatorsAL3187789182009150.231.241.256.497-0.4
1946Washington SenatorsAL2660532900072170.170.200.170.370-0.6
1947Philadelphia PhilliesNL328980414100122160.175.205.188.392-0.8
1948Philadelphia PhilliesNL34868311201040220.145.155.169.323-1.1
1949Chicago CubsNL33635941210052150.203.230.220.450-0.5
1950Chicago CubsNL351716010000050.063.063.063.125-0.3
1951Chicago CubsNL412221100001050.000.000.000.000-0.6
1952Chicago CubsNL451010020000010.200.200.200.400-0.1
1953Chicago CubsNL451010031002010.300.300.400.7000.0
Career20 seasons6401161105453177184069201831.168.185.193.378-11.3

Gold shading marks a top-five finish in that league that season. Filled for first, shaded for second and third, faint for fourth and fifth, with the exact place in the corner of the cell. These rankings are ours, not part of the source data: we work them out from the season lines on this site and count each league on its own, so a first in the American League is not a first across baseball. Rate statistics use the same qualifying line as the season tool, which is why a relief pitcher can have the lowest ERA in his league and still have no shading on it — he did not pitch enough innings to qualify. A ranking is only drawn when its column is on screen; press Show all columns for the rest. On a season where this player both batted and pitched, the WAR column is left unshaded either way: the data keeps one WAR ranking for the year and does not say which of the two it belongs to, and a guess here would put a league lead on the wrong line.

The dark chips beside a season are awards. Those are records rather than our arithmetic: MVP (Most Valuable Player), CY (Cy Young Award), ROY (Rookie of the Year), GG (Gold Glove), SS (Silver Slugger). Two of them are lettered in the metal they are named after — Gold Glove in gold, Silver Slugger in silver — but the letters say which is which, so nothing here depends on telling the two apart by colour.

Any shaded cell or chip will explain itself. Point at one, or tab to it and it opens on focus, and it names the league, the season and the statistic in full. On a touchscreen, tap it once to open and once more to close.

Not every award existed yet. This database has Rookie of the Year from 1947, Cy Young Award from 1956, Gold Glove from 1957, Silver Slugger from 1980. A season before that is a season the award did not exist, not a season this player missed out on.

The WAR columns are worked out on this site — they are not part of the source data, and they will not match Baseball-Reference exactly.

Everything else on this page comes straight from the Lahman database. WAR is our own calculation from those same season lines: fielding is estimated from putouts and assists rather than measured, fielding innings are missing before 1954, and the fielding component is capped. Treat it as a reasonable estimate of value, not as a record. The season tool explains the method in full.

means the value is not in the source for that season, which is not the same as zero. In the Career and Subtotal rows it marks a statistic that cannot be added up across seasons — wOBA and FIP both need league constants that change every year, so we leave them blank rather than invent one. Leagues on this page: NL (National League), AL (American League).

Data for 1871 to 2025: Lahman Baseball Database 2025, compiled by SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) and licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported. Negro Leagues data licensed from Seamheads.com and included under SABR major-league recommendations (2021-02-11, 2024-06-03). The season lines on this page are our own derivative of that database — the WAR columns are computed here — and they are published under the same CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence, as ShareAlike requires. That database is published once a season is complete, so the 2026 figures on this site come from a different place: the MLB Stats API, whose notice reads “Copyright 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Use of any content on this page acknowledges agreement to the terms posted here http://gdx.mlb.com/components/copyright.txt”. Those numbers are MLB Advanced Media, L.P.’s, not SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)’s, and they carry that notice rather than the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported licence above. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Major League Baseball or any of its clubs.