Dutch Leonard of the 1918 Red Sox — 1918: Babe Ruth and the World Champion Boston Red Sox by Allan Wood
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Hubert Benjamin “Dutch” Leonard 5’10”, 185 lbs., Batted Left, Threw Left Debut: April 12, 1913 |
Dutch Leonard turned 26 on the second day of the 1918 season. He struggled with his control, but on June 3, he pitched his second career no-hitter, beating the Tigers in Detroit. Less than three weeks later, he left the team and joined a shipyard with plans to enlist.
Leonard is best known for his amazing 1914 season: 0.96 ERA, an opponents’ batting average of .180 and on-base percentage of .246; he allowed only 8.3 walks and hits per nine innings. It is one of the best pitching seasons of all time.
Leonard pitched for Detroit in 1919-21 and 1924-25. In 1927, he claimed to have letters proving that Ty Cobb, Joe Wood, Tris Speaker and he had fixed and bet on a game in September 1919. But when Leonard refused to travel from California to New York to testify, the matter was dropped. Speaker and Cobb both announced their retirements that season.
Pitching
Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA lgERA ERA+ 1913 21 BOS AL 14 16 42 28 14 3 1 259.1 245 69 0 94 144 2.39 2.93 122 1914 22 BOS AL 19 5 36 25 17 7 3 224.2 139 24 3 60 176 0.96 2.68 279 1915 23 BOS AL 15 7 32 21 10 2 0 183.1 130 48 3 67 116 2.36 2.79 118 1916 24 BOS AL 18 12 48 34 17 6 6 274.0 244 72 6 66 144 2.36 2.77 117 1917 25 BOS AL 16 17 37 36 26 4 1 294.1 257 71 4 72 144 2.17 2.58 119 1918 26 BOS AL 8 6 16 16 12 3 0 125.2 119 38 0 53 47 2.72 2.69 99 1919 27 DET AL 14 13 29 28 18 4 0 217.1 212 67 7 65 102 2.77 3.19 115 1920 28 DET AL 10 17 28 27 10 3 0 191.1 192 92 8 63 76 4.33 3.71 86 1921 29 DET AL 11 13 36 32 16 1 1 245.0 273 102 15 63 120 3.75 4.28 114 1924 32 DET AL 3 2 9 7 3 0 1 51.1 68 26 1 18 26 4.56 4.10 90 1925 33 DET AL 11 4 18 18 9 0 0 125.2 143 63 7 43 65 4.51 4.31 95 11 Yr WL% .554 139 112 331 272 152 33 13 2192.0 2022 672 54 664 1160 2.76 3.16 115 Batting Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH HBP 1913 21 BOS AL 42 83 9 15 1 1 0 3 0 8 24 .181 .261 .217 18 3 1 1914 22 BOS AL 36 68 3 10 1 0 0 4 0 4 11 .147 .194 .162 11 9 0 1915 23 BOS AL 32 53 8 14 1 1 0 3 0 9 12 .264 .381 .321 17 3 1 1916 24 BOS AL 48 85 2 17 3 0 0 10 0 6 16 .200 .253 .235 20 4 0 1917 25 BOS AL 37 104 5 9 3 0 0 1 0 7 23 .087 .144 .115 12 2 0 1918 26 BOS AL 16 43 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 6 6 .186 .286 .186 8 2 0 1919 27 DET AL 29 71 2 11 0 0 0 4 0 2 8 .155 .178 .155 11 6 0 1920 28 DET AL 28 57 2 12 3 0 0 5 0 0 8 8 .211 .308 .263 15 3 0 1921 29 DET AL 36 82 6 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 13 .171 .218 .183 15 5 0 1924 32 DET AL 9 19 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .211 .250 .211 4 1 0 1925 33 DET AL 18 50 6 10 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 7 .200 .231 .260 13 1 0 11 Seasons 331 715 47 124 16 2 0 46 0 0 58 132 .173 .237 .201 144 39 2 Fielding Year Ag Tm Lg Pos G PO A E DP FP lgFP RnF lgRnF 1913 21 BOS AL P 42 5 68 8 0 .901 .937 1.74 1.83 1914 22 BOS AL P 36 6 41 2 1 .959 .936 1.31 1.74 1915 23 BOS AL P 32 3 30 2 0 .943 .937 1.03 1.80 1916 24 BOS AL P 48 7 49 3 1 .949 .945 1.17 1.69 1917 25 BOS AL P 37 5 60 1 2 .985 .947 1.76 1.83 1918 26 BOS AL P 16 4 25 2 2 .935 .952 1.81 1.85 1919 27 DET AL P 29 7 40 3 1 .940 .948 1.62 1.76 1920 28 DET AL P 28 7 41 2 0 .960 .949 1.71 1.66 1921 29 DET AL P 36 4 50 3 1 .947 .956 1.50 1.56 1924 32 DET AL P 9 0 11 1 0 .917 .959 1.22 1.32 1925 33 DET AL P 18 5 17 1 0 .957 .960 1.22 1.40 Position Total P 331 53 432 28 8 .945 .945 1.47 1.71 World Series Pitching Year Tm Opp G ERA W-L SV CG IP H ER BB SO 1915 BOS PHI 1 1.00 1-0 0 1 9.0 3 1 0 6 1916 BOS BRO 1 1.00 1-0 0 1 9.0 5 1 4 3 2 World Series 2 1.00 2-0 0 2 18.0 8 2 4 9 World Series Batting Year Tm Opp G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB 1915 BOS PHI 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 1916 BOS BRO 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .250 .000 0 2 World Series 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .143 .000 0 Minor League Pitching Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1912 Denver WL 22 9 35 241 231 95 67 62 326 2.50 1918 Fore River Shipyards 1919 Fresno ? 6 0 6 6 6 3 0 55 36 4 3 1 70 0.49 1922 Fresno SJ 13 4 16 16 16 2 0 143 106 43 31 18 130 1.95 1923 Fresno SJ 10 7 17 17 17 4 0 153 127 70 47 38 140 2.76 TOTALS 51 20 74 39 39 9 592 500 212 148 119 666 2.25 Minor Leagues: WL - Western League; SJ - San Joaquin League.