Hank Borowy vs. Leon Pettit — Career Comparison

Hank Borowy
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Leon Pettit
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Hank Borowy built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Pettit as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Hank Borowy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.5 and WHIP 1.330 compared to 5.18 and 1.743 for Leon Pettit. By the career numbers, Hank Borowy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hank Borowy and Leon Pettit

Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
1.65
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.5
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
1.12
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
0.57
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.64
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.43
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.84
56.84
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.15
68.15
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.49
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
668
3.5
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.18
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5151
27
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
27
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1717
9
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
9
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1660
8.7
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
10.75
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.75
10.75
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.57
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.56
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
3.27
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.94
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
3.62
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.58
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.765
0.765
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.947
0.947
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.18
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7265
38.08
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
41.58
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.28
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.91
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
769
4.03
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
5.58
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.743
1.743
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6635
34.78
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
36.32
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.58
41.58

Fielding Stats for Hank Borowy and Leon Pettit

Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
350
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
446
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.53
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.385
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.682
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Hank Borowy and Leon Pettit

Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
316
293.5
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
733.33
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
646
600
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
571
530.34
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
25
416.67
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.498
0.498
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
91.95
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
65.94
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
20.43
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.57
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
26.01
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.23
25.29
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
22.12
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
123.53
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
118.89
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
200
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
39.94
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
44.58
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
84.52
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
116.67
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22.67
21.05
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
34.87
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.93
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
26.01
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
166.67
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
138
128.17
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
133.33
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.68
4.68
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
4.5
4.5
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Hank Borowy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
42.72
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
12
11.15
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Borowy
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA