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Leach may refer to:

Placenames

• Leach, Oklahoma in the United States

Surnames

• Al Leach
• Archie Leach, real name of actor Cary Grant
• Ben Leach, player in Liverpool-based pop group The Farm
• Bernard Leach (1887–1979), British potter
• Bobby Leach
• Britt Leach
• Dewitt C. Leach (1822–1909), U.S. Representative from Michigan
• David Leach (disambiguation)
• Edmund Leach (1910–1989), British anthropologist
• Edward Pemberton Leach
• Francis Leach
• Garry Leach
• George Leach
• George E. Leach
• Henry Leach
• Howard H. Leach
• Jim Leach (born 1942), American politician from Iowa
• James Madison Leach (1815–1891), American politician from North Carolina
• James Leach (soldier) (1892–1957), British soldier and Victoria Cross holder
• Jason Leach
• Jesse Leach
• John Albert Leach (1870–1929), Australian author, educationalist and ornithologist
• John Leach (judge) (1760–1834), English judge and Privy Councillor
• John Leach (Royal Navy officer)
• Karoline Leach
• Mandy Leach (born 1979), Zimbabwean freestyle swimmer
• Martin Leach (disambiguation)
  • Martin Leach (executive), former president and COO of Ford Motor Company's European division
  • Martin Leach (Australian murderer), Australian convicted murderer and rapist
• Mick Leach, association footballer
• Mike Leach (coach), American football head coach
• Mike Leach (football player), American football long snapper
• Mike Leach (tennis), former doubles tennis specialist
• Neil Leach
• Nicole Leach
• Penelope Leach (1937- ), British child psychologist and parenting author
• Reggie Leach
• Rick Leach
• Robert M. Leach
• Robin Leach
• Rosemary Leach
• Sheryl Leach, one of the creators of Barney & Friends
• Terry Leach (1954- ), former Major League Baseball player
• Tommy Leach (1877–1969), Major League Baseball player
• Vonta Leach (1981- ), American football fullback for the Houston Texans
• William Elford Leach (1790–1836), English zoologist

Other

• Leach Highway, Western Australia
• Leach orchid
• a phenotype caused by a mutation in the gene encoding glycophorin C
• Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH), a routing protocol in wireless sensor networks
• "Leach", a song by Cryptopsy off their album The Unspoken King
• River Leach, England

See also[link]

• Leaching (disambiguation)
• Leech (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing "Leach"

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Bernard Howell Leach, CBE, CH (5 January 1887 – 6 May 1979), was a British studio potter and art teacher.^[1] He is regarded as the "Father of British studio pottery"^[2]

Biography[link]

Leach was born in Hong Kong and brought up in the Far East. His father was a colonial judge in Hong Kong and his maternal grandparents were missionaries in Japan. As a young man he studied etching at the London School of Art before settling in Japan where he became fascinated with pottery and studied under the great master Kenzan.^[3]

Early years[link]

Leach was born in Hong Kong, but spent his young adult years in Japan where he came into contact with a group of young Japanese art lovers who called themselves Shirakaba (白樺). Through them he learned about William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement.

It was in Japan that Leach began potting under the direction of Shigekichi Urano (Kenzan VI) and befriended a young potter named Shoji Hamada. With Hamada, he set up the Leach Pottery at St. Ives, Cornwall in 1920, including the construction of a traditional Japanese wood burning kiln. The two of them promoted pottery as a combination of Western and Eastern arts and philosophies. In their work they focused on traditional Korean, Japanese and Chinese pottery, in combination with traditional techniques from England and Germany, such as slipware and salt glaze ware. They saw pottery as a combination of art, philosophy, design and craft – even as a greater lifestyle. However, many in the West considered their pottery crude by the refined standards of the day. Publishing A Potter's Book in 1940 defined Leach's craft philosophy and techniques, and became his breakthrough to recognition.

