Brian Edmondson vs. Walt Leverenz — Career Comparison

Brian Edmondson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Walt Leverenz
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Walt Leverenz built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Edmondson 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 4.98 and 1.606 for Brian Edmondson. By the career numbers, Walt Leverenz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian Edmondson and Walt Leverenz

Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
6.41
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.73
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.23
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.48
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.2
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.64
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.86
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.42
18.42
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.97
70.97
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
4.98
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
3.15
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
969
27
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
9
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
9.64
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
7.72
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.11
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
4.29
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
4.46
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.19
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
3.65
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.053
1.053
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.33
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.48
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.42
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
762
40.34
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1321
36.81
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.43
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.39
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
5.45
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
4.37
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.58
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.01
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.547
1.547
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
651
34.46
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1146
31.93
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.34
40.34
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.81
36.81

Fielding Stats for Brian Edmondson and Walt Leverenz

Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
6.41
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
510
27
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
9
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.69
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.27
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.06
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.96
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.09
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.587
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Edmondson and Walt Leverenz

Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
3025
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
64
358.88
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
600
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
575
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
571.96
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
100
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
100.93
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
95.33
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.61
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.61
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.03
25.78
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.82
21.44
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
150
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
106.54
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
100
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
117.76
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.61
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
22.43
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.65
16.2
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
17.76
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
225
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
207.48
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
2.89
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
11.21
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.61
Brian Edmondson
Career
Per 600 PA
Walt Leverenz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100