Dutch Leonard (left-handed pitcher)
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"Hubert Leonard" redirects here. For the Belgian violinist, see Hubert Léonard.
For the right-handed pitcher Emil "Dutch" Leonard, see Dutch Leonard (right-handed pitcher).
Hubert Benjamin "Dutch" Leonard, (April 16, 1892 – July 11, 1952) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career from 1913 to 1921, and 1924 to 1925. He played for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers, and holds the major league modern-era record for the lowest single-season ERA of all time — 0.96 in 1914.[lower-alpha 1]
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Dutch Leonard | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: (1892-04-16)April 16, 1892 Birmingham, Ohio, U.S. | |
Died: July 11, 1952(1952-07-11) (aged 60) Fresno, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
April 12, 1913, for the Boston Red Sox | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 19, 1925, for the Detroit Tigers | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 139–113 |
Earned run average | 2.76 |
Strikeouts | 1,160 |
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He is not to be confused with Emil "Dutch" Leonard, a right-handed pitcher who pitched in the major leagues between 1933 and 1953.