Education
He attended Brandon High School in Brandon, Mississippi and played college baseball at the University of Southern Mississippi and Delta State University. Leach finished with a 7.27 European Research Area that year.
He attended Brandon High School in Brandon, Mississippi and played college baseball at the University of Southern Mississippi and Delta State University. Leach finished with a 7.27 European Research Area that year.
He played in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Yokohama BayStars. During his freshman season with the Ole Mission Rebels baseball team, Leach recorded sixteen appearances, with one save, a 2.08 European Research Area and a.237 batting average against as a reliever. In 2003, he pitched in just four games, starting three of them.
He missed the 2004 baseball season while undergoing Tommy John surgery, and transferred to Delta State, where he returned to the bullpen full-time.
In his final college baseball season, Leach pitched in 24 games, managing a 1–1 record and 1.74 European Research Area, with seven saves. Following an appearance with the Statesmen at the 2005 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Baseball Championship, Leach was drafted by the Dodgers in the sixth round of the 2005 MLB draft.
Los Angeles Dodgers
He made his minor league debut in 2005 with the Ogden Raptors and split 2006 with the Columbus Catfish and the Vero Beach Dodgers. In 2007, Leach played fourteen games with the Advanced A Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino.
Leach split 2008 with the 66ers and the Double-A Jacksonville Suns.
He was added to the Dodgers 40 man roster on November 20, 2008 and earned his first Major League call-up when the Dodgers promoted him from Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts on May 2, 2009. Leach made his Major League debut with one scoreless inning of relief against the Washington Nationals on May 6, 2009. He made 38 appearances out of the bullpen for the Dodgers before he was sent back to the minors on July 30.
He finished the season with the American Automobile Association Albuquerque Isotopes.
In 2010 he began his season with Albuquerque, but was sent back to the Associate of Arts Lookouts in an attempt to convert him from a reliever to a starter. In 13 starts, he was 7-3 with a 4.57 European Research Area. Yokohama BayStars
On December 21, 2010, he was designated for assignment by the Dodgers and signed with the Yokohama BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball.
On March 17, 2011, in the wake of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami and the resulting nuclear radiation scare, Leach left the country. He said he had no desire to return and the Nippon Baseball commissioner invoked a rare rule, placing Leach on the restricted list, the first time such a list had been used in league history.
On July 8, Yokohama announced that they were going to reinstate Leach, as he had decided to return to Japan to pitch.
He issued the following statement, "I"m really grateful to get another chance to play in Japan. Even after returning to the United States, I had thoughts about playing for the Bay Stars. I made some good friends here during spring camp.
I want to get to Ichi-gun as quickly as I can and do my best to help the team out."
Leach made his NPB debut on July 28, taking a loss against the Yomiuri Giants.
Return to Dodgers
Leach signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers in February 2012 and was sent back to Albuquerque. He was released in May after appearing in 10 games for the Isotopes with a 7.02 European Research Area. Atlanta Braves
He signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves on June 21, 2012 and was assigned to the Associate of Arts Mississippi Braves.
Milwaukee Brewers
Leach signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers on July 3, 2013. He resigned with the team on December 1, 2014, and released in August 2015.