Dick Donovan vs. Jack Leiter — Career Comparison

Dick Donovan
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jack Leiter
Gen ZFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Dick Donovan posted a stronger line than Jack Leiter. Dick Donovan posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.67 vs 4.8) and WHIP (1.255 vs 1.361). By the career numbers, Dick Donovan had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Dick Donovan and Jack Leiter

Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.54
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.83
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
1.22
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.68
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.48
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.44
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.62
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.2
55.2
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.48
43.48
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.13
79.13
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.45
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
822
3.67
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
4.8
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6052
27
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2017.1
9
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1988
8.87
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
8.22
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
0.88
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.2
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
2.21
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.04
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.22
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
3.93
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
8.6
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.682
0.682
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.62
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.2
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8407
37.51
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
819
39.35
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.12
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
909
4.06
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
5.19
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.231
1.231
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7867
35.1
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
720
34.59
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Dick Donovan and Jack Leiter

Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.58
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.83
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
1.22
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.68
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5883
27
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1961
9
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
0.66
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.82
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.54
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.09
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.29
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.39
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
2.2
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.35
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
96
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.1
77.1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Donovan and Jack Leiter

Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
371
277.9
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
23400
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
801
600
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
694
519.85
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
84.64
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
62.92
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
10.49
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.24
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
21.72
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.06
37.5
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
128.84
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
150.56
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
50.19
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
47.94
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
86.89
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.31
32.44
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.49
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
58.43
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
292
218.73
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.74
2.74
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
13.48
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
13
9.74
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA