Emery Adams vs. Craig Lefferts — Career Comparison

Emery Adams
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Craig Lefferts
Baby BoomersWest GermanyThrows LeftBats LeftEuropeSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Emery Adams built a career as a starting pitcher and Craig Lefferts as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Craig Lefferts posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.43 and WHIP 1.296 compared to 4.57 and 1.468 for Emery Adams. By the career numbers, Craig Lefferts had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Emery Adams and Craig Lefferts

Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.82
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.19
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.57
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.46
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.51
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.57
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.83
52.83
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.62
44.62
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.17
65.17
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.53
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.79
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
4.57
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
3.43
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1318
27
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
439.1
9
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
9.28
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
8.7
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.61
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
0.94
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
3.91
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
2.53
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.43
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
3.93
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
719
5.65
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.872
0.872
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.24
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1957
40.09
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4754
37.35
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.39
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.25
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
5.76
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
3.85
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.74
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.61
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.31
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.64
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.69
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1714
35.11
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4304
33.81
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.09
40.09
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.35
37.35

Fielding Stats for Emery Adams and Craig Lefferts

Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
1.65
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.08
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2281
27
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
760.1
9
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.83
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.44
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.63
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
1.21
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.21
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
2.68
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
1.71
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.46
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
1.65
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.04
92.04
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.496
1.496
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.47
65.47
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.09
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Emery Adams and Craig Lefferts

Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
152
249.86
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
697
2844.9
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
365
600
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
147
600
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
342
562.19
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
132
538.78
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.811
0.811
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
193.97
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
16
65.31
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
159.45
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.06
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
26.3
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.16
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
8.22
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.08
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
34.52
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.66
88.2
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
3.21
13.1
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
236.71
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
21
85.71
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
220.27
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.39
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.795
0.795
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.732
0.732
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
77.26
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
4
16.33
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
69.04
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
146.3
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
6
24.49
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61.39
100.92
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-4.95
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
26.3
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.15
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
64
261.22
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.63
45.63
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
11.51
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.14
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.58
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.58
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emery Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA