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Tommy Leach

Tommy Leach
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Outfielder / Third baseman
Born: (1877-11-04)November 4, 1877
French Creek, New York
Died: September 29, 1969(1969-09-29) (aged 91)
Haines City, Florida
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 28, 1898, for the Louisville Colonels
Last MLB appearance
September 2, 1918, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Batting average .269
Hits 2,143
Home runs 63
Runs batted in 810
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Thomas Andrew Leach (November 4, 1877 – September 29, 1969) known as Tommy Leach or Tommie Leach, was a baseball player during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Leach participated in the first modern World Series in 1903 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, hitting four triples to set a record that still stands. He played with legendary ballplayers such as Honus Wagner, Dummy Hoy, Three Finger Brown, Frank Chance, Heinie Groh, Max Carey, Casey Stengel and Rube Waddell. Leach played professionally for the Louisville Colonels, Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds for nineteen seasons. Early on, Leach was primarily an infielder including playing shortstop, second base and, mostly, third base. Later in his career, to take advantage of his speed, Leach played mostly outfield. Leach is also famous for having interviewed for Lawrence Ritter's The Glory of Their Times collection.

Leach was well known for his small stature and was nicknamed "Wee Tommy". In 1902, while with the Pirates, he led the National League in home runs with a total of six. Each one was of the inside-the-park variety, which was not unusual in the "dead-ball era". 49 of Tommy Leach's 63 career home runs were inside-the-park, which is still a National League record.


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