48 Facts About Mike Leake

Michael Raymond Leake was born on November 12,1987 and is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent.

Mike Leake has pitched in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, St Louis Cardinals, Seattle Mariners, and Arizona Diamondbacks.

Mike Leake played college baseball for the Arizona State Sun Devils of Arizona State University.

Mike Leake pitched for the Reds through 2015, at which point he was traded to the Giants.

Mike Leake was traded for a third time in his career in 2019 as the Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to acquire him at the Trade Deadline.

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Mike Leake was born in San Diego, California, and grew up in Valley Center, California, the son of Chris and Sarah Mike Leake.

Mike Leake grew up as a Seattle Mariners fan and idolized Vladimir Guerrero and Nolan Ryan among others.

Mike Leake started playing baseball at age five by tagging along with his older brother everywhere, to the point that Ryan complained about Mike to his parents.

Chris and Sarah Leake convinced Ryan to put up with Mike and teach him how to act both on and off the field.

Mike Leake is listed at 6-foot-1,190 pounds, in the Reds' media guide, but he himself admits that he is actually about 5-foot-10,175 pounds.

Mike Leake transferred to Fallbrook High School, where he lettered in baseball two years and was co-team captain for the baseball team his senior season.

Mike Leake was a two-time All-Avocado League honoree; he was twice named to both the first and second teams.

Mike Leake was named the team MVP his sophomore year and was selected to the first team all-CIF his junior and senior years.

Mike Leake was on the first team all-state those two years as well.

Additionally, Mike Leake won the Avocado League's Cy Young Award twice, was selected to the first all-academic team twice, and earned the Fallbrook High School Principal's Award twice.

Mike Leake began his season as the closer for Arizona State, but soon became a starter.

Mike Leake set the Arizona State freshman record with 127 innings pitched and 94 strikeouts.

Additionally, Mike Leake was named to the All-Houston College Classic tournament team and the All-Coca-Cola Classic Team.

Mike Leake was voted the Most Outstanding Player of the Tempe Regional.

Mike Leake was one of only three Sun Devils to have done so by their sophomore year.

Mike Leake hit his first career home run against UCLA on May 4,2008.

Mike Leake was named First Team All-Pac-10 and Second Team All-America by Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.

Mike Leake was selected to the Second Team All-West Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association and was a semifinalist for the Roger Clemens Award, given to top NCAA Division I college baseball pitcher of the year.

Mike Leake was selected to the All-Tempe Regional Team and the First Team Academic All-Pac-10.

Mike Leake threw seven complete games, including back-to-back shutouts, and compiled 26 straight scoreless innings at one point.

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Mike Leake joined Eddie Bane as one of only two Arizona State pitchers to win 10 or more games for three straight seasons, and Raoul Torrez as one of only two to win three straight Pac-10 titles.

Second straight season Mike Leake won the Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year Award, becoming the first back-to-back winner and the fourth two-time winner of the award.

Mike Leake won the National Pitcher of the Week award twice and the Pac-10 pitcher of the Week four times.

Mike Leake was named the Academic All-American of the Year and was a unanimous First Team All-American.

Mike Leake was drafted out of high school in 2006 by the Oakland Athletics in the seventh round, but chose instead to attend college.

Mike Leake played for the Peoria Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League, winning the Arizona Fall League Rising Star Award.

Mike Leake became the first player since Xavier Nady, when he was with the San Diego Padres in 2000, to go directly from the draft to the major leagues, and is the first starting pitcher to accomplish the feat since left-hander Jim Abbott of the California Angels in 1989.

Mike Leake was the first Cincinnati Red to do so since the abolition of the Bonus Rule after the 1965 season.

Mike Leake became the first rookie pitcher in Reds' history to remain undefeated after his 10th start by throwing six innings of shutout ball on May 30,2010, against the Houston Astros.

Mike Leake began to suffer from shoulder fatigue as the season progressed, and he was eventually put on the disabled list.

Mike Leake did throw a bullpen session late in the month, but was determined to be not ready for pitching in the post season and effectively "shut down" .

Mike Leake did see action as a pinch-runner and pinch-hitter in the month after showing his hitting ability during the season.

Mike Leake made his first postseason appearance in the 4th game of the NLDS against the San Francisco Giants.

Mike Leake surrendered a leadoff home run to the first batter of the game, Angel Pagan.

On July 30,2015, Mike Leake was traded to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for pitching prospect Keury Mella and minor league third baseman Adam Duvall as the Giants hoped Mike Leake would help the team as they pushed for a playoff berth.

Mike Leake was scratched from his second scheduled start with the Giants due to a strained hamstring and was placed on the disabled list.

Mike Leake was able to pitch at least six innings in seven of his nine starts but only able to win two of the nine games while posting a 4.

Mike Leake was given jersey number 8, the same number he wore while playing for Arizona State.

Mike Leake had the lowest left on base percentage of all major league pitchers, stranding only 65.

On June 29,2020, Mike Leake became the first player in MLB to announce he would not participate in the shortened 2020 season during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Mike Leake had purchased an equal value of shirts earlier from Macy's, claimed he was trying to make an even exchange without talking to employees or going to customer service.

Mike Leake was charged with theft, a first-degree misdemeanor in Ohio that carried a maximum sentence of 180 days in jail if convicted.

Mike Leake pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of unauthorized use of property and entered a court-sponsored diversion program and was required to complete 30 hours of community service and counseling, upon which his case was dismissed.