Joe Kelly vs. Mark Leiter — Career Comparison

Joe Kelly
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mark Leiter
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mark Leiter built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Kelly as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mark Leiter led in strikeout rate (K%+ 107 vs 83), walk avoidance (BB%+ 105 vs 95), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 93 vs 92). Joe Kelly held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 107 vs 80). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Mark Leiter.

Pitching Stats for Joe Kelly and Mark Leiter

Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
5.2
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
2.55
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.87
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.58
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.49
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.41
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.55
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.7
58.7
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.1
47.1
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.7
16.7
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.2
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
3.98
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
4.57
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2517
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
839
9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
793
8.51
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
9.16
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.78
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
1.18
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
3.81
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
3.22
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.12
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.33
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
8.23
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
892
6.78
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.23
8.23
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.78
6.78
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
1.111
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.57
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.35
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.49
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.57
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3633
38.97
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5154
39.17
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.8
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.67
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
4.39
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
5.05
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.45
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.29
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.36
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.86
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.58
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
3196
34.28
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4548
34.56
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.97
38.97
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.17
39.17

Fielding Stats for Joe Kelly and Mark Leiter

Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
5.2
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
2.55
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.87
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
2517
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
839
9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.76
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.47
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
1.17
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.19
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
2.12
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
1.77
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.93
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.66
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.56
93.56
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
0.371
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.651
0.651
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.7
16.7
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.1
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.1
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Kelly and Mark Leiter

Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
493
2844.23
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
335
893.33
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
104
600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
92
530.77
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
501.33
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
86.54
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
56
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
63.46
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
53.33
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.08
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.08
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
20.68
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.88
7.68
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
109.62
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
58.67
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
98.08
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
80
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
40.38
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.33
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
5
28.85
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.33
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
69.23
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
58.67
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
14.47
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.58
-6.88
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.54
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
155.77
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
272
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.85
3.85
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
9
51.92
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.67
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.77
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.77
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kelly
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.77
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kelly
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA