13 Facts About Tommy Leach

Thomas Andrew Leach was a professional baseball outfielder and third baseman.

Tommy Leach played in Major League Baseball from 1898 through 1918 for the Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds.

Tommy Leach led the National League in home runs in 1902 with six, and played in the first modern World Series in 1903 with the Pirates, hitting four triples to set a record that still stands.

Tommy Leach played alongside legendary ballplayers such as Honus Wagner and Mordecai Brown.

Tommy Leach began his career primarily as an infielder including playing shortstop, second base and, mostly, third base.

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Tommy Leach is famous for being interviewed for Lawrence Ritter's 1966 book The Glory of Their Times.

Tommy Leach had the first World Series hit, a triple off Cy Young, and scored the first World Series run in game one with Wagner batting him in.

Tommy Leach finished the game with two singles and two triples as the Pirates won, seven to three.

In game four, Tommy Leach again starred, getting two hits, including a two-run triple and knocking in three runs, with the Pirates winning a close game five to four.

Tommy Leach led both teams in RBIs in the series with seven and finished second on the Pirates in batting average for the series.

Tommy Leach was considered for a few managerial positions, including manager of the New York Yankees as well as the Chicago entry of the Federal League.

Tommy Leach eventually retired in Florida where he went into the citrus business.

Tommy Leach was the oldest participant included in Lawrence Ritter's famous The Glory of Their Times collection, having been born in 1877 and being 86 when Ritter interviewed him.