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John Leister

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: January 3, 1961 in San Antonio, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 20th round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Charles M. Russell HS (Great Falls, MT), the Oakland Athletics in the 6th round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) and the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1984 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI).

High School: Charles M. Russell HS (Great Falls, MT)

School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Debut: May 28, 1987 (Age 26-145d, 15,332nd in major league history)
vs. CLE 2.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 6 ER

Last Game: April 16, 1990 (Age 29-103d)
vs. MIL 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Full Name: John William Leister

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.9

ERA

8.50

36.0

WHIP

2.000

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-5 / in Starts: 3-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 8, Entered with runners on base: 2

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	46	May 28	BOS		CLE	W,12-8	GS-2		99	2.0	6	6	6	1	1	2	0	27.00	16.37	13	4	5	3	1	2	20			1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.384	.29	-0.09%	-4.88	1t start tie	2t 3 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2	51	Jun 2	BOS		MIN	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.1	5	4	4	1	5	2	0	12.27	9.14	22	7	4	0	0	5	46			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	.88	-0.127	.36	-0.03%	-0.93	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out tie
3	3	56	Jun 7	BOS		DET	L,8-18	GS-4	L(0-1)	4	3.1	6	6	6	2	3	1	0	13.50	8.40	18	7	5	2	0	1	25			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.233	.37	-0.05%	-2.73	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d4
4	4	61	Jun 13	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	6-7		5	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12.00	8.04	5	2	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.033	.09	0.01%	0.99	6b -2- 1 out d3	7b 1-- 2 out d3
5	5	63	Jun 16	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-8	3-4		2	1.0	4	4	4	2	2	1	0	13.85	8.79	9	0	1	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.46	-0.175	.09	-0.02%	-3.67	3b 1-- 2 out d4	4b 12- 2 out d6
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	6	148	Sep 20(2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS-8		95	7.1	6	2	2	4	5	0	0	9.74	6.76	29	8	6	0	0	6	59			1	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.285	.00	0.00%	2.72	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a2
7	7	155	Sep 27	BOS	@	MIL	L,6-9	GS-5		6	5.0	9	3	3	0	0	1	0	8.88	6.50	23	7	7	1	0	9	37			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.17	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
8	8	161	Oct 3	BOS		MIL	L,4-8	GS-6	L(0-2)	5	5.0	13	6	6	1	0	2	0	9.20	6.86	27	7	6	0	0	13	16			0	1	0	25	5	0	0	0	1	0	.82	-0.376	.00	0.00%	-2.83	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out d2
							3-5		W-L:0-2	4.3	30.1	49	31	31	12	16	9	0	9.20	6.86	146	1.17		9%	1%	40	34	2	0%	4	2	0	133	7	0	1	3	1	1	.95	-0.899	.13	-0.19%	-11.49

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