In the 1930s Leach met Mark Tobey, a fellow artist and teacher at Faith. In 1934, Tobey and Leach traveled together through France and Italy, then sailed from Naples to Hong Kong and Shanghai, where they parted company, Leach heading on to Japan. Leach formally joined the Bahá'í Faith in 1940. A pilgrimage to the Bahá'í shrines in Haifa, Israel, during 1954 intensified his feeling that he should do more to unite the East and West by returning to the Orient "to try more honestly to do my work there as a Bahá'í and as an artist..."^[4]

Midlife[link]

Leach advocated simple and utilitarian forms. His ethical pots stand in opposition to what he called fine art pots, which promoted aesthetic concerns rather than function. Popularized in the 1940s after the publication of A Potter's Book, his style had lasting influence on counter-culture and modern design in North America during the 1950s and 1960s. Leach ran a modern cooperative workshop which created a catalogue of handmade pottery for the general public. He continued to produce pots which were exhibited as works of art.

Many potters from all over the world were apprenticed at the Leach Pottery, and spread Leach's style and beliefs. His British associates and trainees include Michael Cardew, Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie, Nora Braden, David Leach and Michael Leach (his sons), Janet Darnell (whom Leach married, 1956), William Marshall, Sylvia Hardaker, Kenneth Quick and Richard Batterham. His American apprentices include Warren MacKenzie (who likewise influenced many potters through his teaching at the University of Minnesota), Byron Temple, Clary Illian and Jeff Oestrich. He was a major influence on the leading New Zealand potter Len Castle who travelled to London to spend time working with him in the mid-1950s. Many of his Canadian apprentices made up the pottery scene of the Canadian west coast during the 1970s in Vancouver.^{[citation needed]}

Leach was instrumental in organizing the only International Conference of Potters and Weavers in July 1952 at Dartington Hall, where he had been working and teaching. It included exhibitions of British pottery and textiles since 1920, Mexican folk art, and works by conference participants, among them Shoji Hamada and US-based Bauhaus potter Marguerite Wildenhain. Another important contributor was Japanese aesthetician Soetsu Yanagi, author of The Unknown Craftsman. According to Brent Johnson, "The most important outcome of the conference was that it helped organize the modern studio pottery movement by giving a voice to the people who became its leaders…it gave them [Leach, Hamada and Yanagi] celebrity status…[while] Marguerite Wildenhain emerged from Dartinghall Hall as the most important craft potter in America."^[5]

Later years[link]

He continued to produce work until 1972 and never ended his passion for travelling, which made him a precursor of today's artistic globalism. He continued to write about ceramics even after losing his eyesight. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London held a major exhibition of his art in 1977. The Leach Pottery still remains open today, accompanied by a museum displaying many pieces by Leach and his students.

Honours[link]

• Japan Foundation Cultural Award, 1974.^[6]
• Companion of Honour, 1973 (UK).^[7]
• Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1966 (Japan).^[8]
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 1962.^[9]

Edmund de Waal book[link]

Edmund de Waal, British ceramic artist and Professor of Ceramics at the University of Westminster, had been taught pottery by Geoffrey Whiting, a disciple of Leach, at the King's School, Canterbury.^[10]. Whilst in Japan de Waal worked on a monograph of Leach, researching Leach’s papers and journals in the archive room of the Japanese Folk Crafts Museum^[11],

De Waal's book on Bernard Leach was published in 1998^[12]. He described it as "the first 'de-mystifying' study of Leach."^[13] "The great myth of Leach," he said, "is that Leach is the great interlocutor for Japan and the East, the person who understood the East, who explained it to us all, brought out the mystery of the East. But in fact the people he was spending time with, and talking to, were very few, highly educated, often Western educated Japanese people, who in themselves had no particular contact with rural, unlettered Japan of peasant craftsman".

De Waal noted that Leach did not speak Japanese and had looked at only a narrow range of Japanese ceramics. These opinions attracted criticism from some of Leach's followers.

