Eli Cates vs. Sam LeCure — Career Comparison

Eli Cates
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sam LeCure
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eli Cates built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam LeCure as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eli Cates posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.53 and WHIP 1.267 compared to 3.51 and 1.291 for Sam LeCure. By the career numbers, Eli Cates had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eli Cates and Sam LeCure

Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.5
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
7.02
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.79
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.45
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.55
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.53
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
3.51
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
27
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
962
27
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
113.2
9
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320.2
9
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
8.87
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
7.89
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.87
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.53
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
3.48
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.25
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.61
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
8.42
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.572
0.572
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.322
1.322
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.39
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
462
36.58
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1346
37.78
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.63
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.54
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.64
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
3.73
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.2
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.84
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.267
1.267
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.263
1.263
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
33.97
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1188
33.34
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.58
36.58
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.78
37.78

Fielding Stats for Eli Cates and Sam LeCure

Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.55
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
7.02
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.77
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
27
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
962
27
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
9
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320.2
9
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.84
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.81
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.09
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.98
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.36
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.8
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.94
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
1.8
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.32
90.32
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.546
2.546
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eli Cates and Sam LeCure

Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
40
338.03
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
5769.23
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
498.59
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
507.69
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
92.96
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
76.06
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.3
36.35
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.81
18.64
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
118.31
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
152.11
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
67.61
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.76
40.26
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
1.05
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
118.31
Sam LeCure
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.07
5.07
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Eli Cates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eli Cates
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam LeCure
Career
Per 600 PA