Al Leiter, baseball player, 1987-2005

Al Leiter

Born: 10/23/1965 in Toms River, NJ, USA

MLB Debut: 1987-09-15 | Final Game: 2005-10-02

Bats: L | Throws: L | Height: 6'2" | Weight: 200 lbs

Full name: Alois Terry Leiter

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Biography

Al Leiter was a prominent American pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1987 until his retirement in 2005. Born in 1965, Leiter's career spanned nearly two decades, during which he established himself as a reliable starter known for his competitiveness and strategic approach on the mound. Over his career, he recorded a win-loss record of 162-132, an earned run average (ERA) of 3.8, and accumulated 1,974 strikeouts, showcasing his ability to dominate hitters. Although he registered only 2 saves, his primary role as a starter made him a crucial asset for the teams he played for. Leiter was selected as an All-Star twice, a testament to his skill and impact during the prime of his career. He was part of the game during a transformative era in baseball that included the rise of advanced analytics and an increasing emphasis on pitching depth. As a member of several teams, including the New York Mets and the Florida Marlins, he contributed to their successes, including a pivotal role in the Marlins' 1997 World Series championship. After retiring, Leiter transitioned to a successful career in broadcasting, further cementing his legacy within the sport.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
162 132 419 382 16 10 2 2391.0 2152 1010 198 1163 1974 3.80 0

Career ERA 3.80 vs. league average 4.28 across their career seasons — 11.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1987 NYY AL 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 22.7 24 16 15 28 6.35 4.29 (-48%) -
1988 NYY AL 4 4 14 14 0 0 0 57.3 49 25 33 60 3.92 3.73 (-5%) -
1989 NYY AL 1 2 4 4 0 0 0 26.7 23 18 21 22 6.07 3.71 (-64%) -
1989 TOR AL 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6.7 9 3 2 4 4.05 — 0.0
1990 TOR AL 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6.3 1 0 2 5 0.00 — 0.0
1991 TOR AL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1.7 3 5 5 1 27.00 — 0.0
1992 TOR AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 2 0 9.00 — 0.0
1993 TOR AL 9 6 34 12 1 1 2 105.0 93 48 56 66 4.11 4.19 (+2%) -658.0
1994 TOR AL 6 7 20 20 1 0 0 111.7 125 63 65 100 5.08 4.51 (-13%) 1922.4
1995 TOR AL 11 11 28 28 2 1 0 183.0 162 74 108 153 3.64 4.45 (+18%) 405.9
1996 MIA NL 16 12 33 33 2 1 0 215.3 153 70 119 200 2.93 4.61 (+37%) -
1997 MIA NL 11 9 27 27 0 0 0 151.3 133 73 91 132 4.34 4.39 (+1%) -
1998 NYN NL 17 6 28 28 4 2 0 193.0 151 53 71 174 2.47 4.43 (+44%) 6431.9
1999 NYN NL 13 12 32 32 1 1 0 213.0 209 100 93 162 4.23 4.71 (+10%) 2775.7
2000 NYN NL 16 8 31 31 2 1 0 208.0 176 74 76 200 3.20 4.77 (+33%) 6052.4
2001 NYN NL 11 11 29 29 0 0 0 187.3 178 69 46 142 3.31 4.42 (+25%) 4059.3
2002 NYN NL 13 13 33 33 2 2 0 204.3 194 79 69 172 3.48 4.28 (+19%) 2159.7
2003 NYN NL 15 9 30 30 1 1 0 180.7 176 80 94 139 3.99 4.40 (+9%) 549.4
2004 NYN NL 10 8 30 30 0 0 0 173.7 138 62 97 117 3.21 4.46 (+28%) -1351.4
2005 MIA NL 3 7 17 16 0 0 0 80.0 88 59 60 52 6.64 4.29 (-55%) -
2005 NYY AL 4 5 16 10 0 0 0 62.3 66 38 38 45 5.49 4.29 (-28%) -

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
419 530 15 45 7 1 0 16 0 35 290 0.085 0.142 0.102 0.243 -6069.6

Career AVG .085 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 67.8% below league average.

Career OBP .142 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — 57.4% below league average.

Career SLG .102 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — 75.3% below league average.