See also[link]

• Studio pottery
• Janet Leach
• David Leach
• Leach Pottery
• ethical pot
• Marguerite Wildenhain
• Bahá'í Faith in Japan

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Cooper, Emmanuel. (2003). Bernard Leach Life & Work. New Haven: Yale University Press. 10-ISBN 0-300-09929-0 (cloth)
• Johnson, Brent. (2007). "A Matter of Tradition" in Marguerite Wildenhain and the Bauhaus: An Eyewitness Anthology Dean and Geraldine Schwarz, eds.. Decorah, Iowa: South Bear Press. ISBN 978-0-9761381-2-9 (cloth)
• Watson, Oliver. (1997). Bernard Leach: Potter and Artist, London: Crafts Council.
• Weinberg, Robert. (1999). Spinning the Clay into Stars: Bernard Leach and the Bahá'í Faith. Oxford: George Ronald Publishers. 10-ISBN 0-85398-440-9; 13-ISBN 978-0-85398-440-5 (paper)
• Olding, Simon. (2010). The Etchings of Bernard Leach, Crafts Study Centre.

Writings[link]

• A Potters Book Faber & Faber, London 1978 (reprint of 1940) ISBN 978-0-571-10973-9
• Beyond East and West: Memoirs, Portraits and Essays Faber and Faber; New edition edition (Sep 1985) ISBN 978-0-571-11692-8
• Drawings, Verse & Belief Oneworld Publications; 3rd edition (1988) ISBN 978-1-85168-012-2

External links[link]

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Bernard Leach

• Leach Pottery
• Further information
• Studio Pottery
• Leach Source Collection and Bernard Leach Archive held at the Crafts Study Centre and hosted online by the Visual Arts Data Service (VADS)
• Historic Leach pottery at Stoke-on-Trent Museums
• "Accidental Masterpiece". Ceramics. Victoria and Albert Museum. http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/ceramics/object_stories/accidental_masterpiece/index.html. Retrieved 2007-07-23. 
• artcornwall.org journal for art and artists in Cornwall
• "Bernard Leach, 'Cup and Saucer'". Ceramics. Victoria and Albert Museum. http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/c/ceramics-points-of-view-bernard-leachs-cup-and-saucer/. Retrieved 2007-12-09. 

Jesse Leach
Background information
Birth name	Jesse David Leach
Born	(1978-07-03) July 3, 1978 (age 33)
Genres	Metalcore, Heavy metal, Groove metal, Hard rock, Southern rock
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Roadrunner Records, Ferret Music, Angel Side Side
Associated acts	Seemless, Killswitch Engage, Corrin, Nothing Stays Gold, The Empire Shall Fall, Times of Grace

Jesse David Leach (b. July 3, 1978) is an American musician from Providence, Rhode Island, and is best known as being the current lead vocalist of Killswitch Engage and also for being the vocalist for the blues rock band Seemless. He is also the current singer for the hardcore metal band The Empire Shall Fall and Times of Grace. In February 2012 he rejoined Killswitch Engage following the departure of vocalist Howard Jones in January 2012.

History[link]

Leach's first band, Corrin, was formed in the early 1990s. Corrin recorded four songs in 1996 which were eventually released as a CD by Propaganda Machine in 1998 after the band's breakup.

Leach's second band, Nothing Stays Gold, formed in the mid-90s. They put out a single ep before splitting in 97/98.

Meanwhile, some remaining members of Overcast and Aftershock were forming a new band in the Massachusetts area and were seeking a vocalist. In 1999, Leach joined bassist Mike D'Antonio, guitarist Joel Stroetzel, and drummer Adam Dutkiewicz to form Killswitch Engage. Their self-titled debut was released on July 11, 2000.

