Bill Henry vs. Sam Leever — Career Comparison

Bill Henry
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Sam Leever
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sam Leever built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Henry 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 3.26 and 1.294 for Bill Henry. By the career numbers, Sam Leever had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Henry and Sam Leever

Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
527
5.19
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
388
1.31
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.43
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.01
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.45
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.66
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.49
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.34
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.92
47.92
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.99
65.99
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.06
77.06
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.12
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
0.82
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.89
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
3.26
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
731
2.47
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2739
27
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7982
27
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
913
9
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2660.2
9
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
842
8.3
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2449
8.28
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.3
8.3
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.28
8.28
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.88
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.1
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
2.92
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
1.99
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.42
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
621
6.12
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
847
2.87
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.12
6.12
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.004
1.004
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.25
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.16
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.25
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.3
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3833
37.78
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10662
36.07
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
2.48
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.25
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386
3.81
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1023
3.46
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.246
1.246
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.141
1.141
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3512
34.62
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9987
33.78
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.78
37.78
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.07
36.07

Fielding Stats for Bill Henry and Sam Leever

Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
527
6.32
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
389
1.31
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.5
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7998
27
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2666
9
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.58
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.28
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.38
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
2.22
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.11
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
2.02
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
777
2.62
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
1.96
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
743
2.51
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.02
97.02
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.62
95.62
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.05
38.05
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.04
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Henry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Henry and Sam Leever

Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
531
1488.79
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
389
217.32
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
214
600
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1074
600
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
203
569.16
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
993
554.75
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
36
100.93
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
102.23
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
84.11
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
83.8
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.21
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
9.5
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.61
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
7.82
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.12
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16.82
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
18.44
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
8.7
24.4
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.71
31.68
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
44
123.36
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
130.73
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
44
123.36
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
239
133.52
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.463
0.463
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
13
36.45
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
50.28
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
50.47
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
43.58
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
31
86.92
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
92.74
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
7.03
19.7
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.05
31.87
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.91
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
8
22.43
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
27.37
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
199.07
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
138
77.09
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
3.01
3.01
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.78
7.78
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.61
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
13.97
Bill Henry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.8
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.23
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.23
Bill Henry
Career
Per 600 PA
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100