What years did Dutch Leonard play?

Dutch Leonard played in Major League Baseball from 1933 to 1953.

Was Dutch Leonard a pitcher?

Yes. Dutch Leonard pitched in the major leagues, recording 191 wins and 1170 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Dutch Leonard hit?

Dutch Leonard hit 0 career home runs with 177 hits.

What teams did Dutch Leonard play for?

Dutch Leonard played for 4 teams: the Brooklyn Dodgers (1933–1936), the Washington Senators (1938–1946), the Philadelphia Phillies (1947–1948), and the Chicago Cubs (1949–1953).

What awards did Dutch Leonard win?

Dutch Leonard was selected to 5 All-Star Games.

What were Dutch Leonard's career stats?

In 640 games, Dutch Leonard went 191-181 with a 3.25 ERA, 1,170 strikeouts, 3,218.1 innings pitched, and 44 saves. At the plate he had 177 hits and 0 home runs.

What position did Dutch Leonard play?

Dutch Leonard played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Dutch Leonard and how much did he weigh?

Dutch Leonard was listed at 6 feet and 175 pounds.

What was Dutch Leonard's career ERA?

Dutch Leonard finished with a 3.25 career ERA, going 191-181 with 1,170 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Dutch Leonard have?

Dutch Leonard recorded 1,170 career strikeouts.

Is Dutch Leonard in the Hall of Fame?

No. Dutch Leonard has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Dutch Leonard make?

Dutch Leonard was selected to 5 All-Star Games.

Dutch Leonard

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1933-1953)

Dutch Leonard was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1933 to 1953 for 4 teams, including the Brooklyn Dodgers, a span of 21 seasons. Across 640 career appearances, he went 191-181 with a 3.25 ERA, 1,170 strikeouts, and 44 saves. He also batted .168 with 0 home runs. Dutch Leonard was a 5-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 44834.0.

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 15, 2026

W–L 191–181

ERA 3.25

WHIP 1.26

SO 1,170

Pitcher PIV 44834.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 175 lb
Born: 3/25/1909 in Auburn, IL, USA
Died: 4/17/1983 in Springfield, IL, USA
MLB Debut: 1933-08-31
Last Game: 1953-09-25
Awards: 5× All-Star

Full name: Emil John Leonard

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Career Pitching Statistics

Dutch Leonard — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
191	181	640	374	192	30	44	3218.1	3,304	1,162	158	737	1,170	3.25	44834.0

Career ERA 3.25 vs. league average 4.00 across their career seasons — 18.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Dutch Leonard (b. 1909) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1933	BRO	NL	2	3	10	3	2	0	0	40.0	42	13	10	6	2.92	3.86 (+24%)	499.2
1934	BRO	NL	14	11	44	20	11	2	5	183.2	210	67	33	58	3.28	4.29 (+24%)	1187.5
1935	BRO	NL	2	9	43	11	4	0	8	137.2	152	60	29	41	3.92	4.35 (+10%)	212.5
1936	BRO	NL	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	32.0	34	13	5	8	3.66	4.59 (+20%)	360.8
1938	WS1	AL	12	15	33	31	15	3	0	223.1	221	85	53	68	3.43	4.35 (+21%)	2442.8
1939	WS1	AL	20	8	34	34	21	2	0	269.1	273	106	59	88	3.54	4.28 (+17%)	2735.6
1940	WS1	AL	14	19	35	35	23	2	0	289.0	328	112	78	124	3.49	4.21 (+17%)	2939.6
1941	WS1	AL	18	13	34	33	19	4	0	256.0	271	98	54	91	3.45	3.94 (+12%)	5874.7
1942	WS1	AL	2	2	6	5	1	1	0	35.0	28	16	5	15	4.11	3.57 (-15%)	924.5
1943	WS1	AL	11	13	31	30	15	2	1	219.2	218	80	46	51	3.28	3.50 (+6%)	577.1
1944	WS1	AL	14	14	32	31	17	3	0	229.1	222	78	37	62	3.06	3.57 (+14%)	2770.5
1945	WS1	AL	17	7	31	29	12	4	1	216.0	208	51	35	96	2.12	3.67 (+42%)	5787.0
1946	WS1	AL	10	10	26	23	7	2	0	161.2	182	64	36	62	3.56	3.59 (+1%)	1278.2
1947	PHI	NL	17	12	32	29	19	3	0	235.0	224	70	57	103	2.68	3.97 (+33%)	3855.8
1948	PHI	NL	12	17	34	30	16	1	0	225.2	226	63	54	92	2.51	4.10 (+39%)	5062.5
1949	CHN	NL	7	16	33	28	10	1	0	180.0	198	83	43	83	4.15	4.12 (-1%)	6577.7
1950	CHN	NL	5	1	35	1	0	0	6	74.0	70	31	27	28	3.77	4.36 (+13%)	236.9
1951	CHN	NL	10	6	41	1	0	0	3	81.2	69	24	28	30	2.64	4.04 (+35%)	1487.0
1952	CHN	NL	2	2	45	0	0	0	11	66.2	56	16	24	37	2.16	3.70 (+42%)	1051.7
1953	CHN	NL	2	3	45	0	0	0	8	62.2	72	32	24	27	4.60	4.14 (-11%)	-1027.7
Career · 20 seasons			191	181	640	374	192	30	44	3,218.1	3,304	1,162	737	1,170	3.25	—	44,834