Killswitch Engage's next effort, Alive or Just Breathing, was released on May 21, 2002, putting Killswitch Engage at the forefront of the metalcore scene. Two weeks prior to going on tour, however, Leach married his fiancee. When he was not contacting his wife, Leach would sit alone in the tour bus for hours after shows and simply wait for the remaining band members to return. Leach's passion for his music combined with his emotional struggles of the time made him unable to exercise control over his screaming. He would blow his voice out after a few shows and struggled with the rest of the tour. Leach also began suffering from a mild depression which grew worse as the tour continued. According to Mike D'Antonio in an interview for Killswitch's "(Set This) World Ablaze" DVD, "It seemed like there was always this dark cloud over Jesse's head." His depression led him to resign from the band & drop out of the public eye for some time. Leach wrote an email to the band explaining why he left. Quoting Leach from his interview in the DVD, "I didn't have the mental energy to face them, or even call them on the phone rather. I was at a point in my life where I just didn't want to face any of them so I wrote them a long email explaining, like, I'm just done. Explaining what every song meant to me, explaining what the whole experience was to me, and I said 'Bye. Ya know? You're not going to be able to find me, I'm going on my honeymoon finally. And, uh, don't try and call me don't try and contact me, I'm done. Done with music, period.'"

Leach reconciled with his former bandmates at the Roadrunner United 25th anniversary concert, performing a duet with then singer Howard Jones. The entire band played on stage, minus Adam D, who had been out with an injury (and was replaced by Andreas Kisser of Sepultura, with both Howard and Jesse singing "My Last Serenade". The song ended with the two embracing, and Leach thanking the crowd for their support through his difficult times.)

In 2003 Jesse joined a blues rock band called Seemless. Seemless toured the US many times with bands like Fu-Manchu, The Sword, Trivium, and In Flames. Seemless is known for explosive, emotive live shows and showcases Leach's new-found soulful blues-y vocals. Touring with Seemless also showed the music world Jesse was back and able to complete tours. Seemless has released two albums so far and has had multiple videos featured on MTV's Headbangers ball. In 2006 their video for the single "Cast No Shadow" made MTV's Top Ten new videos. Seemless is currently writing new songs and playing out occasionally. Due to drummer Derek Kerswill's involvement with the MA metal band Unearth, among other projects, Seemless has taken a hiatus from the touring life.

In 2008, Jesse Leach formed the band, The Empire Shall Fall, with friends in his area. The band have now released their first independent album "Awaken" which was released on November 17, 2009.

Also, he worked on another album with Killswitch Engage bandmate, Adam Dutkiewicz. Leach has stated that the working title for the project with Adam D. is Times of Grace. Dutkiewicz also takes lead vocals on several tracks, and was released on January 18, 2011. The album's first single, "Strength in Numbers", was released October 15 via Roadrunner Records as a free digital download for 72 hours for those who signed up for the band's mailing list. The song is now available for purchase on iTunes. The album was made with the support of Killswitch Engage.

On February 6, 2012, Killswitch Engage uploaded a photo of Leach and the rest of the band to the website, indicating Leach's return to Killswitch Engage.^[1]

Discography[link]

• Corrin - Despair Rides On Angel Wings [EP] (1995)
• Corrin - Corrin/Arise Split (1996)
• Corrin - Plutonian Shores (1998)
• Nothing Stays Gold - Nothing Stays Gold (EP) (1998)
• Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage (July 11, 2000)
• Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing (May 21, 2002)
• Seemless - Seemless (January 25, 2005)
• Seemless - What Have We Become (September 5, 2006)
• One Of You - N/A (Demo) (2007)
• The Empire Shall Fall - Demos (2008–2009)
• The Empire Shall Fall - Awaken (November 17, 2009)
• The Empire Shall Fall - Solar Plexus (August 30, 2011)^[2]
• Times of Grace - The Hymn of a Broken Man (January 18, 2011)

Guest appearances[link]

• Killswitch Engage - "Take This Oath"
• Killswitch Engage - "Irreversal" (The End of Heartache Special Edition)
• Roadrunner United - "Blood And Flames" (Leach, Heafy, Rand, D'Antonio, Kelly) (Roadrunner Records 25th Anniversary)
• Thy Will Be Done - "Preserving The Sacred"
• Atresia - "Life from Life" (Heavy Metal Mixtape)

Acting[link]

Leach played a small role in the 1999 film "Outside Providence", directed by Michael Corrente. The film is an adaptation of Peter Farrelly's 1988 novel of the same name. Leach played a boy named Decenz.

