Lem Hunter vs. Jack Leiter — Career Comparison

Lem Hunter
Pre-GenerationalOhioNorth AmericaCleveland BluesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Leiter
Gen ZFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Leiter built a career as a starting pitcher and Lem Hunter as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lem Hunter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.42 and WHIP 1.895 compared to 4.8 and 1.361 for Jack Leiter. By the career numbers, Lem Hunter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lem Hunter and Jack Leiter

Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.83
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.68
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.62
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.48
43.48
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.42
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
4.8
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
27
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
9
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
14.21
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
8.22
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.21
14.21
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.2
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.84
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
4.04
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
5.68
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
8.6
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.947
0.947
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.404
1.404
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.62
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.38
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
41.21
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
819
39.35
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.42
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9.95
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
5.19
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.48
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.895
1.895
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
38.37
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
720
34.59
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.435
0.435
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.21
41.21
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Lem Hunter and Jack Leiter

Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.83
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.68
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.82
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.53
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.39
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.35
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.55
96.55
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.737
0.737
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.11
92.11
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lem Hunter and Jack Leiter

Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23400
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
41.68
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Jack Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Lem Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lem Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA