Bio
- Debut
- 1905
Bio
- Debut
- 1905
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 296
- W
- 124
- L
- 97
- ERA
- 2.47
- IP
- 1838.0
- K
- 616
- BB
- 554
- WHIP
- 1.21
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | PIT | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2.89 | 56.0 | 10 | 14 | 1.18 |
| 1906 | PIT | 37 | 18 | 13 | 1.87 | 255.2 | 111 | 68 | 1.10 |
| 1907 | PIT | 40 | 20 | 16 | 2.33 | 286.0 | 112 | 100 | 1.29 |
| 1908 | PIT | 34 | 15 | 14 | 2.10 | 218.2 | 87 | 86 | 1.16 |
| 1909 | PIT | 32 | 19 | 8 | 2.37 | 201.2 | 43 | 54 | 1.12 |
| 1910 | PIT | 40 | 15 | 13 | 2.64 | 218.1 | 64 | 67 | 1.21 |
| 1911 | PIT | 42 | 16 | 16 | 2.63 | 318.0 | 111 | 82 | 1.20 |
| 1912 |  PIT/CHC | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2.86 | 94.1 | 31 | 31 | 1.36 |
| 1913 | CHC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5.48 | 21.1 | 4 | 5 | 1.55 |
| 1918 | BAL | 15 | 2 | 6 | 2.55 | 67.0 | 22 | 19 | 1.19 |
| 1919 | BAL | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2.93 | 92.0 | 18 | 25 | 1.32 |
| 1920 | BAL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 9.0 | 3 | 3 | 2.22 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 11.25
- IP
- 4.0
- K
- 0
- BB
- 1
- WHIP
- 2.00
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 138
- SHO
- 33
- K/9
- 3.0
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | PIT | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1906 | PIT | 0 | 24 | 8 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | PIT | 0 | 24 | 6 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | PIT | 0 | 18 | 5 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1909 | PIT | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | PIT | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911 | PIT | 0 | 26 | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | PIT/CHC | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | BAL | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | BAL | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Lefty Leifield's career stats?
Lefty Leifield played 12 seasons for the Pirates, the Cubs and the Orioles. He had 124 wins and 616 strikeouts with a 2.47 ERA over 1,838.0 innings. His best season was 1907: 20 wins, a 2.33 ERA and 112 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 1 postseason, 1905 to 1920
Championships
- 1909 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates
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