Tim Leary

Timothy James Leary
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: December 23, 1958 in Santa Monica, CA
Drafted: 1st round 1979 by the Mets
Departed: traded to the Milwaukee Brewers as part of a four-team trade, January 1985; the Texas Rangers sent Danny Darwin and a player to be named later (Bill Nance) to the Brewers; the Brewers sent Jim Sundberg to the Kansas City Royals; the Royals sent Don Slaught to the Rangers and Frank Wills to the Mets

 

Tim was the great hope of the Met pitching staff in 1981 when he made his first major-league start. He tossed two superb innings (hitless with three strikeouts), injured his arm, and wasn't seen again in the big leagues for almost two years. He went on to have a serviceable career with several clubs, but never achieved the heights that had been hoped for him. For a picture of what his potential was, look at his 1988 season with the Dodgers, and imagine 15 years of that. He's pictured here on his Score card from that year; more cards appear below.

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PITCHING RECORD

YEAR CLUB     G  GS CG     IP  W   L  PCT    H   R  ER  SO  BB ShO SV   ERA
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1981 *METS*   1   1  0    2.0  0   0 ----    0   0   0   3   1   0  0  0.00
1983 *METS*   2   2  1   10.2  1   1 .500   15  10   4   9   4   0  0  3.38
1984 *METS*  20   7  0   53.2  3   3 .500   61  28  24  29  18   0  0  4.02
1985 Mil AL   5   5  0   33.1  1   4 .200   40  18  15  29   8   0  0  4.05
1986 Mil AL  33  30  3  188.1 12  12 .500  216  97  88 110  53   2  0  4.21
1987 L A NL  39  12  0  107.2  3  11 .214  121  62  57  61  36   0  1  4.76
1988 L A NL  35  34  9  228.2 17  11 .607  201  87  74 180  56   6  0  2.91
1989 2teams  33  31  2  207.0  8  14 .364  205  84  81 123  68   0  0  3.52
1990 N Y AL  31  31  6  208.0  9  19 .321  202 105  95 138  78   1  0  4.11
1991 N Y AL  28  18  1  120.2  4  10 .286  150  89  87  83  57   0  0  6.49
1992 2teams  26  23  3  141.0  8  10 .444  131  89  84  46  87   0  0  5.36
1993 Sea AL  33  27  0  169.1 11   9 .550  202 104  95  68  58   0  0  5.05
1994 Tex AL   6   3  0   21.0  1   1 .500   26  19  19   9  11   0  0  8.14
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METS TOTALS  23  10  1   66.1  4   4 .500   76  38  28  41  23   0  0  3.80
OTHER CLUBS 269 214 24 1425.0 74 101 .423 1494 754 695 847 512   9  1  4.39
===========================================================================
CAREER TOTS 292 224 25 1491.1 78 105 .426 1570 792 723 888 535   9  1  4.36

 

SPLIT SEASONS

YEAR CLUB     G  GS CG     IP  W   L  PCT    H   R  ER  SO  BB ShO SV   ERA
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1989 L A NL  19  17  2  117.1  6   7 .462  107  45  44  59  37   0  0  3.38
1989 Cin NL  14  14  0   89.2  2   7 .222   98  39  37  64  31   0  0  3.71
1992 N Y AL  18  15  2   97.0  5   6 .455   84  62  60  34  57   0  0  5.57
1992 Sea AL   8   8  1   44.0  3   4 .429   47  27  24  12  30   0  0  4.91

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This is a list of the cards of this player that I had in my Mets collection before I transferred the ownership of said collection to another diligent and capable Mets fan. The cards that are listed in light gray print and struck through are cards that were sold for charity prior to my divestiture.  The cards listed in white text are the ones that still remained until that final deal.  Items listed in green I kept out of the deal, just so I'd have something to display in my office and den.  At the bottom and listed in orange text are cards that I picked up after the dealing was done, in order to maintain a certain continuity at this site; that is, so I'd have a card to show you at the top of the page, and maybe in the autographs and game-used areas.  If an orange card is struck through, it has also departed the collection.  I’m still accepting donations, should you feel so moved.  Contact me by following this link: NYMHall.

1987 Topps

1989 Fleer
Baseball's Exciting Stars

1991 Fleer Ultra

1993 Mother's Mariners

1982 Topps #623 (Mets Future Stars; with Ron Gardenhire and Terry Leach)

1983 TCMA Tidewater Tides #9

1985 Cramer Pacific Coast League #203

1986 Donruss #577
1986 Police Milwaukee Brewers #39 (Chilton)
1986 Topps Traded #64T

1987 Donruss #232a (pack)
1987 Donruss #232b (factory set)
1987 Fleer #348
1987 Mother's Cookies Los Angeles Dodgers #21
1987 Police Los Angeles Dodgers #23
1987 Topps #32
1987 Topps Traded #64T

1988 Fleer #521
1988 Police Los Angeles Dodgers #54
1988 Score #224
1988 Score Glossy #224
1988 Topps #367

1989 Bowman #339
1989 Donruss #552
1989 Fleer #65
1989 Fleer Baseball's Exciting Stars #30
1989 Panini Stickers #99
1989 Police Los Angeles Dodgers #54
1989 Score #429
1989 Score Rookie & Traded #52T
1989 Topps #249
1989 Topps Big #17
1989 Upper Deck #94

1990 Bowman #429
1990 Donruss #670
1990 Donruss AL Best #53
1990 Fleer #424
1990 Fleer Canadian #424
1990 Publications International Stickers
1990 Score #504
1990 Score Rookie & Traded #27T
1990 Topps #516
1990 Topps Traded #58T
1990 Upper Deck #662, #705

1991 Donruss #67
1991 Fleer #670
1991 Fleer Ultra #236
1991 Leaf #206
1991 Nobody Beats the Wiz Mets #228
1991 Score #631
1991 Topps #161
1991 Topps Micro #161
1991 Topps Stadium Club #423
1991 Upper Deck #693 (home plate hologram)

1992 Donruss #433
1992 Fleer #235
1992 Fleer Ultra #411
1992 Pinnacle #349
1992 Score #286
1992 Topps #778
1992 Topps Micro #778
1992 Topps Stadium Club #291

1993 Donruss #289
1993 Fleer #677
1993 Mother's Cookies Seattle Mariners #21

1994 Donruss #240
1994 Fleer #291
1994 Score #240

Other Tim Leary memorabilia in my collection:

early 1980s team-issued glossy photo (signed by autopen)

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