Herm Holshouser vs. Jack Leiter — Career Comparison

Herm Holshouser
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Leiter
Gen ZFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Leiter built a career as a starting pitcher and Herm Holshouser as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Leiter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.8 and WHIP 1.361 compared to 7.8 and 2.102 for Herm Holshouser. By the career numbers, Jack Leiter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herm Holshouser and Jack Leiter

Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.61
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.83
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.68
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.62
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.48
43.48
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
7.8
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
4.8
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
187
27
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.1
9
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
14.87
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
8.22
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.87
14.87
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.16
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.2
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.04
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
4.04
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
5.34
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
8.6
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.043
1.043
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.62
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.38
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
45.34
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
819
39.35
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.73
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
9.1
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
5.19
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.102
2.102
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
40.86
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
720
34.59
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.399
0.399
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.34
45.34
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Herm Holshouser and Jack Leiter

Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.83
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.68
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
27
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187.1
9
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.82
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.53
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.39
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.35
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.737
0.737
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herm Holshouser and Jack Leiter

Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
25
750
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23400
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
480
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
24.44
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
180
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.04
31.14
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Herm Holshouser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herm Holshouser
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA