Edward
Deleon
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 170
 
Born: April 24, 1949 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1977   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 24 BIR FL   3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
1974 25 BIR FL $ 300,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
1975 26 BIR FL $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
1976 27 BIR FL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3
1977 28 BIR FL $ 977,143 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3
1978 29 BIR FL $ 977,143 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3
1979 30 BIR FL $ 977,143 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 2 3
1980 31 BIR FL $ 2,400,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,400,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 32 BIR FL $ 2,400,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 14 14 14 10 10 10 7 7 7
1982 33 BIR FL $ 2,400,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 14 14 14 9 9 9 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,400,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 14 14 14 9 9 9 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,400,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 14 14 14 10 10 10 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 24 AAA   12 17 6 6 3 0 2 6 0 0 1 2 .353 .389 .882 1.271 4.8  
    AA   25 30 7 11 5 0 1 3 1 3 2 8 .367 .406 .633 1.040 5.6  
    A   51 211 35 56 12 4 3 17 7 3 21 35 .265 .332 .403 .735 28.2  
1974 25 BIR FL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   47 202 42 65 13 2 5 18 9 1 16 32 .322 .372 .480 .852 34.7  
    AA   87 323 46 88 16 3 8 38 7 6 53 66 .272 .375 .415 .790 51.5  
1975 26 BIR FL 142 514 85 162 34 7 7 42 24 15 52 102 .315 .379 .449 .829 80.3 17.0
    AAA   9 33 4 13 1 1 2 4 1 1 5 4 .394 .474 .667 1.140 8.8  
1976 27 BIR FL 127 426 57 115 20 5 8 24 13 10 42 88 .270 .339 .397 .736 56.5 9.4
1977 28 BIR FL 74 138 20 30 5 3 2 13 3 2 12 33 .217 .280 .341 .621 12.8 1.4
    AAA   30 80 11 23 6 0 2 17 3 2 11 21 .288 .374 .438 .811 12.9  
1978 29 BIR FL 59 70 10 16 6 1 0 6 3 0 4 19 .229 .270 .343 .613 6.4 0.5
    AAA   19 84 10 29 8 0 1 8 9 1 4 21 .345 .375 .476 .851 14.6  
1979 30 BIR FL 128 457 65 124 23 9 6 53 21 13 41 118 .271 .333 .400 .734 57.2 9.7
1980 31 BIR FL 154 530 42 109 19 7 4 38 23 13 30 164 .206 .251 .291 .541 35.2 0.0
1981 32 BIR FL 89 231 31 54 11 11 2 18 16 9 20 78 .234 .298 .403 .700 27.1 3.0
    AAA   12 51 8 16 5 0 1 4 4 1 6 15 .314 .386 .471 .857 9.1  
1982 33 AAA   72 283 67 100 20 4 22 78 13 3 35 50 .353 .425 .686 1.110 73.0  
8 Years Sim 777 2369 310 610 118 43 29 194 103 62 201 603 .257 .318 .380 .698 275.1 41.0
7 Years AAA 201 750 148 252 56 7 35 135 39 9 78 145 .336 .400 .569 .969 157.9  
2 Years AA 112 353 53 99 21 3 9 41 8 9 55 74 .280 .381 .433 .814 57.1  
1 Years A 51 211 35 56 12 4 3 17 7 3 21 35 .265 .342 .403 .745 28.2  
10 Years Minors 364 1314 236 407 89 14 47 193 54 21 154 254 .310 .385 .506 .892 243.1  
162 Game Average 493 64 127 24 8 6 40 21 12 41 125 .257 .318 .380 .698 57.4  
Career Highs 154 530 85 162 34 11 8 53 24 15 52 164 .315 .379 .449 .829 80.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1660 220 435 90 28 21 150 71 43 142 422 .262 .323 .388 .711 201.9
vs LH   709 90 175 28 15 8 44 32 19 59 181 .247 .306 .362 .668 77.8
