Dennis Patrick Leonard (Born May 8th, 1951 in Brooklyn, NY)
One of the Kansas City Royals' most dominating pitchers of the late 70's and early 80's, but a promising career cut short due to injuries. In 1975, his first full year he managed to bust out with a 15-7 record. He would keep adding on to that with three 20 win seasons, but more impressive was the amount of games he started and finished. Despite his success in the regular season his post season record is less than impressive. He started 9 postseason games for the Royals between 1976 and 1981, but ended with a record of only 3-5, including a 1-1 record in the 1980 World Series against the Philidelphia Phillies. Major league affiliations American League (1969-present) Central Division (1994-present) West Division (1969-1993) Major league titles World Series titles (1) 1985 AL Pennants (2) 1985 • 1980 Central Division titles (0) None West Division titles (6) [1] 1985 • 1984 • 1980 • 1978 1977 • 1976 Wild card berths (0) None [1... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1980 World Series Logo The 1980 World Series matched the Philadelphia Phillies against the Kansas City Royals, with the Phillies winning in six games to capture the first World Series title in franchise history. ...
Towards the end of his career he missed most of the remaining seasons due to knee injuries. His final season was in 1986 where he ended up with a 8-13 record despite a strong showing. Besides his rookie season of 1974 this was the only time he had a losing record. At the end of the 1986 season he retired from the MLB. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ...
Leonard is the reigning purveyor of cool (can you dig it, George P. Pelecanos fans?), and this novel matches, if not surpasses, any other in his body of work.
Leonard is a craftsman who makes deliberate choices, but he is confident enough to give way to chance happenings, to place "this" character in proximity to "that" character and see what transpires.
Leonard's insistent cutting of extraneous words is a deliberate philosophy of writing, what is famously known as cutting out the parts that readers skip.
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