Colton Gordon vs. Leon Pettit — Career Comparison

Colton Gordon
Gen ZFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Leon Pettit
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Colton Gordon built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Pettit as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Leon Pettit posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.18 and WHIP 1.743 compared to 5.34 and 1.442 for Colton Gordon. By the career numbers, Leon Pettit had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Colton Gordon and Leon Pettit

Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.09
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.5
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.47
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.63
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.64
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.14
57.14
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
5.34
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
5.18
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.18
5.18
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
258
27
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
27
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
9
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
9
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
10.78
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
10.75
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.78
10.78
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.75
10.75
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
2.2
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.56
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.99
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
4.94
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
7.53
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.58
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.53
7.53
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.058
1.058
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.947
0.947
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
39.66
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
41.58
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.91
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.65
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5.58
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.419
1.419
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.743
1.743
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
352
36.84
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
36.32
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.66
39.66
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.58
41.58

Fielding Stats for Colton Gordon and Leon Pettit

Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.09
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.47
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
27
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
9
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.52
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.84
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.73
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.682
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Colton Gordon and Leon Pettit

Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
20
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
733.33
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
600
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
416.67
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
22.12
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
200
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
116.67
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
34.87
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
166.67
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
8
133.33
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Colton Gordon
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA