Dave Leonhard

Pitcher

Born: January 22, 1941
Arlington, Virginia

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

September 21, 1967, for the Baltimore Orioles

Last MLB appearance

September 20, 1972, for the Baltimore Orioles

MLB statistics

Win-Loss record

16–14

Earned run average

3.15

Innings

337

Teams

Baltimore Orioles (1967–1972)

David Paul Leonhard (born January 22, 1941) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1967 through 1972 for the Baltimore Orioles. Listed at 5' 11", 165 lb., Leonhard batted and threw right-handed. He attended Johns Hopkins University.

A native of Arlington, Virginia, Leonhard was signed by the Orioles as a free agent in 1963. He started his professional career with Class C Aberdeen Pheasants (1963–1964), and won the International League Pitcher of the Year Award while playing for the Rochester Red Wings in 1967, gaining a promotion to Baltimore late in the season.

In three games with the 1967 Orioles, Leonhard went 0-0 with a 3.14 ERA in 14 ⅓ innings of work. In 1968 collected a 7-7 record in a starting rotation that included Dave McNally (22-10), Jim Hardin (18-13) and Tom Phoebus (15-15), but with the emergence of Jim Palmer in 1969, he was relegated to the bullpen.

In a six-season career, Leonhard posted a 16-14 record with a 3.15 ERA in 117 appearances, including 29 starts, seven complete games, four shutouts and five saves, giving up 118 earned runs on 287 hits and 150 walks while striking out 146 in 337.0 innings.

Leonhard appeared in the 1969 and 1971 World Series (3.00 ERA in two games), and won a World Series ring in 1970 though he did not play in the Series. He also pitched with the Puerto Rican team in the 1971 Caribbean Series and for Triple-A Salt Lake City Angels in 1973.

1968 season

On May 6, Leonhard took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before Detroit Tigers outfielder Jim Northrup broke it up with a single after two outs. He had to conform with a one-hit shutout, 4–0 victory over Detroit at Memorial Stadium.
On May 30, blanked the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park, 5–0, giving up just two singles to Luis Aparicio (4th inning) and Tommy McCraw (7th).

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Baltimore Orioles 1970 World Series Champions

5 Brooks Robinson (World Series MVP) 6 Paul Blair 7 Mark Belanger 8 Andy Etchebarren 9 Don Buford 10 Elrod Hendricks 14 Merv Rettenmund 15 Davey Johnson 16 Bobby Grich 19 Dave McNally 20 Frank Robinson 22 Jim Palmer 24 Pete Richert 25 Moe Drabowsky 26 Boog Powell 29 Dick Hall 30 Chico Salmon 31 Curt Motton 32 Marcelino López 35 Mike Cuellar 36 Tom Phoebus 37 Terry Crowley 39 Eddie Watt 40 Dave Leonhard 44 Jim Hardin

Manager 4 Earl Weaver Coaches 31 George Bamberger 41 Jim Frey 48 George Staller 55 Billy Hunter

Regular season American League Championship Series

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