Rick Leach

January 9, 2024
Baseball Player

Quick Facts

Rick Leach
Full Name Rick Leach
Occupation Baseball Player
Date Of Birth May 4, 1957(1957-05-04)
Age 67
Birthplace Ann Arbor
Country United States
Birth City Ann Arbor
Horoscope Gemini

Rick Leach Biography

Name Rick Leach
Birthday May 4
Birth Year 1957
Place Of Birth Ann Arbor
Home Town Ann Arbor
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Gemini

Rick Leach is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on May 4, 1957 in Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States. Leach was born in 1957 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He attended Flint Southwestern High School in Flint, Michigan. He was selected as the first-team all-state quarterback by the Detroit Free Press in 1975. He broke every passing record in the Saginaw Valley League and was also an all-conference player in baseball and basketball. In 1998, a sports writer for the Detroit Free Press rated Leach as the fourth best quarterback to come out of a Michigan high school.

As a sophomore, he started all 12 games at quarterback and led the 1976 team to a 10-2 record and #3 ranking in the final AP poll. He passed for 973 yards and 13 touchdowns and rushed for 638 yards and 10 touchdowns in 1976.

As a senior, he again started all 12 games at quarterback and led the 1978 team to a 10-2 record and #5 ranking in the final AP poll. He passed for 1,283 yards and 17 touchdowns and rushed for 611 yards and 12 touchdowns. Leach won numerous individual honors in 1978, including the following:

Leach spent the 1979 season playing for the Tigers’ Class A farm club in Lakeland, Florida. He appeared in 48 games and compiled a .304 batting average and .402 on-base percentage and had 23 RBIs in 168 at bats. In 1980, Leach was promoted to the Tigers’ Class AAA team in Evansville, Indiana, where he compiled a .272 batting average and .386 on-base percentage with 58 RBIs in 430 at bats.

Leach enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1975. A left-hander, he was the Michigan Wolverines’ starting quarterback from 1975 to 1978 under coach Bo Schembechler. As an 18-year-old freshman, he started 11 of 12 games for the 1975 Michigan Wolverines football team and led the team to an 8-2-2 record and

8 ranking in the final AP poll. He rushed for 552 yards and passed for 680

yards as a freshman. In his freshman year, with the Big Ten championship and a berth to the 1976 Rose Bowl on the line in the Michigan-Ohio State game, Leach threw an interception that was run back to the Michigan 3-yard line by Ray Griffin and set up the winning touchdown in a 21-14 Buckeye victory. However, Leach and the Wolverines never lost to Ohio State again in his career.

Rick Leach Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Baseball Player
House Living in own house.

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

Richard Max Leach (born May 4, 1957) is a former college football player and professional baseball player.

Leach was an all-state quarterback at Flint Southwestern High School in 1974 before enrolling at the University of Michigan in 1975. He was Michigan’s starting quarterback for four consecutive years from 1975 to 1978, leading the Wolverines to three consecutive Big Ten Conference championships and three appearances in the Rose Bowl. As a senior in 1978, he won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the most valuable player in the Big Ten, was selected as a first-team All-American, and finished third in balloting for the Heisman Trophy.

As a junior, he started all 12 games at quarterback and led the 1977 team to a 10-2 record and #9 ranking in the final AP poll. He passed for 1,348 yards and 15 touchdowns and rushed for 375 yards and seven touchdowns.

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Who is Rick Leach Dating?

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Leach concluded his major league career with the Texas Rangers in 1989 and the San Francisco Giants in 1990. In August 1990, after a positive drug test, Leach, at age 33, was placed on the 60-day disqualified list and agreed to enter drug rehabilitation. In March 1991, the Giants asked waivers on Leach for the purpose of giving him an unconditional release.

Facts & Trivia

Rick Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rick Leach celebrates birthday on May 4 of every year.

In 2008, Leach was elected to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.

Is Rick Leach married?

Singles
Australian Open| 2R (1988)
Wimbledon| 1R (1990, 1992)
US Open| 2R (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)
Doubles

What does Rick Leach do now?

Nowadays, he follows the Tigers but his passion is with the Wolverines’ football program. “I love to follow them, and I love the excitement and pageantry that goes with college football,” he said.

Is Rick Leach in the Hall of Fame?

Later years. In 2008, Leach was elected to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.

Where did Rick Leach grow up?

Rick Leach was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and grew up in Flint where he attended Flint Southwestern High School exxcelling in football, baseball and basketball earning all-conference honors in each sport.

Who is Lindsay Davenport husband?

Jon Leach

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