Chris Leonard

1999
Baseball

POSITION:  Pitcher /
SFDHS CLASS:  1999

COLLEGE:
Miami (OH) University

Stallion Profile:

Career Notes

  • Three-year letterwinner in Baseball and Football

1998-99 (Senior)

  • 1999 Division-II First Team All-Ohio

  • School-record 43 RBI

  • Batted .485 (8th-highest in SFD history)

  • Recorded 10 wins as a pitcher (2nd most in a single season in SFD history)

  • 1998 All-CCL in Football

  • Member of the 1998 Division-III State Championship Football Team

1997-98 (Junior)

  • In 1998, batted .466 with 41 hits (both rank in the top 15 in SFD single season history)

  • Member of the 1997 Division-III State Championship Football Team

Miami Profile:

  • Two-time First Team All-Mid-American Conference (2000, 2001)

  • Became Miami's first freshman to earn First Team All-MAC selection in 21 years

  • 2000 Freshman All-American Honorable Mention

  • In 1999, tied a school record with 11 wins in a season

  • School-record 112.2 innings pitched in 2000

  • Four-time Mid-American Conference East Division Pitcher of the Week

  • 20-8 career record with a 3.59 ERA in 246 innings with 198 strikeouts 

  • Three-year letterwinner (2000, 2001, 2002)

  • 2001 Cape Cod Baseball League Pitcher of the Year

Professional Profile:

  • Selected in the 8th Round of the 2002 MLB Amateur Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays

  • Injured in 2003

  • Played with the Auburn Doubledays in 2004 in Toronto's Class A organization and made 19 appearances with 10 starts and a 4-4 record