Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Leach ya jagoranci Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Ƙasa a cikin gida a 1902 tare da shida, kuma ya taka leda a gasar farko ta Duniya a 1903
tare da Pirates, buga sau hudu sau uku don kafa rikodin da har yanzu yana tsaye. Ya taka leda tare da 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa kamar Honus Wagner da Mordecai Brown. Leach ya fara aikinsa da farko a matsayin dan wasa mai ciki ciki har da taka leda, na biyu da kuma, mafi yawa, na uku. Daga baya, don cin gajiyar saurin sa, Leach ya fi wasa a waje. Leach kuma sananne ne saboda an yi hira da shi don littafin Lawrence Ritter na 1966 "The Glory of Their Times".