Lefty Leifield
1905–1920 · bats L / throws L · Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns
298G
.175AVG
.238OBP
.223SLG
More career statistics
107H
0HR
30RBI
5SB
124–97W–L
1,838.0IP
616K
2.47ERA
216GS
7SV
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 · At bats | 611 | 612 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 6 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 63 | 134 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 687 | 686 |
| Batting · RBI | 30 | 28 |
| Batting · Walks | 48 | 47 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,411 | 7,588 |
| Pitching · p er | 505 | 407 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,673 | 1,674 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,514 | 5,491 |
| Pitching · p k | 616 | 628 |
| Pitching · p w | 554 | 556 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 298 | 687 | 611 | 46 | 107 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 48 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 136 | .175 | .238 | .223 | .461 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,838.0 | 296 | 216 | 138 | 124 | 97 | 7 | 1,673 | 694 | 505 | 27 | 554 | 616 | 0 | 0 | 2.47 | 1.212 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1911-09-01 to 1911-09-14
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1906-08-01 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1907-06-14 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1919-08-19 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 148 | 299 | 53 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 63 | .199 | .258 | .282 |
| Away | 150 | 387 | 54 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 71 | .156 | .199 | .176 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 27 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | .213 | .296 | .255 |
| May | 46 | 105 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 24 | .176 | .229 | .275 |
| June | 48 | 104 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | .198 | .240 | .229 |
| July | 53 | 116 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 30 | .165 | .190 | .211 |
| August | 57 | 140 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 28 | .114 | .186 | .130 |
| September | 56 | 131 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 22 | .209 | .244 | .278 |
| October | 11 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | .194 | .250 | .194 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 47 | 117 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 26 | .228 | .282 | .277 |
| new-york-giants | 41 | 100 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 27 | .093 | .150 | .093 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 40 | 114 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 24 | .181 | .211 | .248 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 39 | 85 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | .156 | .200 | .195 |
| boston-braves | 38 | 96 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | .165 | .229 | .200 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 31 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | .167 | .219 | .250 |
| cincinnati-reds | 23 | 56 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .362 | .393 | .468 |
| boston-red-sox | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 20 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .350 | 56 | 10 |
| 1906 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 37 | 88 | 11 | – | 2 | 1 | .125 | 254 | 112 |
| 1907 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 40 | 104 | 15 | – | 3 | – | .144 | 285 | 119 |
| 1908 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 74 | 17 | – | 3 | 2 | .230 | 217 | 86 |
| 1909 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 32 | 73 | 14 | – | 8 | 1 | .192 | 201 | 42 |
| 1910 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 40 | 60 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .183 | 217 | 65 |
| 1911 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 43 | 102 | 24 | – | 5 | 1 | .235 | 315 | 114 |
| 1912 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 33 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .121 | 94 | 32 |
| 1913 |  Chicago Cubs | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 21 | 4 |
| 1918 |  St. Louis Browns | 15 | 19 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .053 | 68 | 22 |
| 1919 | St. Louis Browns | 19 | 30 | 3 | – | – | – | .100 | 92 | 19 |
| 1920 | St. Louis Browns | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 9 | 3 |