Gene Ford vs. Jack Leiter — Career Comparison

Gene Ford
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Leiter
Gen ZFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Leiter built a career as a starting pitcher and Gene Ford 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 5.66 and 1.857 for Gene Ford. By the career numbers, Jack Leiter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gene Ford and Jack Leiter

Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.8
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.83
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.68
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.62
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.48
43.48
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.66
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
4.8
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
13.11
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
8.22
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.11
13.11
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.2
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.6
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
4.04
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
5.14
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
8.6
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.971
0.971
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.62
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
42.69
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
819
39.35
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.54
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
7.71
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
5.19
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.857
1.857
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
38.57
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
720
34.59
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.392
0.392
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.69
42.69
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Gene Ford and Jack Leiter

Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.8
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.83
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.68
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
27
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
9
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.82
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.09
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.77
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.11
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.39
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.34
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.35
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.25
81.25
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.857
1.857
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gene Ford and Jack Leiter

Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
7
323.08
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23400
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
600
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
461.54
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
1.99
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.37
-17.29
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gene Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA