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Bob
Leighton		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 195
 
Born: December 27, 1958 in Usa
 
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
1977 18 VAL JL   0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1978 19 VAL JL   1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
1979 20 VAL JL   1 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 4
1980 21 VAL JL   3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 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 22 VAL JL     11 11 11 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 6 6 18 18 18
1982 23 VAL JL     14 14 14 11 11 11 9 9 9 8 8 8 19 19 19
1983 24 VAL JL $ 300,000   15 15 15 10 11 10 11 11 11 10 10 10 19 19 19
1984 25 LV FL $ 300,000   15 15 15 10 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20
1985 26 LV FL $ 300,000   15 15 14 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20
1986 27 VAN JL $ 300,000   14 14 14 9 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 20 20 20
1987 28 VAN JL $ 1,528,571   14 14 14 11 11 11 9 9 9 10 10 10 20 20 20
1988 29 VAN JL $ 1,528,571   14 14 14 11 11 11 9 9 9 10 10 10 20 20 20
1989 30 VAN JL $ 1,528,571   15 15 14 11 11 11 9 9 9 10 10 10 20 20 20
1990 31 VAN JL $ 720,000   14 14 14 11 11 11 9 9 9 9 9 9 19 19 19
1991 32 VAN JL     14 14 14 11 11 11 7 7 7 8 8 8 19 19 19
1992 33 BRK FL $ 2,593,500   14 14 14 11 11 11 7 7 7 7 7 7 18 18 18
1993 34 WAS JL $ 850,000   14 14 14 11 11 11 8 8 8 7 7 7 18 18 18
1994 35 WAS JL $ 850,000   15 15 14 11 11 11 7 7 7 7 7 7 17 17 17
OOTP6 Min Ratings     11 11 11 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 17 17 17
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,593,500   15 15 15 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 20 20 20
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
1977 18 A   55 118 10 28 3 1 2 7 3 0 6 32 .237 .274 .331 .605 11.0  
1978 19 A   137 555 65 139 17 1 15 69 20 12 26 103 .250 .284 .366 .650 56.5  
1979 20 A   135 552 69 161 23 2 14 57 25 9 42 102 .292 .342 .417 .758 78.2  
1980 21 AA   127 515 51 137 26 3 5 51 28 10 32 104 .266 .309 .357 .666 57.0  
    A   10 43 6 17 3 0 2 5 1 1 4 9 .395 .447 .605 1.051 9.8  
1981 22 AAA   103 430 75 115 10 2 17 57 24 6 40 47 .267 .330 .419 .748 62.5  
    AA   21 44 8 14 1 0 1 10 1 0 10 3 .318 .444 .409 .854 8.9  
1982 23 AAA   138 589 117 188 17 8 26 83 34 10 67 39 .319 .389 .508 .896 113.7  
1983 24 VAL JL 62 162 17 31 5 0 3 14 8 1 12 13 .191 .254 .278 .532 13.0 0.3
    AAA   48 186 35 64 5 2 6 33 21 4 22 9 .344 .413 .489 .903 38.1  
1984 25 VAL JL 13 18 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 .278 .278 .278 .556 1.2 0.0
  LV FL 129 489 63 144 21 3 9 52 30 24 29 15 .294 .340 .405 .745 62.1 10.3
  TOT   142 507 64 149 21 3 9 54 31 25 29 17 .294 .338 .400 .739 63.3 10.3
1985 26 LV FL 154 598 88 163 25 9 10 65 42 21 28 19 .273 .314 .395 .709 73.7 10.0
1986 27 VAN JL 135 432 49 124 18 9 11 50 19 10 34 25 .287 .345 .447 .792 64.5 8.1
1987 28 VAN JL 158 590 82 167 25 2 10 80 24 18 45 13 .283 .340 .383 .723 77.7 7.2
1988 29 VAN JL 150 446 56 99 18 7 6 55 15 9 34 14 .222 .280 .334 .614 43.4 3.2
1989 30 VAN JL 144 465 79 144 24 4 12 79 34 14 42 20 .310 .379 .456 .835 80.8 16.8
1990 31 VAN JL 131 322 48 91 12 2 4 39 28 18 21 5 .283 .331 .370 .701 39.2 4.0
1991 32 VAN JL 78 176 30 58 8 3 4 21 16 11 7 6 .330 .369 .477 .846 26.4 3.9
1992 33 BRK FL 135 376 47 104 17 1 6 48 15 6 17 18 .277 .310 .375 .685 43.4 4.5
1993 34 DM FL 89 299 40 85 9 2 8 41 16 13 11 18 .284 .323 .408 .731 37.8 4.7
  WAS JL 44 104 10 28 3 1 3 13 6 5 4 8 .269 .313 .404 .716 13.0 1.0
  TOT   133 403 50 113 12 3 11 54 22 18 15 26 .280 .320 .407 .727 50.8 5.7
1994 35 WAS JL 110 298 39 93 13 2 5 35 22 10 23 22 .312 .378 .419 .797 46.3 6.8
12 Years Sim 1532 4775 649 1336 198 45 91 594 276 161 307 198 .280 .331 .397 .729 622.4 81.0
3 Years AAA 289 1205 227 367 32 12 49 173 79 20 129 95 .305 .378 .473 .851 214.3  
2 Years AA 148 559 59 151 27 3 6 61 29 10 42 107 .270 .330 .361 .691 65.8  
4 Years A 337 1268 150 345 46 4 33 138 49 22 78 246 .272 .325 .393 .718 155.5  
9 Years Minors 774 3032 436 863 105 19 88 372 157 52 249 448 .285 .347 .419 .766 435.6  
162 Game Average 504 68 141 20 4 9 62 29 17 32 20 .280 .331 .397 .729 65.8  
Career Highs 158 598 88 167 25 9 12 80 42 25 45 26 .330 .379 .477 .846 80.8  
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   3275 464 927 131 27 66 411 193 106 217 133 .283 .335 .400 .735 418.1
vs LH   1500 185 409 67 18 25 183 83 55 90 65 .273 .323 .391 .714 175.7
Home 767 2322 303 650 99 19 34 265 132 70 149 96 .280 .331 .383 .714 280.5
Away 765 2453 346 686 99 26 57 329 144 91 158 102 .280 .332 .411 .743 313.3
RISP   1137 0 339 51 8 20 470 0 0 84 54 .298 .344 .410 .754 155.8
Pinch Hitting   182 31 53 7 1 5 25 7 2 10 9 .291 .333 .423 .756 24.9
Close/Late   566 96 165 21 2 13 72 0 0 37 32 .292 .344 .405 .748 74.5
Mar/Apr 229 613 84 175 29 4 8 74 35 23 40 23 .285 .338 .385 .723 74.1
May 282 844 109 221 33 7 15 109 41 31 66 40 .262 .322 .371 .693 95.7
June 263 847 116 235 34 7 13 110 49 31 45 32 .277 .322 .380 .703 96.4
July 254 870 122 256 36 12 17 103 58 35 57 36 .294 .344 .422 .765 118.1
August 258 835 112 231 40 9 19 103 47 25 58 32 .277 .333 .414 .748 109.2
Sep/Oct 246 766 106 218 26 6 19 95 46 16 41 35 .285 .330 .409 .739 100.3
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1983 24 VAL JL 2B 49 46 393.7 81 167 2 30 .992 5.67 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    SS 3 0 5.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1984 25 VAL JL 2B 12 11 36.3 7 12 0 2 1.000 4.71 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LV FL 2B 118 114 1062.0 205 364 10 65 .983 4.82 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    SS 2 1 9.7 1 3 2 0 .667 3.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   2B 130 125 1098.3 212 376 10 67 .983 4.82   1.5
      SS 2 1 10.0 1 3 2 0 .667 3.60   0.0
      3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1985 26 LV FL SS 112 109 975.7 147 312 22 51 .954 4.23 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    2B 42 39 356.0 73 141 4 29 .982 5.41 0 0 .000 0 1.3
1986 27 VAN JL 3B 61 61 518.3 36 118 3 6 .981 2.67 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    SS 63 56 490.7 75 161 13 31 .948 4.33 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    2B 2 2 15.3 3 6 0 0 1.000 5.28 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 3.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 21.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 28 VAN JL 2B 94 94 833.3 173 305 5 54 .990 5.16 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    3B 60 59 508.0 36 116 3 7 .981 2.69 0 0 .000 0 1.6
