Leon Day
1934–1949 · bats R / throws R · ASE, Baltimore Elite Giants, BLS, BRN, Homestead Grays, NAS, NNL, NNS
246G
.311AVG
.361OBP
.428SLG
More career statistics
216H
7HR
98RBI
7SB
59–28W–L
718.0IP
520K
3.79ERA
88GS
4SV
9Rare 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 | 246 | 259 |
| Batting · At bats | 694 | 690 |
| Batting · Doubles | 34 | 32 |
| Batting · Hits | 216 | 206 |
| Batting · Home runs | 7 | 3 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 759 | 746 |
| Batting · Runs | 116 | 110 |
| Batting · RBI | 98 | 64 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 7 | 10 |
| Batting · Triples | 13 | 11 |
| Batting · Walks | 53 | 50 |
| Pitching · Games | 110 | 135 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,035 | 3,219 |
| Pitching · p cg | 61 | 78 |
| Pitching · p er | 302 | 162 |
| Pitching · p gs | 88 | 112 |
| Pitching · p h | 641 | 731 |
| Pitching · p hr | 34 | 49 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,154 | 2,573 |
| Pitching · p k | 520 | 348 |
| Pitching · p r | 344 | 407 |
| Pitching · p w | 282 | 257 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 246 | 759 | 694 | 116 | 216 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 98 | 53 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 297 | .311 | .361 | .428 | .789 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 718.0 | 110 | 88 | 61 | 59 | 28 | 4 | 641 | 344 | 302 | 34 | 282 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 3.79 | 1.286 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1942-07-09 to 1943-05-16
11longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Ten Strikeouts in Relief | 1941-06-25 | 1 in 3,062 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1946-05-05 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1941-08-10 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 144 | 399 | 106 | 2 | 40 | 26 | 6 | .286 | .331 | .376 |
| Away | 115 | 347 | 100 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 2 | .312 | .357 | .406 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 |
| May | 52 | 155 | 44 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | .312 | .355 | .397 |
| June | 65 | 166 | 34 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .217 | .259 | .287 |
| July | 63 | 179 | 51 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 4 | .305 | .346 | .383 |
| August | 61 | 194 | 60 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 0 | .341 | .392 | .483 |
| September | 17 | 49 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .326 | .367 | .370 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 53 | 137 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .260 | .285 | .313 |
| homestead-grays | 52 | 165 | 42 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 1 | .276 | .327 | .336 |
| new-york-cubans | 38 | 130 | 43 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .350 | .392 | .447 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 28 | 80 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .306 | .375 | .347 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 28 | 87 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .312 | .368 | .525 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 11 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .375 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 9 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .360 | .414 | .400 |
| chicago-american-giants | 7 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .111 | .200 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | BLS | 6 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .200 | 14 | 1 |
| 1935 | BRN | 22 | 53 | 11 | – | 1 | – | .208 | 140 | 73 |
| 1936 | NENewark Eagles | 25 | 52 | 12 | – | 3 | 1 | .231 | 127 | 51 |
| 1937 | NENewark Eagles | 15 | 18 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .444 | 69 | 23 |
| 1938 | NENewark Eagles | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | 11 | – |
| 1939 | NENewark Eagles | 22 | 49 | 17 | – | 6 | – | .347 | 109 | 48 |
| 1941 | NENewark Eagles | 40 | 148 | 45 | 1 | 14 | 4 | .304 | 34 | 18 |
| 1942 | NENewark Eagles | 35 | 100 | 32 | – | 9 | 1 | .320 | 78 | 29 |
| 1943 | NENewark Eagles | 27 | 96 | 24 | – | 5 | 2 | .250 | 55 | 32 |
| 1946 | NENewark Eagles | 25 | 54 | 20 | 1 | 7 | – | .370 | 141 | 39 |
| 1949 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 39 | 112 | 35 | 1 | 17 | 2 | .312 | 76 | 34 |