Clem Labine vs. Leo Townsend — Career Comparison

Clem Labine
Greatest GenerationRhode IslandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Leo Townsend
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Leo Townsend built a career as a starting pitcher and Clem Labine as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Leo Townsend posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.81 and WHIP 0.974 compared to 3.63 and 1.383 for Clem Labine. By the career numbers, Leo Townsend had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clem Labine and Leo Townsend

Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
4.28
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.81
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.32
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.64
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.47
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.05
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.89
57.89
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.8
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
3.63
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3239
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1079.2
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1043
8.69
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.01
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.68
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
396
3.3
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.75
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.45
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
4.59
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.195
0.195
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.23
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4577
38.15
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
33.66
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
2.4
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.1
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
492
4.1
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.81
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4170
34.76
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
31.91
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.15
38.15
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.66
33.66

Fielding Stats for Clem Labine and Leo Townsend

Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
5.6
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.17
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2475
27
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
825
9
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.06
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.26
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.15
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.47
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.32
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.6
95.6
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.593
0.593
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.25
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Clem Labine and Leo Townsend

Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
514
1204.69
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
256
600
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
532.03
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
39.84
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
25.78
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.03
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.03
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.06
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.59
13.11
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
24.79
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
67.97
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
77.34
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
28.13
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
25.78
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
46.88
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.17
-14.47
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
32.22
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.34
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
35.16
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
121
283.59
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
2.12
2.12
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Clem Labine
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
30.47
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.72
Leo Townsend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clem Labine
Career
Per 600 PA
Leo Townsend
Career
Per 600 PA