What years did Tim Leary play?

Tim Leary played in Major League Baseball from 1981 to 1994.

Was Tim Leary a pitcher?

Yes. Tim Leary pitched in the major leagues, recording 78 wins and 888 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Tim Leary hit?

Tim Leary hit 1 career home runs with 36 hits.

Tim Leary

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1981-1994)

W–L 78–105

ERA 4.36

WHIP 1.41

SO 888

Pitcher PIV -6709.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 205 lb
Born: 12/23/1958 in Santa Monica, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1981-04-12
Last Game: 1994-08-09
Awards: Silver Slugger

Full name: Timothy James Leary

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Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
78	105	292	224	25	9	1	1491.3	1,570	723	147	535	888	4.36	-6709.8

Career ERA 4.36 vs. league average 3.93 across their career seasons — 11.0% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1981	NYN	NL	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	1	3	0.00	—	0.0
1983	NYN	NL	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	10.7	15	4	4	9	3.38	3.87 (+13%)	448.9
1984	NYN	NL	3	3	20	7	0	0	0	53.7	61	24	18	29	4.02	3.81 (-6%)	706.8
1985	ML4	AL	1	4	5	5	0	0	0	33.3	40	15	8	29	4.05	3.89 (-4%)	158.7
1986	ML4	AL	12	12	33	30	3	2	0	188.3	216	88	53	110	4.21	3.97 (-6%)	163.1
1987	LAN	NL	3	11	39	12	0	0	1	107.7	121	57	36	61	4.76	4.29 (-11%)	-846.2
1988	LAN	NL	17	11	35	34	9	6	0	228.7	201	74	56	180	2.91	3.73 (+22%)	5904.9
1989	LAN	NL	6	7	19	17	2	0	0	117.3	107	44	37	59	3.38	3.71 (+9%)	-120.7
1989	CIN	NL	2	7	14	14	0	0	0	89.7	98	37	31	64	3.71	3.71 (avg)	177.1
1990	NYA	AL	9	19	31	31	6	1	0	208.0	202	95	78	138	4.11	3.86 (-6%)	157.0
1991	NYA	AL	4	10	28	18	1	0	0	120.7	150	87	57	83	6.49	3.91 (-66%)	-3740.9
1992	NYA	AL	5	6	18	15	2	0	0	97.0	84	60	57	34	5.57	3.75 (-49%)	-3466.4
1992	SEA	AL	3	4	8	8	1	0	0	44.0	47	24	30	12	4.91	3.75 (-31%)	-1941.5
1993	SEA	AL	11	9	33	27	0	0	0	169.3	202	95	58	68	5.05	4.19 (-20%)	-3285.4
1994	TEX	AL	1	1	6	3	0	0	0	21.0	26	19	11	9	8.14	4.51 (-80%)	-1025.2
Career · 15 seasons			78	105	292	224	25	9	1	1,491.1	1,570	723	535	888	4.36	—	-6,710

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
293	163	9	36	6	0	1	19	1	5	57	.221	.247	.276	.523	-153

Career AVG .221 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — 14.7% below league average.

Career OBP .247 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — 24.0% below league average.

Career SLG .276 vs. league average .390 across their career seasons — 29.3% below league average.

Career OPS .523 vs. league average .715 across their career seasons — 26.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1981	NYN	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	NYN	NL	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	NYN	NL	20	10	2	3	0	1	1	1	0	2	.300	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	ML4	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	ML4	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	LAN	NL	39	23	1	7	1	0	5	0	0	5	.304	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	LAN	NL	36	67	4	18	3	0	9	0	1	26	.269	.254 (+6%)	.317 (-10%)	.377 (-17%)	.695 (-14%)	-153.0
1989	LAN	NL	19	33	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	.061	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	CIN	NL	14	26	1	5	2	0	4	0	4	9	.192	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	NYA	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	NYA	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	NYA	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	SEA	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	SEA	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	TEX	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			293	163	9	36	6	1	19	1	5	57	.221	—	—	—	—	-153

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1988	NLCS	LAN	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1988	WS	LAN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	4	1	0	11.0	14	4	5	7	3.27

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1988	NLCS	LAN	0	1	2	1	0	4.3	8	3	3	3	6.23
1988	WS	LAN	0	0	2	0	0	6.7	6	1	2	4	1.35

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	142	78	2	17	0	10	.218
Away	151	85	7	19	1	9	.224

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	141	723.2	754	338	260	442	4.20
Away	151	767.2	816	385	275	446	4.51

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1994-08-09	TEX	SEA	—	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0
1994-08-08	TEX	SEA	—	0.1	0	1	1	1	0	0
1994-07-21	TEX	TOR	L	6.1	7	7	7	4	2	2
1994-07-18	TEX	CLE	—	3.0	8	5	5	2	0	1
1994-07-07	TEX	CLE	W	5.2	8	4	4	2	1	1
1994-07-02	TEX	DET	—	4.2	1	0	0	1	5	0
1993-10-03	SEA	MIN	L	6.2	8	6	4	2	2	3
1993-09-28	SEA	CHW	W	7.1	7	2	2	2	3	1
1993-09-20	SEA	TEX	—	7.0	8	0	0	2	5	0
1993-09-15	SEA	LAA	L	3.2	9	9	5	3	2	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	292	224	130	221	10	22

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1981	NYN	P	1	1	0	0	0	0
1983	NYN	P	2	2	1	3	0	0
1984	NYN	P	20	7	3	4	1	0
1985	ML4	P	5	5	1	7	0	0
1986	ML4	P	33	30	22	26	1	1
1987	LAN	P	39	12	9	18	0	2
1988	LAN	P	35	34	24	34	1	4
1989	LAN	P	19	17	16	16	1	2
1989	CIN	P	14	14	4	15	1	0
1990	NYA	P	31	31	14	36	4	4
1991	NYA	P	28	18	9	12	1	3
1992	NYA	P	18	15	7	10	0	1
1992	SEA	P	8	8	3	8	0	2
1993	SEA	P	33	27	14	28	0	3
1994	TEX	P	6	3	3	4	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	292

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1988	Player of the Week	Week of 1988-07-22
1988	Silver Slugger	P
1988	TSN Comeback Player of the Year

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
1993	SEA	AL	$1,800,000
1992	NYA	AL	$2,175,000
1991	NYA	AL	$1,975,000
1990	NYA	AL	$825,000
1989	LAN	NL	$670,000
1988	LAN	NL	$190,000
1987	LAN	NL	$170,000
1986	ML4	AL	$90,000
Total Career Earnings			$7,895,000

College History

School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of California - Los Angeles	Los Angeles	CA	1977, 1978, 1979

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Frequently Asked Questions about Tim Leary

What years did Tim Leary play?: Tim Leary played in Major League Baseball from 1981 to 1994.
Was Tim Leary a pitcher?: Yes. Tim Leary pitched in the major leagues, recording 78 wins and 888 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Tim Leary hit?: Tim Leary hit 1 career home runs with 36 hits.