Jeffrey Leonard
| Jeffrey Leonard | |||
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Leonard playing for the Giants in 1985
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| Left fielder | |||
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Born: September 22, 1955 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 2, 1977, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 3, 1990, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .266 | ||
| Home runs | 144 | ||
| Runs batted in | 723 | ||
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Jeffrey Leonard (born September 22, 1955), nicknamed "Penitentiary Face", is an American former left fielder in Major League Baseball with a 14-year career from 1977 to 1990. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, Milwaukee Brewers and Seattle Mariners.
Leonard was born in Philadelphia. He was a standout in football, basketball and baseball at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, which produced basketball stars Wilt Chamberlain and Walt Hazzard. He got 60 scholarship offers for football, five for basketball and none for baseball, where he played shortstop and twice hit two home runs in one inning.
While playing in the minor leagues in the middle of the 1981 season Max Venable and Guy Sularz gave Jeffrey Leonard the nickname "HackMan" because he had a habit of swinging at the first pitch no matter what. People spelled it "Hackman" but he did not like the way the spelling looked, and said, "Spell it like the video game PacMan", so it came out as "HacMan." Leonard was known for his "one flap down" routine: running around the bases after hitting a home run with one arm hanging motionless at his side. Leonard tied for the California League lead for assists by an outfielder with 13 while playing for the Bakersfield Dodgers in 1976. He also led the Pacific Coast League in hits (183) and batting average (.365) while playing for the Albuquerque Dukes in 1978.
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