Tommy Leach
1898–1918 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates
2,156G
.269AVG
.340OBP
.370SLG
More career statistics
2,143H
63HR
810RBI
361SB
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 · Games | 2,156 | 2,155 |
| Batting · At bats | 7,959 | 7,963 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 14 | 113 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 278 | 640 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 9,051 | 9,074 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,355 | 1,354 |
| Batting · RBI | 810 | 800 |
| Batting · Triples | 172 | 171 |
| Batting · Walks | 820 | 829 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,156 | 9,051 | 7,959 | 1,355 | 2,143 | 266 | 172 | 63 | 810 | 820 | 278 | 361 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 2,942 | .269 | .340 | .370 | .710 |
Streaks
29longest hitting streak · 1899-06-03 to 1899-08-05
34longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1915-07-06 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1903-09-23 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1902-08-14 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1059 | 4372 | 1084 | 29 | 436 | 391 | 284 | .282 | .337 | .391 |
| Away | 1096 | 4702 | 1059 | 34 | 364 | 438 | 356 | .257 | .318 | .349 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 157 | 669 | 167 | 3 | 58 | 65 | 48 | .285 | .347 | .374 |
| May | 359 | 1519 | 337 | 9 | 116 | 137 | 111 | .250 | .312 | .339 |
| June | 353 | 1512 | 374 | 7 | 136 | 148 | 97 | .284 | .345 | .382 |
| July | 405 | 1721 | 436 | 12 | 161 | 158 | 135 | .290 | .345 | .413 |
| August | 410 | 1719 | 387 | 19 | 162 | 158 | 118 | .258 | .317 | .366 |
| September | 405 | 1663 | 388 | 12 | 153 | 140 | 109 | .264 | .317 | .355 |
| October | 66 | 271 | 54 | 1 | 14 | 23 | 22 | .224 | .284 | .290 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 321 | 1329 | 316 | 12 | 116 | 106 | 100 | .266 | .318 | .373 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 314 | 1328 | 356 | 20 | 140 | 112 | 74 | .303 | .352 | .433 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 302 | 1273 | 288 | 4 | 125 | 119 | 99 | .259 | .320 | .360 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 293 | 1224 | 290 | 12 | 126 | 108 | 83 | .270 | .325 | .386 |
| boston-braves | 290 | 1260 | 291 | 9 | 110 | 119 | 85 | .263 | .325 | .374 |
| cincinnati-reds | 274 | 1135 | 258 | 3 | 74 | 118 | 82 | .264 | .331 | .337 |
| chicago-cubs | 265 | 1131 | 232 | 1 | 66 | 101 | 96 | .234 | .294 | .293 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 70 | 276 | 79 | 1 | 24 | 32 | 17 | .329 | .402 | .412 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 |  Louisville Colonels | 3 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | .100 | – | – |
| 1899 | Louisville Colonels | 106 | 406 | 117 | 5 | 57 | 19 | .288 | – | – |
| 1900 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 51 | 160 | 34 | 1 | 16 | 8 | .212 | – | – |
| 1901 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 98 | 378 | 114 | 2 | 44 | 16 | .302 | – | – |
| 1902 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 135 | 510 | 143 | 6 | 85 | 25 | .280 | – | – |
| 1903 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 127 | 510 | 151 | 7 | 82 | 22 | .296 | – | – |
| 1904 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 146 | 578 | 149 | 2 | 45 | 23 | .258 | – | – |
| 1905 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 131 | 499 | 127 | 2 | 41 | 17 | .255 | – | – |
| 1906 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 133 | 476 | 136 | 1 | 33 | 21 | .286 | – | – |
| 1907 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 149 | 549 | 166 | 4 | 41 | 42 | .302 | – | – |
| 1908 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 152 | 584 | 151 | 5 | 49 | 24 | .259 | – | – |
| 1909 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 151 | 586 | 154 | 6 | 43 | 27 | .263 | – | – |
| 1910 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 134 | 529 | 143 | 4 | 57 | 16 | .270 | – | – |
| 1911 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 108 | 386 | 92 | 3 | 45 | 20 | .238 | – | – |
| 1912 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 110 | 362 | 93 | 2 | 53 | 20 | .257 | – | – |
| 1913 |  Chicago Cubs | 131 | 456 | 131 | 6 | 36 | 22 | .287 | – | – |
| 1914 | Chicago Cubs | 153 | 577 | 152 | 7 | 47 | 16 | .263 | – | – |
| 1915 |  Cincinnati Reds | 107 | 335 | 75 | – | 22 | 21 | .224 | – | – |
| 1918 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 30 | 72 | 14 | – | 4 | 2 | .194 | – | – |