Doc Landis vs. Mark Leiter — Career Comparison

Doc Landis
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Mark Leiter
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mark Leiter built a career as a starting pitcher and Doc Landis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doc Landis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.326 compared to 4.57 and 1.412 for Mark Leiter. By the career numbers, Doc Landis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doc Landis and Mark Leiter

Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.1
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
2.55
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.05
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.3
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.49
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.73
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.55
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.27
29.27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.1
47.1
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.48
44.48
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.93
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.2
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
3.36
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
4.57
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1077
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
10.7
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
9.16
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.7
10.7
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.16
9.16
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
1.18
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.23
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
3.22
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.33
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.86
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
6.78
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.343
0.343
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.8
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.35
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.57
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1592
39.91
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5154
39.17
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.67
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
6.69
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
5.05
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.45
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.36
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.58
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.326
1.326
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1543
38.68
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4548
34.56
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.91
39.91
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.17
39.17

Fielding Stats for Doc Landis and Mark Leiter

Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.19
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
2.55
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.13
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1365
27
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.81
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.47
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
2.1
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
1.19
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.36
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.26
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
1.77
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
2.91
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.66
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.09
89.09
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.56
93.56
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.48
44.48
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Landis and Mark Leiter

Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
53
167.37
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
893.33
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
190
600
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
187
590.53
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
501.33
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.366
0.366
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
101.05
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
21
56
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
97.89
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
20
53.33
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.67
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.68
17.94
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.88
7.68
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
104.21
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
22
58.67
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
110.53
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
30
80
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
34.74
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.33
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.33
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
11
34.74
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.53
14.3
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.58
-6.88
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.47
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
272
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.21
2.21
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.67
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Landis
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA