Jim Fairbank vs. Jack Leiter — Career Comparison

Jim Fairbank
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Leiter
Gen ZFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Leiter built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Fairbank as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Leiter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.8 and WHIP 1.361 compared to 5.49 and 1.878 for Jim Fairbank. By the career numbers, Jack Leiter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Fairbank and Jack Leiter

Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.54
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.83
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.68
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.62
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.48
43.48
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
5.49
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
4.8
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
11.41
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
8.22
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.41
11.41
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.2
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
5.49
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
4.04
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.51
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
8.6
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.66
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.62
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
42.8
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
819
39.35
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.1
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.15
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
5.19
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
36.88
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
720
34.59
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.8
42.8
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Jim Fairbank and Jack Leiter

Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.54
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.83
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.68
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.88
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.82
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.39
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.27
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.39
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.27
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.35
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.55
96.55
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.429
3.429
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Fairbank and Jack Leiter

Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23400
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
600
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
564.71
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
4.37
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.62
-22.06
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.5
8.5
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Fairbank
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Fairbank
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA