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Jeffrey Leonard

Jeffrey Leonard, American baseball player and coach

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Born
September 22, 1955
Age in 2026
71
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1955

About Jeffrey Leonard

Jeffrey N. Leonard is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1977 to 1990 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, Milwaukee Brewers, and Seattle Mariners. While playing in the minor leagues in the middle of the 1981 season Max Venable and Guy Sularz gave Leonard the nickname "HackMan" because he had a habit of swinging at the first pitch no matter what. For his performance, Leonard was awarded the 1987 NLCS Most Valuable Player Award. His four home runs tied a record shared by Bob Robertson (1971) and Steve Garvey (1978) for most home runs in a LCS.

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Jeffrey Leonard timeline

  1. His four home runs tied a record shared by Bob Robertson (1971) and Steve Garvey (1978) for most home runs in a LCS.
  2. While playing in the minor leagues in the middle of the 1981 season Max Venable and Guy Sularz gave Leonard the nickname "HackMan" because he had a habit of swinging at the first pitch no matter what.
  3. For his performance, Leonard was awarded the 1987 NLCS Most Valuable Player Award.

The world when Jeffrey Leonard was born

Jeffrey Leonard was born in 1955. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1955

  • #1 song"Rock Around the Clock" – Bill Haley & His Comets
  • Top movieMarty
  • Top TV showThe $64,000 Question
  • Best-selling bookLolita – Vladimir Nabokov

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBrooklyn Dodgers win their first World Series
  • Top headlineRosa Parks sparks the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • Technology milestoneDisneyland opens in Anaheim, California
  • Defining fadJames Dean and rebel culture
  • Notable inventionVelcro commercially available
  • World population2.77 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderDwight D. Eisenhower
  • Sports championBrooklyn Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonSyracuse Nationals (NBA)
  • U.S. population165.3M

1955 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jeffrey Leonard's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19552026
Gas$0.29$3.45/gal
Average home$10,950$435,000
Average income$6,200$67,500
Minimum wage$0.75$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.50$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population165.3M341 million

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