Jim Kaat vs. Sam Leever — Career Comparison

Jim Kaat
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star
Sam Leever
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Sam Leever posted a stronger line than Jim Kaat. Sam Leever posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.47 vs 3.45) and WHIP (1.141 vs 1.284). By the career numbers, Sam Leever had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jim Kaat and Sam Leever

Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
898
1.78
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
388
1.31
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
1.24
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.01
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
0.56
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.66
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
0.47
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.34
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.42
54.42
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.99
65.99
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.6
69.6
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.06
77.06
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.36
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
0.82
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.06
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.04
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
1738
3.45
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
731
2.47
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13591
27
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
7982
27
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4530.1
9
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2660.2
9
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
4620
9.18
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2449
8.28
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.18
9.18
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.28
8.28
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
395
0.78
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.1
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
1083
2.15
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
1.99
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.23
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2461
4.89
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
847
2.87
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.18
2.18
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.782
0.782
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.539
0.539
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.25
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.16
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.24
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.3
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.01
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19023
37.79
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
10662
36.07
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.2
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.25
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
2038
4.05
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1023
3.46
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.18
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.16
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.39
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.259
1.259
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.141
1.141
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17645
35.05
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
9987
33.78
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.79
37.79
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.07
36.07

Fielding Stats for Jim Kaat and Sam Leever

Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
898
1.78
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
389
1.31
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
1.24
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.5
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13587
27
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
7998
27
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4529
9
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
2666
9
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
0.52
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.28
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
744
1.48
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
2.22
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.11
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.11
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1062
2.11
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
777
2.62
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1006
2
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
743
2.51
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.73
94.73
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.62
95.62
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.91
1.91
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.6
69.6
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.05
38.05
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.13
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.04
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Leever
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Kaat and Sam Leever

Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
25
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1004
442.29
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
389
217.32
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1362
600
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
1074
600
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1251
551.1
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
993
554.75
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
232
102.2
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
183
102.23
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
73.57
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
150
83.8
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
19.38
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
17
9.5
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.2
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
7.82
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
7.05
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.12
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
28.63
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
33
18.44
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81.45
35.88
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
56.71
31.68
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
334
147.14
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
234
130.73
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
302
133.04
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
239
133.52
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.463
0.463
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
51.54
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
90
50.28
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
46.7
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
78
43.58
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
91.19
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
166
92.74
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71.39
31.45
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57.05
31.87
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
7
3.08
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.91
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
27.75
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
49
27.37
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.44
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
367
161.67
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
77.09
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
3.71
3.71
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.78
7.78
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
14.98
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
25
13.97
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.08
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
14
6.17
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
2.2
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.23
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.44
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Kaat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.64
Sam Leever
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.23
Jim Kaat
Career
Per 600 PA
83.33
83.33
Sam Leever
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100