References[link]

1. ^ "IT’S OFFICIAL: JESSE LEACH IS BACK IN KILLSWITCH ENGAGE". MetalSucks. http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/02/06/its-official-jesse-leach-is-back-in-killswitch-engage/. Retrieved 2012-04-26. 
2. ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=332787977&blogId=509686334

• Killswitch Engage - (Set This) World Ablaze DVD (2006). Leach is featured and provides commentary.
• KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | Rock Detector Last updated 14 April 2007
• Brian Hull.net - Providence, RI - Music Information on Corrin.

Adam Dutkiewicz
Adam Dutkiewicz at Norway Rock Festival 2010
Background information
Birth name	Adam Jonathan Dutkiewicz
Also known as	Adam D
Born	(1977-04-04) April 4, 1977 (age 35)
Genres	Metalcore, thrash metal, heavy metal, mathcore
Occupations	Musician, record producer
Instruments	Guitar, bass, drums, piano, vocals
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Roadrunner Records, Ferret Music
Associated acts	Killswitch Engage, Aftershock, Burn Your Wishes, Times of Grace, Shadows Fall, All That Remains
Website	www.killswitchengage.com
Notable instruments
Parker DragonFly DF842AD Adam Dutkiewicz Signature Model, PRS Custom 22 (green/blue)

Adam Jonathan Dutkiewicz (born April 4, 1977^[1]) is an American musician, recording engineer and music producer, best known as a guitarist and backup vocalist from Massachusetts metalcore band Killswitch Engage.

Biography[link]

Dutkiewicz, who is of Polish descent, grew up in Westhampton, Massachusetts. Dutkiewicz attended Hampshire Regional High School. Dutkiewicz also later attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, studying production, audio engineering, and bass guitar.^[2][3] While at college, he began playing in the band Aftershock with friend Joel Stroetzel. Stroetzel would later join Dutkiewicz, Mike D'Antonio, and Jesse Leach in forming Killswitch Engage. Dutkiewicz was the drummer of Killswitch Engage, until the release of its second album, Alive or Just Breathing,^[4] when he moved to guitars, and Tom Gomes became the band's drummer.

Dutkiewicz tracked guitars for A Song for Chi on June 24, 2009, in San Sebastian, Spain.

He has assumed the role of producer on all of Killswitch Engage's records,^[4] except on their second self-titled album Killswitch Engage, which was released June 30, 2009. For this album he took on the job of co-producer alongside Brendan O'Brien (known for his work with AC/DC, The Offspring, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, Incubus, Mastodon, and Stone Temple Pilots). Adam has also produced for the bands As I Lay Dying, Underøath, The Devil Wears Prada,^[5] The Acacia Strain,^[6] Unearth,^[7] All That Remains,^[8] From Autumn to Ashes,^[4] Johnny Truant,^[9] Parkway Drive,^[10] The Agony Scene,^[4] Every Time I Die^[4] and others. He has been compared to Ross Robinson, producer of many nu metal albums, because of his influence on modern metal and shaping the sound of melodic metalcore. He is also an engineer for Zing Recording Studios, which has produced for numerous artists, including several from Tooth & Nail Records and its heavy metal sub-label Solid State Records.^[3]

Equipment[link]

Guitars[link]

Dutkiewicz has been a long time player of Caparison Guitars mostly using the Caparison PLM-3, a discontinued model, with EMG pickups (EMG 85 in the bridge, and two EMG SA single coils in the middle and neck positions) and DR Tite-Fit .012-.052 strings. He is quoted as saying that he likes the guitars because they have a very "strat-like neck."

