Herbert Gay vs. Sam Leever — Career Comparison

Herbert Gay
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Sam Leever
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Sam Leever posted a stronger line than Herbert Gay. Sam Leever posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.47 vs 6.14) and WHIP (1.141 vs 1.850). By the career numbers, Sam Leever had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Herbert Gay and Sam Leever

Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.43
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.31
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.62
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.01
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.66
Herbert Gay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.49
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.34
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.99
65.99
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.06
77.06
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.49
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
0.82
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Herbert Gay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
6.14
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
731
2.47
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
27
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7982
27
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.2
9
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2660.2
9
Herbert Gay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
11.16
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2449
8.28
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.16
11.16
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.28
8.28
Herbert Gay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.81
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.1
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Herbert Gay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
5.5
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
1.99
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.26
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
847
2.87
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Herbert Gay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.862
0.862
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Herbert Gay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.16
Herbert Gay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.32
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.3
Herbert Gay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
42.36
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10662
36.07
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.49
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.25
Herbert Gay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
6.95
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1023
3.46
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.95
6.95
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.94
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herbert Gay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.97
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.141
1.141
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
34.6
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9987
33.78
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Herbert Gay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.36
42.36
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.07
36.07

Fielding Stats for Herbert Gay and Sam Leever

Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.37
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389
1.31
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.63
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
0.5
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
27
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7998
27
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.2
9
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2666
9
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.28
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.48
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
2.22
Herbert Gay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.11
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.93
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
777
2.62
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.63
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
743
2.51
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.62
84.62
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.62
95.62
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.688
0.688
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Herbert Gay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.05
38.05
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.04
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herbert Gay and Sam Leever

Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
457.14
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
389
217.32
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1074
600
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
18
514.29
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
993
554.75
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
102.23
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
83.8
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
9.5
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
7.82
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.12
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
18.44
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
5.21
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.71
31.68
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
130.73
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
239
133.52
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
50.28
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
43.58
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
92.74
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.44
-12.68
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.05
31.87
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.91
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
27.37
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herbert Gay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
138
77.09
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.78
7.78
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
13.97
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.23
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.23
Herbert Gay
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100