Leon Chagnon vs. Alex Newkirk — Career Comparison

Leon Chagnon
Greatest GenerationNew HampshireThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alex Newkirk
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Alex Newkirk built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Chagnon as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Leon Chagnon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.51 and WHIP 1.391 compared to 5.38 and 1.602 for Alex Newkirk. By the career numbers, Leon Chagnon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Leon Chagnon and Alex Newkirk

Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
3.09
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.71
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.5
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.89
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.43
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.41
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.37
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.71
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.29
54.29
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.3
16.3
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.59
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
4.51
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
5.38
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1180
27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
457
27
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393.1
9
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
152.1
9
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
443
10.14
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
11.05
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.78
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.41
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
2.38
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
3.31
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.5
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
3.25
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.653
0.653
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.729
0.729
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.25
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.25
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1726
39.49
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
40.71
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.51
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.59
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
4.99
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
6.03
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.83
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.77
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.595
1.595
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1611
36.86
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
617
36.45
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.49
39.49
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.71
40.71

Fielding Stats for Leon Chagnon and Alex Newkirk

Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.76
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.88
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
27
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153.2
9
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.28
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.69
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
3.51
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.15
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.726
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leon Chagnon and Alex Newkirk

Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
736.36
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
44
347.37
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
76
600
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
572.73
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
69
544.74
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.427
0.427
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
17
92.73
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
157.89
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
12
65.45
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
142.11
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.36
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.89
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.27
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15.79
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
23.61
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.59
59.91
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
130.91
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
181.58
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
19
103.64
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
189.47
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.406
0.406
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
6
32.73
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
47.37
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.36
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
39.47
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
9
49.09
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
86.84
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
3.18
17.34
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.41
74.26
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
31.58
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
18
98.18
Alex Newkirk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.11
6.11
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.36
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
23.68
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Newkirk
Career
Per 600 PA