Rick Leach ( baseball ) Richard Max " Rick " Leach ( born May 4 , 1957 ) is a former college football player and professional baseball player . He played quarterback at the University of Michigan from 1975 to 1978 . Leach later played in Major League Baseball for four different teams primarily as a backup outfielder and first baseman from 1981 to 1990 . In 2008 , Leach was elected to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame . University of Michigan . Leach was a star quarterback at the University of Michigan from 1975 to 1978 under legendary coach Bo Schembechler . He was the first NCAA Division I FBS player to pass for 200 points and score 200 points . He continues to hold the NCAA record for highest percentage of passes for touchdown s ( 400 - 499 attempts ) with 45 in 462 . A left - hander , he was given the starting job before his freshman year and held it until he graduated four years later . In his freshman year , with the Big Ten championship and a berth to the 1976 Rose Bowl on the line in the Michigan - Ohio State game , Leach threw an interception that was run back to the Michigan 3 - yard line by Ray Griffin and set up the winning touchdown in a 21 - 14 Buckeye victory . However , Leach and the Wolverines never lost to Ohio State again in his career . One of the finest athletes in Michigan history , Leach was named All - Big Ten as a quarterback three times and also placed in the voting for the Heisman Trophy three times . He was co - MVP of the 1979 Rose Bowl , his last game as a Wolverine . Leach shattered all Michigan ' s career passing , total offense and touchdown records . He set an NCAA record for most touchdowns accounted for ( 82 ) and broke Big Ten records for total offense ( 6 , 460 yards ) , total plays ( 1 , 034 ) , and touchdown passes ( 48 ) . In 1978 , he finished third in balloting for the Heisman Trophy , behind Billy Sims and Chuck Fusina . A standout on the diamond as well as the gridiron , Leach won the Big Ten batting championship as a junior and won the rare honor of being named All - American in both football and baseball . In 1999 , Sports Illustrated published a list of " The 50 Greatest Sports Figures From Michigan " ( in all sports ) , and ranked Leach 22nd . " The 50 Greatest Sports Figures From Michigan , " Sports Illustrated , December 27 , 1999 . Other University of Michigan football figures on the list were Bennie Oosterbaan ( # 3 ) , Ron Kramer ( # 7 ) , Fielding H . Yost ( # 9 ) , Fritz Crisler ( # 31 ) , Harry Kipke ( # 40 ) and Gerald Ford ( # 50 ) . Professional baseball . He was selected in the first round by the Detroit Tigers in the 1979 amateur draft . He was also drafted by the NFL ' s Denver Broncos in 1979 , but opted for a career in baseball . In a 10 - year career , he played for the Tigers , Toronto Blue Jays , Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants , mainly as a part - time outfielder and DH . His best season came in 1986 , when he hit . 309 in 110 games . In 1990 , he was suspended for sixty days by Major League Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent for a positive drug test and underwent league - ordered drug treatment . Controversy . In October 2009 , Leach criticized former Michigan head football Lloyd Carr for mingling with University of Iowa athletic personnel during Michigan ' s 30 - 28 loss at Iowa . During a phone call to Ann Arbor sports talk radio station WTKA , Leach said " Our ex - coach flipped a huge middle finger right in our current coach ' s face " . Ask people to investigate that , there will be a lot more there " . Leach ' s comments fueled debate concerning division within the Michigan football community over the hiring of Rich Rodriguez as head football coach .