In 2008 shows, he used a black Parker Fly with an EMG 81/EMG 85 set for pickups. Atop this, he used a custom Caparison, modeled after the Dellinger model. He previously used Parker guitars for their light weight so as to avoid worsening his back problems, but he has recently been seen using PRS Guitars a Custom 22 usually with Killswitch Engage and Times of Grace.

When he officially took up second guitar duties after the release of Alive or Just Breathing, he could be seen using a Fender Stratocaster, possibly modded with a stacked bridge humbucker.

Amplification and effects[link]

UPDATE for 2012: He has signed with Laney and is now using the new Laney Ironheart series of amplifiers.

Throughout his career, Dutkiewicz has used a range of different amplifiers including Hughes and Kettner TriAmp MK II, Vox AC30's, Peavey 5150's and Mesa/Boogie Triple-Rectifiers and Roadsters, with Mesa/Boogie and Hughes and Kettner 4x12 Cabinets, loaded with Celestion Vintage 30s.

For recording "Killswitch Engage" (2009), he used a Diezel VH4. He also used a Splawn Nitro, an Orange Tiny Terror, and many other amps for the distorted overdubs.

Dutkiewicz is currently using Splawn Nitro with KT88 tubes with Mesa/Boogie traditional straight cabinets, his Maxon OD-808, Audio Technica 5200 Wireless System, and a Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor. His former rig was featured in the Guitar World, Vulgar Display of Power column [1].

For effect pedals, he has been known to use Maxon AD-9 Pro Delay and Maxon OD-808 Overdrive units, and he and fellow guitarist Stroetzel have also both been credited with helping develop the Maxon OD-9 Pro+ Overdrive pedal. He runs the delay pedal in the loop of his amplifiers, while he runs an overdrive pedal in the loop of a Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor.

The rig for his side project appears to consist of a Framus Cobra and possibly a similar effect pedal setup to his Killswitch Engage rig.

Stage show[link]

Adam D is an energetic stage personality during Killswitch Engage's live shows. One of the most active band members, he is well known for his trademark of wearing eccentric or odd clothing (such as a cape and Short Shorts in the World Ablaze DVD, the pirate hat he wore during a performance on The Jimmy Kimmel Show, or even a Katy Perry T-shirt). Due to this stage presence, he is commonly referred to as the "Jim Carrey of guitar players."

Production discography[link]

Dutkiewicz has done production on many different bands' albums within the hard rock/metalcore genre.

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• Shadows Fall - Somber Eyes to the Sky (1997)
• Aftershock - Through the Looking Glass (2000)
• Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage (2000)
• Unearth - The Stings of Conscience (2001)
• Arma Angelus - Where Sleeplessness Is Rest from Nightmares (2001)
• Every Time I Die - Last Night in Town (2001)
• From Autumn to Ashes - Too Bad You're Beautiful (2001)
• All That Remains - Behind Silence and Solitude (2002)
• Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing (2002)
• The Acacia Strain - ...And Life Is Very Long (2002)
• Norma Jean - Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child (2002)
• Unearth - Endless (2002)
• Cannae - Horror (2003)
• The Agony Scene - The Agony Scene (2003)
• All That Remains - This Darkened Heart (2004)
• Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache (2004)
• The Acacia Strain - 3750 (2004)
• Unearth - The Oncoming Storm (2004)
• He Is Legend - I Am Hollywood (2004)
• Johnny Truant - In the Library of Horrific Events (2005)
• August Burns Red - Thrill Seeker (2005)
• Parkway Drive - Killing with a Smile (2005}
• The Acacia Strain - The Dead Walk (2006)
• Underoath - Define the Great Line (2006)
• All That Remains - The Fall of Ideals (2006)
• Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies (2006)
• Burn Your Wishes - Burn Your Wishes split w/ The Awards (2006)
• Caliban - The Awakening (2007)
• As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us (2007)
• Parkway Drive - Horizons (2007)
• MyChildren MyBride - Unbreakable (2008)
• Austrian Death Machine - Total Brutal (2008)
• Overcast - Reborn to Kill Again (2008)
• Underoath - Lost in the Sound of Separation (2008)
• Unearth - The March (2008)
• Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage (2009)
• Caliban - Say Hello to Tragedy (2009)
• As I Lay Dying - The Powerless Rise (2010)
• All That Remains - For We Are Many (2010)
• The Devil Wears Prada - Dead Throne (2011)
• Times of Grace - The Hymn of a Broken Man (2011)
• Unearth - Darkness in the Light (2011)
• As I Lay Dying - Decas (2011)
• Killswitch Engage - TBA (2012)
• Shadows Fall - Fire From the Sky (2012)^[11]
• Years of Treason - "TBA" (2012)
• All That Remains- "TBA" (2012)