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

Dutch Leonard — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
640	1,054	53	177	18	4	0	69	1	20	183	.168	.185	.193	.378	-6,493

Career AVG .168 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 36.8% below league average.

Career OBP .185 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 44.9% below league average.

Career SLG .193 vs. league average .379 across their career seasons — 49.1% below league average.

Career OPS .378 vs. league average .714 across their career seasons — 47.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Dutch Leonard (b. 1909) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1933	BRO	NL	10	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1934	BRO	NL	44	67	3	12	3	1	4	0	0	16	.179	.278 (-36%)	.340 (-47%)	.392 (-35%)	.733 (-41%)	-463.6
1935	BRO	NL	43	39	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	9	.026	—	—	—	—	0.0
1936	BRO	NL	16	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
1938	WS1	AL	33	82	10	19	3	2	5	0	2	12	.232	.272 (-15%)	.341 (-27%)	.392 (-19%)	.734 (-23%)	-330.7
1939	WS1	AL	34	95	2	21	3	0	2	0	1	12	.221	.274 (-19%)	.342 (-33%)	.393 (-36%)	.735 (-34%)	-540.4
1940	WS1	AL	35	101	6	16	0	0	4	0	1	11	.158	.267 (-41%)	.335 (-50%)	.387 (-59%)	.722 (-55%)	-885.1
1941	WS1	AL	34	88	1	9	2	0	8	0	1	13	.102	.262 (-61%)	.332 (-66%)	.373 (-66%)	.705 (-66%)	-921.9
1942	WS1	AL	6	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
1943	WS1	AL	31	67	0	7	0	0	3	1	2	10	.104	.255 (-59%)	.324 (-60%)	.346 (-70%)	.671 (-65%)	-653.5
1944	WS1	AL	32	79	6	18	1	0	1	0	4	10	.228	.261 (-13%)	.325 (-19%)	.357 (-33%)	.683 (-26%)	-308.5
1945	WS1	AL	31	78	9	18	2	0	9	0	1	5	.231	.260 (-12%)	.328 (-27%)	.354 (-28%)	.683 (-27%)	-336.6
1946	WS1	AL	26	53	2	9	0	0	7	0	2	17	.170	.256 (-34%)	.328 (-39%)	.358 (-53%)	.687 (-46%)	-374.6
1947	PHI	NL	32	80	4	14	1	0	12	0	2	16	.175	.262 (-33%)	.336 (-39%)	.376 (-50%)	.712 (-45%)	-570.7
1948	PHI	NL	34	83	1	12	0	1	4	0	0	22	.145	.263 (-45%)	.340 (-54%)	.379 (-56%)	.719 (-55%)	-739.4
1949	CHN	NL	33	59	4	12	1	0	5	0	2	15	.203	.262 (-23%)	.343 (-33%)	.384 (-43%)	.727 (-38%)	-368.2
1950	CHN	NL	35	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.062	—	—	—	—	0.0
1951	CHN	NL	41	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1952	CHN	NL	45	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1953	CHN	NL	45	10	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	.300	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 20 seasons			640	1,054	53	177	18	4	69	1	20	183	.168	—	—	—	—	-6,493

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.

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Dutch Leonard — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	331	515	28	91	0	36	.177
Away	309	538	25	86	0	33	.160

Pitching — Home / Away

Dutch Leonard — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	331	1690.0	1706	571	374	639	3.04
Away	309	1528.2	1604	603	361	530	3.55

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Dutch Leonard — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1953-09-25	CHC	STL	—	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	2
1953-09-20	CHC	STL	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0
1953-09-17	CHC	PHI	—	2.0	2	2	2	1	0	1
1953-09-09	CHC	PIT	—	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1953-09-02	CHC	PIT	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1953-08-31	CHC	NY1	—	2.2	5	3	3	1	2	1
1953-08-25	CHC	BRO	—	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	1
1953-08-23	CHC	ATL	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
1953-08-16	CHC	ATL	—	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0
1953-08-15	CHC	ATL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dutch Leonard — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	640	0	174	719	32	41

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dutch Leonard — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1933	BRO	P	10	4	10	2	0
1934	BRO	P	44	11	42	0	4
1935	BRO	P	43	2	26	1	0
1936	BRO	P	16	1	12	0	0
1938	WS1	P	33	9	46	4	3
1939	WS1	P	34	10	56	2	3
1940	WS1	P	35	15	72	4	7
1941	WS1	P	34	20	37	3	7
1942	WS1	P	6	1	7	0	0
1943	WS1	P	31	10	55	2	5
1944	WS1	P	32	7	53	3	2
1945	WS1	P	31	8	44	2	0
1946	WS1	P	26	4	47	3	2
1947	PHI	P	32	18	51	0	2
1948	PHI	P	34	15	57	2	2
1949	CHN	P	33	13	36	3	1
1950	CHN	P	35	5	15	0	1
1951	CHN	P	41	6	21	0	2
1952	CHN	P	45	6	22	1	0
1953	CHN	P	45	9	10	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Dutch Leonard (b. 1909) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	640

Awards & Honors

Dutch Leonard — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1941	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P5
1939	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3

Award Voting History

Dutch Leonard — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1947	Most Valuable Player	NL	13th	32.0	336	1
1945	Most Valuable Player	AL	18th	16.0	336	0
1941	Most Valuable Player	AL	20th	7.0	336	0
1939	Most Valuable Player	AL	7th	71.0	336	1

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Dutch Leonard: the record in brief

Dutch Leonard played a first major league game on August 31, 1933 and a last one on September 25, 1953. By club, Leonard's seasons break down as the Brooklyn Dodgers (1933 to 1936), the Washington Senators (1938 to 1946), the Philadelphia Phillies (1947 through 1948), and the Chicago Cubs (1949 through 1953). The bio lists Leonard as a pitcher who both batted and threw right-handed. Height and weight on file: 6'0" and 175 pounds. Leonard was born on March 25, 1909, in Auburn, IL, USA. The bio records the death on April 17, 1983, in Springfield, IL, USA. Leonard's full given name, per the bio, is Emil John Leonard.

Leonard's career pitching line is 191 wins, 181 losses and a 3.25 ERA over 640 appearances. The totals include 1,170 strikeouts, 192 complete games, 30 shutouts, and 44 saves. That 3.25 ERA compares with a 4.00 league average across the same seasons, 18.8% better. The best win total was 20, in 1939.

Frequently Asked Questions about Dutch Leonard

What years did Dutch Leonard play?: Dutch Leonard played in Major League Baseball from 1933 to 1953.
Was Dutch Leonard a pitcher?: Yes. Dutch Leonard pitched in the major leagues, recording 191 wins and 1170 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Dutch Leonard hit?: Dutch Leonard hit 0 career home runs with 177 hits.
What teams did Dutch Leonard play for?: Dutch Leonard played for 4 teams: the Brooklyn Dodgers (1933–1936), the Washington Senators (1938–1946), the Philadelphia Phillies (1947–1948), and the Chicago Cubs (1949–1953).
What awards did Dutch Leonard win?: Dutch Leonard was selected to 5 All-Star Games.
What were Dutch Leonard's career stats?: In 640 games, Dutch Leonard went 191-181 with a 3.25 ERA, 1,170 strikeouts, 3,218.1 innings pitched, and 44 saves. At the plate he had 177 hits and 0 home runs.
What position did Dutch Leonard play?: Dutch Leonard played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Dutch Leonard and how much did he weigh?: Dutch Leonard was listed at 6 feet and 175 pounds.
What was Dutch Leonard's career ERA?: Dutch Leonard finished with a 3.25 career ERA, going 191-181 with 1,170 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Dutch Leonard have?: Dutch Leonard recorded 1,170 career strikeouts.
Is Dutch Leonard in the Hall of Fame?: No. Dutch Leonard has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Dutch Leonard make?: Dutch Leonard was selected to 5 All-Star Games.