Home 384 1155 142 283 48 19 11 88 49 23 90 306 .245 .302 .348 .650 121.0
Away 390 1214 168 327 70 24 18 106 54 39 111 297 .269 .332 .411 .743 158.6
RISP   518 0 131 23 9 4 156 0 0 44 147 .253 .310 .355 .665 57.0
Pinch Hitting   54 9 13 1 1 1 6 0 1 7 15 .241 .328 .352 .680 6.3
Close/Late   251 40 60 12 1 4 21 0 1 20 68 .239 .295 .343 .638 25.1
Mar/Apr 133 390 46 99 19 6 7 30 14 13 35 98 .254 .319 .387 .707 45.8
May 137 415 47 99 23 11 3 28 22 11 32 104 .239 .295 .369 .663 44.3
June 136 415 53 111 28 8 5 41 19 9 24 106 .267 .308 .410 .717 50.2
July 149 428 76 127 22 4 7 39 16 11 39 121 .297 .355 .416 .771 60.8
August 125 401 54 98 17 8 4 34 17 10 46 102 .244 .328 .357 .685 47.2
Sep/Oct 97 320 34 76 9 6 3 22 15 8 25 72 .238 .295 .331 .626 31.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1974 25 BIR FL LF 2 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1975 26 BIR FL CF 128 122 983.7 297 8 8 4 .974 2.79   3.8
    LF 7 6 52.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.24    
    2B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1976 27 BIR FL CF 68 61 493.7 149 6 9 4 .945 2.83   3.6
    LF 48 43 381.0 108 0 3 0 .973 2.55    
    RF 7 6 53.0 15 0 2 0 .882 2.55    
1977 28 BIR FL CF 28 23 207.7 66 1 1 1 .985 2.90   1.3
    LF 11 8 70.0 21 0 1 0 .955 2.70    
    SS 2 0 11.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
1978 29 BIR FL CF 18 11 112.7 33 1 1 1 .971 2.72   0.8
    RF 13 5 50.0 16 1 0 1 1.000 3.06    
    LF 8 0 16.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.65    
1979 30 BIR FL LF 100 96 883.7 236 5 10 1 .960 2.45   4.5
    CF 21 15 145.7 55 0 0 0 1.000 3.40    
1980 31 BIR FL LF 111 107 893.3 168 3 9 0 .950 1.72   2.9
    CF 41 39 323.3 98 1 3 1 .971 2.76    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1981 32 BIR FL CF 45 28 284.0 59 0 2 0 .967 1.87   0.6
    LF 37 28 267.3 45 1 1 1 .979 1.55    
    RF 2 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
  LF 324 289 2575.0 597 9 24 2 .962 2.12   7.4
  CF 349 299 2550.6 757 17 24 11 .970 2.73   10.2
  RF 23 11 107.3 32 1 2 1 .943 2.77    
  SS 2 0 11.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   700 599 5247.9 1388 30 50 14 .966 2.43   17.7
Career Highs   153 146 1218.7 312 8 14 4 1.000 2.81    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 28 BIR FL 6 25 5 5 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 7 .200 .192 .480 .672
Career Post-Season Batting 6 25 5 5 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 7 .200 .192 .480 .672
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1975-6-.315
On-Base Pct
1975-9-.379
Singles
1975-10-114
Triples
1981-8-11
Caught Stealing
1975-8-15
1980-10-13
Strikeouts
1980-4-164
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Michael Hawkins (963)
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  4. Kerry Dineen (948)
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  6. Nelson Becker (945)
  7. Billy Joe Baron (944)
  8. Rocky Simmes (942)
  9. Felton Tally (940)
  10. Roy Tucker (938)
History
Had first career hit on 4/24/1975, off Jackie Varela (SEA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/1/1975, off Junior Gomez (BRK)
Won Landis Memorial Series with Birmingham in 1977
Injured on 6/24/1979 with a Bruised Ulna, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/25/1981 with a Spasms Back, out for 3-4 weeks