Freddy Leach
1923–1932 · bats L / throws R · Boston Braves, MLS, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies
991G
.307AVG
.341OBP
.446SLG
More career statistics
1,147H
72HR
509RBI
32SB
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 · Caught stealing | 4 | 48 |
| Batting · Doubles | 196 | 195 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,996 | 3,998 |
| Batting · Runs | 543 | 541 |
| Batting · RBI | 509 | 512 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 32 | 33 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 991 | 3,996 | 3,733 | 543 | 1,147 | 196 | 53 | 72 | 509 | 163 | 189 | 32 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 1,665 | .307 | .341 | .446 | .787 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1930-07-28 to 1930-08-22
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1926-07-08 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 1931-07-11 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1929-06-20 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 497 | 1966 | 586 | 40 | 258 | 80 | 89 | .318 | .339 | .467 |
| Away | 494 | 2032 | 561 | 32 | 254 | 83 | 100 | .297 | .317 | .425 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 70 | 285 | 72 | 7 | 38 | 19 | 23 | .278 | .319 | .436 |
| May | 154 | 585 | 148 | 8 | 71 | 32 | 41 | .276 | .308 | .397 |
| June | 172 | 708 | 211 | 17 | 106 | 26 | 35 | .319 | .335 | .492 |
| July | 189 | 777 | 235 | 14 | 111 | 24 | 27 | .321 | .333 | .455 |
| August | 209 | 835 | 237 | 11 | 90 | 29 | 31 | .301 | .319 | .417 |
| September | 188 | 774 | 233 | 14 | 92 | 33 | 32 | .322 | .344 | .461 |
| October | 9 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .324 | .545 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 147 | 584 | 157 | 10 | 67 | 18 | 30 | .283 | .300 | .378 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 146 | 587 | 172 | 9 | 71 | 24 | 17 | .312 | .334 | .440 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 142 | 583 | 172 | 8 | 74 | 17 | 31 | .313 | .324 | .455 |
| cincinnati-reds | 141 | 550 | 162 | 3 | 64 | 33 | 23 | .323 | .355 | .429 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 139 | 565 | 146 | 15 | 81 | 26 | 42 | .279 | .304 | .426 |
| boston-braves | 122 | 520 | 147 | 10 | 77 | 13 | 18 | .301 | .308 | .449 |
| new-york-giants | 83 | 318 | 90 | 6 | 35 | 14 | 20 | .303 | .327 | .475 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 71 | 291 | 101 | 11 | 43 | 18 | 8 | .377 | .409 | .608 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 52 | 104 | 27 | 1 | 17 | 1 | .260 | – | – |
| 1924 | Philadelphia Phillies | 8 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 7 | – | .464 | – | – |
| 1925 | Philadelphia Phillies | 65 | 292 | 91 | 5 | 27 | 1 | .312 | – | – |
| 1926 | Philadelphia Phillies | 129 | 492 | 162 | 11 | 71 | 6 | .329 | – | – |
| 1927 | Philadelphia Phillies | 140 | 536 | 164 | 12 | 84 | 2 | .306 | – | – |
| 1928 | Philadelphia Phillies | 145 | 588 | 179 | 13 | 95 | 4 | .304 | – | – |
| 1929 |  New York Giants | 113 | 411 | 118 | 8 | 48 | 11 | .287 | – | – |
| 1930 | New York Giants | 126 | 544 | 179 | 13 | 73 | 3 | .329 | – | – |
| 1931 | New York Giants | 129 | 515 | 159 | 6 | 61 | 4 | .309 | – | – |
| 1932 |  Boston Braves | 84 | 223 | 55 | 1 | 29 | 1 | .247 | – | – |