Was Leon Day a pitcher?

Yes. Leon Day pitched in the major leagues, recording 54 wins and 474 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Leon Day hit?

Leon Day hit 6 career home runs with 207 hits.

What was Leon Day's career batting average?

Leon Day batted .313 over his career, with 207 hits in 661 at bats.

How many RBI did Leon Day have?

Leon Day drove in 94 runs in his career.

What was Leon Day's career ERA?

Leon Day finished with a 3.74 career ERA, going 54-25 with 474 strikeouts.

Leon Day

Pitcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (Final season: 1949)

Leon Day was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for 5 teams, including the Baltimore Black Sox. Across 100 career appearances, he went 54-25 with a 3.74 ERA and 474 strikeouts. He also batted .313 with 6 home runs. Leon Day was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995 and was a 6-time All-Star. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 1,379.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

⭐ Hall of Fame 1995

W–L 54–25

ERA 3.74

WHIP 1.29

SO 474

Pitcher PIV 11366.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'9" / 170 lb
Born: 10/30/1916 in Alexandria, VA, USA
Died: 3/13/1995 in Baltimore, MD, USA
Last Game: 1949-09-27
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1995 (Veterans)
Awards: 6× All-Star

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Leon Day — Batting
PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
872.0	806.0	136.0	254.0	39.0	15.0	7.0	84.0	59.0	10.0	12.0	.315	.362	.427	.789

Pitching

Leon Day — Pitching
W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
73	36	110	78	28	6	867.0	684	367	150	48	260	428	1.56	1.09

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Leon Day — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting
Season	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1949	151.0	134.0	22.0	39.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	20.0	13.0	5.0	2.0	.291	.356	.403	.759
Listed seasons · 1	151	134	22	39	6	3	1	20	13	5	2	.291	—	—	—

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Leon Day — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching
Season	W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1949	5	3	9	7	1	0	76.1	66	26	11	5	18	34	1.30	1.10
Listed seasons · 1	5	3	9	7	1	0	76.1	66	26	11	5	18	34	1.30	1.10

Career Pitching Statistics

Leon Day — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
54	25	100	80	55	10	3	651.1	576	271	30	264	474	3.74	11366.0

Career ERA 3.74 vs. league average 4.07 across their career seasons — 8.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Leon Day Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1934	BBS	NN2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3.0	11	12	2	2	36.00	—	0.0
1935	BE	NN2	7	4	17	13	8	0	2	103.2	103	50	41	62	4.34	4.35 (avg)	662.6
1936	NE	NN2	5	5	12	11	6	1	0	76.1	69	34	39	54	4.01	4.59 (+13%)	1088.2
1937	NE	NN2	3	0	5	3	2	1	1	29.1	26	13	11	20	3.99	4.34 (+8%)	687.3
1937	HG	NN2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4.2	9	8	1	5	15.43	—	0.0
1938	NE	NN2	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	9.2	6	3	2	3	2.79	4.35 (+36%)	0.0
1939	NE	NN2	9	6	18	13	9	2	0	105.2	101	50	44	61	4.26	4.28 (+1%)	292.7
1941	NE	NN2	3	3	6	5	3	0	0	39.1	45	22	22	32	5.03	3.94 (-28%)	743.9
1942	NE	NN2	8	2	11	9	9	2	0	85.0	53	17	30	75	1.80	3.57 (+50%)	2680.4
1942	HG	NN2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	12	1.00	3.57 (+72%)	0.0
1943	NE	NN2	4	2	10	6	2	0	0	52.2	50	25	20	39	4.27	3.50 (-22%)	1260.3
1946	NE	NN2	13	2	15	15	14	3	0	133.0	98	36	51	109	2.44	3.59 (+32%)	3950.6
Career · 12 seasons			54	25	100	80	55	10	3	651.1	576	271	264	474	3.74	—	11,366

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Leon Day — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
222	661	108	207	33	13	6	94	7	51	5	.313	.363	.430	.793	1,379

Career AVG .313 vs. league average .269 across their career seasons — +16.3% above league average.

Career OBP .363 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — +7.9% above league average.

Career SLG .430 vs. league average .381 across their career seasons — +12.9% above league average.

Career OPS .793 vs. league average .717 across their career seasons — +10.5% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Leon Day Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1934	BBS	NN2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1935	BE	NN2	18	43	7	9	3	0	0	4	0	3	0	.209	—	—	—	—	0.0
1936	NE	NN2	16	36	6	13	2	0	0	6	0	1	0	.361	—	—	—	—	0.0
1937	NE	NN2	8	21	7	9	1	0	0	6	0	2	0	.429	—	—	—	—	0.0
1937	HG	NN2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1938	NE	NN2	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1939	NE	NN2	22	51	8	18	2	4	0	7	0	2	1	.353	.274 (+29%)	.342 (+10%)	.393 (+40%)	.735 (+26%)	183.2
1941	NE	NN2	52	188	24	60	12	5	3	23	4	14	2	.319	.262 (+22%)	.332 (+10%)	.373 (+30%)	.705 (+21%)	592.4
1942	NE	NN2	45	141	26	45	5	2	2	28	1	13	2	.319	.253 (+26%)	.323 (+17%)	.349 (+22%)	.672 (+19%)	437.9
1942	HG	NN2	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	—	—	—	—	437.9
1943	NE	NN2	27	97	11	23	3	1	0	6	2	9	0	.237	.255 (-7%)	.324 (-5%)	.346 (-17%)	.671 (-11%)	-151.5
1943	PS	NN2	3	15	4	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	.467	—	—	—	—	-151.5
1946	NE	NN2	24	58	15	21	2	1	1	10	0	7	0	.362	.256 (+41%)	.328 (+31%)	.358 (+35%)	.687 (+33%)	317.4
Career · 13 seasons			222	661	108	207	33	13	6	94	7	51	5	.313	—	—	—	—	1,666

