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Leon Wagner
Leon Lamar Wagner (Daddy Wags)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.
School Tuskegee University

Debut June 22, 1958
  vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 2, 1969
Born May 13, 1934 in Chattanooga, TN
Died January 3, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)

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        Daddy Wags' laid-back nature and potent bat made him a fan favorite with the Los Angeles Angels. His split-grip batting stance was emblematic of his quirky personality. Sadly, he died homeless and alone -- which shouldn't happen to anyone in this country.

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 24 SFG NL  74  221   31   70   9  0  13   35   1  0  18  34  .317  .371  .534  139  118   0   0   3   1   1
 1959 25 SFG NL  87  129   20   29   4  3   5   22   0  0  25  24  .225  .361  .419  109   54   0   1   6   3   4
 1960 26 STL NL  39   98   12   21   2  0   4   11   0  1  17  17  .214  .333  .357   84   35   0   1   3   1   1
 1961 27 LAA AL 133  453   74  127  19  2  28   79   5  1  48  65  .280  .348  .517  119  234   0   7   2   3   5
 1962 28 LAA AL 160  612   96  164  21  5  37  107   7  5  50  87  .268  .326  .500  122  306   7   4   4   5   5 MVP-4,AS
 1963 29 LAA AL 149  550   73  160  11  1  26   90   5  7  49  73  .291  .352  .456  131  251   0   7   8   7   5 MVP-19,AS
 1964 30 CLE AL 163  641   94  162  19  2  31  100  14  2  56 121  .253  .316  .434  108  278   2   5  12   6  13 MVP-17
 1965 31 CLE AL 144  517   91  152  18  1  28   79  12  2  60  52  .294  .369  .495  143  256   0   3   8   3   6
 1966 32 CLE AL 150  549   70  153  20  0  23   66   5  2  46  69  .279  .334  .441  121  242   0   3   9   1  12 MVP-21
 1967 33 CLE AL 135  433   56  105  15  1  15   54   3  3  37  76  .242  .317  .386  105  167   2   4   6  12   5
 1968 34 TOT AL 107  211   19   55  12  0   1   24   2  1  27  37  .261  .345  .332  103   70   0   0   2   0   4
         CLE AL  38   49    5    9   4  0   0    6   0  0   6   6  .184  .273  .265   65   13   0   0   0   0   2
         CHW AL  69  162   14   46   8  0   1   18   2  1  21  31  .284  .366  .352  114   57   0   0   2   0   2
 1969 35 SFG NL  11   12    0    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   2   1  .333  .467  .333  129    4   0   0   1   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1352 4426  636 1202 150 15 211  669  54 24 435 656  .272  .340  .455  120 2015  11  35  64  43  61
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        530   76  144  18  2  25   80   6  3  52  79  .272  .340  .455  120  241   1   4   8   5   7
 Career High    163  641   96  164  21  5  37  107  14  7  60 121  .317  .371  .534  143  306   7   7  12  12  13
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 24 SFG NL  240  152   45   8.0   104| .317  .267| .371  .335| .534  .417| .905  .752| 139  .727  11.6   1.1 100%
 1959 25 SFG NL  158  105   20   5.1   103| .225  .268| .361  .333| .419  .414| .780  .747| 109  .544   2.4   0.2   0%
 1960 26 STL NL  117   80   12   4.0   106| .214  .272| .333  .339| .357  .418| .690  .757|  84  .464  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1961 27 LAA AL  511  339   85   6.7   113| .280  .276| .348  .353| .517  .430| .865  .783| 119  .661  11.2   1.1  83%
 1962 28 LAA AL  678  469  101   5.8   100| .268  .260| .326  .331| .500  .404| .826  .736| 122  .608  16.0   1.6  58%
 1963 29 LAA AL  613  409   90   5.9    89| .291  .248| .352  .314| .456  .384| .808  .697| 131  .653  22.9   2.4  41%
 1964 30 CLE AL  710  501   89   4.8    95| .253  .254| .316  .323| .434  .395| .750  .718| 108  .555   5.3   0.5  87%
 1965 31 CLE AL  583  376   99   7.1    93| .294  .252| .369  .322| .495  .386| .864  .708| 143  .738  29.2   3.0  85%
 1966 32 CLE AL  599  413   80   5.2    90| .279  .248| .334  .315| .441  .383| .775  .698| 121  .629  14.4   1.5  71%
 1967 33 CLE AL  488  342   55   4.4    86| .242  .245| .317  .315| .386  .368| .703  .683| 105  .569   3.1   0.3  50%
 1968 34 TOT AL  238  161   25   4.2    83| .261  .242| .345  .313| .332  .359| .677  .671| 103  .578   1.8   0.2  66%
         CLE AL   55   42    3   1.9    79| .184  .237| .273  .306| .265  .351| .538  .656|  65  .249  -1.8  -0.2   0%
         CHW AL  183  119   22   5.0    84| .284  .244| .366  .315| .352  .362| .718  .676| 114  .654   3.6   0.4  66%
 1969 35 SFG NL   15    8    2   6.7    94| .333  .258| .467  .328| .333  .383| .800  .711| 129  .704   0.8   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     4950 3355  703   5.6    95| .272  .255| .340  .325| .455  .394| .795  .719| 120  .631 116.7  11.8  69%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1958 24 SFG NL LF 57 94 4 5 0 .951 .975 1.72 1.54 2.04 2.00 56 433.3 1959 25 SFG NL LF 28 50 0 3 0 .943 .971 1.79 1.59 2.37 2.04 24 190.0 1960 26 STL NL OF 32 48 4 2 0 .963 .977 1.62 1.92 1.98 2.20 26 236.3 LF 29 41 4 1 0 .978 .974 1.55 1.55 1.98 1.99 22 204.3 RF 4 9 0 1 0 .900 .978 2.25 1.75 2.53 1.97 4 32.0 1961 27 LAA AL OF 116 187 12 6 2 .971 .977 1.72 1.98 1.83 2.25 113 980.0 LF 104 157 11 5 1 .971 .969 1.62 1.62 1.73 2.00 101 875.3 RF 14 19 1 1 1 .952 .976 1.43 1.75 1.72 2.06 12 104.7 1962 28 LAA AL OF 156 269 7 8 1 .972 .980 1.77 1.92 1.81 2.19 154 1370.0 AS LF 102 163 7 6 1 .966 .976 1.67 1.61 1.81 2.01 94 846.0 AS RF 63 103 2 2 0 .981 .979 1.67 1.71 1.80 2.00 60 524.0 AS 1963 29 LAA AL OF 141 254 7 11 1 .960 .981 1.85 1.91 1.90 2.16 140 1236.7 AS LF 136 241 8 11 1 .958 .976 1.83 1.57 1.91 1.90 134 1175.0 AS RF 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.57 1.71 1.60 2.01 6 61.7 AS 1964 30 CLE AL LF 163 250 5 11 0 .959 .975 1.56 1.46 1.59 1.81 160 1443.0 1965 31 CLE AL LF 134 179 2 8 0 .958 .979 1.35 1.49 1.42 1.87 132 1145.0 1966 32 CLE AL LF 139 182 4 2 0 .989 .980 1.34 1.45 1.48 1.83 138 1130.7 1967 33 CLE AL LF 117 137 4 3 2 .979 .976 1.21 1.40 1.42 1.87 115 894.0 1968 34 TOT AL OF 56 51 0 6 0 .895 .981 0.91 1.80 1.21 2.08 51 379.6 TOT AL RF 39 33 0 2 0 .943 .976 0.85 1.57 1.09 1.88 37 271.6 TOT AL LF 17 15 0 4 0 .789 .980 0.88 1.45 1.25 1.85 14 108.0 CLE AL OF 10 3 0 3 0 .500 .968 0.30 1.80 0.46 2.08 10 58.3 LF 7 2 0 3 0 .400 1.000 0.29 1.46 0.47 1.85 7 38.0 RF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.57 0.44 1.86 3 20.3 CHW AL OF 46 48 0 3 0 .941 .982 1.04 1.80 1.34 2.08 41 321.3 RF 36 32 0 2 0 .941 .976 0.89 1.57 1.15 1.88 34 251.3 LF 10 13 0 1 0 .929 .977 1.30 1.45 1.67 1.85 7 70.0 1969 35 SFG NL LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.30 3.00 1.60 1 9.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1958 24 SFG NL LF 57 94 4 5 0 .951 .975 1.72 1.54 2.04 2.00 56 433.3 1959 25 SFG NL LF 28 50 0 3 0 .943 .971 1.79 1.59 2.37 2.04 24 190.0 1960 26 STL NL LF 29 41 4 1 0 .978 .974 1.55 1.55 1.98 1.99 22 204.3 1961 27 LAA AL LF 104 157 11 5 1 .971 .969 1.62 1.62 1.73 2.00 101 875.3 1962 28 LAA AL LF 102 163 7 6 1 .966 .976 1.67 1.61 1.81 2.01 94 846.0 1963 29 LAA AL LF 136 241 8 11 1 .958 .976 1.83 1.57 1.91 1.90 134 1175.0 1964 30 CLE AL LF 163 250 5 11 0 .959 .975 1.56 1.46 1.59 1.81 160 1443.0 1965 31 CLE AL LF 134 179 2 8 0 .958 .979 1.35 1.49 1.42 1.87 132 1145.0 1966 32 CLE AL LF 139 182 4 2 0 .989 .980 1.34 1.45 1.48 1.83 138 1130.7 1967 33 CLE AL LF 117 137 4 3 2 .979 .976 1.21 1.40 1.42 1.87 115 894.0 1968 34 TOT AL LF 17 15 0 4 0 .789 .980 0.88 1.45 1.25 1.85 14 108.0 CLE AL LF 7 2 0 3 0 .400 1.000 0.29 1.46 0.47 1.85 7 38.0 CHW AL LF 10 13 0 1 0 .929 .977 1.30 1.45 1.67 1.85 7 70.0 1969 35 SFG NL LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.30 3.00 1.60 1 9.0 1958 24 SFG NL OF 57 89 5 5 0 .949 .980 1.65 1.95 1.95 2.26 56 433.3 1959 25 SFG NL OF 28 48 0 3 0 .941 .978 1.71 1.90 2.27 2.21 24 190.0 1960 26 STL NL OF 32 48 4 2 0 .963 .977 1.62 1.92 1.98 2.20 26 236.3 1961 27 LAA AL OF 116 187 12 6 2 .971 .977 1.72 1.98 1.83 2.25 113 980.0 1962 28 LAA AL OF 156 269 7 8 1 .972 .980 1.77 1.92 1.81 2.19 154 1370.0 1963 29 LAA AL OF 141 254 7 11 1 .960 .981 1.85 1.91 1.90 2.16 140 1236.7 1964 30 CLE AL OF 163 254 5 11 0 .959 .980 1.59 1.79 1.62 2.04 160 1443.0 1965 31 CLE AL OF 134 175 3 8 0 .957 .978 1.33 1.78 1.40 2.04 132 1145.0 1966 32 CLE AL OF 139 185 4 2 0 .990 .982 1.36 1.82 1.50 2.10 138 1130.7 1967 33 CLE AL OF 117 142 4 3 1 .980 .980 1.25 1.76 1.47 2.05 115 894.0 1968 34 TOT AL OF 56 51 0 6 0 .895 .981 0.91 1.80 1.21 2.08 51 379.6 CLE AL OF 10 3 0 3 0 .500 .968 0.30 1.80 0.46 2.08 10 58.3 CHW AL OF 46 48 0 3 0 .941 .982 1.04 1.80 1.34 2.08 41 321.3 1969 35 SFG NL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.80 3.00 2.00 1 9.0 1960 26 STL NL RF 4 9 0 1 0 .900 .978 2.25 1.75 2.53 1.97 4 32.0 1961 27 LAA AL RF 14 19 1 1 1 .952 .976 1.43 1.75 1.72 2.06 12 104.7 1962 28 LAA AL RF 63 103 2 2 0 .981 .979 1.67 1.71 1.80 2.00 60 524.0 1963 29 LAA AL RF 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.57 1.71 1.60 2.01 6 61.7 1968 34 TOT AL RF 39 33 0 2 0 .943 .976 0.85 1.57 1.09 1.88 37 271.6 CLE AL RF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.57 0.44 1.86 3 20.3 CHW AL RF 36 32 0 2 0 .941 .976 0.89 1.57 1.15 1.88 34 251.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1140 1705 51 65 5 .964 .980 1.54 1.86 1.67 2.13 1110 9447.7 1027 0 127# LF*1027 1512 49 59 5 .964 .976 1.52 1.51 1.66 1.90 991 8453.7 RF* 127 175 3 6 1 .967 .978 1.40 1.67 1.61 1.97 119 994.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1140 1705 51 65 5 .964 .980 1.54 1.86 1.67 2.13 1110 9448
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1962-1 LAA AL   *   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1962-2 LAA AL   *   4   1   3  0  0  1   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1963   LAA AL   *   3   1   2  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      3  11   2   5  0  0  1   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .455  .455  .727 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1962-1 (LF)
1962-2 (LF)
1963 (LF)

