Leon Wagner
1958–1969 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Los Angeles Angels (1961-64), San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
1,352G
.272AVG
.340OBP
.455SLG
More career statistics
1,202H
211HR
669RBI
54SB
5Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 24 | 27 |
| Batting · RBI | 669 | 667 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 54 | 53 |
| Batting · Walks | 435 | 436 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,352 | 4,950 | 4,426 | 636 | 1,202 | 150 | 15 | 211 | 669 | 435 | 656 | 54 | 24 | 43 | 35 | 2,015 | .272 | .340 | .455 | .795 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1963-04-19 to 1963-05-01
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | Eight-RBI Game | 1961-09-28 | 1 in 1,372 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | 12 total bases | 1963-04-26 | 1 in 4,532 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1964-05-30 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 683 | 2484 | 612 | 100 | 334 | 221 | 307 | .276 | .335 | .455 |
| Away | 669 | 2466 | 590 | 111 | 333 | 215 | 349 | .267 | .326 | .456 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 116 | 417 | 109 | 27 | 62 | 38 | 57 | .294 | .353 | .553 |
| May | 245 | 896 | 224 | 43 | 148 | 80 | 113 | .280 | .339 | .502 |
| June | 269 | 1032 | 250 | 47 | 134 | 104 | 149 | .277 | .343 | .468 |
| July | 249 | 914 | 211 | 40 | 104 | 78 | 137 | .256 | .316 | .433 |
| August | 255 | 946 | 226 | 30 | 123 | 82 | 113 | .267 | .326 | .416 |
| September | 207 | 701 | 172 | 23 | 90 | 53 | 82 | .269 | .321 | .409 |
| October | 11 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .238 | .250 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 135 | 520 | 126 | 20 | 62 | 45 | 71 | .271 | .329 | .443 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 133 | 507 | 128 | 22 | 88 | 43 | 55 | .279 | .337 | .485 |
| boston-red-sox | 131 | 525 | 135 | 23 | 83 | 41 | 61 | .284 | .335 | .468 |
| new-york-yankees | 123 | 477 | 104 | 24 | 64 | 34 | 76 | .240 | .289 | .435 |
| baltimore-orioles | 123 | 487 | 115 | 15 | 56 | 37 | 63 | .263 | .312 | .404 |
| minnesota-twins | 120 | 453 | 107 | 16 | 61 | 36 | 56 | .261 | .316 | .412 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 117 | 488 | 124 | 21 | 63 | 53 | 64 | .290 | .363 | .480 |
| chicago-white-sox | 112 | 428 | 95 | 17 | 35 | 29 | 70 | .245 | .290 | .407 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 |  San Francisco Giants | 74 | 221 | 70 | 13 | 35 | 1 | .317 | – | – |
| 1959 | San Francisco Giants | 87 | 129 | 29 | 5 | 22 | – | .225 | – | – |
| 1960 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 39 | 98 | 21 | 4 | 11 | – | .214 | – | – |
| 1961 |  Los Angeles Angels (1961-64) | 133 | 453 | 127 | 28 | 79 | 5 | .280 | – | – |
| 1962 | Los Angeles Angels (1961-64) | 160 | 612 | 164 | 37 | 106 | 7 | .268 | – | – |
| 1963 | Los Angeles Angels (1961-64) | 149 | 550 | 160 | 26 | 90 | 5 | .291 | – | – |
| 1964 |  Cleveland Guardians | 163 | 641 | 162 | 31 | 100 | 14 | .253 | – | – |
| 1965 | Cleveland Guardians | 144 | 517 | 152 | 28 | 79 | 11 | .294 | – | – |
| 1966 | Cleveland Guardians | 150 | 549 | 153 | 23 | 65 | 5 | .279 | – | – |
| 1967 | Cleveland Guardians | 135 | 433 | 105 | 15 | 54 | 3 | .242 | – | – |
| 1968 | Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 107 | 211 | 55 | 1 | 24 | 2 | .261 | – | – |
| 1969 | San Francisco Giants | 11 | 12 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .333 | – | – |