Leniel Hooker
1940–1948 · bats R / throws R · HOE, NAS, NNS, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars
134G
.106AVG
.139OBP
.116SLG
More career statistics
31H
0HR
9RBI
0SB
43–46W–L
768.2IP
358K
4.04ERA
91GS
7SV
3Rare 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 | 134 | 142 |
| Batting · At bats | 292 | 256 |
| Batting · Hits | 31 | 29 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 309 | 273 |
| Batting · Runs | 18 | 19 |
| Batting · RBI | 9 | 4 |
| Batting · Walks | 11 | 9 |
| Pitching · Games | 133 | 140 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,353 | 2,931 |
| Pitching · p cg | 54 | 57 |
| Pitching · p er | 345 | 117 |
| Pitching · p gs | 91 | 95 |
| Pitching · p h | 793 | 729 |
| Pitching · p hr | 29 | 31 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,306 | 2,274 |
| Pitching · p k | 358 | 153 |
| Pitching · p r | 432 | 391 |
| Pitching · p w | 243 | 204 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 134 | 309 | 292 | 18 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | .106 | .139 | .116 | .255 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 768.7 | 133 | 91 | 54 | 43 | 46 | 7 | 793 | 432 | 345 | 29 | 243 | 358 | 0 | 0 | 4.04 | 1.348 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1943-07-05 to 1943-07-15
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Four Batters Hit | 1941-05-15 | 1 in 3,022 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1940-06-23 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1944-07-16 | 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 | 72 | 133 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .105 | .143 | .113 |
| Away | 70 | 140 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .121 | .136 | .136 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| May | 30 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .043 | .061 | .043 |
| June | 33 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .083 | .132 | .083 |
| July | 35 | 66 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .164 | .167 | .164 |
| August | 31 | 74 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .127 | .149 | .155 |
| September | 12 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .138 | .194 | .172 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| homestead-grays | 38 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .125 | .197 | .156 |
| philadelphia-stars | 33 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .083 | .097 | .083 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 30 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .117 | .108 | .133 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 20 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .206 | .243 | .206 |
| new-york-cubans | 18 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .032 | .032 | .032 |
| HSL | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | NENewark Eagles | 19 | 31 | 2 | – | – | – | .065 | 89 | 28 |
| 1941 | NENewark Eagles | 14 | 23 | 2 | – | – | – | .087 | 56 | 14 |
| 1942 | NENewark Eagles | 14 | 27 | 2 | – | – | – | .074 | 62 | 8 |
| 1943 | NENewark Eagles | 19 | 31 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .194 | 90 | 28 |
| 1944 | NENewark Eagles | 16 | 32 | 4 | – | – | – | .125 | 112 | 17 |
| 1945 | NENewark Eagles | 12 | 21 | 2 | – | – | – | .095 | 82 | 8 |
| 1946 | NENewark Eagles | 16 | 31 | 4 | – | – | – | .129 | 86 | 7 |
| 1947 | NENewark Eagles | 16 | 27 | 2 | – | – | – | .074 | 88 | 19 |
| 1948 | NENewark Eagles | 16 | 33 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .152 | 91 | 24 |