Dennis Leonard

Dennis Leonard
Pitcher
Born: May 8, 1951 (1951-05-08) (age 60) Brooklyn, New York
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 4, 1974 for the Kansas City Royals
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1986 for the Kansas City Royals
Career statistics
Win–loss record	144–106
Earned run average	3.70
Strikeouts	1,323
Teams
Kansas City Royals (1974–1986)
Career highlights and awards
1986 Hutch Award

Dennis Patrick Leonard (born May 8, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York) was one of the Kansas City Royals' most dominating pitchers of the late '70s and early '80s, but a promising career cut short due to injuries. In 1975, his first full year he managed to bust out with a 15-7 record. He would keep adding on to that with three 20 win seasons, but more impressive was the amount of games he started and finished. Despite his success in the regular season his post season record is less than impressive. He started 9 postseason games for the Royals between 1976 and 1981, but ended with a record of only 3-5, including a 1-1 record in the 1980 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Towards the end of his career he missed most of the remaining seasons due to knee injuries. His final season was in 1986 where he ended up with a 8-13 record despite a strong showing.^[1] Besides his rookie season of 1974 this was the only time he had a losing record. At the end of the 1986 season he retired as a player.

Leonard played college baseball for and graduated from Iona College. Leonard also graduated from Oceanside High School in Long Island New York

References

1. ^ "Briefs". Spokane Chronicle: p. C2. 24 December 1986. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j8cSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yPkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3257,1980291&dq=baseball+dennis-leonard&hl=en. Retrieved 7 July 2010. ^{[dead link]}

See also

• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins
• List of Major League Baseball wins champions
• Baseball-Reference.com [1]

Preceded by Jim Palmer

American League Wins Champion 1977 (with Dave Goltz & Jim Palmer)

Succeeded by Ron Guidry

Persondata
Name	Leonard, Dennis
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	1951-05-08
Place of birth	Brooklyn, New York
Date of death
Place of death