| Hal Leathers | |
| Position: | Shortstop / Second baseman |
| Birth Date: | 2 December 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Selma, California, US |
| Death Place: | Modesto, California, US |
| Bats: | Left |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | September 13 |
| Debutyear: | 1920 |
| Debutteam: | Chicago Cubs |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | October 2 |
| Finalyear: | 1920 |
| Finalteam: | Chicago Cubs |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .304 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 1 |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat3value: | 0 |
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Harold Langford Leathers (December 2, 1898 – April 12, 1977) was a professional baseball middle infielder who played in nine games for the 1920 Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at 5inchesft8inchesin (ftin) and 152lb, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Leathers' minor league baseball career spanned 1918 to 1924, plus a final season in 1926. He appeared in 778 minor league games, compiling a .253 batting average. Defensively, he played 480 games as a shortstop and 142 games as a second baseman.[1]
From mid-September to early October 1920, Leathers appeared in nine major league games with the Chicago Cubs. He registered a .304 batting average (7-for-23) with one home run, which was hit off of Joe Oeschger of the Boston Braves.[2] [3] Defensively, Leathers made six appearances at shortstop (four starts) and three appearances at second base, recording an .837 fielding percentage.[4] He committed three errors in his first major league start at shortstop,[5] one of which led to an unearned run, the difference in a 1–0 Cubs loss to the Brooklyn Robins.[6] [7]
Leathers was born in 1898 in Selma, California. As of February 1942, he was living in Los Angeles and was self-employed as a gardener.[8] He died in 1977 in Modesto, California, and was interred in Hughson, California.[9]