Leskanic was drafted in the eighth round of the 1989 baseball amateur entry draft out of
Louisiana State University by the
Cleveland Indians, but was traded in 1992 to the
Minnesota Twins with
Oscar Múñoz for
Paul Sorrento. Later that same year, he was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the
1992 Expansion Draft. In 1993, he made his major league debut with the Rockies. In 2004, during the Kansas City Royals' disastrous 58–104 season, he was released on June 18. On June 22, he was picked up by the Boston Red Sox and then made three appearances during the
2004 ALCS against the
New York Yankees and was credited with the Game 4 win. His innings of shutout baseball during Game 4 were the last he would ever throw; he retired following the 2004 season. He did make a return to
Fenway Park for Opening Day 2005; there he received his
World Series ring, as well as a large ovation. For Opening Day 2008, he got to carry out the World Series trophy. Leskanic was a Little League coach in
Florida and a scouting consultant for Boston before joining the Red Sox professional scouting staff for the 2008 season. ==Personal life==