Clyde Hatter vs. Sam Leever — Career Comparison

Clyde Hatter
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sam Leever
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sam Leever built a career as a starting pitcher and Clyde Hatter 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 8.44 and 2.391 for Clyde Hatter. By the career numbers, Sam Leever had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clyde Hatter and Sam Leever

Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.32
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.31
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.01
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.66
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.34
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.99
65.99
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.06
77.06
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
0.82
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
8.44
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
731
2.47
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
27
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7982
27
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.2
9
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2660.2
9
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
12.87
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2449
8.28
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.87
12.87
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.28
8.28
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.1
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
8.65
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
1.99
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.65
8.65
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.01
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
847
2.87
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.16
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.3
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
47.67
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10662
36.07
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.25
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
9.49
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1023
3.46
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.391
2.391
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.141
1.141
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
38.6
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9987
33.78
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.67
47.67
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.07
36.07

Fielding Stats for Clyde Hatter and Sam Leever

Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.31
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.5
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7998
27
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2666
9
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.28
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
2.22
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.11
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
777
2.62
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
743
2.51
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.62
95.62
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.05
38.05
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clyde Hatter and Sam Leever

Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
440
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
389
217.32
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1074
600
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
13
520
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
993
554.75
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
183
102.23
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
83.8
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
9.5
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
7.82
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.12
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
18.44
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.86
34.51
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56.71
31.68
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
130.73
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
133.52
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.463
0.463
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
50.28
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
43.58
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
92.74
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.11
44.2
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57.05
31.87
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.91
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
27.37
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Hatter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
240
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
138
77.09
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.78
7.78
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
13.97
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.23
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.23
Clyde Hatter
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100