Harry Ables vs. Jack Leiper — Career Comparison

Harry Ables
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jack Leiper
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus SolonsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Harry Ables built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Leiper as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Ables posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.04 and WHIP 1.528 compared to 5.4 and 1.778 for Jack Leiper. By the career numbers, Harry Ables had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Ables and Jack Leiper

Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.77
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.01
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.8
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.04
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.4
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9.97
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
8.2
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.79
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
7.8
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
5.17
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.8
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.995
0.995
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.8
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
40
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
43.6
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.76
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
6.43
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
8.6
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.528
1.528
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
36.08
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
35
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.6
43.6

Fielding Stats for Harry Ables and Jack Leiper

Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.07
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.26
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.72
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.44
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.21
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.7
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.92
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.16
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.929
0.929
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.714
1.714
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Ables and Jack Leiper

Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
323.08
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
10.96
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.62
-60.42
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.11
-3.09
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
171.43
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA