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Emil John "Dutch" Leonard (March 25, 1909 – April 17, 1983) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed knuckleball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1933–36), Washington Senators (1938–46), Philadelphia Phillies (1947–48), and Chicago Cubs (1949–53). He was born in Auburn, Illinois, home of the Trojans. In a 20-season career, Leonard posted a 191–181 record with 1170 strikeouts and a 3.25 ERA in 3218.1 innings. He was a six-time All-Star selection. On July 4, 1939 Leonard pitched a complete game and the Senators defeated the New York Yankees in the first game of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium. At the conclusion of the first game, Lou Gehrig delivered his famous "luckiest man on the face of the earth" speech. During the 1945 season, Leonard was part of what was possibly the only four-man rotation in baseball history to have been all knuckleball pitchers. Reportedly, after facing Leonard, Jackie Robinson once said: "I am glad of one thing, and that is I don't have to hit against Dutch Leonard every day. Man, what a knuckleball that fellow has. It comes up, makes a face at you, then runs away."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://corecontrarian.blogspot.com/2012/03/dutch-leonard_25.html )〕 In a biographical movie about Robinson called ''42'', former MLB pitcher C. J. Nitkowski plays the role of Leonard pitching against Jackie.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453562/combined )〕 Leonard's nickname 'Dutch' was also taken in his honor by crime novelist Elmore Leonard, and was tattooed as such during his time in the SeaBees.〔(【引用サイトリンク】date= 7 March 2007 )〕 Although his nickname suggests otherwise, Leonard was of Belgian descent.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKXK-VT2 )〕 Leonard died in Springfield, Illinois at age of 74. ==See also== * List of knuckleball pitchers * List of Major League Baseball saves champions 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dutch Leonard (right-handed pitcher)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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