Rocky Childress vs. Walt Leverenz — Career Comparison

Rocky Childress
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Walt Leverenz
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Walt Leverenz built a career as a starting pitcher and Rocky Childress as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Walt Leverenz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.15 and WHIP 1.353 compared to 4.76 and 1.570 for Rocky Childress. By the career numbers, Walt Leverenz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rocky Childress and Walt Leverenz

Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.1
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
1.73
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.23
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.2
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.86
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.42
18.42
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.97
70.97
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
4.76
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
3.15
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
27
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
969
27
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
107.2
9
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
9
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
10.11
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
7.72
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.11
10.11
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.84
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
3.09
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
4.46
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.92
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
5.43
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
3.65
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.947
0.947
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.33
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
39.04
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1321
36.81
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.5
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.39
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
5.02
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
4.37
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.84
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
35.02
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1146
31.93
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.04
39.04
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.81
36.81

Fielding Stats for Rocky Childress and Walt Leverenz

Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.1
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
27
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107.2
9
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.92
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.25
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.17
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.09
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.587
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Rocky Childress and Walt Leverenz

Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
2614.29
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
358.88
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
600
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
12
514.29
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
571.96
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
100.93
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
95.33
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
12.83
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.82
21.44
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
106.54
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
117.76
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.43
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
9.31
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
17.76
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
37
207.48
Rocky Childress
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.21
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Rocky Childress
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100