References[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Adam Dutkiewicz

External links[link]

• Adam Dutkiewicz talks about his production philosophies
• Adam Dutkiewicz's guitar rig
• Burn Your Wishes-side project

Terry Hester Leach (born March 13, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1981 to1993.

Route to the majors[link]

Leach played college ball at Auburn University, and was originally drafted by the Boston Red Sox in January 1976, but the pick was voided. At which point, he signed with the unaffiliated Baton Rouge Cougars of the Gulf States League. With the Cougars, he was 2-0 with a 6.16 earned run average in five games. A year later, he signed with the Atlanta Braves as an undrafted free agent.^[1]

With the Greenwood Braves, Leach went 3-2 with a far more respectable 2.55 ERA in 1977. Leach went 19-23 as a minor leaguer in the Braves' farm system when he was released by the Braves July 23, 1980. On July 27, he signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

[edit] New York Mets^[2]

After a season and a half in the minors with the Mets organization, he made his major league debut at Wrigley Field on August 12, 1981. With the Mets leading 4-2 over the Chicago Cubs, Leach surrendered a two run home run to Mike Lum, tying the game. The Mets, however, won it in extra innings, 7-4.^[3]

Leach made only one start with the Mets in 1982; it was, however, one of the greatest pitching performances in franchise history. Rick Ownbey was scheduled to start on October 1, the second to last day of the season, however, a blister on his throwing hand forced Mets manager George Bamberger to start Leach in his place. Leach ended up tossing a 10-inning one-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies; the only hit being a fifth inning triple by Luis Aguayo.^[4]

Despite ending the season on a high note, Leach spent all of 1983 & 1984 in the minors. He split 1985 between the Mets and Tidewater Tides, and was essentially a minor leaguer again in 1986, making only six appearances with the Mets during their World Championship season.

Leach did not allow a run in Spring training 1987, but was still cut in the final week and sent back to the minors. However, Dwight Gooden's stint in a drug rehabilitation center coupled with Bob Ojeda being out for the season-ending surgery, opened a spot in the rotation for Leach. Leach responded with an 11-1 record and ten consecutive wins. Pitching exclusively out of the bullpen again a season later, Leach went 7-2 with a 2.54 ERA and three saves. In the National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, he pitched five innings without giving up a run.

World Series ring[link]

In June 1989, the Mets traded Leach to the Kansas City Royals for Aquedo Vasquez. He went 5-6 with a 4.15 ERA in his only season in Kansas City. He was released during Spring training the following season, and caught on with the Minnesota Twins. In 1991, he made his second trip to the post season while with the Twins, and made two appearances in their World Series victory over the Atlanta Braves.

Leach became a free agent after the Series, and signed with the Montreal Expos. The Expos released him during Spring training, and he signed with the Chicago White Sox. In 1992, Leach was 6-5 with a 1.95 ERA for the ChiSox. He split 1993 between the White Sox, their double-A affiliate and their triple-A affiliate before retiring at the end of the season.

Author[link]

In 2000, Leach wrote his autobiography, Things Happen for a Reason: The True Story of an Itinerant Life in Baseball with Tom Clark.^[5]

References[link]

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)