Career OPS 0.243 vs. league average 0.744 across their career seasons — 67.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1987 NYY AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1988 NYY AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1989 NYY AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1989 TOR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1990 TOR AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1991 TOR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1992 TOR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1993 TOR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1994 TOR AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1995 TOR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1996 MIA NL 33 70 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 4 45 0.100 .269 (-63%) .340 (-56%) .426 (-77%) .767 (-68%) -840.0
1997 MIA NL 27 48 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 25 0.104 — — — — -543.9
1998 NYN NL 28 57 1 6 3 0 0 4 0 7 32 0.105 .266 (-60%) .335 (-39%) .420 (-62%) .755 (-52%) -520.7
1999 NYN NL 32 57 1 6 2 0 0 5 0 2 29 0.105 .271 (-61%) .344 (-61%) .433 (-68%) .778 (-65%) -668.9
2000 NYN NL 31 58 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 33 0.052 .270 (-81%) .344 (-67%) .437 (-88%) .782 (-79%) -830.5
2001 NYN NL 29 62 2 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 28 0.065 .263 (-76%) .332 (-72%) .426 (-77%) .758 (-75%) -820.0
2002 NYN NL 33 53 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 8 28 0.151 .261 (-42%) .331 (-21%) .416 (-59%) .747 (-42%) -370.9
2003 NYN NL 30 53 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 28 0.019 .264 (-93%) .332 (-84%) .422 (-96%) .754 (-90%) -835.6
2004 NYN NL 30 54 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 30 0.093 .266 (-65%) .335 (-58%) .427 (-74%) .762 (-67%) -639.2
2005 MIA NL 17 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2005 NYY AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
21 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 8 0.059

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2005 ALDS2 NYA 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2000 NLCS NYN 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000
2000 NLDS2 NYN 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000
2000 WS NYN 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
1999 NLCS NYN 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
1999 NLDS2 NYN 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000
1997 NLCS FLO 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
1997 NLDS1 FLO 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
1997 WS FLO 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
1993 ALCS TOR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1993 WS TOR 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2 3 21 11 0 81.7 81 42 36 68 4.63

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2005 ALDS2 NYA 1 0 4 0 0 3.7 2 3 1 2 7.36
2000 NLCS NYN 0 0 1 1 0 7.0 8 3 0 9 3.86
2000 NLDS2 NYN 0 0 1 1 0 8.0 5 2 3 6 2.25
2000 WS NYN 0 1 2 2 0 15.7 12 5 6 16 2.87
1999 NLCS NYN 0 1 2 2 0 7.0 5 5 4 5 6.43
1999 NLDS2 NYN 0 0 1 1 0 7.7 3 3 3 4 3.52
1997 NLCS FLO 0 1 2 1 0 8.3 13 4 2 6 4.32
1997 NLDS1 FLO 0 0 1 1 0 4.0 7 4 3 3 9.00
1997 WS FLO 0 0 2 2 0 10.7 10 6 10 10 5.06
1993 ALCS TOR 0 0 2 0 0 2.7 4 1 2 2 3.38
1993 WS TOR 1 0 3 0 0 7.0 12 6 2 5 7.71

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 419 382 57 286 14 25

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1987 NYA P 4 4 0 2 0 0
1988 NYA P 14 14 0 11 1 0
1989 NYA P 4 4 1 2 0 0
1989 TOR P 1 1 0 0 0 0
1990 TOR P 4 0 1 1 0 0
1991 TOR P 3 0 0 1 0 0
1992 TOR P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1993 TOR P 34 12 4 12 1 0
1994 TOR P 20 20 3 13 0 2
1995 TOR P 28 28 7 15 0 2
1996 FLO P 33 33 8 22 2 3
1997 FLO P 27 27 0 14 0 1
1998 NYN P 28 28 4 18 0 0
1999 NYN P 32 32 3 18 4 1
2000 NYN P 31 31 5 34 0 2
2001 NYN P 29 29 6 22 2 2
2002 NYN P 33 33 1 31 3 2
2003 NYN P 30 30 4 27 0 4
2004 NYN P 30 30 7 26 0 4
2005 FLO P 17 16 1 12 0 1
2005 NYA P 16 10 2 5 1 1

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 419

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2000 Pitcher of the Month June
2000 Roberto Clemente Award
1999 Branch Rickey Award
1999 Pitcher of the Month June
1996 Player of the Week Week of 1996-05-11
1996 TSN All-Star LHP

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2005 FLO NL $7,000,000
2004 NYN NL $10,295,600
2003 NYN NL $8,000,000
2002 NYN NL $9,250,000
2001 NYN NL $9,750,000
2000 NYN NL $7,750,000
1999 NYN NL $5,250,000
1998 NYN NL $3,000,000
1997 FLO NL $2,900,000
1996 FLO NL $2,750,000
1995 TOR AL $795,000
1994 TOR AL $565,000
1993 TOR AL $287,500
1992 TOR AL $180,000
1991 TOR AL $180,000
1989 NYA AL $80,000
1988 NYA AL $67,000
Total Career Earnings $68,100,100

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1998 Cy Young Award NL 6th 3.0 160 0
1996 Cy Young Award NL 9th 1.0 140 0