Baseball player
Eddie Leon | |
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Shortstop / Second baseman | |
Born: (1946-08-11) August 11, 1946 (age 78) Tucson, Arizona, U.S. | |
Batted: RightThrew: Right | |
MLB debut | |
June 29, 1968, for the Cleveland Indians | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 4, 1975, for the New York Yankees | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .236 |
Home runs | 24 |
Runs batted in | 159 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
Eduardo Antonio Leon (born August 11, 1946) is an American former Major League Baseball infielder of Mexican American descent, who played for eight seasons, splitting time as a shortstop and second baseman. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1968 to 1972, the Chicago White Sox in 1973 and 1974, and the New York Yankees in 1975 until being released on May 5 of that year. He had been traded from the White Sox to the Yankees for Cecil Upshaw at the Winter Meetings on December 5, 1974.
In 601 games over eight seasons, Leon posted a .236 batting average (440-for-1862) with 165 runs, 24 home runs, 159 RBI and 156 bases on balls. Defensively, he recorded an overall .974 fielding percentage playing at second base and shortstop.
References
- Jauss, Bill, Chicago Tribune, "Eddie Leon ready to solve White Sox keystone woes"(Apr 22, 1973, Section B3); "My mother is Mexican- American, and I spoke both languages at home before I started school."
- Durso, Joseph. "Major Leagues Set Up Expansion Committee," The New York Times, Friday, December 6, 1974. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)
1966 College Baseball All-America Team selections | |
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1967 College Baseball All-America Team selections | |
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1965 Major League Baseball draft first round selections | |
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- 1946 births
- Living people
- Alijadores de Tampico players
- All-American college baseball players
- American baseball players of Mexican descent
- American expatriate baseball players in Mexico
- Arizona Wildcats baseball players
- Baseball players from Tucson, Arizona
- Chicago White Sox players
- Cleveland Indians players
- Major League Baseball second basemen
- Major League Baseball shortstops
- Navegantes del Magallanes players
- American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- New York Yankees players
- Pawtucket Indians players
- Portland Beavers players
- Tucson High School alumni
- Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks players
- 20th-century American sportsmen