1988 29 VAN JL 2B 116 115 1004.0 221 361 9 77 .985 5.22 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    SS 6 1 18.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 3 1 12.3 1 6 0 1 1.000 5.11 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1989 30 VAN JL 2B 72 68 566.7 116 229 6 36 .983 5.48 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    SS 58 55 468.0 75 163 15 28 .941 4.58 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    3B 5 3 31.7 2 10 0 3 1.000 3.41 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1990 31 VAN JL 2B 63 60 549.0 115 227 5 47 .986 5.61 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    3B 16 11 108.7 7 29 2 1 .947 2.98 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 14 6 60.0 13 24 3 4 .925 5.55 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1991 32 VAN JL 2B 37 36 310.7 76 126 3 33 .985 5.85 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    3B 14 5 74.3 10 14 0 2 1.000 2.91 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 5 0 7.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1992 33 BRK FL SS 106 83 767.0 108 254 21 46 .945 4.25 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    3B 5 4 32.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 4 3 27.0 6 12 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1993 34 DM FL 2B 75 68 668.6 147 233 8 47 .979 5.12 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    SS 4 2 23.7 6 10 0 1 1.000 6.08 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 3 0 4.9 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  WAS JL 2B 37 33 234.7 51 82 3 16 .978 5.10 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    SS 2 1 8.3 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   2B 112 101 903.3 198 315 11 63 .979 5.11   3.5
      SS 6 3 32.0 8 13 0 2 1.000 5.91   0.3
      3B 4 0 6.6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.36   0.0
1994 35 WAS JL 2B 75 63 587.3 125 182 1 27 .997 4.70 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    SS 13 5 64.3 11 23 3 4 .919 4.76 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 10 3 43.0 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.26 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 796 752 6644.6 1399 2447 56 464 .986 5.21 0 0 .000 0 24.5
  SS 388 319 2897.7 442 965 79 168 .947 4.37 0 0 .000 0 12.0
  3B 179 147 1335.9 99 301 8 20 .980 2.69 0 0 .000 0 5.0
  RF 3 0 6.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 3.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 21.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   1369 1218 10891.1 1948 3713 143 652 .975 4.68 0 0 .000 1 41.6
Career Highs   154 153 1341.3 224 453 26 80 .992 5.67 0 0 .000 1  
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
1986 27 VAN JL 3 10 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .500 .700
1994 35 WAS JL 15 61 8 16 5 0 0 5 3 1 2 5 .262 .297 .344 .641
Career Post-Season Batting 18 71 9 18 5 0 1 8 3 1 2 6 .254 .284 .366 .650
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.
Games
1987-3-158
 At-Bats
1985-8-598
 Triples
1986-6-9
 Caught Stealing
1984-7-24
1985-7-21
CAR-31-161
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Roy Weeb (928)
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  3. Woody Stairs (926)
  4. Pete Madewald (914)
  5. Thomas Angus (910)
  6. Todd Elison (908)
  7. Tim Riener (907)
  8. Jeffrey Griffin (898)
  9. Lewis Brundage (898)
  10. Carl Tawk (893)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 80th overall pick, by Valencia in 1977
Injured on 5/5/1977 with a Broken Finger, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 6/10/1978 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/31/1979 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/18/1980 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 8/19/1980 with a Bruised Foot, out for 4 days
Injured on 4/6/1981 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 7/5/1981 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
 
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