Fred Anderson vs. Jack Leiper — Career Comparison

Fred Anderson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jack Leiper
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus SolonsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Fred Anderson 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. Fred Anderson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.175 compared to 5.4 and 1.778 for Jack Leiper. By the career numbers, Fred Anderson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Anderson and Jack Leiper

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
1.62
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.04
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.48
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.52
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.4
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.18
48.18
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.04
64.04
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.57
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.8
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
2.86
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.4
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2959
27
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
986.1
9
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
912
8.32
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
8.2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.32
8.32
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.2
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.25
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
7.8
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
4.69
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
3.8
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.69
4.69
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.772
0.772
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.28
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.8
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3978
36.3
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
43.6
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.39
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
3.79
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
8.6
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.175
1.175
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3716
33.91
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
35
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.3
36.3
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.6
43.6

Fielding Stats for Fred Anderson and Jack Leiper

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
200.25
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.26
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
27
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
9
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
25.88
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.72
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
300.38
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.44
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.54
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
336.38
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.7
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
326.25
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.16
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.99
96.99
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.629
1.629
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.714
1.714
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Anderson and Jack Leiper

Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
321.43
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
6
171.43
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
312
557.14
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
73.21
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
60.71
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.71
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
12.5
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.05
14.37
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
10.96
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
87.5
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
92.86
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
30.36
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
21.43
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
51.79
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.14
2.04
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-3.09
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.86
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
98
175
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
171.43
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.43
3.43
Jack Leiper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.21
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiper
Career
Per 600 PA