Matt Herges vs. Jack Leiter — Career Comparison

Matt Herges
Gen XIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Leiter
Gen ZFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Leiter built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Herges as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Herges posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.91 and WHIP 1.499 compared to 4.8 and 1.361 for Jack Leiter. By the career numbers, Matt Herges had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Herges and Jack Leiter

Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
7.38
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.83
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.68
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.56
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.48
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.46
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.62
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.13
55.13
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.48
43.48
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.44
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
3.91
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
4.8
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2073
27
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
691
9
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
735
9.57
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
8.22
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.86
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.2
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
3.35
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.04
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.57
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
6.16
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
8.6
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.056
1.056
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.21
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.62
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.42
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3023
39.37
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
819
39.35
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
2.58
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
4.36
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
5.19
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.51
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.35
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.95
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.48
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.436
1.436
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2668
34.75
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
720
34.59
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.37
39.37
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Matt Herges and Jack Leiter

Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
7.38
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.83
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.68
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2073
27
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
691
9
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.42
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.82
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.15
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.64
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.39
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.56
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.35
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
95.24
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.212
0.212
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.737
0.737
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Herges and Jack Leiter

Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
567
8723.08
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
23400
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
600
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
553.85
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.07
16.4
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
10.71
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
338.46
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.77
1.77
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Herges
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA