Leon Durham

Quick Facts

Full Name	Leon Durham
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 31, 1957(1957-07-31)
Age	67
Birthplace	Cincinnati
Country	United States
Birth City	Ohio
Horoscope	Cancer

Leon Durham Biography

Leon Durham is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on July 31, 1957 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Leon “Bull” Durham (born July 31st 1957) is a American former first baseman and outfielder of Major League Baseball who played for 10 seasons. Durham was a long-time minor league hitting coach and most recently , the hitting coach’s assistant with the Detroit Tigers during the 2017 season. Durham was a player with teams such as the St. Louis Cardinals (1980 1989), Chicago Cubs (1981-1988) as well as the Cincinnati Reds (1988). Durham played left-handed baseball and bats.

The Padres ended up winning the game 6-3 and reached the World Series for the first time in history. It was the first time that Cubs had won their first two game of the tournament (1984 was the final season it was they won the League Championship Series was a best-of-five series) over the Padres.

In 1984, the Cubs made several team-improving deals. They acquired Bob Dernier and Gary Matthews from the Phillies, moved Keith Moreland to right field, and Durham to first base. Durham essentially supplanted Bill Buckner, who was then dealt to the Red Sox for Dennis Eckersley. Durham responded with another stellar year by hitting .279 with 23 homers and 96 RBIs as the Cubs won the National League East. For good measure, Durham homered in both Games 4 and 5 of the 1984 NLCS. Durham would follow that season with three more consecutive 20-homer seasons, including a career-high 27 in 1987. However, his RBI totals decreased from 96 in 1984 to 75, 65, and 63, respectively.

The play would also turn out to be very similar, in style and effect, to Bill Buckner’s much-discussed error in the 1986 World Series. The coincidental connection between these two events is that Durham had been moved from the outfield to first base during the 1984 season, replacing Buckner after the Cubs traded him to the Boston Red Sox for pitcher Dennis Eckersley. Buckner’s error, like Durham’s, would be seen as turning a post-season series around. The same joke even circulated for both incidents: That they had been despondent, jumped in front of a moving truck, and “the truck went between their legs”.

Durham made his first major league appearance the 27th of May, 1980, with Durham’s St. Louis Cardinals. Durham was traded in the off-season to the Cubs in exchange for Bruce Sutter, and his career started to explode. He hit 10 homers and scored 55 runs during the strike-shortened season of 1981, following that up with a dazzling 1982 season where his batting average was .312 hitting average, with 22 homers and 90 RBI and 28 bases stolen. He was awarded the Silver Slugger Award as the Cubs left fielder, and was named to an All-Star team. Then he had an impressive first half in 1983, with 12 homers and 55 RBI and an additional All-Star Game appearance, but suffered an injury shortly after the break and was unable to play all of the rest of the season.

Leon Durham Net Worth

Leon Durham is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Leon Durham 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Durham was chosen to be drafted by The St. Louis Cardinals in the amateur draft of 1976 at the start of the draft. He was 15th overall.

Durham was a graduate of Cincinnati Woodward High School in 1976, where he was an High school All-American selection in his senior year. He had an .385 batsman’s average, with 16 home runs, and an eleven-3 mark as an ace pitcher.

Leon Durham is widely remembered for an error that he made at first base during the 1984 National League Championship Series. In the bottom of the seventh inning in the decisive fifth game between Durham’s Chicago Cubs and the San Diego Padres, the Padres sent pinch-hitter Tim Flannery to face the Cubs’ ace pitcher Rick Sutcliffe.

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Facts & Trivia

Leon Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Leon Durham celebrates birthday on July 31 of every year.

Top Facts about Leon Durham

1. Leon Durham, born July 31, 1957, is an American former first baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball.
2. Durham was selected in the first round of the 1976 amateur draft by the St. Louis Cardinals.
3. In 1984, the Cubs made several team-improving deals which included Durham moving from left fielder to first base.
4. That season, Durham won the Silver Slugger Award and was an All-Star.
5. He had three more consecutive 20-home run seasons from 1984 to 1987.
6. Durham retired in 1989 with a lifetime batting average of .277, 147 home runs and 530 runs batted in.
7. He is most remembered for a Gatorade Glove Play fielding error during the 1984 NLCS that led to the Padres winning the series.
8. Durham has served as a minor league coach for over 17 years.
9. He was the assistant hitting coach for the Detroit Tigers during the 2017 season.
10. Durham played in the Northern League’s Saint Paul Saints in 1993.
11. He graduated from Cincinnati Woodward High School in 1976 as a high school All-American, batting .385 with 16 home runs and an 11-3 record as a pitcher.
12. He had an overall .991 fielding percentage, primarily at first base and all three outfield positions.
13. Durham is presently in his second year as the hitting coach for the Louisville Bats, the Triple-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds.
14. Durham’s error in the 1984 NLCS marked the beginning of Cub fan belief in curses similar to the goat and Bartman curses.
15. His name is widely remembered in the “Gatorade Glove Play” incident.

Where is Leon Durham?

Coaching career On October 21, 2016, he was named the assistant hitting coach of the Detroit Tigers, after 17 seasons as a coach with the Mud Hens. Durham is presently in his second year as the hitting coach for the Louisville Bats the Triple-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds.

Is Leon Durham in the Hall of Fame?

Leon Durham is next eligible for the Hall of Fame via the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee in 2023.

How old is Leon Durham?

65 years (July 31, 1957)