Alois Terry Leiter
In his senior year he was an All-American selection in baseball and All-County in football and led his baseball team to the state championship ... Finished his senior year with a 10-0 record and four no-hitters ... His number 22 was retired.
Appeared in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" on June 4, 1984 after striking out 32 batters in 14.1 innings of a high school game ... The game was scoreless and called because of rain in the 14th inning.
After signing his contract in 1998, he pledged to donate one million dollars to charities over the next four years.
He and his wife Lori established Leiters Landing, a charitable organization to help children in need.
Donated $100,000 to build a youth league baseball field in his hometown of Berkeley Township, New Jersey.
Received the Good Guy Award from the New York Press Photographers Association on February 6, 1999.
Was the 1998 winner of the Joan W. Payson Award for humanitarian services by the New York Baseball Writers at their Award Dinner on February 7, 1999.
Received the Branch Rickey Award for his humanitarian services on November 19, 1999 in Denver, CO.
On February 9, 2000 in New York City he was honored with the "Thurman Award" at the 20th Annual Thurman Munson Dinner sponsored by the Association for the Help of Retarded Children.
Was the 2000 recipient of the Roberto Clemente Award ... Received the award during Game Three of the World Series at Shea ... The award is given every year to one major league player for his charitable contributions to society.
Was a commentator for ESPN's American and National League Divison Series coverage in 2001.
In January, 2002, became a member of Muscular Dystrophy's "Muscle Team", which is made up of New York City professional athletes who team up with area youngsters who have MD.
Was the Master of Ceremonies for Mayor Michael Bloomberg's induction ceremony at City Hall on January 1, 2002.
Received the A. Bartlett Giamatti Award for his community service at the annual B.A.T. Dinner on January 22, 2002.
Since 1998, has donated over $400,000 to various charities including $200,000 for a children's playground at the Rusk Institute for Rehabilitation ... Also helped found and dedicated the Leiters Landing Foundation Playroom on February 7, 2002 ... The playroom is located on the pediatric floor of NYU Medical Center's Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine.
On February 6, 2002, he was appointed to The Board of Directors of the Twin Towers Fund, along with the Utah Jazz's Mark Jackson and Robert Wright, who is the Chairman and CEO of NBC ... The fund is headed by former Mayor Guliani.
Donated $10,000 to Amanda's Easel, which is a non-profit agency dedicated to serving survivors of domestic violence and sexual assult.
Donated $10,000 and joined the Common Cents Board of Directors ... Common Cents was founded in 1991 to help create opprotunitites for young people of all ages and background to develop and express their need to contribute to their communities.
An older brother, Kurt, was a pitcher in the Baltimore organization from 1982-1984 and 1986, while another brother, Mark, played with the Milwaukee Brewers last year.
Al signed with the Florida Marlins for the 2005 season. He is looking forward to pitching for the Marlins and helping Marlins reach the playoffs. His experience will help Marlins young pitching staff.
Al was traded to the New York Yankees on July 16, 2005. He then proceeded to pitch a gem of a game against the RED SOX July 17th.
Al's bests
WIN STREAK -- 6 games (May 23-June 21, 1998)
LOSS STREAK -- 4 games (April 18-May 27, 1993)
STRIKEOUT HIGH -- 15 (August 1, 1999 vs. Chicago)
LONGEST OUTING, STARTER -- 9.0 innings (14 times, last, September 23, 2003 vs.
Pittsburgh)
LONGEST OUTING, RELIEVER -- 5.0 innings (July 21, 1993, Florida at Chicago)
SCORELESS STREAK -- 25.1 innings (April 14-May 4, 1998)
MOST WALKS, GAME -- 9 (two times, last, May 22, 1996, Florida at
Cincinnati-6.1 innings)
FEWEST WALKS, COMPLETE GAME -- 0 (April 3, 2000 vs. San Diego)
LAST COMPLETE GAME -- September 23, 2003 vs. Pittsburgh (W, 1-0)
LOWEST HIT, CG -- No-hitter, May 11, 1996, Florida vs. Colorado (W, 11-0)
LAST CG, SHUTOUT -- September 23, 2003 vs. Pittsburgh (W, 1-0)
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SIGNED BY: Joe DiCarlo (New York Yankees)
HOW OBTAINED: Acquired from the Florida Marlins, along with in-fielder Ralph Milliard, in exchange for lefthanded pitcher Jesus Sanchez, minor league righthanded pitcher AJ Burnett and minor league outfielder Robert Stratton on February 6, 1998.
CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2004.
FAMILY: Wife, Lori; Daughters, Lindsay Brooke (3/15/95) and Carly Jayne (12/29/96); Son, Jack Thomas (4/21/00).
Career:
A member of three World Championship teams; Toronto (1992, 1993) and Florida
(1997) ... Tossed the first no-hitter in Florida Marlins history on May 11,
1996 vs. Colorado ... Received the Branch Rickey Award in 1999 ... Was the
recipient of the 2000 Roberto Clemente Award ... Was selected to the National
League All-Star team in 1996 and 2000 ... Was the National League's Pitcher of
the Month twice (June, 1999 and June, 2000) ... Was honored as the NL's Player
of the Week once (May, 1996) ... Was named to The Sporting News' National
League All-Star squad in 1996 ... With his wife Lori, established Leiters
Landing, a charitable organization to help children in need.
2003
Completed his sixth season as a member of the New York Mets...He holds the second longest running term of service behind John Franco's 14 seasons.
Opened the year with two straight victories, April 2nd vs. Chicago and April 8th vs. Florida...The last time he won his first two starts of the season was in 1997.
Began the year with a 3-0 record over his first five starts...The last time he accomplished the feat was in 2000, when he started the year 5-0.
Made his 300th career start, but was not involved in the decision, a 6-3 Mets win over the Marlins on April 18th...Struck out nine batters in the contest and walked only two.
Over his first eight starts of the season he compiled a 3.26 ERA...Allowed 18 earned runs over his first 49.2 innings pitched.
Was on the Disabled List from July 7th (retroactive to June 30th) to July 20th, with inflammation of his right knee.
After coming off the D.L., he finished the season with a 7-4 record and a 2.15 ERA (20 earned runs, 83.2 innings pitched) with 68 strikeouts in 13 starts.
Won three consecutive starts, from July 25th-August 5th...Over those three starts, he allowed just one earned run in 20.0 innings pitched (0.45 ERA).
Went 5-0 with a 0.25 ERA (one earned run in 36.0 innings) at Shea after the All-Star Break.
Constructed a 17.0 scoreless inning streak that spanned from July 20th-August 5th.
Struck out a season-high 10 batters, in a 6-4 victory over the Rockies on August 17th...The last time he struck out 10 or more batters came on August 23, 2000 at San Diego, when he struck out 12.
Over his final two starts of the year he comprised a 1.13 ERA (two earned runs, 16.0 innings pitched).
In his last start of the year he hurled a complete-game shutout to defeat the Pirates, 1-0, at Shea Stadium...The last time he had a complete-game shutout was on September 11, 2002 at Atlanta in the night game of a day/night doubleheader