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Leon Day — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Leon Day — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1946	NWS	NE	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1939	NLP1	NE	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Leon Day — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	3	3	0	11.1	17	9	9	7	7.15

Playoff Pitching by Year

Leon Day — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1946	NWS	NE	0	0	2	2	0	6.0	7	3	4	6	4.50
1939	NLP1	NE	0	1	1	1	0	5.1	10	6	5	1	10.12

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Leon Day — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	136	356	54	103	2	40	.289
Away	111	314	53	98	1	24	.312

Pitching — Home / Away

Leon Day — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	70	487.1	403	95	144	156	1.75
Away	57	336.1	276	60	100	191	1.61

Last 10 Games — Batting

Leon Day — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB
1949-09-05	BLG	PH5	W	5	2	2	0	0	0	0
1949-09-02	BLG	PH5	W	1	0	1	0	0	2	0
1949-08-28	BLG	KCM	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949-08-28	BLG	KCM	W	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
1949-08-26	BLG	PH5	W	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
1949-08-23	BLG	MEM	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1949-08-19	BLG	HOE	W	3	0	1	1	0	1	0
1949-08-15	BLG	HOE	L	5	2	2	0	0	1	0
1949-08-09	BLG	IN9	W	4	2	2	1	1	0	0
1949-08-07	BLG	BIR	W	3	2	2	1	1	2	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Leon Day — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1949-09-05	BLG	PH5	—	7.0	11	4	4	2	3	1
1949-08-28	BLG	KCM	W	9.0	9	1	1	1	3	0
1949-08-19	BLG	HOE	W	9.0	10	4	0	4	4	0
1949-07-19	BLG	KCM	—	5.2	5	1	1	0	6	1
1949-06-26	BLG	LCB	W	7.0	3	1	0	1	1	0
1949-06-10	BLG	CAG	W	6.2	8	3	0	3	5	0
1949-06-05	BLG	BIR	L	7.0	6	1	1	2	3	1
1949-05-29	BLG	MEM	L	7.0	0	5	0	0	0	2
1949-05-19	BLG	PH5	W	9.0	9	2	1	2	3	0
1949-05-04	BLG	KCM	L	9.0	5	4	3	3	6	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Leon Day — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2B	45	44	110	139	14	19
OF	62	49	113	2	7	1
P	100	80	26	163	3	8

Season-by-Season Fielding

Leon Day — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1934	BBS	P	2	1	0	0	0	0
1935	BE	OF	1	1	3	0	0	0
1935	BE	P	17	13	3	34	0	2
1936	NE	P	12	11	0	12	0	0
1937	NE	2B	1	1	5	5	0	1
1937	NE	OF	1	1	2	0	1	0
1937	NE	P	5	3	1	8	0	1
1937	HG	P	1	1	0	0	0	0
1938	NE	P	2	2	0	3	0	0
1939	NE	OF	2	1	3	0	0	0
1939	NE	P	18	13	4	32	2	3
1941	NE	2B	25	25	64	84	7	12
1941	NE	OF	22	18	43	2	2	1
1941	NE	P	6	5	2	9	0	0
1942	NE	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1942	NE	2B	3	3	5	12	2	0
1942	NE	OF	25	22	49	0	4	0
1942	NE	P	11	9	4	18	0	1
1942	HG	P	1	1	0	1	0	0
1943	NE	2B	12	12	23	29	4	6
1943	NE	OF	10	6	12	0	0	0
1943	NE	P	10	6	4	15	1	0
1943	PS	2B	3	3	13	9	1	0
1946	NE	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1946	NE	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0
1946	NE	P	15	15	8	31	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Leon Day Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	100
First Base	1
Second Base	45
Left Field	13
Center Field	44
Right Field	5

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Leon Day: the record in brief

The season rows for Leon Day begin in 1934. The team column moves through the Baltimore Black Sox (1934), the Brooklyn Eagles (1935), the Newark Eagles (1936 through 1946), the Homestead Grays (1937 through 1942), and the Philadelphia Stars (1943). Day played primarily as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Born on October 30, 1916, in Alexandria, VA, USA, Day was listed at 170 pounds on a 5-foot-9 frame. Day died on March 13, 1995, in Baltimore, MD, USA.

Day went 54-25 with a 3.74 ERA in 100 games, 80 of them starts. The totals include 474 strikeouts, 55 complete games, and 10 shutouts. The leagues Day pitched in allowed 4.07 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 8.0% better than average. No season topped the 13 wins of 1946. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 1.80 in 1942, when the league's was 3.57. Day's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 11,366.0.

Frequently Asked Questions about Leon Day

Was Leon Day a pitcher?: Yes. Leon Day pitched in the major leagues, recording 54 wins and 474 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Leon Day hit?: Leon Day hit 6 career home runs with 207 hits.
Is Leon Day in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Leon Day was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995.
What was Leon Day's career batting average?: Leon Day batted .313 over his career, with 207 hits in 661 at bats.
How many RBI did Leon Day have?: Leon Day drove in 94 runs in his career.
What was Leon Day's career ERA?: Leon Day finished with a 3.74 career ERA, going 54-25 with 474 strikeouts.