Elmer Horton vs. Jack Leiter — Career Comparison

Elmer Horton
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Leiter
Gen ZFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Leiter built a career as a starting pitcher and Elmer Horton 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 9.75 and 2.208 for Elmer Horton. By the career numbers, Jack Leiter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elmer Horton and Jack Leiter

Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.83
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.68
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.62
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.48
43.48
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.11
92.11
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.13
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
9.75
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
4.8
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.9
7.9
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
14.25
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
8.22
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.25
14.25
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.2
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5.63
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
4.04
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
8.6
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.62
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
46.13
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
819
39.35
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
11.63
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
5.19
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.63
11.63
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.208
2.208
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
40.13
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
720
34.59
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.365
0.365
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.13
46.13
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Elmer Horton and Jack Leiter

Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.13
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.83
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.68
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.5
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.82
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.75
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.75
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.39
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.25
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.35
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.55
96.55
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.737
0.737
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elmer Horton and Jack Leiter

Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
163.64
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23400
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
4.41
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.44
-24.16
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Elmer Horton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Horton
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA