Willie Adams vs. Jack Leiper — Career Comparison

Willie Adams
Gen XNew MexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jack Leiper
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus SolonsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Willie Adams 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. Jack Leiper posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.4 and WHIP 1.778 compared to 5.81 and 1.552 for Willie Adams. By the career numbers, Jack Leiper had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willie Adams and Jack Leiper

Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.67
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.6
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.6
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.8
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
5.81
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
5.4
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134.2
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
9.96
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
8.2
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.96
9.96
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.34
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.68
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
7.8
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
7.02
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.8
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.02
7.02
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.188
1.188
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.6
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.8
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
611
40.83
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
43.6
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
6.15
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
8.6
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.15
6.15
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.515
1.515
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
35.69
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
35
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.83
40.83
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.6
43.6

Fielding Stats for Willie Adams and Jack Leiper

Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.67
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.26
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.6
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134.2
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.72
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.07
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.44
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.54
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1.54
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.7
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1.54
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.16
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.714
1.714
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Adams and Jack Leiper

Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
171.43
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
10.96
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.11
-3.09
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA