Jim Gott vs. Sam Leever — Career Comparison

Jim Gott
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sam Leever
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sam Leever built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Gott 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 3.87 and 1.438 for Jim Gott. By the career numbers, Sam Leever had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Gott and Sam Leever

Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
4.45
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
388
1.31
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.77
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.01
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.45
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.66
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.59
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.34
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.08
43.08
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.99
65.99
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.33
17.33
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.06
77.06
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
0.82
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.73
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481
3.87
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
731
2.47
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3360
27
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7982
27
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1120
9
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2660.2
9
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1081
8.69
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2449
8.28
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.28
8.28
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.68
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.1
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
466
3.74
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
1.99
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.51
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
837
6.73
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
847
2.87
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.73
6.73
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.163
1.163
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.42
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.16
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.18
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.3
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.12
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4828
38.8
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10662
36.07
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
2.1
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.25
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
4.39
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1023
3.46
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.46
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.24
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.67
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.381
1.381
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.141
1.141
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4252
34.17
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9987
33.78
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.8
38.8
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.07
36.07

Fielding Stats for Jim Gott and Sam Leever

Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
4.45
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
389
1.31
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.77
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
0.5
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3360
27
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7998
27
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1120
9
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2666
9
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.63
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.28
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.17
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
2.22
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.11
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
1.86
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
777
2.62
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
1.8
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
743
2.51
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.97
96.97
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
95.62
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.404
0.404
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.33
17.33
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.05
38.05
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.04
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Gott and Sam Leever

Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
554
4155
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
389
217.32
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
80
600
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1074
600
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
73
547.5
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
993
554.75
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.593
0.593
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
13
97.5
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
102.23
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
7
52.5
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
83.8
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
15
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
9.5
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
7.82
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
30
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.12
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
45
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
18.44
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.62
49.62
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56.71
31.68
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
202.5
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
234
130.73
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
15
112.5
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
239
133.52
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.463
0.463
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
60
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
50.28
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.5
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
43.58
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
9
67.5
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
92.74
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
36.05
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57.05
31.87
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
3.91
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
27.37
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
307.5
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
138
77.09
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
1.95
1.95
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.78
7.78
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.5
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
13.97
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.23
Jim Gott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.23
Jim Gott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100