Awards
1962-ML-AS MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1962-AL-4-0.30
1963-AL-19-0.03
1964-AL-17-0.03
1966-AL-21-0.01
Car-514-0.37 shares

Batting Average
1963 AL-.291-7
1965 AL-.294-5
1966 AL-.279-6

On-base %
1965 AL-.369-7

Slugging %
1961 AL-.517-8
1962 AL-.500-6
1965 AL-.495-4

OPS
1961 AL-.865-9
1965 AL-.864-4

Games
1962 AL-160-5
1964 AL-163-1

At Bats
1964 AL-641-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1964 AL-710-5

Runs
1962 AL-96-7
1964 AL-94-4
1965 AL-91-6

Total Bases
1962 AL-306-3
1964 AL-278-7
1965 AL-256-7

Home Runs
1961 AL-28-8
1962 AL-37-3
1963 AL-26-9
1964 AL-31-8
1965 AL-28-4

RBI
1962 AL-107-5
1963 AL-90-6
1964 AL-100-6

Strikeouts
1964 AL-121-7

Stolen Bases
1964 AL-14-7

Singles
1963 AL-122-8
1966 AL-110-8

Adjusted OPS+
1965 AL-143-3

Runs Created
1965 AL-99-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1965 AL-29-5

Batting Wins
1965 AL-3.0-5

Extra-Base Hits
1962 AL-63-6

Offensive Win%
1965 AL-.738-2

Hit By Pitch
1963 AL-7-9
1964 AL-6-9
1967 AL-12-3

Sac. Flies
1961 AL-7-10
1963 AL-7-6

Intentional Walks
1963 AL-8-6
1964 AL-12-2
1966 AL-9-8

Caught Stealing
1963 AL-7-4

Power/Speed Number
1964 AL-19.3-1
1965 AL-16.8-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1965 AL-9.9-10

At Bats per Home Run
1961 AL-16.2-7
1962 AL-16.5-5
1965 AL-18.5-4

Outs
1964 AL-501-4

         

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 67 (362) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.6 (1067) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 19.0 (801) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

December 15, 1959: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Daryl Spencer to the St. Louis Cardinals for Don Blasingame.

October 11, 1960: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with a player to be named later, Cal Browning, and cash to the Toronto (International) for Al Cicotte. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Ellis Burton (January 26, 1961) to the Toronto (International) to complete the trade.

April 13, 1961: Traded by the Toronto (International) to the Los Angeles Angels for Lou Johnson.

December 2, 1963: Traded by the Los Angeles Angels to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later and Barry Latman. The Cleveland Indians sent Joe Adcock (December 6, 1963) to the Los Angeles Angels to complete the trade.

June 13, 1968: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Russ Snyder.

December 5, 1968: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Chicago White Sox.

April 5, 1969: Returned to the Chicago White Sox by the Cincinnati Reds following previous purchase.

April 5, 1969: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

May, 1969: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October 8, 1969: Released by the San Francisco Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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