Buck Leonard
1933–1948 · bats L / throws L · ASE, ASW, BCG, BRG, Homestead Grays, KCR, NAS, NNL
638G
.344AVG
.450OBP
.582SLG
More career statistics
786H
97HR
572RBI
33SB
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 638 | 537 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,287 | 1,751 |
| Batting · Doubles | 150 | 110 |
| Batting · Hits | 786 | 656 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 21 | 7 |
| Batting · Home runs | 97 | 109 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,758 | 2,115 |
| Batting · Runs | 563 | 470 |
| Batting · RBI | 572 | 311 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 33 | 28 |
| Batting · Triples | 52 | 43 |
| Batting · Walks | 419 | 335 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 638 | 2,758 | 2,287 | 563 | 786 | 150 | 52 | 97 | 572 | 419 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1,331 | .344 | .450 | .582 | 1.032 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1946-07-01 to 1946-08-12
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1935-06-17 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1936-07-25 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1935-07-13 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 288 | 1068 | 341 | 54 | 173 | 180 | 15 | .390 | .488 | .708 |
| Away | 249 | 1047 | 315 | 55 | 138 | 155 | 5 | .359 | .449 | .639 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 5 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .174 | .143 |
| May | 120 | 482 | 139 | 26 | 70 | 71 | 4 | .350 | .436 | .662 |
| June | 135 | 522 | 164 | 30 | 79 | 89 | 7 | .386 | .485 | .711 |
| July | 130 | 528 | 178 | 26 | 73 | 81 | 1 | .402 | .491 | .698 |
| August | 112 | 414 | 128 | 21 | 70 | 67 | 8 | .370 | .471 | .659 |
| September | 35 | 146 | 44 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 0 | .370 | .479 | .622 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 125 | 512 | 156 | 17 | 68 | 69 | 7 | .355 | .439 | .604 |
| newark-eagles | 110 | 422 | 119 | 31 | 67 | 86 | 6 | .361 | .486 | .706 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 103 | 417 | 123 | 18 | 56 | 68 | 4 | .361 | .458 | .628 |
| new-york-cubans | 81 | 290 | 109 | 20 | 56 | 41 | 3 | .445 | .517 | .829 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 39 | 154 | 50 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 0 | .376 | .442 | .594 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 36 | 128 | 42 | 11 | 32 | 23 | 0 | .404 | .508 | .865 |
| WEG | 12 | 49 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 0 | .528 | .633 | .917 |
| BRN | 9 | 42 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .342 | .405 | .579 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 |  Homestead Grays | 44 | 170 | 66 | 5 | 16 | 5 | .388 | – | – |
| 1936 | Homestead Grays | 40 | 147 | 45 | 7 | 16 | 3 | .306 | – | – |
| 1937 | Homestead Grays | 38 | 130 | 53 | 10 | 21 | 1 | .408 | – | – |
| 1938 | Homestead Grays | 39 | 129 | 55 | 10 | 17 | 1 | .426 | – | – |
| 1939 | Homestead Grays | 28 | 87 | 37 | 10 | 29 | 1 | .425 | – | – |
| 1940 | Homestead Grays | 45 | 139 | 55 | 10 | 24 | – | .396 | – | – |
| 1941 | Homestead Grays | 48 | 150 | 55 | 11 | 29 | 5 | .367 | – | – |
| 1942 | Homestead Grays | 20 | 49 | 14 | 1 | 7 | – | .286 | – | – |
| 1943 | Homestead Grays | 45 | 157 | 57 | 4 | 34 | 3 | .363 | – | – |
| 1944 | Homestead Grays | 50 | 155 | 58 | 8 | 31 | 3 | .374 | – | – |
| 1945 | Homestead Grays | 35 | 105 | 44 | 8 | 21 | – | .419 | – | – |
| 1946 | Homestead Grays | 44 | 144 | 48 | 7 | 26 | 3 | .333 | – | – |
| 1947 | Homestead Grays | 24 | 83 | 29 | 6 | 17 | 2 | .349 | – | – |
| 1948 | Homestead Grays | 37 | 106 | 40 | 12 | 23 | 1 | .377 | – | – |