Matt Gage vs. Sam Leever — Career Comparison

Matt Gage
MillenialNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sam Leever
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sam Leever built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Gage as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sam Leever posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.47 and WHIP 1.141 compared to 2.66 and 1.382 for Matt Gage. By the career numbers, Sam Leever had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Gage and Sam Leever

Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
8.7
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.31
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.01
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.66
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.34
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.99
65.99
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.06
77.06
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
0.82
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
2.66
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
731
2.47
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
27
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7982
27
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.2
9
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2660.2
9
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
8.35
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2449
8.28
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.28
8.28
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.1
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
3.73
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
1.99
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
8.35
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
847
2.87
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.342
1.342
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.16
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.3
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
38.01
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10662
36.07
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.95
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.25
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.02
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
1023
3.46
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.24
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.342
1.342
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.141
1.141
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
33.04
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9987
33.78
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.01
38.01
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.07
36.07

Fielding Stats for Matt Gage and Sam Leever

Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
8.7
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389
1.31
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.5
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
27
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7998
27
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.2
9
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2666
9
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.71
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.28
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
2.22
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.11
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.07
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
777
2.62
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.89
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
743
2.51
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.62
95.62
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.05
38.05
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Gage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Gage and Sam Leever

Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
49
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
389
217.32
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1074
600
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
993
554.75
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
102.23
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
83.8
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
9.5
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
7.82
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.12
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
18.44
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.71
31.68
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
130.73
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
239
133.52
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
50.28
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
43.58
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
92.74
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.05
31.87
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.91
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
27.37
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Gage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
138
77.09
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.78
7.78
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
13.97
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.23
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.23
Matt Gage
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100