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Branch Rickey League
5-24-2229
Leon Langston Starting Pitcher
Retired (1954, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.55 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
W-L 26-47 Status Deceased (1990) Option Years 0  
SV 1 Age at Death 72 Date of Birth 01-10-1918
K 479 Drafted Round 7, Pick 111
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 4 years
(142 games)
IP 613.1
WHIP 1.59
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L Endurance A-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D- Velocity   Mentor Val A+
Speed C+ Bunt D- Control B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health D+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year H/A W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA
1950 Away 3 14 19 19 0 0 0 0 119.1 173 124 109 1 69 88 2.03 8.22
1950 Home 1 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 55.0 66 34 32 0 24 52 1.64 5.24
1951 Away 4 3 10 10 3 0 0 0 67.0 62 39 32 2 21 49 1.24 4.30
1951 Home 3 7 14 14 2 0 0 0 85.0 108 59 53 0 38 62 1.72 5.61
1952 Away 3 5 9 9 0 0 0 0 56.1 56 31 28 2 19 39 1.33 4.47
1952 Home 4 3 15 15 0 0 0 0 94.2 112 59 54 1 45 69 1.66 5.13
1953 Away 5 7 18 15 0 0 0 0 99.1 95 59 55 1 41 89 1.37 4.98
1953 Home 2 1 7 3 0 0 1 0 30.0 27 12 12 0 8 27 1.17 3.60
1954 Away 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 6 3 3 0 4 4 1.50 4.05
2229 Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
2229 Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total Away 16 31 61 53 3 0 0 0 348.2 392 256 227 6 154 269 1.57 5.86
Total Home 10 16 44 40 2 0 1 0 264.2 313 164 151 1 115 210 1.62 5.13
Total
26
47
105
93
5
0
1
0
613.1
705 420 378 7 269
479
1.59
5.55
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1954-11-01Leon Langston has retired from the Atlanta Confederates
1953-04-30The Atlanta Confederates have acquired Leon Langston from the waiver wire.
1953-04-06The Texas Rangers have promoted Tommy Carroll to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have waived Leon Langston.
1950-04-01The Texas Rangers have promoted George Austin to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have promoted Leon Langston to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have promoted Sam Dunning to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have sent Lou Hill to the minors. The Texas Rangers have sent Tom Bowman to the minors. The Texas Rangers have sent Al Mitchell to the minors.