Bill Gardner vs. Jack Leiter — Career Comparison

Bill Gardner
Pre-GenerationalMarylandNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jack Leiter
Gen ZFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Leiter built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Gardner 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 11.08 and 2.538 for Bill Gardner. By the career numbers, Jack Leiter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Gardner and Jack Leiter

Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.08
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.83
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.38
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.68
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.62
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.48
43.48
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
11.08
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
4.8
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.08
11.08
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.97
10.97
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.426
0.426
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
15.92
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
8.22
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.92
15.92
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.2
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
6.92
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
4.04
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.92
6.92
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.08
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
8.6
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.08
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.62
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
45
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
819
39.35
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
13.85
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
5.19
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.85
13.85
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.539
2.539
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
37.38
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
720
34.59
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.451
0.451
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Bill Gardner and Jack Leiter

Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.05
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.83
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.68
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.82
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.05
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.39
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.64
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.35
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Gardner and Jack Leiter

Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
4
200
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23400
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
550
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
51.16
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.31
65.59
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Gardner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Gardner
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA