Leon Chagnon vs. Leo Townsend — Career Comparison

Leon Chagnon
Greatest GenerationNew HampshireThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Leo Townsend
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Leo Townsend 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. Leo Townsend posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.81 and WHIP 0.974 compared to 4.51 and 1.391 for Leon Chagnon. By the career numbers, Leo Townsend had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Leon Chagnon and Leo Townsend

Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
3.09
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.81
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.5
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.43
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.37
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.05
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.29
54.29
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.3
16.3
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
4.51
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1180
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393.1
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
10.14
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.01
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.78
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
2.38
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.75
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.38
2.38
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.5
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.653
0.653
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.195
0.195
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.25
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.25
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
39.49
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
33.66
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.51
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.1
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
4.99
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1611
36.86
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
31.91
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.49
39.49
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.66
33.66

Fielding Stats for Leon Chagnon and Leo Townsend

Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.15
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.726
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.25
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Leon Chagnon and Leo Townsend

Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
736.36
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
572.73
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.427
0.427
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
92.73
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
65.45
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.36
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.33
23.61
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
24.79
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
130.91
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
103.64
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.406
0.406
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
32.73
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.36
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
49.09
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.18
17.34
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
32.22
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.11
6.11
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Leon Chagnon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
16.36
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Chagnon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA